page_title: Gemert-Bakel
section_title: Notable People
hierarchical_section_title: Gemert-Bakel / Notable People
caption_attribution_description: Georgius Macropedius.
context_page_description: Gemert-Bakel is a municipality in the southern Netherlands.
context_section_description: Georgius Macropedius (1487 in Gemert - 1558) a Dutch humanist and schoolmaster
  Lawrence Torrentinus (1499 in Gemert – 1563) a Dutch-Italian humanist, typographer and printer for Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of  Florence
  Jan van Gemert (1921 in Gemert – 1991) a Dutch painter, graphic artist, sculptor, glass artist and ceramist
  Wim Verstappen (1937 in Gemert – 2004) a Dutch film director and producer, television director, and screen writer 
  Frans van der Hoff (born 1939 in De Rips) a Dutch missionary who helped launch Max Havelaar the first Fairtrade label in 1988
  Haico Scharn (born 1945 in Gemert) a retired Dutch middle-distance runner, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Victor Allis (born 1965 in Gemert) a Dutch computer scientist and academic
  Ben Gall (born 1948 in Eindhoven) a Dutch entrepreneur who founded several high tech companies in NL and the USA. Collects modern art and has been supporting the Arts for decades. Now retired and living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
caption: portrait of Macropedius, 1572
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