1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary and martyr who was canonized by Pope Pius XI (1930), born in Condé-sur-Vire, Kingdom of France (d. 1649)
1786 – Giovanni Battista Amici, Italian astronomer, physicist and botanist, born in Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio (now Italy) (d. 1863)
1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American Republican politician and Congress member from New York (1871-75), born in Leyden, New York (d. 1900)
1897 – “Sweet” Emma Barrett, American Dixieland jazz pianist and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
1903 – Frankie Carle [Francesco Carlone], American pianist, known as “the Wizard of the Keyboard”, big band and dance orchestra leader, and songwriter (“Sunrise Serenade”; “The Golden Touch”), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2001)
1919 – Jeanne Cagney, American stage, screen, and radio actress (Lion is in the Streets; Quicksand; Yankee Doodle Dandy), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1922 – Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), born in Osaka, Japan (d. 2019)
1950 – Chuck Greenberg, American jazz and new age saxophonist, composer, and producer (Shadowfax), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
1955 – John McDermott, Scottish-Canadian pop and Celtic music tenor (“Danny Boy”, “Loch Lomond”), born in Glasgow, Scotland