1638 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, born in Regensburg, Germany (d. 1710)
1755 – Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1789)
1826 – William Fiske Sherwin, American composer, born in Buckland, Massachusetts (d. 1888)
1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1st American woman dentist (1866), and women’s rights activist, born in Constable, New York (d. 1910)
1835 – Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1906)
1864 – Casey [John] Jones, American railroad engineer who dies trying to save a train (Ballad of Casey Jones), born in Missouri (d. 1900)
1875 – Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American librarian and author (Thackeray Dictionary), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1957)
1912 – Les Brown, American big band bandleader (His Band of Renown – “Sentimental Journey”), born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
1947 – Jona Lewie [John Lewis], British pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (“You’ll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties”; “Stop the Cavalry”), born in Southampton, England
1973 – Chris Sullivan, American NFL defensive end (New England Patriots), born in North Attleborough, Massachusetts
