List of Famous people born on October 1st

Rodrigo Sebastián Aguirre Soto is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Mexican side Club Necaxa.

Wolf-Dieter Storl is a German-American cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist and book author.

Cui Tiankai is a Chinese diplomat and currently the Chinese Ambassador to the United States.

Raymond Maufrais was a French journalist and explorer. He disappeared in the jungle of French Guiana; his body was never found.

Francisco Álvarez–Cascos Fernández is a Spanish politician. He was Secretary-General of the ruling Partido Popular from 1989 to 1999 and the President of the Principality of Asturias from 2011 to 2012.

Vera Lúcia Setta is a Brazilian actress of cinema and theater and theatrical producer.

Guo Jianmei is a Chinese lawyer, human rights activist and director of a women's legal aid NGO. In 2005, she was one of 1000 women put forward as nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize. Guo is the recipient of the 2010 Simone De Beauvoir Prize and the International Women of Courage Award in 2011. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 2019. She is married to writer Liu Zhenyun.

Zeki Demirkubuz is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.

Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.

Ellen McIlwaine was an American-born singer-songwriter and musician best known for her career as a solo singer, songwriter and slide guitarist.