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 | Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957) |
| 1930 | Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002) |
| 1930 | Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012) |
| 1930 | Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1931 | Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009) |
| 1930 | Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2020) |
| 1930 | Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004) |
| 1930 | Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (d. 1997) |
| 1930 | Robert Trotter, Scottish actor and photographer (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (d. 1993) |
| 1930 | Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | Janice Lourie, American computer scientist and graphic artist |
| 1930 | Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2022) |
| 1931 | Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Yuri Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1998) |
| 1930 | Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Ben Atchley, American politician (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 1930 | A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer (d. 1999) |
| 1930 | Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013) |
| 1931 | Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian and author (d. 2021) |
| 1931 | Rip Torn, American actor (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | James Coco, American actor (d. 1987) |