List of Famous people born on March 1st

Aleksei Yevgenyevich Gasilin is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Leningradets Leningrad Oblast.

Akemi Sugiyama is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Mikkel Kessler is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He is a multiple-time super-middleweight world champion, having held the WBA title three times between 2004 and 2013, and the WBC title twice between 2006 and 2010. He also won the IBA World Title in 2002.

Mikhail Varnakov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

María Fernanda Heredia Pacheco is an Ecuadorian writer, illustrator and graphic designer. She writes novels and short stories for children and young people. Having obtained her bachelor's degree, she worked for several years as a graphic designer and publishing before starting to write professionally. She has been awarded on five occasions the Darío Guevara Mayorga Children's and Young People's National Award, and she was awarded with the Latin American Children's and Young People's Norma-Fundalectura prize for her novel Amigo se escribe H.

Jean-François Mancel is a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Oise's 2nd constituency from 2002 to 2017, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Zhang Nan is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in both men's and mixed doubles. He found much success in mixed doubles with his former partner Zhao Yunlei. They won gold in 2012 Summer Olympics, 3 golds in BWF World Championships in 2011, 2014 and 2015 and a gold at the 2014 Asian Games. Having won all major events as a pair, they are considered as one of the most successful mixed doubles pairs of all time.

Kasumi Nishihara is a Japanese athlete specialising in the long-distance events. She won two medals at the 2009 Summer Universiade – the gold in the 10,000 metres and the silver in the 5000 metres.

Domenico Naldini was an Italian novelist, poet and film director. Some of his work has been translated into English.

Ali Reza Pahlavi was the second son of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and the brother of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was a member of the Pahlavi dynasty.