51.2206° N, 4.4018° E
ANTWERPEN
Most Famous People Born in Antwerpen, Belgium
- Notable people
- 1,932
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1881
- Most distinctive
- Engraver 36.3×
The centre of the 17th-century Flemish painting world, and the numbers still carry that weight. More than a quarter of Antwerp's notables are painters — Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, the Brueghels, the Teniers — and the distinctive shelves after that are engravers and printmakers at more than thirty times the global rate, the trades of a city whose printing presses supplied Catholic Europe. The 1500s and 1600s each hold roughly a sixth of the bench.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Antwerpen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Antwerpen Is Known For
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Painter is Antwerpen's biggest profession — 27% of all notables (520).
Antwerpen over-indexes on engraver — 36.3× the global rate.
Antwerpen under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Antwerpen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Abraham Ortelius
1527 - 1598
Catharina van Hemessen
Born 1528
Hans Eworth
1520 - 1574
Anton van den Wyngaerde
1525 - 1571
Jacob Grimmer
1525 - 1590
Marten van Cleve
1527 - 1581
Peeter Baltens
1525 - 1584
Cornelis van Cleve
1520 - 1567
Hendrick van Cleve III
1525 - 1589
Samuel Quiccheberg
1529 - 1567
Frans Huys
1522 - 1562
Volcxken Diericx
1525 - 1600
Servaes van der Meulen
1525 - 1592
Marcos Pérez
1527 - 1572