Mons - People Born in Mons

People Born in Mons

  • Gilles Binchois, composer (15th century, birth in Mons is uncertain)
  • Jan Provoost, painter (15th-16th century)
  • Jacques du Broeucq, painter and architect (16th century, birth in Mons is uncertain)
  • Orlande de Lassus, composer (16th century)
  • Guido de Bres, theologian (1522 to 31 May 1567)
  • Nicolas Neufchatel, painter (16th century)
  • Jean Yeuwain, writer (16th - 17th century)
  • Giuseppe Grisoni, painter and sculptor (17th century)
  • François-Joseph Fétis, musicologist, composer, critic, and teacher (18th century)
  • François-Philippe de Haussy, first governor of the National Bank of Belgium (18th century)
  • Paul Émile de Puydt, botanist, economist, and writer (19th century)
  • Émile Motte, painter (19th century)
  • Louis Dewis, painter (19th century)
  • Charles Plisnier, Walloon writer, Prix Goncourt and Walloon movement activist

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