List of Famous people born on October 1st

Mark David McGwire, nicknamed Big Mac, is an American former professional baseball first baseman. His Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals, winning one World Series championship each, with Oakland as a player in 1989 and with St. Louis as a coach in 2011. One of the most prolific home run hitters in baseball history, McGwire holds the major league career record for at bats per home run ratio (10.6), and is the former record holder for both home runs in a single season and home runs hit by rookie.

Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan, commonly known as Trézéguet, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Egypt national team. His nickname is taken from the former French footballer David Trezeguet, after his former youth coach noticed similarities between the pair in playing style and appearance.

Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel is a German politician of the SPD.

Alexei Yuryevich "Alex" Zhamnov is the current head coach of the Russia men's national ice hockey team and former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins. He is the general manager of HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously served as general manager of Vityaz Chekhov and Atlant Moscow Oblast.

Yusuf Kenan Işık is a Turkish actor, anchorman, author, director, dubbing artist, screenwriter, and television host.

Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin is a retired Soviet cross-country skier. His silver medal over 50 km was the only medal won by a Soviet male skier at the 1968 Olympics, as his 4×10 km team placed fourth. At the next Olympics he was the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union and won three medals, with golds in the 30 km and 4×10 km and a bronze in the 50 km. In the 4×10 km event Vedenin ran the last leg and won by 10 seconds, despite starting with a one-minute lag from Norway. His gold in the 30 km was the first individual win for a Soviet male skier at the Winter Olympics.

Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in such television series as Guiding Light, Seinfeld, Charmed, and Without a Trace, and films such as Clear and Present Danger, Gattaca, Soldier, Red Dragon, and True Blood.

Marcos Alonso Peña is a Spanish retired footballer and manager.

Leyla Hazal Kaya is a Turkish actress and model. Kaya is best known for playing the role of Feriha Sarrafoglu in the television series Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012), and other series like Bizim Hikaye (2017–2019).

Tsimafei Andreevich Marozau, better known by his stage name Tima Belorusskih, is a Belarusian singer and songwriter. He began his solo career as Samzanov, before releasing his first single as Tima on 3 May 2017. His 7th single, Wet Sneakers, was his first big hit, reaching 35th on the Apple Music Top 100 in Russia for 2018 and winning the HEAT music award for Hit of the Year. Throughout his entire career, he has been signed to the small Belarusian record label Kaufman Label.