推選答案約翰內斯·古騰堡（Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg，又譯作谷登堡、古登堡、古滕貝格），約1398年出生于德國美因茨，1468年2月3日逝世于美因茨，是第一位發(fā)明活字印刷術的歐洲人，他的發(fā)明引發(fā)了一次媒介革命，并被廣泛認為是現(xiàn)代史上的最重要的事件之一。其印刷術在歐洲迅速傳播，并被視為在隨后興起的歐洲文藝復興、宗教改革、啟蒙時代和科學革命等運動中都扮演了重要角色，為現(xiàn)代的知識經(jīng)濟和知識傳播給大眾奠定了物質基礎。他的主要成就——《古騰堡圣經(jīng)》，享有極高的美學及技術價值之美名。

除了其在歐洲發(fā)明的活字印刷術對印刷術的發(fā)展有著巨大貢獻之外，他還合成了一種十分實用的含鋅、鉛和銻的合金和一種含油墨水。在2005年德國電視二臺票選最偉大的德國人活動中，他排名第八，僅次于第七偉大的歌德。


Johannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, also translated Gutenberg Gutenberg, Gutenberg), born about 1398 in Mainz, Germany, February 3, 1468, died in the United States Mainz, was the first invention of movable type in Europe, his invention sparked a media revolution, and is widely considered the most important events in modern history. Its rapid spread of printing in Europe, and is considered in the subsequent rise of the European Renaissance, the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution and other sports have played an important role in laying the material for the modern knowledge economy and knowledge dissemination to the public foundation. His main achievement - "Gutenberg Bible", enjoys a high reputation of the aesthetic and technical value.

In addition to his invention of movable type in Europe has a great contribution to the development of the printing press, he also synthesized a very practical zinc, lead and antimony alloy and an oily ink. ZDF in 2005 voted the greatest German activities, he ranked eighth, behind seventh great Goethe.