Nicolaus von Amsdorf

Nicolaus von Amsdorf was a German Lutheran theologian and an early Protestant reformer. As bishop of Naumburg (1542–1546), he became the first Lutheran bishop in the Holy Roman Empire.

3 December 1483

Born on the same birth day (3 December): Alberto Juantorena • Clarkson Frederick Stanfield • Cornelius Griffin • George Leake • Hal Steinbrenner • Jan Gruter • John S. Dunne • Les Ames • Mildred Wiley • William Shiels