1904 (AD 1904) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 1904 (AD 1904) (21)

• Alejo Carpentier (Born: 1904-12-26) — Influential Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist of the Latin American Boom.
• Alice Rahon (Born: 1904-06-08) — French-born Mexican poet and painter whose work bridged surrealism and abstraction.
• Anton Chekhov (Died: 1904-07-15) — Master of Russian literature, celebrated for poignant realism and subtle drama.
• Antonín Dvořák (Died: 1904-05-01) — Master Czech composer blending folk rhythms with grand symphonic tradition.
• B. F. Skinner (Born: 1904-03-20) — Pioneering behaviorist who developed operant conditioning and radical behaviorism.
• Benode Behari Mukherjee (Born: 1904-02-07) — Pioneering Indian modern artist from West Bengal, known for his murals and Contextual Modernism.
• Cary Grant (Born: 1904-01-18) — Classic Hollywood leading man known for debonair charm and comic timing.
• Deng Xiaoping (Born: 1904-08-22) — Architect of modern China, guiding it into reform and opening up.
• Dr. Seuss (Born: 1904-03-02) — Iconic American author known for whimsical children's literature under the pen name Dr. Seuss.
• Eadweard Muybridge (Died: 1904-05-08) — Pioneering English photographer known for motion studies and early cinema.
• George Balanchine (Born: 1904-01-09) — Pioneering choreographer who defined American ballet with neoclassical brilliance.
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (Born: 1904-04-22) — Pioneering theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project.
• Jamsetji Tata (Died: 1904-05-19) — Pioneering Indian industrialist who founded the Tata Group and established Jamshedpur.
• Joan Crawford (Born: 1904-03-23) — Iconic Hollywood star known for her dramatic roles and enduring, complex personal life.
• John Gielgud (Born: 1904-04-14) — A titan of the English stage, dominating theatre for eight decades.
• Johnny Weissmuller (Born: 1904-06-02) — Olympic swimmer, actor, and pioneer of the modern cinematic portrayal of jungle heroes.
• Lal Bahadur Shastri (Born: 1904-10-02) — Indian statesman who served as Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966.
• Nnamdi Azikiwe (Born: 1904-11-16) — Father of Nigerian Nationalism and First President of Nigeria
• Pablo Neruda (Born: 1904-07-12) — Iconic Chilean poet, diplomat, and Nobel laureate whose work spanned love, politics, and history.
• Salvador Dalí (Born: 1904-05-11) — Spanish surrealist master known for precise draftsmanship and bizarre imagery.
• Theodor Herzl (Died: 1904-07-03) — Father of modern political Zionism, advocating for a Jewish state in Palestine.