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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Jan Frans van Bloemen
1662 - 1749
Thomas Quellinus
1661 - 1709
Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger
1664 - 1730
Marquis of Verboom
1665 - 1744
Norbert Roettiers
1665 - 1727
Michael Vandergucht
1660 - 1725
Jacob Leyssens
1661 - 1710
Alexander van Bredael
1663 - 1720
Jan Baptist van der Meiren
1664 - 1736
Constantijn Francken
1661 - 1717
Gerard Thomas
1663 - 1721
Jan Baptist Bosschaert
1667 - 1746
Lodewijk van Schoor
1666 - 1702
Joris van Bredael
1661 - 1706
David Cornelisz de Heem
1663 - 1701
Peter Schubart von Ehrenberg
Born 1668
Pieter Verdussen
1662 - 1710
Jan Baptist Morel
1662 - 1732
Jan Baptist Nollekens
1665 - 1720
Willem van Apshoven
1664 - 1694