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 |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Alger Hiss, American lawyer and convicted spy (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948) |
| 1905 | J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995) |
| 1905 | Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996) |
| 1904 | Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (d. 1966) |
| 1905 | Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1980) |
| 1904 | Harold Acton, English scholar and author (d. 1994) |
| 1904 | Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (d. 1962) |
| 1904 | C. B. Colby, American author (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974) |
| 1904 | Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Simone Beck, French chef and author (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1905 | Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005) |
| 1904 | Björn Berglund, Swedish actor (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | George Brent, Irish-American actor (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Viktor Brack, German SS officer (d. 1948) |