# Laurens Jansz Coster

> Laurens Janszoon Coster, or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg and was regarded by some in the Netherlands well into the 20th century as having invented printing first.

*Dutch purported inventor of printing press (1405-1484)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Born:** 1370
- **Died:** 1440
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [لاورنس يانزون كوستر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurent Coster](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Laurens Janszoon Coster](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurens_Janszoon_Coster)
- [Костер, Лауренс Янсзон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576201)

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