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 | Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (d. 1963) |
| 1904 | Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989) |
| 1905 | Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967) |
| 1904 | Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967) |
| 1904 | Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964) |
| 1904 | Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1904 | Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004) |
| 1905 | Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950) |
| 1904 | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Harald Berglund, Swedish cinematographer (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983) |