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 | Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006) |
| 1930 | Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1995) |
| 1930 | Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (d. 2009) |
| 1930 | David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State |
| 1931 | Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Tu Youyou, Chinese chemist and pharmacist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1930 | Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist |
| 1930 | Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996) |
| 1930 | Helen Merrill, American singer |
| 1931 | James West, American inventor and acoustician |
| 1930 | Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 2007) |
| 1930 | Big Tiny Little, American pianist (d. 2010) |
| 1930 | Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (d. 2010) |
| 1930 | William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (d. 1997) |
| 1930 | Joe DeNardo, American meteorologist (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Peter Hurford, English organist and composer |
| 1930 | Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (d. 2021) |
| 1930 | Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (d. 2010) |
| 1930 | Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2017) |
| 1930 | Christine Arnothy, French writer (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013) |