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 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955) |
| 1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1905 | Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1972) |
| 1904 | Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963) |
| 1904 | Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993) |
| 1905 | Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Greer Garson, English-American actress (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (d. 1938) |
| 1904 | Attilio Ferraris, Italian footballer (d. 1947) |
| 1904 | Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Alger Hiss, American lawyer and convicted spy (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (d. 1962) |
| 1905 | Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (d. 1978) |
| 1905 | Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (d. 1947) |
| 1904 | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author (d. 1973) |