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 | Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer (d. 1942) |
| 1904 | Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter (d. 2001) |
| 1904 | Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (d. 2011) |
| 1904 | J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (d. 1988) |
| 1905 | J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (d. 2006) |
| 1905 | Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Lili Damita, French-American actress (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997) |
| 1905 | Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986) |
| 1905 | Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957) |
| 1905 | Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968) |
| 1905 | Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1904 | Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (d. 1996) |