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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- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
Gustaf Wappers
1803 - 1874
Guillaume Geefs
1805 - 1883
Joseph Geefs
1808 - 1885
Albert Grisar
1808 - 1869
Jean de Witte
1808 - 1889
Augustin de Backer
1809 - 1873
Ferdinand Marinus
1808 - 1890
Constant-Philippe Serrure
1805 - 1872
Édouard de Billy
1802 - 1874
Antoine Van Ysendyck
1801 - 1875
Laurent Veydt
1800 - 1877
Adolphe Roussel
1809 - 1875
Francis Palms
1809 - 1886
Pierre-Joseph Witdoeck
1803 - 1889
Karel Hendrik Geerts
1807 - 1855
Pierre-Joseph D'Avoine
1803 - 1854
François-Henri Laenen
1801 - 1849