| 112351 | October 1 | Birth | 1943 – Jerry Martini, American saxophonist (Sly and the Family Stone and Rubicon) |
| 112352 | October 1 | Birth | 1945 – Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach |
| 112353 | October 1 | Birth | 1945 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire) (d. 1979) |
| 112354 | October 1 | Birth | 1945 – Carrie Lucas, American singer |
| 112355 | October 1 | Birth | 1945 – Ellen McIlwaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 112356 | October 1 | Birth | 1945 – Patty Shepard, American-Spanish actress (d. 2013) |
| 112357 | October 1 | Birth | 1946 – Dave Holland, English bassist, composer, and bandleader (Gateway) |
| 112358 | October 1 | Birth | 1946 – Tim O'Brien, American soldier and author |
| 112359 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009) |
| 112360 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge |
| 112361 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach |
| 112362 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 112363 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Stephen Collins, American actor, singer, and director |
| 112364 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013) |
| 112365 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician |
| 112366 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Wishbone Ash and Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash) |
| 112367 | October 1 | Birth | 1947 – Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006) |
| 112368 | October 1 | Birth | 1948 – Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brownsville Station) (d. 2000) |
| 112369 | October 1 | Birth | 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010) |
| 112370 | October 1 | Birth | 1949 – Sheila Gilmore, Scottish lawyer and politician |
| 112371 | October 1 | Birth | 1949 – André Rieu, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor |
| 112372 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter |
| 112373 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician |
| 112374 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Mark Helias, American bassist and composer |
| 112375 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance |
| 112376 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Jeane Manson, American model, singer, and actress |
| 112377 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 2015) |
| 112378 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Natalia Nogulich, American actress |
| 112379 | October 1 | Birth | 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor and producer |
| 112380 | October 1 | Birth | 1951 – Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (April Wine and Mashmakhan) |