List of Famous people with last name Mercator

Gerardus Mercator

First Name Gerardus

Born on March 5, 1512

Died on December 2, 1594 (aged 82)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Gerardus Mercator was a 16th-century geographer, cosmographer and cartographer from the County of Flanders. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.

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Rumold Mercator

First Name Rumold

Born on January 1, 1545

Died on January 1, 1599 (aged 54)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Rumold Mercator (1545–1599) was a cartographer and the son of cartographer Gerardus Mercator.

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Arnold Mercator

First Name Arnold

Last Name Mercator

Born on August 31, 1537

Died on July 6, 1587 (aged 49)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Arnold or Arnoldus Mercator was a Southern Netherlandish cartographer, mathematician and classical philologist. He was the eldest son of cartographer Gerardus Mercator and a brother of Rumold Mercator.

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