1 October is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining until the end of the year. On this day was born in the year: 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235) 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272) 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573) 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (d. 1617) 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683) 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742) 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740) 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons for the United Kingdom (d. 1768) 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801) 1724 – Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1808) 1729 – Anton Cajetan Adlgasser, German organist and composer (d. 1777) 1730 – Richard Stockton, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1781) 1760 – William Thomas Beckford, English author and politician (d. 1844) 1762 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak priest and linguist (d. 1813) 1771 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842) 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884) 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933) 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935) 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982) 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974) 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937) 1906 – S. D. Burman, Bangladeshi-Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1975) 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977) 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998) 1911 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter and publisher (d. 1994) 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014) 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist (d. 1998) 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, and author, 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004) 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor and singer (d. 2000) 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor and singer (d. 2009) 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American lieutenant and politician, 39th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005) 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011) 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author 1928 – George Peppard, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1994) 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the Peoples Republic of China 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (The Robins) (d. 2011) 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (The Strangers) (d. 2006) 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish-English actor, singer, and producer (d. 2002) 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician, Mayor of Karachi 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006) 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993) 1934 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (d. 2014) 1934 – Geoff Stephens, English songwriter and producer 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (The Druds) (d. 2013) 1936 – Stella Stevens, American actress, singer, and director 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion 1942 – Herb Fame, American singer (Peaches & Herb) 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973) 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly and the Family Stone and Rubicon) 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979) 1945 – Carrie Lucas, American R&B musician (Hello Stranger) 1945 – Ellen McIlwaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader (Gateway) 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor, singer, and director 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Wishbone Ash and Martin Turners Wishbone Ash) 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006) 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000) 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010) 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor 1950 – Susan Greenfield, English politician and neuroscientist. 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance 1950 – Jeane Manson, American model, singer, and actress 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (April Wine and Mashmakhan) 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (Abraxas) (d. 2012) 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player 1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer (Shalamar) 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer 1956 – Theresa May, English politician, Secretary of State for the Home Department 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Godot) 1959 – Youssou NDour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, actor, and politician 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Better Than Ezra) 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist (Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bordello, and Firewater) 1970 – Jung Joon-ho, South Korean actor and singer 1971 – Gigi Lai, Hong Kong actress and singer 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amorphis) 1973 – John Mackey, American composer 1974 – Christian Borle, American actor, singer, and dancer 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Boyzone) 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist (Suede) 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter 1982 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer 1985 – Maikel Nabil Sanad, Egyptian activist and blogger 1985 – Revazi Zintiridis, Greek martial artist 1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer 1989 – Brie Larson, American actress and singer
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