A Sunday
Born on July 30, 1978?
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
Sunday
♌ Star sign
Leo
🐎 Chinese zodiac
Earth Horse
🌘 Moon
Waning Crescent
🎂 Age today
48 years
Famous people born on July 30, 1978
No famous birthdays are recorded for this exact day.
Born the same week
Ruhollah Zam
July 27 · Iranian activist and journalist (1978-2020)
José González
July 31 · Swedish-Argentine singer-songwriter
Abelardo de la Espriella
July 31 · 43ᵗʰ President of Colombia since 2026
Yamba Asha
July 31 · Angolan footballer
Björn Ferry
August 1 · Swedish biathlete
Deividas Šemberas
August 2 · Lithuanian association football player
What happened that day
🎵 No. 1 song
July 30, 1978 was a Sunday. Someone born on July 30, 1978 is a Leo. Someone born on July 30, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,630 days. People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
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 1978
AdPresents that go back to the year it all began.
- Decorations for turning 49
- “Born in 1978” gifts
- Wine from 1978
- Books about 1978
- A newspaper from 1978
- Coin set from 1978
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Questions about July 30, 1978
- What day of the week was July 30, 1978?
- July 30, 1978 was a Sunday.
- What star sign is someone born on July 30, 1978?
- Someone born on July 30, 1978 is a Leo.
- What is the Chinese zodiac sign for July 30, 1978?
- In the Chinese zodiac, July 30, 1978 falls in the year of the Earth Horse.
- How old is someone born on July 30, 1978?
- Someone born on July 30, 1978 is 48 years old today and has lived about 17,630 days.
- Which generation is someone born in 1978?
- People born in 1978 belong to Generation X.
- What is the birthstone for July?
- The birthstone for July is ruby.
- What was the moon phase on July 30, 1978?
- On July 30, 1978 the moon was a Waning Crescent.
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