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