List of Famous people born on August 1st

Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Alejandro "Álex" Abrines Redondo is a Spanish professional basketball player for Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 6 in, he plays the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Liu Jiayi is a Chinese politician. He is the current Communist Party Secretary of Shandong Province, and former Auditor General of the People's Republic of China.

Wu Guanzheng is a former Chinese politician and one of the major leaders of the Communist Party of China during the administration of Hu Jintao. He served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the country's top ruling body, from 2002 to 2007. During that time he also served as the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, the party's anti-graft body. He had a lengthy political career, having served as mayor of Wuhan, Governor then Party Secretary of Jiangxi, then party chief of Shandong. Wu retired in 2007 and left public life.

Sayaka Hirota is a Japanese badminton player. She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.

Benno Hans Möhlmann is a retired German football player and manager who last managed Preußen Münster.

Sylvain Armand is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back for Rennes, Paris Saint-Germain, Nantes, and Clermont.

Tsai Hong-tu is a Taiwanese businessman and banker. He is a son of Tsai Wan-lin, the former richest person of Taiwan who died in 2004.

Théodose Morel, known as Tom Morel was a career military officer and French Resistance fighter. A student, then instructor, at the Saint-Cyr military academy, he fought for the French Army against the Italians in the Alps. After the Fall of France, he led the Maquis des Glières, organizing attacks and parachute drops, and was the recipient of multiple military awards including the Croix de Guerre. He was killed in action at the end of a successful commando raid. He is memorialized at Saint-Cyr and by the French scouting movement.

Jesús David José Méndez is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Independiente Rivadavia.