René Goupil

René Goupil, S.J., was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of the Roman Catholic Church to receive the crown of martyrdom and the first canonized Catholic martyr in North America.

15 May 1608

Born on the same birth day (15 May): André Abujamra • Daniel Caines • Diana Liverman • Edu (footballer, born 1978) • Jaxon (cartoonist) • Karin Krog • L. Frank Baum • Michael William Balfe • Mr. Probz • Oskari Tokoi • Paul Bégin • Prescott Bush • Roy Stewart • Sukhdev Thapar • Ted Dexter • Tomáš Kalas • Tyler Walker (baseball)