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 | David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | H. C. Potter, American director and producer (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918) |
| 1904 | Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985) |
| 1905 | Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982) |
| 1904 | Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (d. 1947) |
| 1904 | George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician (d. 1999) |
| 1905 | Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1905 | Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1905 | Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932) |
| 1904 | Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004) |
| 1904 | Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1904 | Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954) |
| 1904 | George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986) |