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 1890s Clear ×
Paul van Ostaijen
1896 - 1928
Marnix Gijsen
1899 - 1984
Robert van Genechten
1895 - 1945
Alice Nahon
1896 - 1933
John Langenus
1891 - 1952
Lode Craeybeckx
1897 - 1976
Pierre Ryckmans (governor-general)
1891 - 1959
Roger Avermaete
1893 - 1988
Jozef Peeters
1895 - 1960
Jean Washer
1894 - 1972
Emmanuel Durlet
1893 - 1977
Hugo Chaim Adler
1894 - 1955
Henri Larnoe
1897 - 1978
André Fierens
1898 - 1971
Ann Codee
1890 - 1961
Fernand Collin
1897 - 1990
René Guiette
1893 - 1976
Léon Stynen
1899 - 1990
Henri Van Straten
1892 - 1944
Jan Vanderheyden
1890 - 1961
Ernest Gevers
1891 - 1965
Frans De Haes
1895 - 1923
Joseph De Craecker
1891 - 1975
Paul Neuhuys
1897 - 1984
Anton Moortgat
1897 - 1977
François Claessens
1897 - 1971
Paul Kronacker
1897 - 1994
Albert Wyckmans
1897 - 1995
Oscar van Hemel
1892 - 1981
Charles Mulder
Born 1897
Marcel Tolkowsky
1898 - 1991
Robert Guiette
1895 - 1976
Gaston-François de Witte
1897 - 1980
Alice Frey
1895 - 1981
Jan Cockx
1891 - 1976
Georges Hellebuyck
1890 - 1975
Victor J. Brunclair
1899 - 1944
Auguste Pelsmaeker
1899 - 1976
Pierre Nijs
1890 - 1939
Raoul Hayoit de Termicourt
1893 - 1970
Richard Abbott (actor)
1899 - 1986
Werner Ackermann
1892 - 1982
Anton van de Velde
1895 - 1983
André Poplimont
1893 - 1973
George Grube
1899 - 1982
Florimond Cornellie
1894 - 1978
Jean-Pierre Vermetten
Born 1895
Alphonse Van Hecke
1890 - 1981
John Wilms
1893 - 1978
Louis Diercxsens
1898 - 1992
Helmut Otto (Mediziner)
1892 - 1974
Hélène Sardeau
1899 - 1968
Ludo van Bogaert
1897 - 1989
Ivan Thys
1897 - 1982
Joseph Cogels
1894 - 1978
Pierre Aelberts
1899 - 1983
Adolf Molter
1896 - 1975
Jean Verheyen
Born 1896
Suzanne Tassier
1898 - 1956
Johannes Baptista Bergmans
1892 - 1980
Marcel Roels
1894 - 1973
Idesbald Eicheler
1896 - 1971
Jan Moedwil
1895 - 1959
Gustave Van Goethem
1898 - 1974
Gaspard Lemaire
1899 - 1979
Joseph Taeymans
1899 - 1971
Maimi von Mirbach
1899 - 1984
Edmond Leclef (chanoine)
1898 - 1967
Gustaaf Nietvelt
1897 - 1961
Auguste Fierens
Born 1892
Warner De Beuckelaer
1899 - 1984
Flore Levine-Cousyns
1898 - 1989
Léon Daeschner
Born 1894
Edouard Vereycken
1893 - 1965
Tavie Belge
1894 - 1965
Kyriena Siloti
1895 - 1989