List of Famous people born on August 1st

Zach S. Staenberg, A.C.E. is an American film editor best known for his work on action films and the Matrix Trilogy. Staenberg won an Academy Award and two ACE Eddie Award for the editing of The Matrix (1999) and for HBO's Gotti (1996) for which he was also nominated for an Emmy. The Matrix films were written and directed by the Wachowskis, with whom Staenberg has had an extended collaboration dating from 1996. He is a frequent collaborator of director Andrew Niccol.

David Ian Calder is an English actor.

Chen Mingyi is a politician in the People's Republic of China. Chen was born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1960. He graduated from the Department of Naval Architecture at Shanghai Jiaotong University, obtaining a master's degree.

Per "Pelle" Olsson is a Swedish football manager in charge of Sandvikens IF. He started out playing for his hometown club Skutskärs IF. During his injury-filled playing career he also represented Gefle IF, Malmö FF, Halmstads BK and the Sweden national under-21 football team. In his managerial career he is influenced by the managers who he previously played for like Roy Hodgson, Stuart Baxter and Benny Lennartsson. Before the start of the 2012 Allsvenskan season he was named the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet due to his ability to build a low-budget team that is greater than its individual parts.

Helmy Faishal Zaini is an Indonesian politician. He is the former Minister of Development in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet. He resigned as Minister after being elected to the House of Representatives in 2014.

Daniel Joseph Donegan is an American musician who currently serves as the lead and rhythm guitarist/keyboardist for heavy metal band Disturbed.