November 1

November 1 – Famous Birthdays

1902 – Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1943)
1902 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
1903 – Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor (d. 1973)
1903 – Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (d. 1963)
1904 – Laura LaPlante, American silent film actress (d. 1996)
1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and educator (d. 1960)
1906 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer (d. 1968)
1907 – Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (d. 1976)
1911 – Mingun Sayadaw, Burmese monk and scholar (d. 1993)
1911 – Henri Troyat, French historian and author (d. 2007)
1912 – Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012)
1914 – Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi (d. 2006)
1915 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter, poet, and educator, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (d. 2010)
1917 – Zenna Henderson, American author (d.1983)
1917 – Clarence E. Miller, American engineer and politician (d. 2011)
1918 – Ken Miles, English-American race car driver (d. 1966)
1919 – Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005)
1920 – James J. Kilpatrick, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1920 – Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (d. 2011)
1921 – John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (d. 2006)
1921 – Harald Quandt, German businessman (d. 1967)
1922 – George S. Irving, American actor (d. 2016)
1923 – Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 2005)
1923 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (d. 2001)
1923 – Menachem Elon, German-Israeli academic and jurist (d. 2013)
1923 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
1924 – Süleyman Demirel, Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (d. 2015)
1924 – Jean-Luc Pépin, Canadian academic and politician, 19th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1995)
1926 – Stephen Antonakos, Greek-American sculptor (d. 2013)
1926 – Betsy Palmer, American actress and game show panelist (d. 2015)
1927 – Vic Power, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1927 – Marcel Ophüls, documentary filmmaker
1928 – James Bradford, American weightlifter (d. 2013)
1929 – Nicholas Mavroules, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1930 – A. R. Gurney, American playwright and author (d. 2017)
1930 – Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1931 – Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestler and coach (d. 1972)
1931 – Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer
1931 – Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1932 – Al Arbour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1932 – Francis Arinze, Nigerian cardinal
1933 – Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1934 – Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman and politician (d. 2004)
1934 – Gillian Knight, English soprano and actress
1934 – William Mathias, Welsh pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1935 – Gary Player, South African golfer and sportscaster
1935 – Edward Said, Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2003)
1936 – Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
1936 – Katsuhisa Hattori, Japanese composer and conductor
1936 – Shizuka Kamei, Japanese lawyer and politician
1937 – Bill Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
1938 – Nicholasa Mohr Puerto Rican American Nuyorican writer
1940 – Roger Kellaway, American pianist and composer
1940 – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian lawyer and jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India
1940 – Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott, English academic and politician
1940 – Barry Sadler, American sergeant, author, actor, and singer-songwriter (d. 1989)
1941 – Alfio Basile, Argentinian footballer and manager
1941 – Robert Foxworth, American actor and director
1941 – John Pullin, English rugby player
1942 – Larry Flynt, American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications
1942 – Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (d. 2013)
1942 – Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (d. 2013)
1943 – Salvatore Adamo, Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter
1943 – Jacques Attali, French economist and civil servant
1944 – Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter and author
1944 – Bobby Heenan, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2017)
1944 – Oscar Temaru, French-Polynesian soldier and politician, President of French Polynesia
1944 – Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2005)
1945 – Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (d. 2013)
1945 – John Williamson, Australian singer-songwriter
1946 – Ric Grech, British rock musician (d. 1990)
1946 – Yuko Shimizu, Japanese graphic designer, created Hello Kitty
1947 – Nick Owen, English journalist
1947 – Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer
1948 – Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948 – Amani Abeid Karume, Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6th President of Zanzibar
1948 – Bill Woodrow, English sculptor and academic
1949 – David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1949 – Michael D. Griffin, American physicist and engineer
1949 – Belita Moreno, American actress and acting coach
1950 – Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation
1950 – Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2011)
1951 – Ronald Bell, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer
1951 – Fabrice Luchini, French actor and screenwriter
1951 – Craig Serjeant, Australian cricketer and chemist
1953 – Jan Davis, American engineer and astronaut
1953 – Paul Wellings, English ecologist and academic
1955 – Beth Leavel, American actress and singer
1955 – Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician
1957 – Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957 – Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby player
1958 – Mark Austin, English journalist
1958 – Joe DeRenzo, American drummer, composer, and producer
1958 – Robert Hart, English singer-songwriter
1959 – Susanna Clarke, English author and educator
1960 – Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.
1960 – Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1961 – Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish author and screenwriter
1961 – Nicky Grist, Welsh race car driver
1961 – Calvin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961 – Heng Swee Keat, Singaporean politician
1962 – Sharron Davies, English swimmer
1962 – Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Anthony Kiedis, American singer-songwriter
1963 – Rick Allen, English rock drummer (Def Leppard)
1963 – Nita Ambani, Indian businesswoman
1963 – Mark Hughes, Welsh footballer and manager
1963 – Big Kenny, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Patrik Ringborg, Swedish conductor
1966 – Willie D, American rapper and entrepreneur
1966 – Mary Hansen, Australian singer and musician (Stereolab) (d. 2002)
1966 – Gary Howell, American businessman and politician
1966 – Jeremy Hunt, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health
1967 – Tina Arena, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1967 – Carla van de Puttelaar, Dutch photographer
1969 – Tie Domi, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1970 – Sherwin Campbell, Barbadian cricketer
1972 – Toni Collette, Australian actress
1972 – Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer and manager
1972 – Jenny McCarthy, American actress and model
1973 – Geoff Horsfield, English footballer and manager
1973 – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Indian model and actress.
1974 – V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricketer
1975 – Bo Bice, American singer and musician
1975 – Keryn Jordan, South African footballer (d. 2013)
1975 – Megan Wing, Canadian figure skater and coach
1976 – Sergei Artyukhin, Russian-Belarusian wrestler (d. 2012)
1978 – Danny Koevermans, Dutch footballer and manager
1978 – Helen Czerski, English physicist and oceanographer
1979 – Milan Dudić, Serbian footballer
1979 – Alex Prager, American photographer and director
1980 – Bilgin Defterli, Turkish footballer
1982 – Bradley Orr, English footballer
1982 – Warren Spragg, English-Italian rugby player
1983 – Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Yuko Ogura, Japanese model and singer
1983 – Josh Wicks, American soccer player
1983 – Jon Wilkin, English rugby player
1984 – Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer
1986 – Penn Badgley, American actor and television personality
1986 – Ksenija Balta, Estonian high jumper, sprinter, and heptathlete
1988 – Masahiro Tanaka, Japanese baseball player
1991 – Eyþór Arnarson, Icelandic skier
1991 – Reece Brown, English footballer
1991 – Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast
1994 – James Ward-Prowse, English footballer
1995 – Margarita Mamun, Russian gymnast
1996 – Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (d. 2017)