50.8773° N, 4.7042° E
LEUVEN
Most Famous People Born in Leuven, Belgium
- Notable people
- 355
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1941
- Most distinctive
- Abbé 345.0×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Leuven during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 39 notable births.
What Leuven Is Known For
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Politician is Leuven's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (53).
Leuven over-indexes on abbé — 345.0× the global rate.
Leuven under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Leuven's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Music
- Other
Eleanor of Austria
1498 - 1558
Quentin Matsys
1466 - 1530
Dries Mertens
Born 1987
Selah Sue
Born 1989
Mark Eyskens
Born 1933
Martin Margiela
Born 1957
Charles Auguste de Bériot
1802 - 1870
Dennis Praet
Born 1994
Jean Delville
1867 - 1953
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
1165 - 1235
André Delvaux
1926 - 2002
Paul Magnette
Born 1971
Kim Gevaert
Born 1978
Henry II, Duke of Brabant
1207 - 1248
Henry III, Duke of Brabant
1231 - 1261
Godfrey I, Count of Louvain
1063 - 1139
Lucas van Valckenborch
1535 - 1597
Edouard Van Beneden
1846 - 1910
Adriaan van Roomen
1561 - 1615
Vincent Rijmen
Born 1970
Els Dottermans
Born 1964
Elise Mertens
Born 1995
Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
1866 - 1962
Sennek
Born 1990
Jan Hoet
1936 - 2014
Aelbrecht Bouts
1450 - 1549
Adeliza of Louvain
1103 - 1151
Lambert I, Count of Louvain
950 - 1015
Jean Stas
1813 - 1891
Albert Giraud
1860 - 1929
Marie of Brabant, Queen of France
1254 - 1321
Sylvain Van de Weyer
1802 - 1874
Koenraad Elst
Born 1959
Arthur Vierendeel
1852 - 1940
Denis Odoi
Born 1988
Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress
1190 - 1260
Jasper Stuyven
Born 1992
Louis Tobback
Born 1938
Dries Devenyns
Born 1983
Joos Valgaeren
Born 1976
Frank Vandenbroucke (politician)
Born 1955
Arthur De Greef (composer)
1862 - 1940
Pierre Phalèse the Elder
1510 - 1574
Prosper Poullet
1868 - 1937
Laurent Delorge
Born 1979
Henry IV, Duke of Brabant
1251 - 1272
Matthaeus Pipelare
1450 - 1515
Sander Armée
Born 1985
Saskia De Coster
Born 1976
Thomas Owen (author)
1910 - 2002
Eline Powell
Born 1989
Albert of Louvain
1166 - 1192
Zeger Bernhard van Espen
1646 - 1728
Lodewijk Elzevir
1540 - 1617
Stan Van Samang
Born 1979
Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck
1809 - 1887
Cyriel Dessers
Born 1994
Eva Brems
Born 1969
Mark De Man
Born 1983
Petrus van der Aa
1530 - 1594
Rumold Mercator
1545 - 1599
Émile van Ermengem
1851 - 1932
Gortzius Geldorp
1553 - 1616
Marten van Valckenborch
1535 - 1612
Jurgen Van Goolen
Born 1980
André Louf
1929 - 2010
Roland Liboton
Born 1957
Antonius Divitis
1475 - 1526
Bruno Tobback
Born 1969
Imke Courtois
Born 1988
Arnulf of Leuven
1200 - 1250
Ingrid Robeyns
Born 1972
Tim Declercq
Born 1989
Cornelius Gemma
1535 - 1578
Albero I of Louvain
1070 - 1128
Didier de Radiguès
Born 1958
William Van Dijck
Born 1961
Beatrice of Brabant
1225 - 1288
Albert Sauveur
1863 - 1939
Sam Dillemans
Born 1965
Steven Laureys
Born 1968
Thomas De Koninck
Born 1934
Robert Dekeyser
Born 1964
Paul Claes
Born 1943
Hendrik Van Crombrugge
Born 1993
Peter Carmeliet
Born 1959
Jules de Trooz
1857 - 1907
Arthur Berckmans
Born 1929
Peter Brosens
Born 1962
Pierre François Xavier de Ram
1804 - 1865
Heidi Rakels
Born 1968
Laurens Sweeck
Born 1993
Dieric Bouts the Younger
1448 - 1491
Yannick Eijssen
Born 1989
Pierre van Moerbeke
Born 1944
Frans Schollaert
1851 - 1917
Jan Cobbaert
1909 - 1995
Tom Van Landuyt
Born 1967
Jan Grauls
Born 1948
Johannes Bertelius
1544 - 1607
Jan Baptist van der Hulst
1790 - 1862
Nils Schouterden
Born 1988
André Antoine (politician)
Born 1960
Thierry Martens
1942 - 2011
Mark Waer
Born 1951
Léon H. Dupriez
1901 - 1986
Charles Leplae
1903 - 1961
Mimount Bousakla
Born 1972
Rinus Van de Velde
Born 1983
Johann Baptist Joseph Bastiné
1783 - 1844
Jean-Luc Margot
Born 1969
Henri van der Haert
1790 - 1846
Saïd El Khadraoui
Born 1975
Charles Ducal
Born 1952
Sarah Wijnants
Born 1999
Daan Stuyven
Born 1969
Charles Piot
1812 - 1899
Thomas Hertog
Born 1975
Olivier Brunel
1540 - 1585
Ben Weyts
Born 1970
Bart Wuyts
Born 1969
Hubert Lafortune
Born 1889
Philippe Ravoet
Born 1961
Jos De Haes
1920 - 1974
Theodore Blake Wirgman
1848 - 1925
Edmond Neefs
-
Alix de Lannoy
1941 - 2012
Lieve Wierinck
Born 1957
Thomas Sprengers
Born 1990
Simon De Cuyper
Born 1986
Josse van der Baren
1550 - 1614
Jean Hissette
1888 - 1965
Petrus Divaeus
1535 - 1581
Jan Belle
Born 1522
Tine Van Rompuy
Born 1955
Joscelin of Louvain
1121 - 1180
Jean Hessels
1522 - 1566
Jean-Pol
Born 1943
Johannes Nicaise
Born 1981
Willy Derboven
1939 - 1996
André Dehertoghe
1941 - 2016
Franz von Arenberg
1849 - 1907
Thomas Fienus
1567 - 1631
Simon Van De Voorde
Born 1989
Jacques Logie
1938 - 2007
David Wijns
Born 1987
Magda Ilands
Born 1950
Isala Van Diest
1842 - 1916
Albert Carnoy
1878 - 1961
Sean Day
Born 1998
Eddy Verstraeten
1948 - 2005
Ismaël Bako
Born 1995
Patrick Robeet
Born 1964
Mike Verdrengh
Born 1946
Rune Hermans
Born 1999
Charles-André Gilis
Born 1934
Diether Sweeck
Born 1993
Wouter Claes
Born 1975
Roger De Cnijf
Born 1956
Sergio Fernández González (rower)
Born 1967
Hortense Clews
1926 - 2006
Pieter Gysel
Born 1980
Adrien Henri Vital van Emelen
1868 - 1943
Arnold Mercator
1537 - 1587
Fabio Zenoni
Born 1970
Herman Schueremans
Born 1954
Hilary Charlesworth
Born 1955
Camille Goemans
1900 - 1960
Willem Peeters
Born 1953
Anne Brouillard
Born 1967
Willy Kuijpers
1937 - 2020
Xavier Deutsch
Born 1965
Pierre van Gobbelschroy
1784 - 1850
Ben Broeders
Born 1995
Louis Van Overstraeten
1818 - 1849
Ward Bauwens
Born 1993
Tim Lambrecht
Born 1998
Albert Delvaux (compositeur)
1913 - 2007
Karl Birnbaum (Agronom)
1829 - 1907
Tim Rummens
Born 1987
Alfons Vansteenwegen
Born 1941
Gaspard van der Heyden
1496 - 1549
Dirk Claes
Born 1959
Claude Fisco
1736 - 1825
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Born 1973
Johan Nijs
Born 1963
Jessy Torreele
Born 1987
Katrien Torfs
Born 1987
Dirk Delabastita
Born 1960
Yanny Hureaux
Born 1939
André Georges Marie Walter Albert Robyns
1935 - 2003
Ilah (cartoons)
Born 1971
Jacob Duym
1547 - 1606
Marie Mandy
Born 1961
Jan Rombouts I
Died 1535
Steven Kleynen
Born 1977
Jan II Keldermans
1370 - 1445
Edmond Vanden Eynde
1924 - 1989
Guillaume Teniers
1748 - 1820
Lorin Parys
Born 1976
Juan Miguel Paz
Born 1966
Marjolein Lindemans
Born 1994
Émile-Henry Tilmans
1888 - 1960
Maarten Schops
Born 1976
Nicolaas de Castro
1503 - 1573
Marc Luyckx Ghisi
Born 1942
Stef Goris
Born 1960
Wannes Van Tricht
Born 1993
Charles-Antoine Clevenbergh
1755 - 1810
Marc Laudelout
Born 1954
Joris Vandenbroucke
Born 1976
Martin van Dorne
1736 - 1808
Josse-Pieter Geedts
1770 - 1834
Jos Clijsters
Born 1950
Marc Herman
Born 1947
Cunerus Petri
1559 - 1579
Karin Brouwers
Born 1964
Guy Thilmans
1922 - 2001
Francis Vermaelen
Born 1960
Cécile Jodogne
Born 1964
Jan Vandenbroucke
Born 1950
Freek Golinski
Born 1991
Fabrizio Prada
Born 1972
Antoine Schayes
1808 - 1859
Andreas Luckermans
Born 1992
Pierre Migisha
Born 1971
Els Demol
Born 1958
Els Van Hoof
Born 1969
Felix Strackx
Born 1955
Paul Roekaerts
Born 1939
Émile Van Arenbergh
1854 - 1934
Mark Coeckelbergh
Born 1975
Marcos Adamantiadis
Born 1972
Peter de Cupere
Born 1970
Jarno Libert
Born 1997
Sven Beelen
Born 1990
Petrus Peckius the Younger
1562 - 1625
Antoine Ghonda
Born 1965
Gustave De Bruyn
1838 - 1916
Lode Vanoost
Born 1953
Godfrey of Bath
Died 1135
Ferdinand Giele
1867 - 1929
Armand Huyghé
1871 - 1944
Anne Noë
Born 1959
Patrick de Radiguès
Born 1956
Victor Boelens
1872 - 1955
Walter Hecht
1896 - 1960
Stéphane de Lobkowicz
Born 1957
Joëlle Magnin-Gonze
Born 1961
Antoine Grégoire
1871 - 1955
Mathieu Fonteyn
Born 1985
Eugène Prévinaire
1805 - 1877
Félix De Baerdemaecker
1836 - 1878
Alain Simons
Born 1962
Bart Verschueren
Born 1986
Marcel Lafortune
Born 1900
Bart Nevens
Born 1966
Étienne Orban de Xivry
1885 - 1953
Benjamin Dieltjens
Born 1973
Guilielmus Zeebots
1625 - 1690
Pieter Coutereel
-
Jacob Baethen
1525 - 1557
Frantz Vermeylen
1857 - 1922
Frédéric Delvaux
1834 - 1916
Vincent Lurquin
Born 1959
Julie Van Gelder
Born 1993
Lodewijk Goemans
1881 - 1957
Marc Rigouts
Born 1958
René de Baugnies
1869 - 1962
Jules Roberti
1829 - 1911
Bernardine Hamaekers
1836 - 1912
Félix Stappaerts
1812 - 1885
Simon Bol
-
Gérard Roosen
1869 - 1935
Donna-Donny Truyens
Born 1989
Henricus Gravius
1536 - 1591
Gerhard Robert Walter von Coeckelberghe-Dützele �
1786 - 1857
Tine Bergen
Born 1981
Frans van Dorne
1776 - 1848
Emile Gosselin
1921 - 1982
Geert Blanchart
Born 1966
Jacques Van Rillaer
Born 1944
Jacques de la Passion
1642 - 1717
Cédric Gervy
Born 1972
Serge (Konovaloff)
1941 - 2003
Steve Lemmens
1972 - 2016
Yannick Bruynoghe
1924 - 1984
Prosper Van Langendonck
1856 - 1935
François Lafortune Sr.
Born 1896
Guillaume Kennis
1839 - 1908
Clemens Crabbeels
1564 - 1592
Pierre Vandendries
1908 - 1993
Leon Pierco
Born 1936
Rutger Velpius
1540 - 1614
Joseph Clynmans
1889 - 1966
Jim Thijs
Born 1980
Olivier Hinnekens
Born 1969
Karin Jiroflée
Born 1962
Samuel Greven
Born 1973
Thierry Renaer
Born 1976