Martin Opitz

Martin Opitz von Boberfeld was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime.

23 December 1597

Born on the same birth day (23 December): Alison Sudol • Beau Champion • Brian Teacher • Dudu Aharon • Edgar P. Rucker • Gertrude Bancroft • Harry Judd • Jeanie Lambe • Jess Harnell • Karl Richard Lepsius • Karyn Bryant • Liis Koger • Luka Jović • Manuel Rivera-Ortiz • Marie Bell • Quentin Bryce • Reinhold Weege • Robert Labine • Severo Bonini • Thomas Smith (diplomat)

Born in the same month (December 1597): Honoré II, Prince of Monaco