Christophe Plantin (in Dutch Christoffel Plantijn ) (c. 1520-1589) was an influential Renaissance humanist, book printer an publisher who was born in France (probably Touraine or Saint-Avertin, near the city of Tours), but who settled in the city of Antwerp in 1549. In 1555 he opened his own printing establishment. At the height of its success, it had 16 different presses and employed more than 80 people.