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 | Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Denny Shute, American golfer (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960) |
| 1904 | Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1963) |
| 1904 | Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972) |
| 1905 | Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1905 | Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985) |
| 1905 | Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., American murderer (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1905 | Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942) |
| 1904 | Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963) |