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 | Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Hans Hartung, German-French painter (d. 1989) |
| 1905 | Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966) |
| 1904 | Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1969) |
| 1904 | Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991) |
| 1905 | Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (d. 1991) |
| 1904 | Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957) |
| 1904 | Ida Cook, English campaigner for Jewish refugees, and romantic novelist as Mary Burchell |
| 1904 | Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999) |
| 1904 | A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932) |
| 1905 | Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969) |
| 1904 | Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956) |
| 1904 | Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and academic (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (d. 1978) |
| 1904 | Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1964) |
| 1904 | José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960) |
| 1905 | Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (d. 1960) |
| 1904 | John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992) |
| 1904 | Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973) |
| 1904 | Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003) |
| 1904 | Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (d. 1967) |
| 1904 | Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (d. 2010) |
| 1904 | Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961) |
| 1904 | Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972) |