page_title: List of people from Ghent
section_title: Before the 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Ghent / People born in Ghent / Before the 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Maurice Maeterlinck. Русский: Морис Метерлинк.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people from Ghent, who were either born in Ghent, or spent part of their life there.
context_section_description: Henry of Ghent, scholastic philosopher (c. 1217 – 1293)
  Jacob van Artevelde, statesman and political leader (c. 1290 – 1345)
  Franz Ackerman, statesman (c. 1330 – 1387)
  Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (c. 1340 – 1382)
  John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399)
  Hugo van der Goes, painter (c. 1440 – 1482)
  Alexander Agricola, composer of the Renaissance (1445/6 - 1506)
  Jacob Obrecht, composer of the Renaissance (c. 1457 – 1505)
  Jacques Buus, Franco-Flemish composer and organist of the Renaissance (c. 1500 – 1565)
  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (‘’Charles Quint’’, 1500–1558)
  Cornelius Canis, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, music director for Charles V in the 1540–1550s
  Jan Utenhove, writer (c. 1520 – 1566)
  Lieven de Key, architect (1560–1627)
  Philippe van Lansberg, astronomer (1561–1632)
  Daniel Heinsius, scholar of the Dutch Renaissance (1580–1655)
  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (of London), flutist, oboist, and harpsichordist (1680–1730)
  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (of Ghent), composer (1688 – c. 1720)
  Josse Boutmy, organist and harpsichordist (1697–1779)
  Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, sculptor and architect (1710–1793)
  Lieven Bauwens, industrial (1769–1822)
caption: Maurice Maeterlinck
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