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Christophe Plantin

1520 - 1589

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Christophe Plantin (Dutch: Christoffel Plantijn; c. 1520 – 1 July 1589) was a French Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher who resided and worked in Antwerp. He established in Antwerp one of the most prominent publishing houses of his time, the Plantin Press. It played a significant role in making Antwerp a leading centre of book publishing in Europe. The publishing house was continued by his successors until 1867. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christophe Plantin is the 119th most popular businessperson (down from 103rd in 2019), the 1,133rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,144th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Businessperson.

Christophe Plantin is most famous for being the founder of the Plantin-Moretus publishing house in Antwerp, which published the first Bible in 1572.

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Among businesspeople, Christophe Plantin ranks 119 out of 847. Before him are Roman Abramovich, J. Bruce Ismay, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Brian Epstein, Akio Morita, and Jensen Huang. After him are Ferdinand Piëch, Charlie Munger, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and Louis Chevrolet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Christophe Plantin ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, Madeleine of Valois, Barbara Radziwiłł, Alessandro Farnese, and Vincenzo Galilei. After him are Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thoinot Arbeau, Pontus De la Gardie, and Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine. Among people deceased in 1589, Christophe Plantin ranks 4. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Henry III of France, and Alessandro Farnese. After him are Jacques Clément, Benedict the Moor, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Johannes Sturm, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Michael Baius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Christophe Plantin ranks 1,133 out of 6,770. Before him are Charibert II (618), Gaston Maspero (1846), Sonia Rykiel (1930), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Louis Malle (1932), and Jean Vigo (1905). After him are Jean-Pierre Papin (1963), Victorien Sardou (1831), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Heinrich Kramer (1430), Hugh of Italy (880), and François Cevert (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Christophe Plantin ranks 6. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Bernard Arnault (1949), Jules Rimet (1873), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), and Louis Vuitton (1821). After him are Pierre Bergé (1930), François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771).

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