What happened on October 1 ?

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)

1771 - Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (d. 1842)

1791 - Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (d. 1859)

1835 - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (d. 1920)

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)

1887 - Violet Jessop, Titanic survivor (d. 1971)

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)

1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)

1900 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)

1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1989)

1904 - Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)

1904 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977)

1909 - Sam Yorty, Mayor of Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)

1910 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)

1910 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (d. 1983)

1910 - José Enrique Moyal, mathematical physicist (d. 1998)

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 - James Earl Carter, Jr. , 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1924 - William Hubbs Rehnquist , 16th 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 Major League Baseball player

1945 - Spider Sabich, American skiier (d. 1976)

1947 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1947 - Stephen Collins, American actor

1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (d. 2000)

1949 - Isaac Bonewits, American author

1950 - Randy Quaid, American actor

1953 - John Hegley, British poet

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

1965 - Andreas Keller, German field hockey player

1966 - George Weah, Liberian politician and football player

1967 - Scott Young, American ice hockey player

1968 - Jon Guenther, American author

1970 - Alexei Zhamnov, Russian ice hockey player

1975 - Chulpan Khamatova, Russian actress

1976 - Dora Venter, Hungarian pornographic actress

1976 - Mandisa, American Idol contestant

1979 - Rudi Johnson, American football player

1981 - Júlio Baptista, Brazilian football player

1982 - Haruna Babangida, Nigerian football player

1982 - Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer

1985 - Dizzee Rascal, British musician

1985 - Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer