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 | Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982) |
| 1930 | Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer |
| 1930 | Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician (d. 1968) |
| 1930 | Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002) |
| 1930 | Red Rhodes, American pedal steel guitarist (d. 1995) |
| 1930 | Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| 1930 | Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (d. 1980) |
| 1930 | Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer and producer (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | Arthur Latham, British politician and Member of Parliament (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016) |
| 1930 | David Dacko, Central African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)[180] |
| 1930 | Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000) |
| 1931 | Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (d. 2014) |
| 1930 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland |
| 1930 | Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut |
| 1930 | Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2011) |
| 1930 | Joni James, American singer (d. 2022) |
| 1930 | David Piper, English race car driver |
| 1930 | Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia |
| 1930 | Robert Evans, American actor and producer (d. 2019) |
| 1930 | Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist |
| 1930 | Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist |
| 1930 | Robert Wagner, American actor and producer |
| 1930 | Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2018) |
| 1930 | Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician (d. 2020) |