City of Brussels
City of Brussels ranks 568th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Colorado Springs, Colorado, Basra, and Flint, Michigan. Memorable people born in City of Brussels include Claude Lévi-Strauss, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Memorable people who died in City of Brussels include Eugène Ysaÿe, Alexandre Kojève, and Paul Anspach. City of Brussels has been the birth place of many politicians, and painters and the death place of many painters, and politicians. City of Brussels is located in Belgium.
The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1300 and 2002, City of Brussels was the birth place of 26 globally memorable people, including Claude Lévi-Strauss, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Additionaly, 27 globally memorable people have passed away in City of Brussels including Eugène Ysaÿe, Alexandre Kojève, and Paul Anspach. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in City of Brussels than were born there.
People Born in City of Brussels
Go to all RankingsClaude Lévi-Strauss
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1908 - 2009
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 20
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
POLITICIAN
1480 - 1530
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 8
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
PAINTER
1564 - 1636
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 26
Henri La Fontaine
LAWYER
1854 - 1943
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 23
Jan Brueghel the Elder
PAINTER
1568 - 1625
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 25
Laura Marx
WRITER
1845 - 1911
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1
Paul Otlet
INVENTOR
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 22
Henri de Baillet-Latour
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1942
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 2
Adam Frans van der Meulen
PAINTER
1632 - 1690
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 3
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
POLITICIAN
1322 - 1406
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 9
John III, Duke of Brabant
POLITICIAN
1300 - 1355
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 6
Michiel Sweerts
PAINTER
1618 - 1664
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 7
People Deceased in City of Brussels
Go to all RankingsEugène Ysaÿe
COMPOSER
1858 - 1931
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Alexandre Kojève
PHILOSOPHER
1902 - 1968
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Paul Anspach
FENCER
1882 - 1981
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Charles Auguste de Bériot
COMPOSER
1802 - 1870
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
PAINTER
1502 - 1550
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Lamoral, Count of Egmont
POLITICIAN
1522 - 1568
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Bernard van Orley
PAINTER
1487 - 1541
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
André Waterkeyn
ENGINEER
1917 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria
POLITICIAN
1609 - 1641
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Jean Stas
CHEMIST
1813 - 1891
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Rogier van der Weyden
PAINTER
1390 - 1464
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Rank: 11
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn
POLITICIAN
1524 - 1568
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in City of Brussels
Go to all RankingsEugène Ysaÿe
COMPOSER
1858 - 1931
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Alexandre Kojève
PHILOSOPHER
1902 - 1968
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Paul Anspach
FENCER
1882 - 1981
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Charles Auguste de Bériot
COMPOSER
1802 - 1870
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
PAINTER
1502 - 1550
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Lamoral, Count of Egmont
POLITICIAN
1522 - 1568
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Bernard van Orley
PAINTER
1487 - 1541
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
André Waterkeyn
ENGINEER
1917 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria
POLITICIAN
1609 - 1641
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Jean Stas
CHEMIST
1813 - 1891
HPI: NaN
Rank: 10
Rogier van der Weyden
PAINTER
1390 - 1464
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn
POLITICIAN
1524 - 1568
HPI: NaN
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day City of Brussels were politicians (5), painters (5), athletes (3), writers (2), and soccer players (2), while most who died were painters (6), politicians (5), composers (3), fencers (2), and chemists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in City of Brussels, including Urko Pardo, and Sandy Walsh. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day City of Brussels, including Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Henri de Baillet-Latour, and Joanna, Duchess of Brabant.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in City of Brussels since 1700.