# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christophe-plantin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:56:31.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christophe-plantin"
name: "Christophe Plantin"
slug: "christophe-plantin"
description: "Christophe Plantin 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."
tagline: "French humanist, publisher and printer (c.1520–1589)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Christoffel_Plantin_-_WGA20356.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1520"
deathDate: "1589-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.00461333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump