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 | Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (d. 1942) |
| 1904 | Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004) |
| 1904 | Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982) |
| 1905 | Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918) |
| 1904 | Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970) |
| 1905 | Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (d. 1970) |
| 1905 | Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (d. 1960) |
| 1904 | Greer Garson, English-American actress (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957) |