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 | Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012) |
| 1931 | Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Hal Smith, American baseball player (d. 2020) |
| 1930 | Netty Herawaty, Indonesian actress (d. 1989) |
| 1930 | Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | José Guardiola, Spanish singer (d. 2012) |
| 1930 | Cliff Gallup, American rock & roll guitarist (d. 1988) |
| 1930 | Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010) |
| 1930 | John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (d. 2009) |
| 1930 | Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006) |
| 1930 | Barbara Jefford, English actress (d. 2020) |
| 1930 | Robert Evans, American actor and producer (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | Biljana Plavšić, 2nd President of Republika Srpska |
| 1930 | Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992) |
| 1931 | Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007) |
| 1930 | Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1930 | Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Helen Merrill, American singer |
| 1930 | Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, former First Lady of Ivory Coast |
| 1930 | Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Wendy Beckett, British nun and art critic for BBC TV with great success in the 1990s (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest (d. 2021) |
| 1930 | Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (d. 2012) |
| 1930 | William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Alan Williams, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2014) |