According to Chinese Astrology, 1904 is the Year of the Dragon and it is the Wood element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1904 are Dragons. The Chinese Dragon year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 16 February 1904 and 3 February 1905 are considered born in the Chinese year 1904 and are a Dragon sign. In addition, each Dragon year is also represented by 5 elements in Chinese astrology that express character and behavior. Therefore, each year it is referred to with a different zodiac animal name and a different element name, and this repeats only once in 60 years. 1904 is also known as the Year of the Wood Dragon. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1904 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Dragon?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1904 | David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948) |
| 1904 | Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009) |
| 1904 | Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1905 | Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000) |
| 1905 | Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician (d. 1999) |
| 1905 | J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator (d. 2004) |
| 1904 | Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985) |
| 1905 | Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1943) |
| 1904 | Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986) |
| 1905 | Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970) |
| 1905 | Margery Sharp, English author and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956) |
| 1904 | John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian (d. 1967) |
| 1904 | Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter (d. 2001) |