Peter Vanden Gheyn (Dutch: Peeter Vanden Gheÿn or Dutch: Ghein;[1] 1605[2] or 1607[1]–1654[3] or 1659)[1] was a bellfounder of the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium).
[3] His associate was named Peter Deklerk[2] or de Clerck, his uncle by marriage.
[3] He cast the Salvator bell for St Rumbold's in Mechelen in 1638, which weighed 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg)[3] and cracked in 1696.
[4] He also cast the Salvator bell for St Gudula's in Brussels.
[1] He had the curious affectation of inscribing his bells using type of various sizes within the same word.