Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein, nicknamed "the Elder", formally "Louis I of Sayn, Count at Wittgenstein" ruled the County of Wittgenstein, on the upper reaches of the rivers Lahn and Eder, from 1558 until his death. He converted his county to Calvinism and was an influential politician in the service to the Electoral Palatinate.

7 December 1532

Born on the same birth day (7 December): Abi Harrison • Alan Faneca • Aleksandr Menkov • Andrew Goudelock • Bent Fabric • Bernard C. Parks • C. Thomas Howell • Chuy Bravo • Damien Rice • Frank Laver • Freddie Adkins • Geoff Lawson (cricketer) • Josef Hyrtl • Miroslav Macek • Patrick Fabian • Paul Adam (French novelist) • Susan Isaacs • Tim Butler • Tom Winsor • Vladimir Akopian

Born in the same month (December 1532): Wilhelm Xylander