* Henry Austin ( baseball ) ( 1844 – 1904 ), American baseball player

It was in 1904 he and I worked together – the Abercrombie forgery case – you remember he was run down in Brussels.

* 1904 – Kurt Kiesinger, German politician ( d. 1988 )

* 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.

* 1904 – Norah Lofts, English author ( d. 1983 )

* 1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J. H.

* 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer ( d. 1970 )

* 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach ( d. 1993 )

* 1904 – Charles " Buddy " Rogers, American actor and trombonist ( d. 1999 )

* 1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty ( d. 1904 )

* 1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician ( b. 1904 )

* 1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American writer ( d. 1988 )

Casa Batlló () is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904 – 1906 ; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia ( passeig is Catalan for promenade or avenue ), part of the Illa de la Discòrdia ( the " Block of Discord ") in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain.

* 1904 – Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1904 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver ( d. 1948 )

* 1904 – Fifi D ' Orsay, Canadian actress ( d. 1983 )

* 1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor ( d. 1992 )

* 1856 – Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan politician and military leader ( d. 1904 )

* 1904 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot and politician ( d. 1989 )

* 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1971 )

* 1904 – Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia ( d. 1918 )

* 1904 – Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter ( d. 2009 )

* 1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, bandleader, and composer ( Count Basie Orchestra ) ( d. 1984 )

The southern half of Sakhalin was acquired by Japan as a result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 – 05, but at the end of World War II in 1945, the Soviets declared war on Japan and took possession of the Kuril islands and southern Sakhalin.

* 1941 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor ( b. 1904 )

** Joe Penner, American comedian and actor ( b. 1904 )

* October 10 – Joe Cain, American parade organizer for Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama ( d. 1904 )

Sport: In the first half of the twentieth century, before Major League Baseball was racially integrated, dark-skinned and dark-complexion players were nicknamed Nig ; examples are: Johnny Beazley ( 1941 – 49 ), Joe Berry ( 1921 – 22 ), Bobby Bragan ( 1940 – 48 ), Nig Clarke ( 1905 – 20 ), Nig Cuppy ( 1892 – 1901 ), Nig Fuller ( 1902 ), Johnny Grabowski ( 1923 – 31 ), Nig Lipscomb ( 1937 ), Charlie Niebergall ( 1921 – 24 ), Nig Perrine ( 1907 ), and Frank Smith ( 1904 – 15 ).

The Joseph Henry, usually referred to as the Joe Henry, was launched in 1880 and was active until 1904.

Joe " Tricky Sam " Nanton ( February 1, 1904 – July 20, 1946 ) was a famous trombonist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

: 5 Joe McGinnity ( 1899 – 1900, 1903 – 1904, 1906 )

: 4 Joe McGinnity ( 1900 – 1901, 1903 – 1904 )

Joseph Henry Hall ( May 3, 1881 – April 5, 1919 ), nicknamed Bad Joe Hall, was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played professionally from 1904 until 1919 when he died as a result of the influenza epidemic of 1918.

* Joe Berry ( pitcher ) ( 1904 – 1958 ), Major League Baseball player

The company built coasters from 1904 to 1979. Notable coaster designers included Joe McKee, John A. Miller, Herbert Schmeck, Frank Hoover and John C. Allen.

Although Langford is often credited as the greatest fighter to never challenge for a world title, he fought World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott on September 5, 1904 for his title.

Although Langford is often credited as the greatest fighter to never challenge for a world title, he fought World Welterweight Champion Barbados Joe Walcott, a black man, on September 5, 1904 at Lake Massabesic Coliseum in Manchester, New Hampshire for his title.

* Joe Maddock, played for Michigan ( 1902 – 1903 ), head coach for Utah ( 1904 – 1909 ), Oregon ( 1924 )

Joe Penner ( November 11, 1904 – January 10, 1941 ) was an American 1930s-era vaudeville, radio and film comedian.

* Joe Birch ( 1904 – 1980 ), professional footballer

* A Brief History of the Sacred Harp and Its Author, B. F. White, Sr., and Contributors, by Joe S. James, privately printed, 1904.

* A Brief History of the Sacred Harp and Its Author, B. F. White, Sr., and Contributors, by Joe S. James, privately printed, 1904.

Joseph Bartlett " Joe " Choynski (; November 8, 1868 – January 24, 1943 ) was an American boxer who fought professionally from 1888 to 1904.

* Joe Penner ( 1904 – 1941 ), American vaudeville comedian

Joseph Harold Anthony " Joe " Hulme ( 26 August 1904 – 27 September 1991 ) was an English footballer and cricketer.