约翰内斯·古腾堡（Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg，又译作谷登堡、古登堡、古滕贝格），约1398年出生于德国美因茨，1468年2月3日逝世于美因茨，是第一位发明活字印刷术的欧洲人，他的发明引发了一次媒介革命，并被广泛认为是现代史上的最重要的事件之一。其印刷术在欧洲迅速传播，并被视为在随后兴起的欧洲文艺复兴、宗教改革、启蒙时代和科学革命等运动中都扮演了重要角色，为现代的知识经济和知识传播给大众奠定了物质基础。他的主要成就——《古腾堡圣经》，享有极高的美学及技术价值之美名。
除了其在欧洲发明的活字印刷术对印刷术的发展有着巨大贡献之外，他还合成了一种十分实用的含锌、铅和锑的合金和一种含油墨水。在2005年德国电视二台票选最伟大的德国人活动中，他排名第八，仅次于第七伟大的歌德。
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.
