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 | Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1944) |
| 1904 | Angela Baddeley, English actress (d. 1976) |
| 1905 | Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Harald Berglund, Swedish cinematographer (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948) |
| 1904 | Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (d. 1968) |
| 1905 | Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950) |
| 1904 | Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979) |
| 1905 | Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950) |
| 1904 | John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957) |
| 1904 | Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957) |