On this day — November 1

Giovanni Ricci, Italian cardinal (died 1574)

Rodrigo of Aragon, Italian noble (died 1512)

Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (died 1578)

Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (died 1583)

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, English noble and politician (died 1597)

Étienne de La Boétie, French philosopher and judge (died 1563)

Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (died 1596)

Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (died 1585)

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (died 1626)

Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (died 1652)

Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter (died 1669)

Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, German poet and translator (died 1658)

Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1676)

François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French commander (died 1656)

Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (died 1681)

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (died 1711)

John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (died 1737)

Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (died 1725)

Louis, Grand Dauphin, heir apparent to the throne of France (died 1711)

James Sherard, English botanist and curator (died 1738)

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (died 1791)

Ivan Shuvalov, Russian art collector and philanthropist (died 1797)

Józef Zajączek, Polish general, politician (died 1826)

Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor and educator (died 1822)

Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1812)

Garlieb Merkel, German author and activist (died 1850)

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (died 1837)

F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1859)

John Taylor, English-American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1887)

Harry Atkinson, English-New Zealand politician, 10th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1892)

11th Dalai Lama (died 1856)

Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 227th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1919)

Emma Albani, Canadian-English soprano and actress (died 1930)

Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (died 1883)

Caroline Still Anderson, American physician, educator and abolitionist (died 1919)

Jules Bastien-Lepage, French painter (died 1884)

William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (died 1916)

Charles Brantley Aycock, American educator, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (died 1912)

Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (died 1941)

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1918)

Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1900)

Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter (died 1946)

Roger Quilter, English composer (died 1953)

Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (died 1925)

Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)

Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright (died 1957)

Grantland Rice, American journalist and poet (died 1954)

Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (died 1930)

Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral (died 1965)

Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author and poet (died 1951)

Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and critic (died 1942)

L.S. Lowry, English painter and illustrator (died 1976)

George Kenner, German-American painter and illustrator (died 1971)

Michał Sopoćko, Polish cleric and academic (died 1975)

Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer (died 1978)

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)

Edmund Blunden, English author, poet, and critic (died 1974)

Arthur Legat, Belgian race car driver (died 1960)

Sippie Wallace, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1986)

Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 1943)

Eugen Jochum, German conductor (died 1987)

Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor (died 1973)

Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (died 1963)

Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress (died 1996)

Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and educator (died 1960)

Johnny Indrisano, American boxer (died 1968)

Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (died 1976)

Hans Mork, South African-Australian rugby league player (died 1960)

Mingun Sayadaw, Burmese monk and scholar (died 1993)

Henri Troyat, French historian and author (died 2007)

Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (died 2012)

Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi (died 2006)

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter, poet, and educator, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (died 2010)

Zenna Henderson, American author (died 1983)

Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (died 2011)

Ken Miles, English-American race car driver (died 1966)

Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (died 2005)

James J. Kilpatrick, American journalist and author (died 2010)

Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (died 2011)

John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (died 2006)

Harald Quandt, German businessman (died 1967)

George S. Irving, American actor (died 2016)

Andy Tonkovich, American basketball player and coach (died 2006)

Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (died 2005)

Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (died 2001)

Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (died 2013)

Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (died 2014)

Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (died 2015)

Jean-Luc Pépin, Canadian academic and politician, 19th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1995)

Stephen Antonakos, Greek-American sculptor (died 2013)

Lou Donaldson, American saxophonist (died 2024)

Betsy Palmer, American actress and game show panelist (died 2015)

Marcel Ophüls, German documentary filmmaker (died 2025)

Vic Power, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (died 2005)

James Bradford, American weightlifter (died 2013)

Nicholas Mavroules, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)

A. R. Gurney, American playwright and author (died 2017)

Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)

Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestler and coach (died 1972)

Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer (died 2021)

Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (died 2013)

Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)

Francis Arinze, Nigerian cardinal

Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (died 2012)

Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (died 2004)

Gillian Knight, English soprano and actress

William Mathias, Welsh pianist and composer (died 1992)

Gary Player, South African golfer and sportscaster

Edward Said, Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003)

Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer and conductor (died 2020)

Shizuka Kamei, Japanese lawyer and politician

Bill Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter

Nicholasa Mohr, Puerto Rican American Nuyorican writer

Barbara Bosson, American actress (died 2023)

Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott, English academic and politician

Roger Kellaway, American pianist and composer

Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian lawyer and jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India (died 2022)

Barry Sadler, American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (died 1989)

Alfio Basile, Argentinian footballer and manager

Joe Caldwell, American basketball player

Robert Foxworth, American actor and director

John Pullin, English rugby player (died 2021)

Larry Flynt, American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications (died 2021)

Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (died 2013)

Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (died 2013)

Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter

Jacques Attali, French economist and civil servant

Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter and author (died 2024)

Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2005)

Bobby Heenan, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (died 2017)

Oscar Temaru, French-Polynesian soldier and politician, President of French Polynesia

Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (died 2013)

John Williamson, Australian singer-songwriter

Ric Grech, British rock musician (died 1990)

Yuko Shimizu, Japanese graphic designer, created Hello Kitty

Ted Hendricks, Guatemalan-American football player

Nick Owen, English journalist

Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer (died 2021)

Amani Abeid Karume, Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6th President of Zanzibar

Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician

Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Bill Woodrow, English sculptor and academic

Jeannie Berlin, American actress

David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Michael D. Griffin, American physicist and engineer

Belita Moreno, American actress and acting coach

Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Development and Electronic Frontier Foundation

Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2011)

Ronald Bell, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 2020)

Fabrice Luchini, French actor and screenwriter

Craig Serjeant, Australian cricketer and chemist

Jan Davis, American engineer and astronaut

Paul Wellings, English ecologist and academic

Beth Leavel, American actress and singer

Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby player

Mark Austin, English journalist

Robert Hart, English singer-songwriter

Rachel Ticotin, American actress

Susanna Clarke, English author and educator

Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.

Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2024)

Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish author and screenwriter

Anne Donovan, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)

Calvin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Heng Swee Keat, Singaporean politician

Sharron Davies, English swimmer

Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Anthony Kiedis, American singer-songwriter

Rick Allen, English musician

Nita Ambani, Indian businesswoman

Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager

Big Kenny, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Daley, Australian politician

Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor

Willie D, American rapper and entrepreneur

Mary Hansen, Australian singer and musician (died 2002)

Gary Howell, American businessman and politician

Jeremy Hunt, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health

Ashab Uddin, Indian-Bengali politician

Tina Arena, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer

Gary Alexander, American basketball player

Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Sherwin Campbell, Barbadian cricketer

Toma Enache, Romanian film director

Toni Collette, Australian actress

Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer and manager

Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model

Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

David Berman, American actor

Geoff Horsfield, English footballer and manager

Aishwarya Rai, Indian model and actress

V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer

Bo Bice, American singer and musician

Keryn Jordan, South African footballer (died 2013)

Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater and coach

Sergei Artyukhin, Russian-Belarusian wrestler (died 2012)

Bryan Harsin, American college football coach

Steve Hutchinson, American football player

Helen Czerski, English physicist and oceanographer

Danny Koevermans, Dutch footballer and manager

Jessica Valenti, American author

Coco Crisp, American baseball player

Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer

Alex Prager, American photographer and director

Bilgin Defterli, Turkish footballer

Matt Jones, American actor and comedian

Bradley Orr, English footballer

Warren Spragg, English-Italian rugby player

Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player

Yuko Ogura, Japanese model and singer

Jon Wilkin, English rugby player

Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer

Natalia Tena, English actress and musician

Stephen Vogt, American baseball player

Marcus Landry, American basketball player

Paulo Orlando, Brazilian baseball player

Penn Badgley, American actor and television personality

Ksenija Balta, Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete

Ileana D'Cruz, Indian film actress

Bruce Irvin, American football player

Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player

Tim Frazier, American basketball player

Reece Brown, English footballer

Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer

Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast

Semaj Christon, American basketball player

Filip Kostić, Serbian footballer

Brent Rooker, American baseball player

James Ward-Prowse, English footballer

Joe Chealey, American basketball player

Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast

GeorgeNotFound, English internet personality

Jeongyeon, South Korean singer

Chinanu Onuaku, American basketball player

Lil Peep, American rapper (died 2017)

Max Burkholder, American actor

Nordi Mukiele, French footballer

Elvis Rexhbeçaj, Kosovan footballer

Alex Wolff, American actor and musician

Stuart Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player

Gonzalo Plata, Ecuadorian footballer

Alofiana Khan-Pereira, Australian rugby league player

NLE Choppa, American rapper and YouTuber

Ernest Nuamah, Ghanaian footballer

Lautaro Rivero, Argentine footballer