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This is a list of notable people from Antwerp, who were either born in
Antwerp, or spent part of their life there.
Born in Antwerp
Pre-16th century
16th century
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Hieronymus Cockx, painter and
engraver (1510–1570).
[1]
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Hubert Waelrant, composer, teacher, and music editor of the
Renaissance (c. 1517–1595)
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Frans Floris, painter (1520–1570)
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Abraham Ortelius,
cartographer and
geographer (1527–1598)
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Jacques Jonghelinck, sculptor and
medalist (1530–1606)
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Emanuel van Meteren, historian and consul in London (1535–1612)
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Frédéric Perrenot de Granvelle, governor of Antwerp (1536-1602)
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Denis Calvaert, painter (1540–1619).
[2]
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Cornelis van Aarsens,
statesman (1545–1627)
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Gillis van Coninxloo, painter of forest landscapes (1544–1607)
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Hans Collaert, engraver (c. 1545–1628).
[3]
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Joris Hoefnagel, painter and engraver (1545–1601).
[4]
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Bartholomeus Spranger, painter,
draughtsman, and
etcher (1546–1611)
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George de La Hèle (1547–1586) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
[5]
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Federigo Giambelli, Italian
military and
civil engineer (c. 1550-c. 1610)
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Paul Bril and
Matthijs Bril, landscape painters (1554–1626, 1550–1583, respectively)
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Martin Delrio,
Jesuit theologian (1551–1608)
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Andreas Schottus, academic,
linguist, translator, and editor (1552–1629)
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Jan Gruter, critic and scholar (1560–1627).
[6]
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Jacob de Gheyn II, painter and engraver (1562–1629)
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Joachim van den Hove, composer and
lutenist (c. 1567–1620)
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Frans Pourbus the younger, painter (1569–1622)
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Abraham Janssens, painter (c. 1570–1632).
[7]
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Ambrosius Bosschaert,
still-life painter (1573–1621)
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Rodrigo Calderón, Count of Oliva, Spanish favourite and adventurer (died 1621)
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Gillis d'Hondecoeter, painter (birth in Antwerp uncertain, 1575/80–1638)
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Hendrick van Balen, painter (1575–1632)
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Frans Snyders, still-life and animal painter (1579–1657)
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Frans Hals, painter (1580–1666)
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Caspar de Crayer, painter (1582–1669)
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David Teniers the Elder, painter (1582–1649)
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Cornelis de Vos, painter (1584–1651)
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Jacob Le Maire, Dutch
mariner (c. 1585–1616)
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Pieter de Carpentier, administrator and
Governor-General of the
Dutch East Indies (1586/88–1659)
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Antonius Sanderus, historian,
philologian, and theologian (1586–1664)
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Guilielmus Messaus, composer (1589–1640)
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Jacob Jordaens, painter (1593–1678)
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Clara Peeters, painter (1594–c. 1657)
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Jean-Charles de la Faille, Jesuit mathematician (1597–1652)
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Justus Sustermans,
Baroque painter (1597–1681)
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Anthony van Dyck, painter (1599–1641)
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Adriaen van Utrecht, painter (1599–1652)
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Francken, family of painters (16th and 17th century)
17th and 18th century
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Quellinus, family of artists, painters, and sculptors (17th century)
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Gaspar Roomer, merchant and art patron (died 1674)
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Jan Brueghel the Younger, painter (1601–1678)
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François Ykens, painter (1601–1693)
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Theodorus Moretus, mathematician, theologian, geometer and Jesuit (1602–1667)
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Franciscus van den Enden,
Baruch Spinoza's teacher (c. 1602 – 1674)
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Leonora Duarte, composer and musician (1610–1678)
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David Teniers the Younger, painter (1610–1690)
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Jan Fyt, animal painter (1611–1661)
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André Tacquet, mathematician (1612–1660)
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Gonzales Coques, painter (1614–1684).
[8]
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Carstian Luyckx, painter (c. 1623 – c. 1675)
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Arnold Geulincx (1624–1669), a Flemish philosopher, metaphysician and logician.
[9]
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Pieter Boel, still-life painter (1626–1674)
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Jan van Kessel, senior, still-life painter (1626–1679)
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Philip Fruytiers, painter (1627–1666)
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Jan Siberechts, painter (1627–1703)
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Abraham Brueghel, painter (1631–1690)
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Nikolaus van Hoy,
Baroque painter, draughtsman, and etcher (1631–1679)
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David Teniers III, painter (1638–1685)
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Francisque Millet (1642–1679), a Flemish-French landscape painter.
[10]
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David de Coninck, painter (c. 1644 – c. 1701).
[11]
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Cornelis Huysmans (1648-1727) a Flemish landscape painter.
[12]
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Gerard Edelinck, copper-plate
engraver (1649–1707)
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Emmanuel Schelstrate,
Roman Catholic theologian (1649–1692)
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Pseudo-Simons, painter (1650–1680)
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Jan van Kessel the Younger, painter (1654–1708)
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Sebastiaen Slodtz (1655–1726) a Flemish sculptor and decorator.
[13]
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Thomas Quellinus, Baroque sculptor (1661–1709)
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Jan Frans van Bloemen, painter (1662–1740).
[14]
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Jan Frans van Bredael, painter (1683–1750).
[15]
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Peter Scheemakers, sculptor (1691–1781).
[16]
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John Michael Rysbrack, sculptor (1694–1770)
19th century
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Egide Charles Gustave Wappers, painter (1803–1874).
[17]
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Guillaume Geefs, sculptor (1805–1883)
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Hendrik Conscience, writer and author of De Leeuw van Vlaanderen ("The Lion of Flanders") (1812–1883)
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Jan August Hendrik Leys, painter (1815–1869).
[18]
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Jan van Beers, poet (1821–1888).
[19]
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Johann Coaz, Swiss forester, topographer and mountaineer (1822–1918)
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Michel Marie Charles Verlat, painter (1824–1890).
[20]
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Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer, painter (1840–1888).
[21]
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Julien Dillens, sculptor (1849–1904).
[22]
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Jef Lambeaux, sculptor (1852–1908)
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Georges Eekhoud, novelist (1854–1927)
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Libert H. Boeynaems,
vicar apostolic of the Hawaiian islands (1857–1926)
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Hippolyte Delehaye, Jesuit and
hagiographic scholar (1859–1941)
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Arthur Van Gehuchten,
anatomist (1861–1914/15)
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Henry van de Velde, painter, architect, and interior designer (1863–1957)
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Eugénie Hamer (1865–after 1926), peace activist
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Johannes Jacobus Smith,
botanist (1867–1947)
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Pierre de Caters, adventurer, aviator, car and motorboat racer (1875–1944)
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Eugeen Van Mieghem, painter (1875–1930)
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Willem Elsschot, writer and poet (1882–1960)
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Camille Clifford, actress (1885–1971)
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Constant Permeke,
expressionist painter (1886–1952)
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Jef van Hoof, composer and conductor, (1886–1959)
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Georges Vantongerloo,
abstract sculptor and painter (1886–1965)
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Jean Langenus, international
football
referee (1891–1952)
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Pierre Ryckmans, head of the Belgian colony of
Congo (1891–1959)
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Paul van Ostaijen, poet and writer (1896–1928)
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Marnix Gijsen, writer (1899–1984)
20th and 21st centuries
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Albert Lilar, Minister of Justice (1900–1976)
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Gérard Blitz,
water polo player (1901–1990)
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Lode Zielens, novelist and journalist (1901–1944)
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George Koltanowski,
chess player and promoter (1903–2000)
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Frédérique Petrides, (née Frédérique Mayer) orchestral conductor and publisher (1903–1983)
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Karel Bossart,
rocket designer (1904–1975)
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Maurice Anthony Biot,
physicist and founder of the theory of
poroelasticity (1905–1985)
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André Cluytens, conductor (1905–1967)
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Jef Maes, composer (1905–1996)
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Georges Ronsse,
cyclo-cross and
road bicycle racer (1906–1969)
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Maurice van Essche, Belgian-born South African painter (1906–1977)
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Edmond de Goeyse, student leader (1907–1998)
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Jean Servais, actor (1910–1976)
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Renaat Braem, architect and urban planner (born 1910)
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Willy Vandersteen, creator of comic books (1913–1990)
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Edward Schillebeeckx, theologian (1914–2009)
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Hubert Lampo, writer (1920–2006)
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Guy Thys, national football coach (1922–2003)
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Jan Yoors, photographer, painter, sculptor, writer, and
Gypsy (1922–1977)
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Karel Goeyvaerts, composer (1923–1993)
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Jacques Sternberg, writer of science fiction (1923–2006)
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Ward de Ravet, actor (1924–2013)
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Leo Apostel, philosopher (1925–1995)
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Bob de Moor, comic artist (1925–1992)
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Karel Dillen, politician (1925–2007)
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Bobbejaan Schoepen, entertainer, singer, guitarist, composer, and actor (1925–2010)
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Paul Van Hoeydonck, printmaker and painter (born 1925)
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Victor Mees, footballer (1927–2010)
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Jef Nys, comic book creator (1927–2009)
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Henry Spira,
animal rights activist (1927–1998)
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Lilly Appelbaum Malnik, Holocaust survivor (born 1928)
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Bob Van der Veken, television actor (born 1928)
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Maurice Tempelsman, diamond merchant and
industrialist (born 1929)
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Jan Vansina, historian and
anthropologist (born 1929)
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Françoise Mallet-Joris, writer and member of the
Académie Goncourt (born 1930)
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Bert Eriksson,
neo-Nazi and
Flemish nationalist (1931–2005)
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Simon Kornblit, film
studio executive for
Universal Pictures (1933–2010)
[23]
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Marc Rich, international
commodities
trader (born 1934)
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Henry Geldzahler,
curator of contemporary art (1935–1994)
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Fernando Sanchez, Spanish fashion designer (1935–2006)
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Martine Franck, photographer (born 1938)
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Willy Steveniers, former profossional basketball player (born 1938)
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Harry Kümel, film director (born 1940)
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Jean-Baptiste Baronian, critic, essayist, writer, and novelist (born 1942)
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Magda Francot, painter (born 1942)
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Hugo Heyrman, painter and
multimedia artist (born 1942)
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Wim Blockmans, writer and professor of
medieval history at
Leiden University (born 1945)
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Ann Christy, singer (1945–1984)
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Georges Pintens, road bicycle racer (born 1946)
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Guillaume Bijl, artist (born 1946)
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Carl Verbraeken, composer (born 1950)
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Ronald Zollman,
conductor (born 1950)
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Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, painter,
drawer, computer and video artist (born 1951)
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Ludo Coeck, footballer (1955–1985)
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Patrick Janssens, Socialist politician and mayor of Antwerp (born 1956)
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Jan Fabre, drawer, sculptor, director, writer, choreographer, and designer (born 1958)
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Jan Leyers, singer, songwriter, and television personality (born 1958)
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Dries Van Noten, fashion designer (born 1958)
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Luc Cromheecke, comic artist (born 1961)
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Rita Bellens, politician (born 1962)
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Robert C. Hancké, economist (born 1962)
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Rudy Trouvé, musician (born 1967)
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Tom Waes, television presenter, television director and actor (born 1968)
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Els Callens, professional tennis player (born 1970)
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Tom Barman, film director, musician, and singer of
dEUS (born 1972)
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Alex Agnew, stand-up comedian (born 1972)
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Anke Vandermeersch, politician and former beauty queen (born 1972)
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Christian Olde Wolbers, bassist of the
industrial metal band
Fear Factory (born 1972)
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Mike Dierickx, also known as M.I.K.E., DJ and music producer (born 1973)
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An Pierlé, pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1974)
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Matthias Schoenaerts, actor (born 1977)
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Steven De Lelie, actor and director (born 1977)
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Jeffrey van Hooydonk, racing car driver (born 1977)
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Tia Hellebaut, track and field athlete (born 1978)
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Evi Goffin, vocalist of the musical group
Lasgo (born 1981)
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Mousa Dembélé, former professional footballer (born 1987)
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Radja Nainggolan, professional footballer (born 1988)
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Toby Alderweireld, professional footballer (born 1989)
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Jean-Marc Mwema, professional basketball player (born 1989)
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Laetitia Beck, Belgian-born Israeli golfer (born 1992)
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Romelu Lukaku, professional footballer (born 1993)
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Coely Mbueno singer (born 1994)
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Tamino, musician (born 1996)
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Jérémie Makiese (born 2000), Belgian-Congolese singer and footballer who will represent
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
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Jérémy Doku, professional footballer (born 2002)
Lived in Antwerp
Pre-16th century
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Saint Pirmin,
monk (c. 670–753)
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Lodewyk van Berken, inventor of the
scaif (15th century)
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Johannes Pullois,
Franco-Flemish composer (died 1478)
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Matthaeus Pipelare, composer,
choir director, and wind instrument player (c. 1450 – c. 1515)
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Quentin Matsys,
Renaissance painter, founder of the Antwerp school (1466–1530)
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Pierre Alamire, music
copyist, composer, instrumentalist,
mining engineer, merchant, diplomat, and spy (c. 1470 – 1536)
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Jan Mabuse, painter (c. 1478 – 1532)
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Jacob van Utrecht, painter (c. 1479 – c. 1525)
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Joachim Patinir, landscape and religious painter (c. 1480 – 1524)
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Richard Aertsz, historical painter (1482–1577)
16th century
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John Rogers,
Minister of religion, Bible translator and commentator, and
martyr (c. 1500 – 1555)
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Jan Sanders van Hemessen, painter (c. 1500 – c. 1566)
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Tielman Susato, composer, instrumentalist, and publisher of music (c. 1510/15 – after 1570)
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Joos van Cleve, painter (c. 1500 – 1540/41)
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Damião de Góis, Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502–1574)
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Gerard de Jode, cartographer, engraver, and publisher (1509–1591)
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Steven Mierdman, printer (born c. 1510)
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Gracia Mendes Nasi, wealthy businesswoman (1510–1569)
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Hans Hendrik van Paesschen, architect (c. 1510 – 1582)
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Johannes Goropius Becanus, physician, linguist, and humanist (1519–1572)
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Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (c. 1519 – 1579)
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Anthony More,
portrait painter (1520 – c. 1577)
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Christoffel Plantijn, humanist, book printer and publisher (c. 1520 – 1589)
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Crispin van den Broeck, painter (1523–1591)
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder, painter and
printmaker (1525–1569)
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Thomas Cartwright, English
Puritan churchman (c. 1535 – 1603)
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Philippe Galle, designer and engraver (1537–1612)
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Philip van Marnix, writer and statesman (1538–1598)
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Andreas Pevernage, composer (1542/43–1591)
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Jan Moretus, printer (1543–1610)
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François d'Aguilon, mathematician and physicist (1546–1617)
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Simon Stevin, mathematician and engineer (c. 1548 – 1620)
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Federigo Giambelli, Italian military engineer (born c. 1550)
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Louis de Caullery, painter (c. 1560 – 1621/22)
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Dudley Fenner, English Puritan
divine (c. 1558 – 1587)
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Jan Vermeyen,
goldsmith (c. 1559 – 1606)
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Richard Rowlands,
antiquary (c. 1560 – 1620)
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John Bull, Welsh composer, musician, and organ builder (c. 1562 – 1628)
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Cornelis Verdonck, composer (1563–1625)
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Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as "Velvet" Brueghel, painter (1568–1625)
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Peter Paul Rubens, painter (1577–1640)
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William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier, politician, and writer (c. 1592 – 1676)
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Abraham van Diepenbeeck, erudite and painter (1596–1675)
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Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order
17th and 18th century
19th century
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Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen, painter (1817–1880)
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Henri Alexis Brialmont, military engineer (1821–1903)
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter (1836–1912)
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Albrecht De Vriendt (Ghent, 1843 – Antwerp, 1900), painter of genre scenes, history paintings, interiors and figure paintings
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De Vriendt brothers, painters (born 1842/43)
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Jan De Vos, mayor (1844–1923)
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Vincent van Gogh,
impressionist painter, lived in Antwerp for about four months (1853–1890)
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Neel Doff, writer (1858–1942)
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Walter Osborne, Irish impressionist (1859–1903)
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Asriel Günzig, rabbi (1868–1931)
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Camille Huysmans, Socialist politician and former
Prime Minister of Belgium (1871–1968)
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Jules Van Nuffel,
musicologist, composer, and expert on religious music (1883–1953)
20th century
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Albert Lilar,
Minister of Justice (1900–1976)
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Suzanne Lilar, writer (1901–1992)
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Charlotte Bergman, art collector (1903–2002)
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Chaim Kreiswirth,
Chief Rabbi (1918–2001)
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Jan Cox, painter (1919–1980)
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Hugo Schiltz, lawyer and politician (1927–2006)
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Françoise Mallet-Joris, writer (born 1930)
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Godfried Danneels, archbishop and
cardinal (born 1933)
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Myriam Sarachik, physicist and recipient of the
Buckley Prize in 2005 (1933–2021)
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Giya Kancheli,
Georgian composer (1935–2019)
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Wannes Van de Velde, singer, musician, poet (1937–2008)
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Ward Beysen, politician and
freemason (1941–2005)
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Robbe De Hert, film director (born 1942)
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Robert Cailliau, co-developer of the
World Wide Web (born 1947)
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Roberto Mangou, painter (born 1950)
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Luc Tuymans, artist and painter (born 1958)
- The "
Antwerp Six":
Walter Van Beirendonck (born 1957),
Ann Demeulemeester (born 1959),
Dries van Noten (born 1958), Dirk Van Saene,
Dirk Bikkembergs (born 1959), and Marina Yee, fashion designers
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Martin Margiela, fashion designer (born 1959)
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Matthias Storme, lawyer, academic, thinker, and politician (born 1959)
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Stef Bos, singer (born 1961)
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Filip Dewinter, politician (born 1962)
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Erik Van Looy, film director (born 1962)
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Anne Provoost, author of myths, tales, and bible stories (born 1964)
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Fons Borginon, politician and lawyer (born 1966)
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Stef Driesen, artist (born 1966)
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Raf Simons, fashion designer (born 1968)
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Mauro Pawlowski, guitar player of
dEUS and
Evil Superstars (born 1971)
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David Palmer,
squash player (born 1976)
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Matthias Schoenaerts, actor (born 1977)
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Veerle Casteleyn, ballet and
jazz dancer (born 1978)
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Jessica Van Der Steen, model (born 1984)
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Rustemi Kreshnik, kickboxer (born 1984)
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Yves V, DJ, producer and electronic musician (born 1981)
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