Antwerp
Antwerp ranks 100th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Queens, Leipzig, and Chiba Prefecture. Memorable people born in Antwerp include Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Abraham Ortelius. Memorable people who died in Antwerp include Peter Paul Rubens, Abraham Ortelius, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Antwerp has been the birth place of many painters, and soccer players and the death place of many painters, and writers. Antwerp is located in Belgium.
Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest municipality in Belgium by area at 208.22 km2 (80.39 sq mi). With a population of 565,039, it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million people, the country's second-largest metropolitan area after Brussels. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 967 and 2002, Antwerp was the birth place of 117 globally memorable people, including Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Abraham Ortelius. Additionaly, 71 globally memorable people have passed away in Antwerp including Peter Paul Rubens, Abraham Ortelius, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
People Born in Antwerp
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Anthony van Dyck
PAINTER
1599 - 1641
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 22
Frans Hals
PAINTER
1582 - 1666
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 91
Abraham Ortelius
GEOGRAPHER
1527 - 1598
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 32
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence
POLITICIAN
1338 - 1368
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 94
Henry van de Velde
ARCHITECT
1863 - 1957
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 24
Jacob Jordaens
PAINTER
1593 - 1678
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 35
Jan Brueghel the Younger
PAINTER
1601 - 1678
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 93
Frans Snyders
PAINTER
1579 - 1657
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 37
Catharina van Hemessen
PAINTER
1528 - 1600
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 34
David Teniers the Younger
PAINTER
1610 - 1690
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 40
Jacob Le Maire
POLITICIAN
1585 - 1616
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 47
Bartholomeus Spranger
PAINTER
1546 - 1611
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 48
Newly Added People Born in Antwerp
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Zakaria El Ouahdi
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 26
Ignace Van Der Brempt
SOCCER PLAYER
2002 - Present
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 25
Olivier Deman
SOCCER PLAYER
2000 - Present
HPI: 34.55
Rank: 27
People Deceased in Antwerp
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Peter Paul Rubens
PAINTER
1577 - 1640
HPI: 88.29
Rank: 49
Abraham Ortelius
GEOGRAPHER
1527 - 1598
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 17
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
PAINTER
1564 - 1636
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 19
Jan Brueghel the Elder
PAINTER
1568 - 1625
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 16
Jacob Jordaens
PAINTER
1593 - 1678
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 22
Quentin Matsys
PAINTER
1466 - 1530
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 28
Jan Gossaert
PAINTER
1478 - 1532
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 30
Joachim Patinir
PAINTER
1480 - 1524
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 36
Jan Brueghel the Younger
PAINTER
1601 - 1678
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 68
Adriaen Brouwer
PAINTER
1605 - 1638
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 32
Frans Snyders
PAINTER
1579 - 1657
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 25
Catharina van Hemessen
PAINTER
1528 - 1600
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 21
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Antwerp were painters (49), soccer players (22), writers (8), athletes (6), and politicians (3), while most who died were painters (42), writers (5), cyclists (3), soccer players (3), and athletes (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Antwerp, including Romelu Lukaku, Radja Nainggolan, and Mousa Dembélé. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Antwerp, including Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Jacob Jordaens.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Antwerp since 1700.
