October 1

Pre-1600

• 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.^[1]
• 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.^[2]
• 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig.^[3]
• 965 – Pope John XIII is consecrated.^[4]
• 1553 – The coronation of Queen Mary I of England is held at Westminster Abbey.^[5]
• 1588 – The coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia occurs.

1601–1900

• 1730 – Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
• 1779 – The city of Tampere, Finland (belonging to Sweden at this time) is founded by King Gustav III of Sweden.^[6]
• 1787 – Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
• 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
• 1795 – More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed by Revolutionary France.
• 1800 – Via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
• 1814 – The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
• 1827 – Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination of Armenia.
• 1829 – The South African College is founded in Cape Town, later separating into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
• 1832 – Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
• 1861 – Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day.
• 1887 – Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
• 1890 – Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• 1891 – Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
• 1898 – The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.

1901–present

• 1903 – Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
• 1908 – Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• 1910 – A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.^[7]
• 1918 – World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
• 1918 – Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• 1923 – The 1923 Imperial Conference opened in London.^[8]
• 1923 – Georges Carpentier knocked out former British heavyweight champion Joe Beckett a mere twenty seconds into the first round of their boxing match at Olympia in London.^[9][10]
• 1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
• 1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.^[11]
• 1931 – The George Washington Bridge in the United States is opened, linking New Jersey and New York.
• 1931 – Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
• 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.^[12]
• 1938 – Pursuant to the Munich Agreement signed the day before, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.^[13]
• 1939 – World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
• 1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
• 1942 – World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
• 1943 – World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
• 1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
• 1946 – The Daegu October incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
• 1947 – The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• 1949 – The People's Republic of China is established.
• 1953 – Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
• 1953 – A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.^[14]
• 1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• 1957 – The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
• 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
• 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
• 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
• 1961 – The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched.^[15]
• 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.^[16]
• 1963 – On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic.^[17]
• 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
• 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
• 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
• 1968 – Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
• 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
• 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
• 1971 – The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
• 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
• 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
• 1979 – The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
• 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
• 1982 – EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
• 1982 – Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
• 1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.
• 1987 – The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
• 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
• 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
• 1994 – Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
• 2000 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".^[18]
• 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
• 2001 – 3G wireless technology first becomes available when it is adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.^[19]
• 2003 – The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched.^[20]
• 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
• 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
• 2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
• 2014 – A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.^[21]
• 2015 – A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
• 2015 – Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
• 2015 – The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.^[22]
• 2016 – The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later.^[23]
• 2017 – An independence referendum, later declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
• 2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.^[24][25]
• 2018 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.^[26]
• 2019 – Kuopio school stabbing: one dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland.^[27]
• 2021 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[28]
• 2022 – One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.^[29]

Pre-1600

• 86 BC – Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)^[30]
• 208 – Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (d. 235)^[31]
• 1207 – Henry III of England (d. 1272)^[32]
• 1476 – Guy XVI, Count of Laval (d. 1531)
• 1480 – Saint Cajetan, Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer (d. 1547)
• 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect who designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
• 1526 – Dorothy Stafford, English noble (d. 1604)
• 1540 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1617)
• 1542 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)
• 1550 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (d. 1626)
• 1554 – Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (d. 1623)

1601–1900

• 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (d. 1683)
• 1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742)
• 1681 – Giulia Lama, Italian painter (d. 1747)^[33]
• 1685 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
• 1691 – Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 1768)
• 1712 – William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
• 1719 – John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (d. 1781)
• 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)
• 1791 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1859)
• 1808 – Mary Anna Custis Lee, American wife of Robert E. Lee (d. 1873)
• 1832 – Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
• 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
• 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and anatomist (d. 1920)
• 1842 – S. Subramania Iyer, Indian lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
• 1842 – Charles Cros, French poet and author (d. 1888)
• 1846 – Nectarios of Aegina, Greek metropolitan and saint (d. 1920)
• 1847 – Annie Besant, English-Indian activist and author (d. 1933)
• 1865 – Paul Dukas, French composer, scholar, and critic (d. 1935)
• 1878 – Othmar Spann, Austrian economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Louis Untermeyer, American poet, anthologist, and critic (d. 1977)
• 1887 – Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (d. 1945)
• 1890 – Stanley Holloway, English actor (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Ip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961)
• 1895 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
• 1896 – Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
• 1899 – Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
• 1900 – Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)

1901–present

• 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979)
• 1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977)
• 1906 – S. D. Burman, Indian composer and singer (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Maurice Bardèche, French journalist, author, and critic (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Herman David Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician and pathologist (d. 1983)
• 1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Bonnie Parker, American criminal (d. 1934)^[34]
• 1910 – Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (d. 1994)
• 1911 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
• 1913 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (d. 2009)
• 1913 – Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
• 1914 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
• 1917 – Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and theologian (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2000)
• 1920 – David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)^[34]
• 1921 – James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Jimmy Carter, American naval lieutenant, politician, 39th President of the United States, and Nobel Prize laureate^[34]
• 1924 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Leonie Kramer, Australian academic (d. 2016)
• 1924 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)^[34]
• 1924 – Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 1928 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (d. 1973)^[35]
• 1928 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)
• 1928 – George Peppard, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (d. 2001)^[36]
• 1928 – Zhu Rongji, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China
• 1929 – Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1929 – Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Frank Gardner, Australian race car driver and manager (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)^[37]
• 1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Mayor of Karachi (d. 2020)
• 1930 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Sylvano Bussotti, Italian violinist and composer
• 1931 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
• 1934 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer^[38]
• 1935 – Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1937 – Saeed Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
• 1938 – Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
• 1938 – Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
• 1938 – Stella Stevens, American actress and director (d. 2023)^[39]
• 1939 – George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
• 1939 – Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 1940 – Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist
• 1940 – Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
• 1942 – Herb Fame, American R&B singer
• 1942 – Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer (d. 2023)
• 1942 – Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (d. 2024)^[40]
• 1942 – Robert Lelièvre, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
• 1942 – David Stancliffe, English bishop and scholar
• 1942 – Günter Wallraff, German journalist and author
• 1943 – Jean-Jacques Annaud, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist^[41]
• 1943 – Robert Slater, American author and journalist (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach^[42]
• 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
• 1945 – Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of India^[43]
• 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader^[41]
• 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American novelist and short story writer^[34]
• 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
• 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
• 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
• 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor and director^[34]
• 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
• 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
• 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Yvette Freeman, American actress^[41]
• 1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
• 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
• 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1950 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor^[41]
• 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1952 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 – Pete Falcone, American baseball player
• 1953 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
• 1953 – Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach (d. 2011)
• 1953 – Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin^[44]
• 1955 – Howard Hewett, American singer-songwriter^[41]
• 1955 – Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist and composer^[45]
• 1955 – Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
• 1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1956 – Theresa May, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom^[46]
• 1957 – Kang Seok-woo, South Korean actor
• 1957 – Éva Tardos, Hungarian mathematician and educator
• 1958 – Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter
• 1958 – Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer
• 1959 – Mark Aizlewood, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1959 – Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
• 1959 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer-songwriter, musician, and politician^[41]
• 1960 – Joshua Wurman, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser
• 1961 – Gary Ablett Sr., Australian footballer
• 1961 – Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
• 1961 – Corrie van Zyl, South African cricketer and coach
• 1962 – Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1962 – Nico Claesen, Belgian footballer and coach
• 1962 – Esai Morales, American actor^[41]
• 1962 – Paul Walsh, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1963 – Jean-Denis Delétraz, Swiss race car driver
• 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach^[34]
• 1964 – Harry Hill, English comedian and author
• 1964 – Max Matsuura, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
• 1964 – Jonathan Sarfati, Australian-New Zealand chess player and author
• 1965 – Andreas Keller, German field hockey player
• 1965 – Cindy Margolis, American actress and model^[41]
• 1965 – Mia Mottley, Barbadian prime minister
• 1965 – Chris Reason, Australian journalist
• 1965 – Cliff Ronning, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1966 – George Weah, Liberian footballer and politician, 25th President of Liberia
• 1966 – José Ángel Ziganda, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1967 – Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
• 1967 – Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Rob Collard, English race car driver
• 1968 – Phil de Glanville, English rugby player
• 1968 – Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter
• 1968 – Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968 – Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
• 1968 – Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
• 1969 – Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter^[41]
• 1969 – Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer
• 1969 – Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
• 1969 – Marcus Stephen, Nauruan weightlifter and politician, 27th President of Nauru
• 1969 – Igor Ulanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Simon Davey, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1970 – Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
• 1971 – Yvette Hermundstad, Swedish journalist
• 1971 – Andrew O'Keefe, Australian lawyer and television host
• 1971 – Jim Serdaris, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
• 1972 – Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Jean, Brazilian footballer
• 1972 – Nicky Morgan, British politician
• 1973 – Christian Borle, American actor and singer
• 1973 – Rachid Chékhémani, French runner
• 1973 – Jana Henke, German swimmer
• 1973 – John Mackey, American composer
• 1973 – John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
• 1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1974 – Nick Graham, Australian rugby player
• 1974 – Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress^[41]
• 1975 – Justin Leppitsch, Australian rules footballer
• 1975 – Zoltán Sebescen, German footballer and coach
• 1976 – Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Ümit Karan, Turkish footballer
• 1976 – Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1976 – Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
• 1976 – Mark Švets, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – Christel Takigawa, French-Japanese journalist
• 1977 – Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver
• 1978 – Katie Aselton, American actress^[41]
• 1978 – Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
• 1978 – Joe Keith, English footballer
• 1978 – Dominic Thornely, Australian cricketer
• 1979 – Curtis Axel, American wrestler
• 1979 – Rudi Johnson, American football player
• 1979 – Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 – Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
• 1979 – Marko Stanojevic, English-Italian rugby player
• 1980 – Sarah Drew, American actress^[41]
• 1980 – Antonio Narciso, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Júlio Baptista, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Tom Donnelly, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Gaby Mudingayi, Belgian footballer
• 1981 – Johnny Oduya, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1981 – Arnau Riera, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – David Yelldell, German-American soccer player
• 1982 – Haruna Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1982 – Aleksandar Đuričić, Serbian author and playwright
• 1983 – Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (d. 2006)
• 1983 – Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
• 1984 – Beck Bennett, American actor and comedian^[41]
• 1984 – Matt Cain, American baseball player
• 1984 – Daniel Guillén Ruiz, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1986 – Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2021)^[47]
• 1986 – Jurnee Smollett, American actress^[41]
• 1986 – Ricardo Vaz Tê, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 – Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
• 1987 – Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Matthew Daddario, American actor^[34]
• 1987 – Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Indonesian businessman and politician, 17th Mayor of Surakarta^[48]
• 1989 – Brie Larson, American actress^[49]
• 1990 – Pedro Filipe Mendes, Portuguese footballer
• 1990 – Albert Prosa, Estonian footballer
• 1991 – Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
• 1991 – Robbie Ray, American baseball player^[50]
• 1992 – Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player^[51]
• 1993 – Chris Green, South African-Australian cricketer^[52]
• 1993 – Lizaad Williams, South African cricketer^[53]
• 1994 – Trézéguet, Egyptian footballer^[54]
• 1995 – Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
• 1997 – Jade Bird, English singer, songwriter, and musician^[41]
• 1998 – Daniel Gafford, American basketball player^[55]
• 1998 – Haumole Olakau'atu, Australian-Tongan rugby league player^[56]
• 2000 – Kalle Rovanperä, Finnish professional rally driver^[57]
• 2001 – Luna Blaise, American actress and singer^[34]
• 2001 – Mason Greenwood, English footballer^[58]
• 2006 – Priah Ferguson, American actress^[41]

Pre-1600

• 630 – Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk', Mayan king
• 686 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan (b. 631)
• 804 – Richbod, archbishop of Trier
• 895 – Kong Wei, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
• 918 – Zhou, empress of Former Shu
• 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
• 961 – Artald, archbishop of Reims
• 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
• 1126 – Morphia of Melitene, Queen of Jerusalem
• 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
• 1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
• 1416 – Yaqub Spata, Albanian ruler
• 1450 – Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, Italian noble (b. 1407)
• 1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
• 1500 – John Alcock, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1430)
• 1532 – Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
• 1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
• 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
• 1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
• 1578 – John of Austria (b. 1547)
• 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)

1601–1900

• 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1541)
• 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian priest and composer (b. 1532)
• 1652 – Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter (b. 1610)
• 1683 – John Hull, colonial American merchant and politician (b. 1624)^[59]
• 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)
• 1690 – Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (b. 1632)^[60]
• 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian and academic (b. 1619)
• 1708 – John Blow, English organist and composer (b. 1649)
• 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
• 1788 – William Brodie, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1741)
• 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
• 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)^[61]

1901–present

• 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 – Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 – Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 – John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 – Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant, politician, and sixth Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, politician, and first President of Italy (b. 1877)
• 1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1968 – Romano Guardini, Italian-German Catholic priest, author, and academic (b. 1885)^[62]
• 1970 – Raúl Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
• 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
• 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1985 – E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)^[63]
• 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (b. 1947)^[64]
• 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher, diplomat, and United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Robert Vaidlo, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer and journalist (b. 1965)
• 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
• 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
• 2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player and golfer (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)^[65]
• 2013 – Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Israel Gutman, Polish-Israeli historian and author (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Norwegian physician, academic, and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)^[66]
• 2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)
• 2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)
• 2015 – Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
• 2015 – Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)^[67]
• 2015 – Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)^[68]
• 2017 – Dave Strader, American sportscaster^[69] (b. 1955)
• 2018 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (b. 1924)^[70]
• 2019 – Karel Gott, Сzeсh singer^[71] (b. 1939)
• 2022 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (b. 1943)^[72]
• 2023 – Tim Wakefield, American professional baseball player^[73] (b. 1966)

• Armed Forces Day (South Korea)
• Beginning of the United States' Fiscal Year
• Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka)
• Christian feast day:
  • Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • Bavo of Ghent
  • Blessed Edward James
  • Nicetius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Remigius
  • Thérèse of Lisieux
  • Protection/Patronage of the Theotokos (Eastern Catholic Churches)
  • October 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)
• Ground Forces Day (Russia)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cyprus from United Kingdom in 1960.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Palau from UN trust territory status in 1994.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tuvalu from United Kingdom in 1978.
• International Day of Coffee
• International Day of Older Persons^[74]
• Lincolnshire Day (United Kingdom)^[75]
• National Day of the People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China)
• Pancasila Sanctity Day (Indonesia)
• Tampere Day (Finland)^[76]
• Teacher's Day (Uzbekistan)
• Unification Day (Cameroon)
• Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine)^[77]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to October 1.

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on October 1". OnThisDay.com.