page_title: List of people from Mechelen
section_title: Before 17th century
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Mechelen / Born in Mechelen / Before 17th century
context_page_description: This is a list of Notable people from Mechelen, who were either born in Mechelen, or spent part of their life there.
context_section_description: Henry Bate of Malines (1246 – after 1310) philosopher, theologian, astronomer-astrologer, poet, and musician.
  Keldermans family of sculptors and architects, including Rombout II Keldermans (14th to 16th century)
  Jan Standonck, priest and reformer, Master of the Collège de Montaigu in Paris (1454–1504)
  Johannes Varennius (1462–1536), teacher at Collegium Trilingue, wrote: SYNTAXIS LINGVUAE GRAECAE… COLONIAE Martinus Gymnicus excudebat ANNO M.D.L.
  Gommaert van der Gracht, painter (c. 1590-1639)
  Ferry Carondelet, diplomat and abbot (1473–1528)
  Michael Coxcie, Renaissance painter and designer of engravings and tapestries (1499–1592)
  Rembert Dodoens, botanist, herbalist, and physician (1517–1585)
  Philippe de Monte, Renaissance composer (1521–1603)
  Crispin van den Broeck, painter (1523–1591)
  Alexandre Colin, sculptor (1526–1612)
  Gerhard Dorn, philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician, and bibliophile (c. 1530–1584)
  Philips van der Aa, statesman (d. 1586)
  Francis Coster, Jesuit and religious writer (1532–1619)
  Rinaldo del Mel, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance (1554-c. 1598)
  François Stella (1563-1605), was a French Baroque painter
  David Vinckboons, painter (1576–1629)
  Diego de Astor, Spanish engraver and medalist (1587–1650)
caption: Rembert Dodoens
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