Maarten van Heemskerck

Maarten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style. He spent the years 1532–36 in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World.

1 June 1498

Born on the same birth day (1 June): Anatoly Albul • Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden • Edmund Ignatius Rice • Frédérik Deburghgraeve • Giorgos Lillikas • Henry Faulds • Jean Beausejour • John Randolph (actor) • Kagayaki Taishi • Larisa Lazutina • Lucy McBath • Michael Rasmussen (cyclist) • Michel Plasse • Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot • Pat Boone • Petra Morsbach • Robert Powell • Sarah Teather • Tom Gorman (rugby league) • Tony Snow • Vladimir Krutov • Yechezkel Kutscher • Yevgeny Prigozhin • Zoltán Harsányi