The 274th day of the year, the 275th in a leap year
Born on 1 October
Every 1 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 1 October in any year.
Which weekday 1 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 1 October falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 1 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,951 babies were born on 1 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 6th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 1 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter | 1924–2024 | president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 |
| Theresa May | 1956– | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019 |
| Julie Andrews | 1935– | British actress, singer and author |
| George Weah | 1966– | President of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 |
| Brie Larson | 1989– | American actress, singer and filmmaker |
| Yang Chen-Ning | 1922–2025 | Chinese physicist |
| Ram Nath Kovind | 1945– | President of India from 2017 to 2022 |
| Sallust | 86–35 BC | Roman historian and politician |
| Severus Alexander | 208–235 | Roman Emperor |
| Annie Besant | 1847–1933 | British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator |
| Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor | 1685–1740 | 18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor |
| Henry III of England | 1207–1272 | King of England from 1216 to 1272 |
| Richard Harris | 1930–2002 | Irish actor and singer |
| Walter Matthau | 1920–2000 | American actor, comedian and director |
| Aaron Ciechanover | 1947– | Israeli physician and biochemist, Nobel Laureate |
| Mia Mottley | 1965– | prime minister of Barbados since 2018 |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | 1895–1951 | 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951 |
| Jean-Jacques Annaud | 1943– | French film director, screenwriter and producer |
Died on 1 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Goodall | 1934–2025 | English primatologist and anthropologist |
| Pierre Corneille | 1606–1684 | French tragedian |
| Charles Aznavour | 1924–2018 | Armenian-French singer and diplomat |
| Tom Clancy | 1947–2013 | American author |
| Eric Hobsbawm | 1917–2012 | British academic historian and Marxist historiographer |
| Pope Boniface IX | died 1404 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1389 to 1404 |
| Marsilio Ficino | 1433–1499 | Italian philosopher and Catholic priest |
| Enrico De Nicola | 1877–1959 | President of Italy from 1946 to 1948 |
| Eadwig | 940–959 | King of the English from 955 to 959 |
| Abdur Rahman Khan | 1840–1901 | Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901 |
| Louis Leakey | 1903–1972 | Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist |
| Karel Gott | 1939–2019 | Czech singer and actor |
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