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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christophe Plantin has received more than 99,191 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Christophe Plantin is the 103rd most popular businessperson (up from 105th in 2019), the 1,144th most popular biography from France (up from 1,176th 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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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Christophe Plantin ranks 103 out of 847. Before him are Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Michele Ferrero, Ferdinand Piëch, Charlie Munger, Louis Chevrolet, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. After him are Roy O. Disney, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Ethan Allen, Fred Trump, Joan Laporta, and Carlos Ghosn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Christophe Plantin ranks 7. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, Vincenzo Galilei, Barbara Radziwiłł, and Koca Sinan Pasha. After him are William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Matthias Flacius, Alessandro Farnese, Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, and Pontus De la Gardie. Among people deceased in 1589, Christophe Plantin ranks 4. Before him are Henry III of France, Catherine de' Medici, and Jacques Clément. After him are Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Benedict the Moor, Alessandro Farnese, Johannes Sturm, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Michael Baius, and Charles II, Lord of Monaco.

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In France

Among people born in France, Christophe Plantin ranks 1,144 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Brice (1929), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), Bertran de Born (1140), Ambroise Thomas (1811), and Louise of France (1737). After him are Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (1012), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), Jeanne d'Évreux (1310), Louis Jourdan (1921), and Nicolas Leblanc (1742).

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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 François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), Eugène Schueller (1881), Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Pierre Bergé (1930), and Louis Réard (1897).

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