Ken Arthurson (94)
October 1st, 1929

Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator – Ken Arthurson was born in Glebe (Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) on October 1st, 1929 and is 94 years old today.

Other personalities born on October 1

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

88

Julie Andrews

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

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

45

Laurence Harvey

Lithuanian-born actor (1928-1973)

*October 1st, 1928, Joniškis †November 25th, 1973, London

76

Philippe Noiret

French actor

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

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

72

Richard Harris

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

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

65

George Peppard

American actor (1928-1994)

*October 1st, 1928, Detroit †May 8th, 1994, Los Angeles

85

Lorraine Crapp

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

*October 1st, 1938, Sydney

37

Jurnee Smollett

American actress

*October 1st, 1986, New York City

101

Chen-ning Yang

Nobel prize winning Chinese physicist

*October 1st, 1922, Hefei County

73

Jeane Manson

American actress

*October 1st, 1950, Cleveland

83

Jean-Luc Bideau

Swiss actor

*October 1st, 1940, Geneva

32

Niletto

Russian singer

*October 1st, 1991, Tyumen

95

Zhu Rongji

Chinese politician

*October 1st, 1928, Changsha

72

Sivaji Ganesan

Indian stage and film actor (1928-2001)

*October 1st, 1928, Viluppuram †July 21st, 2001, Chennai

53

Peter Blake

New Zealand yachtsman (1948–2001)

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

62

Thomas von Heesen

German association football player and manager

*October 1st, 1961, Höxter

87

James Whitmore

American actor (1921-2009)

*October 1st, 1921, White Plains †February 6th, 2009, Malibu

57

George Weah

President of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 (born 1966)

*October 1st, 1966, Monrovia

70

Klaus Wowereit

German politician

*October 1st, 1953, West Berlin

87

Inge Wettig-Danielmeier

Politician

*October 1st, 1936, Heilbronn

50

Christian Borle

American actor

*October 1st, 1973, Pittsburgh

34

Brie Larson

Canadian-American actress and singer

*October 1st, 1989, Sacramento

43

Sarah Drew

American actress

*October 1st, 1980, Charlottesville

83

Marc Savoy

American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion

*October 1st, 1940, Eunice

73

Susan Greenfield

British scientist

*October 1st, 1950, Hammersmith

86

Peter Stein

German theatre and opera director (born 1937)

*October 1st, 1937, Berlin

80

Jean-Jacques Annaud

French film director

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

36

Michaela Coel

British actress and screenwriter

*October 1st, 1987, Aldgate

Also born in 1929

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

86

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

Founder of the Congress party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

*November 24th, 1929, Srinagar †August 28th, 2016, New Delhi

78

Ira Levin

American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)

*August 27th, 1929, The Bronx †November 12th, 2007, Manhattan

95

Édouard Balladur

91st Prime Minister of France

*May 2nd, 1929, İzmir

94

Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

*July 2nd, 1929, Manila

94

Joan Plowright

British actress

*October 28th, 1929, Brigg

89

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist (1929–2019)

*September 15th, 1929, Lower Manhattan †May 24th, 2019, Santa Fe

89

Katherine Helmond

American actress (1929–2019)

*July 5th, 1929, Galveston †February 23rd, 2019, Los Angeles

49

Sándor Kocsis

Hungarian footballer

*September 21st, 1929, Budapest †July 22nd, 1979, Barcelona

76

Link Wray

American guitarist (1929–2005)

*May 2nd, 1929, Dunn †November 5th, 2005, Copenhagen

87

Gerhard Pfohl

German medical historian, archaeologist and classical philologist

*February 16th, 1929, Železná Ruda †June 29th, 2016, Nuremberg

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