1904: The Year in People
The year in numbers
Theodore Roosevelt
In the news: New York City opens its first subway line
What happened in 1904
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1904, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Born in 1904
Cary Grant
British-American actor
Dr. Seuss
American author and cartoonist
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
Heir to the Russian throne
B. F. Skinner
American psychologist and social philosopher
Cecil Day-Lewis
Irish-born British poet
Dolores del Río
Mexican actress
Alger Hiss
American diplomat and accused Soviet spy
Anna Neagle
English stage and film actress and singer
Alberta Williams King
Mother of Martin Luther King Jr.
Iron Eyes Cody
American actor
Bruce Cabot
American actor
Cecil Beaton
British photographer and designer
George Formby
English actor, singer-songwriter and comedian
Constance Bennett
American actress and producer
A. K. Gopalan
Indian politician
Charles R. Drew
American surgeon and medical researcher
Clarence Nash
American voice actor
Arshile Gorky
Armenian-American painter
Aarne Juutilainen
Finnish army captain
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
René Lacoste
French and Jamaican tennis player
A
Ancel Keys
American physiologist
G
George Gamow
American theoretical physicist
C
Clyfford Still
American painter