Birthday: 1 October
Famous people born on 1 October
29 of the best-known people in our data were born on 1 October, including Jimmy Carter, El Greco and Konstantin Chernenko. The longest life among them was Chen-ning Yang's, at 103 years.
- Jimmy CarterPresident of the United States from 1977 to 1981 · 1924–2024100 yrs
- El GrecoGreek artist, painter, sculptor and architect · 1541–161472 yrs
- Konstantin ChernenkoGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union · 1912–198572 yrs
- Paul I of RussiaThe ninth Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801 · 1754–180146 yrs
- Chen-ning YangChinese physicist · 1922–2025103 yrs
- Annie BesantBritish socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator · 1847–193385 yrs
- Severus AlexanderRoman Emperor · AD 208–23526 yrs
- Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor · 1685–174055 yrs
- Walter Matthau ↗American actor, comedian and director · 1920–200079 yrs
- Liaquat Ali Khan ↗1st Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951 · 1895–195156 yrs
- Philippe Noiret ↗French actor · 1930–200676 yrs
- Vladimir Horowitz ↗Russian/Ukrainian and American pianist · 1903–198986 yrs
- Ip Man ↗Hong Kong martial artist · 1893–197279 yrs
- Lev Gumilev ↗Soviet academic · 1912–199279 yrs
- Paul Dukas ↗French composer · 1865–193569 yrs
- William Boeing ↗American aviation pioneer · 1881–195674 yrs
- Duncan Edwards ↗English footballer · 1936–195821 yrs
- José Leandro Andrade ↗Uruguayan footballer · 1901–195756 yrs
- Sergey Aksakov ↗Russian writer · 1791–185967 yrs
- George Peppard ↗American actor · 1928–199465 yrs
- Otto Robert Frisch ↗Austrian-born British nuclear physicist · 1904–197974 yrs
- Jerome Bruner ↗American psychologist and scholar · 1915–2016100 yrs
- James Whitmore ↗American actor · 1921–200987 yrs
- William Beckford ↗English slaver, art collector, and novelist · 1760–184483 yrs
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ↗Nigerian politician · 1912–196653 yrs
- William Rehnquist ↗Chief justice of the United States from 1986 to 2005 · 1924–200580 yrs
- Caroline Harrison ↗First Lady of the United States from 1889 to 1892 · 1832–189260 yrs
- Violet Jessop ↗Titanic crew member · 1887–197183 yrs
- Laurence Harvey ↗Lithuanian-born British actor · 1928–197345 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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