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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Henry van de Velde
1863 - 1957
Renaat Braem
1910 - 2001
Émile Van Averbeke
1876 - 1946
Octave van Rysselberghe
1855 - 1929
Anton Alberts (architect)
1927 - 1999
Léon Stynen
1899 - 1990
Michel Jaspers
Born 1935
Jules Bilmeyer
1850 - 1920
Georges Baines
1925 - 2013
Joseph Schadde
1818 - 1894
Joseph Smolderen
1889 - 1973
Léonard Blomme
1840 - 1918
Hugo Van Kuyck
1902 - 1975
Bernard de Walque
Born 1938
Jan Heyns
1542 - 1582
Henri Blomme
1845 - 1923
Ernest Stordiau
1855 - 1937
Alphonse Hoppenbrouwers
1930 - 2001
Walter Bresseleers
1927 - 1980
André Hermant
1908 - 1978
Jean-Jacques Winders
1849 - 1936
Antoine Mennessier
1838 - 1890
Alfried Defever
1874 - 1929
Alphonse Groothaert
1860 - 1922
François-Henri Laenen
1801 - 1849
Edmond Leclef
1842 - 1902
Paul-Émile Vincent
1924 - 2007
August Cols
1870 - 1947
Émile Thielens
1854 - 1911