Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 1

Births

 * 1207 – King Henry III of England (d. 1272)
 * 1507 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (d. 1573)
 * 1760 – William Beckford, English writer and politician (d. 1844)
 * 1881 – William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
 * 1896 – Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951)
 * 1903 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist (d. 1989)
 * 1924 – Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (pictured)
 * 1924 – William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)

Deaths

 * 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
 * 1588 – Blessed Edward James, Christian martyr
 * 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir
 * 2006 – André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)