Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (76)
October 1st, 1947

Spanish engineer and politician – Francisco Álvarez-Cascos was born in Madrid (Municipality and capital of Spain) on October 1st, 1947 and is 76 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 1

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

73

Jeane Manson

American actress

*October 1st, 1950, Cleveland

88

Julie Andrews

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

*October 1st, 1935, Walton-on-Thames

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

79

Walter Matthau

American actor, comedian and film director (1920–2000)

*October 1st, 1920, New York City †July 1st, 2000, Santa Monica

53

Peter Blake

New Zealand yachtsman (1948–2001)

*October 1st, 1948, Auckland †December 5th, 2001, Macapá

37

Jurnee Smollett

American actress

*October 1st, 1986, New York City

85

Lorraine Crapp

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*October 1st, 1938, Sydney

83

Jean-Luc Bideau

Swiss actor

*October 1st, 1940, Geneva

73

Susan Greenfield

British scientist

*October 1st, 1950, Hammersmith

33

Donny Hathaway

American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)

*October 1st, 1945, Chicago †January 13th, 1979, New York City

62

Thomas von Heesen

German association football player and manager

*October 1st, 1961, Höxter

78

Ram Nath Kovind

President of India from 2017 to 2022

*October 1st, 1945, Kanpur Dehat district

32

Niletto

Russian singer

*October 1st, 1991, Tyumen

70

Klaus Wowereit

German politician

*October 1st, 1953, West Berlin

80

Jean-Jacques Annaud

French film director

*October 1st, 1943, Juvisy-sur-Orge

77

Dave Holland

British jazz musician

*October 1st, 1946, Wolverhampton

57

George Weah

President of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 (born 1966)

*October 1st, 1966, Monrovia

73

Randy Quaid

American actor

*October 1st, 1950, Houston

76

Philippe Noiret

French actor

*October 1st, 1930, Lille †November 23rd, 2006, 7th arrondissement of Paris

50

Christian Borle

American actor

*October 1st, 1973, Pittsburgh

76

Mona Saudi

Jordanian sculptor

*October 1st, 1945, Amman †February 16th, 2022, Beirut

101

Chen-ning Yang

Nobel prize winning Chinese physicist

*October 1st, 1922, Hefei County

72

Christine Andreas

Broadway actress and singer (b. 1951)

*October 1st, 1951, Camden

83

Marc Savoy

American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion

*October 1st, 1940, Eunice

34

Brie Larson

Canadian-American actress and singer

*October 1st, 1989, Sacramento

43

Sarah Drew

American actress

*October 1st, 1980, Charlottesville

36

Michaela Coel

British actress and screenwriter

*October 1st, 1987, Aldgate

73

Marco Tullio Giordana

Italian film director and screenwriter

*October 1st, 1950, Milan

72

Richard Harris

Irish actor, singer, film director and writer (1930–2002)

*October 1st, 1930, Limerick †October 25th, 2002, University College Hospital

Also born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

69

Bern Nix

American musician (1947-2017)

*September 21st, 1947, Toledo †May 31st, 2017, New York City

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

76

Sam Neill

New Zealand actor

*September 14th, 1947, Omagh

77

Elton John

English singer and pianist

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

76

Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

76

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

Francisco Álvarez-Cascos