October 1
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[edit] Births
- 1207 - King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
- 1471 - King Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
- 1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
- 1540 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss protestant clergyman (d. 1617)
- 1620 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
- 1644 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
- 1671 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
- 1685 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- 1691 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (d. 1768)
- 1730 - Richard Stockton, American attorney, signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1781)
- 1760 - William Thomas Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
- 1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)
- 1865 - Paul Dukas, French composer (d. 1935)
- 1881 - William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
- 1885 - Louis Untermeyer, American author (d. 1977)
- 1878 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
- 1890 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (d. 1982)
- 1896 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan, (d. 1951)
- 1896 - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
- 1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
- 1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1989)
- 1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)
- 1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
- 1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)
- 1914 - Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1921 - James Whitmore, American actor
- 1924 - Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1924 - William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1925 - Bob Boyd, baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1926 - Roger Williams, American pianist
- 1927 - Tom Bosley, American actor
- 1928 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (d. 1973)
- 1928 - George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1930 - Sir Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
- 1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
- 1932 - Albert Collins, blues guitarist (d.1993)
- 1935 - Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
- 1936 - Stella Stevens, American actress
- 1939 - George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1942 - Frank Gardner, Australian formula one driver
- 1945 - Rod Carew, Panamanian baseball player
- 1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor
- 1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (d. 2000)
- 1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author
- 1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1954 - Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
- 1956 - Theresa May, British politician
- 1962 - Esai Morales, American actor
- 1963 - Mark McGwire, baseball player
- 1964 - Harry Hill, British comedian
- 1964 - Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-born chess player, scientist, and author
- 1968 - Jon Guenther, American author
- 1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1985 - Dizzee Rascal, British musician
