Born in 1904, What is my Chinese Zodiac Sign and Element?
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.
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Famous people from the Year of the Dragon and 1904
Famous People Born in the Year of the Dragon and Chinese Year 1904. Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Dragon 1904. Some of them are the following;| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988) |
| 1905 | Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Harald Berglund, Swedish cinematographer (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Haim Shirman, Ukrainian-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960) |
| 1904 | Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1967) |
| 1904 | Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942) |
| 1904 | George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | James T. Farrell, American author and poet (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1944) |
| 1904 | Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (d. 1938) |
| 1904 | Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1969) |
| 1904 | William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (d. 1998) |
| 1905 | Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981) |