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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Herman Donners
1888 - 1915
Joseph De Combe
1901 - 1965
Dieter Dekoninck
Born 1991
Sofie Goffin
Born 1979
Pierre Nijs
1890 - 1939
Henri De Pauw
Born 1911
Sidney Appelboom
Born 1967
Gaspard Lemaire
1899 - 1979
Joseph Reynders
Born 1929
Joseph Anthoon
Born 1930
Alfons Bierebeek
Born 1934
Kamiel Reynders
Born 1931
Marcel Anthoon
Born 1933
François Simons
Born 1946
Irène Sweyd
Born 1940
Irène Possemiers
Born 1934
Maria Van Den Brand
Born 1924
Maria Oeyen
1930 - 2018
Sybille Verckist
1934 - 2013
Maria Huybrechts
Born 1930
Joseph Meyten
Born 1947