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 | George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975) |
| 1904 | Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (d. 1988) |
| 1904 | Hans Hartung, German-French painter (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968) |
| 1904 | Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | A. J. Liebling, American journalist and author (d. 1963) |
| 1904 | William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993) |
| 1904 | Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942) |
| 1905 | Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982) |
| 1904 | Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979) |
| 1904 | Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (d. 1981) |
| 1905 | Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997) |
| 1904 | David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (d. 1976) |
| 1904 | Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2000) |
| 1904 | George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986) |
| 1904 | C. B. Colby, American author (d. 1977) |
| 1904 | Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983) |
| 1904 | Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997) |
| 1905 | Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1904 | Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985) |
| 1904 | Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971) |
| 1904 | Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987) |