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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David Teniers the Younger
1610 - 1690
Jan Fyt
1611 - 1661
Helena Fourment
1614 - 1673
Gonzales Coques
1614 - 1684
Jan van den Hoecke
1611 - 1651
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
1614 - 1652
David Ryckaert III
1612 - 1661
André Tacquet
1612 - 1660
Willem van Herp
1614 - 1677
Ambrosius Brueghel
1617 - 1675
Leonora Duarte
1610 - 1678
Daniel van den Dyck
1610 - 1670
Cornelius Galle the Younger
1615 - 1678
Anton Goubau
1616 - 1698
Jan van Balen
1611 - 1654
Izaak van Oosten
1613 - 1661
Peter van Boucle
1610 - 1673
Gillis Peeters the Elder
1612 - 1653
Willem Ogier
1618 - 1689
Cornelis Mahu
1613 - 1689
Jacob Neefs
1610 - 1660
Philip Fruytiers
1610 - 1666
Nicolaas van Eyck
1617 - 1679
Albert Rubens
1614 - 1657
Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder
1618 - 1675
Hans Witdoeck
1615 - 1642
Pieter Verbrugghen I
1615 - 1686
Abraham van den Hecken
1615 - 1655
Gaspar van Eyck
1613 - 1674
Hubertus Quellinus
1619 - 1687
Jan de Momper
1617 - 1684
Hieronymus Francken III
1611 - 1671
Willem Gabron
1619 - 1678
Frans Denys
1610 - 1670
Pieter de Bailliu
1613 - 1660
Jan Baptist Bonnecroy
1618 - 1676
Franciscus van der Steen
1615 - 1672
Catharina Peeters
1615 - 1676
Katharina Pepijn
1619 - 1688
Philippe Vleughels
1619 - 1694
Michiel II Coignet
1618 - 1663
Carel van Savoyen
1619 - 1665
Victor Wolfvoet (II)
1612 - 1652
Remoldus Eynhoudt
1613 - 1680
Jan van Belcamp
1610 - 1653
Reginaldus Cools
1618 - 1706
Diego Duarte
1612 - 1691
Frans van den Wyngaerde
1614 - 1679
Gysbrecht Thys
1617 - 1684
Johannes Ykens
1613 - 1680
Martin Baes
1614 - 1631
Peter van Halen
1612 - 1687
Peter de Witte III
1617 - 1667
Thomas Mathisen
1610 - 1670
Balthasar van Cortbemde
1612 - 1663
Hendrick Snyers
1611 - 1644
Isaac Wigans
1615 - 1662
Christian Dusart
1618 - 1682
Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen
1618 - 1655
Magdalena van den Hecken
1615 - 1650
Giovanni van Houbraken
1612 - 1676