A Thursday
Born on July 30, 1942?
Here's the world on that day. Add a name and a birthplace for the full time capsule: the weather, the sky above your town and what things cost.
📅 Weekday
Thursday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Water Horse
🌖 Moon
Waning Gibbous
🎂 Age today
84 years
Famous people born on July 30, 1942
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Meave Leakey
July 28 · British paleoanthropologist
Modibo Keita
July 31 · Malian politician (1942–2021)
Giancarlo Giannini
August 1 · Italian actor
Isabel Allende
August 2 · Chilean writer (born 1942)
Ilija Pantelić
August 2 · football goalkeeper from Serbia (1942-2014)
Leo Beenhakker
August 2 · Dutch association football trainer (1942–2025)
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 30, 1942 was a Thursday. Someone born on July 30, 1942 is a Leo. Someone born on July 30, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,779 days. People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
Also born on July 30
Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Giorgio Vasari
1511 · Italian painter, architect, writer and historian

Henry Ford
1863 · American business magnate

Henry Moore
1898 · English sculptor

Arnold Schwarzenegger
1947 · Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born )
Gift ideas for someone born in 1942
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 85
- “Born in 1942” gifts
- Wine from 1942
- Books about 1942
- A newspaper from 1942
- Coin set from 1942
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Questions about July 30, 1942
- What day of the week was July 30, 1942?
- July 30, 1942 was a Thursday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 30, 1942?
- Someone born on July 30, 1942 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 30, 1942?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 30, 1942 falls in the year of the Water Horse.
- How old is someone born on July 30, 1942?
- Someone born on July 30, 1942 is 84 years old today and has lived about 30,779 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1942?
- People born in 1942 belong to the Silent Generation.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 30, 1942?
- On July 30, 1942 the moon was a Waning Gibbous.
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