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 | A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932) |
| 1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1904 | Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (d. 2002) |
| 1904 | Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948) |
| 1904 | Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | Greer Garson, English-American actress (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr., American murderer (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945) |
| 1904 | Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | James Eastland, American planter and politician (d. 1986) |
| 1905 | Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966) |
| 1905 | Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960) |
| 1904 | Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1956) |
| 1905 | James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1982) |
| 1905 | Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991) |