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 | Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Arnold Gartmann, Swiss bobsledder (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002) |
| 1904 | Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948) |
| 1905 | Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (d. 1949) |
| 1904 | Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| 1905 | Charles Lane, American actor and singer (d. 2007) |
| 1904 | Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer (d. 2010) |
| 1904 | Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954) |
| 1904 | Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Lyudmila Rudenko, Soviet chess player (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969) |
| 1904 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983) |