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 | James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1991) |
| 1930 | Tommy Bryant, American bassist (d. 1982) |
| 1930 | The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) |
| 1930 | Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992) |
| 1930 | Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993) |
| 1930 | Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009) |
| 1930 | David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (d. 2001) |
| 1930 | Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor (d. 2020) |
| 1930 | Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006) |
| 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 | John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1930 | Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (d. 1992) |
| 1930 | FM-2030, Belgian-Iranian basketball player, philosopher and diplomat (d. 2000) |
| 1930 | Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996) |
| 1930 | Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | Gene Hackman, American actor and author |
| 1930 | Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012) |
| 1930 | John J. Kelley, American runner (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (d. 2015) |