According to Chinese Astrology, 1930 is the Year of the Horse and it is the Metal element. Based on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, those born in 1930 are Horses. The Chinese Horse year repeats every 12 years. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, those born between 30 January 1930 and 16 February 1931 are considered born in the Chinese year 1930 and are a Horse sign. In addition, each Horse 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. 1930 is also known as the Year of the Metal Horse. Each zodiac sign is also associated with a negative/positive expression according to the Yin Yang philosophy. The year 1930 is Yang (+) according to the Chinese calendar.
When is the Chinese Year of the Horse?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1930 | Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (d. 2021) |
| 1930 | Unto Mononen, Finnish musician (d. 1968) |
| 1930 | Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008) |
| 1930 | Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992) |
| 1930 | Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | Yuri Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1998) |
| 1930 | Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2017) |
| 1930 | Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980) |
| 1930 | Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (d. 2010) |
| 1930 | Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | Jim Mutscheller, American football player and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1931 | Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower |
| 1930 | Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (d. 2012) |
| 1931 | Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic |
| 1930 | Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (d. 2020) |
| 1931 | Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (d. 2017) |
| 1930 | Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (d. 1991) |
| 1930 | Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic (d. 2020) |
| 1930 | Wendy Beckett, British nun and art critic for BBC TV with great success in the 1990s (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (d. 2006) |
| 1930 | Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005) |
| 1930 | Peter Randall, English sergeant (d. 2007) |
| 1930 | Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | Barbara, French singer (d. 1997) |
| 1930 | Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (d. 2016) |