Maximiliaan de Vriendt, Latinized Maximus Æmilianus Vrientius (1559–1614), was a Neo-Latin poet and a civic office-holder in the city of Ghent.

[1] After touring Italy he returned to Ghent in 1579, but was banished from the city on 8 December 1583 for his opposition to the Calvinist regime that had come to power.

He was not released until 3 September 1584, when the city surrendered to the commander in chief of the Army of Flanders, the Prince of Parma.

[1] On 15 November 1584 De Vriendt was appointed secretary to the city, and on 12 January 1585 captain of a company of the watch.

[1] De Vriendt died in Ghent on 27 December 1614 and four days later was buried in the Dominican church in the city.