Joannes Burmeister (1576–1638) was a Neo-Latin poet laureate of the German Baroque period, famed[peacock prose][dubious – discuss][citation needed] for his Christian adaptations of the classical Roman poets Martial and Plautus.
He was born in Lüneburg and was related to the musical theorist Joachim Burmeister.
After studying theology at Rostock University, in July 1600 he was crowned an Imperial Poet Laureate of the Holy Roman Empire.
He spent the next 25 years as pastor of the village of Gülzow.
During that time he composed nearly all his works, some of which enjoyed the patronage of the Estorff family.