Hans Beck Playmobil. During the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Beck was among the 100 German personalities who were honored with a statue within the German Pavilion. He died at the age of 79 on 30 January 2009 after a serious illness. Hans Beck Hans Beck (6 May 1929, Greiz – 30 January 2009, Markdorf) was the German inventor of Playmobil toys. He is thus often called "The Father of Playmobil". Born in Greiz, Thuringia, Beck grew up in the town of Zirndorf. He trained as a cabinet maker and made small toy vehicles and figures for his younger siblings. He presented
Hans Jordaens his wife, the second wife of Frans Pourbus the Elder after he died suddenly in 1580. His pupil was Anthonie Palamedes in Delft. The later art historian Arnold Houbraken, who mentioned his data was sketchy at best, confused this painter with his probable later descendents Hans III Jordaens (1590-1643) and the later Rome traveller Hans IV Jordaens (1616-1680). Houbraken mentions that he (Hans IV) was born in Delft, and travelled to Rome and received the nickname "Pollepel" (spoon) from the Bentvueghels, for his ability to "spoon up figures on canvas". The widow of the lawyer Nicolaas Muys van Holy (1653/54-1717)