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 |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress |
| 1930 | Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | René Maltête, French photographer and poet (d. 2000) |
| 1930 | Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1931 | Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (d. 1989) |
| 1930 | Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1930 | Esther Hautzig, Lithuanian-American author (d. 2009) |
| 1930 | D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (d. 2007) |
| 1930 | Roy Yorke Calne, English surgeon and academic |
| 1931 | Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008) |
| 1930 | George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1930 | Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (d. 2007). |
| 1930 | Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014) |
| 1931 | Rip Torn, American actor (d. 2019) |
| 1931 | Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Carlos Kleiber, German-Austrian conductor (d. 2004) |
| 1930 | Monu Mukhopadhyay, Indian Bengali actor (d. 2020) |
| 1930 | Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina (d. 2021) |
| 1931 | Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007) |
| 1930 | T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator |
| 1930 | Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic (d. 2002) |
| 1931 | Judith Viorst, American journalist and author |
| 1930 | Benoît Sinzogan, Beninese military officer and politician (d. 2021) |
| 1930 | Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000) |
| 1930 | Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer and basketball player (d. 1981) |
| 1930 | Abbas Zandi, Iranian wrestler (d. 2017) |
| 1930 | William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American publisher (d. 2006) |