page_title: Antwerp
section_title: Born in Antwerp
hierarchical_section_title: Antwerp / Notable people / Born in Antwerp
caption_attribution_description: Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), at the age of about 50. He was the author of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Fine Handcolorpaper size 465 x 295 mm
context_page_description: Antwerp is a city in Belgium and the capital of Antwerp province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of around 1,200,000 people, it is the second largest metropolitan region after Brussels.
  Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the river's Westerschelde estuary. It is about 40 kilometres north of Brussels, and about 15 kilometres south of the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. The city is also known for its diamond industry and trade.
  Both economically and culturally, Antwerp is and has long been an important city in the Low Countries, especially before and during the Spanish Fury and throughout and after the subsequent Dutch Revolt. The Bourse of Antwerp, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872, was the world's first purpose-built commodity exchange. It was founded before stocks and shares existed, so was not strictly a stock exchange.
context_section_description: Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (1338–1368)
  Samuel Blommaert, Director of the Dutch West India Company (1583–1654)
  Frans Floris, painter (1520–1570)
  Abraham Ortelius, cartographer and geographer (1527–98)
  Gillis van Coninxloo, painter of forest landscapes (1544–1607)
  Bartholomeus Spranger, painter, draughtsman, and etcher (1546–1611)
  Martín Antonio del Río, Jesuit theologian (1551–1608)
  Matthijs Bril, landscape painter (1550–1583)
  Balthazar de Moucheron, one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
  Paul Bril, landscape painter (1554–1626)
  Willem Usselincx, Flemish merchant and investor, one of the founders of the Dutch West India Company (1567–1647)
  Abraham Janssens, painter (c. 1570 – 1632)
  Rodrigo Calderón, Count of Oliva, Spanish favourite and adventurer (died 1621)
  Frans Snyders, still life and animal painter (1579–1657)
  Osias Beert the Elder (1580–1623)
  Frans Hals, painter (1580–1666)
  Caspar de Crayer, painter (1582–1669)
  David Teniers the Elder, painter (1582–1649)
  Jacob Jordaens, painter (1593–1678)
  Anthony van Dyck, painter (1599–1641)
  Cornelis Melyn, Early American Settler, Patroon of Staten Island (1600-c. 1662)
  Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, painter of fish still lifes (1600–1657)
  David Teniers the Younger, painter (1610–1690)
  Jan Fyt, animal painter (1611–1661)
  Jacob Leyssens, Baroque painter (1661–1710)
  Nicolaes Maes, Baroque painter (1634–1693)
  Hendrik Abbé, engraver, painter and architect (1639–?)
  Gerard Edelinck, copperplate engraver (1649–1707)
  Peter Tillemans, painter (c. 1684 – 1734)
  John Michael Rysbrack, sculptor (1694–1770)
  Francis Palms, Belgian-American landholder and businessman (1809–1886)
  Hendrik Conscience, writer and author of De Leeuw van Vlaanderen ("The Lion of Flanders") (1812–1883)
  Johann Coaz, Swiss forester, topographer and mountaineer (1822–1918)
  Jef Lambeaux, sculptor of the Brabo fountain in the Grote Markt (1852–1908)
  Georges Eekhoud, novelist (1854–1927)
  Hippolyte Delehaye, Jesuit Priest and hagiographic scholar (1859–1941)
  Ferdinand Perier, Jesuit Priest and 3rd Archbishop of Calcutta (1875–1968)
  Willem Elsschot, writer and poet (1882–1960)
  Jef van Hoof, conductor and composer (1886–1959)
  Constant Permeke, expressionist painter (1886–1952)
  Paul van Ostaijen, poet and writer (1896–1928)
  Alice Nahon, poet (1896–1933)
  Albert Lilar, Minister of Justice (1900–1976)
  Maurice Gilliams, writer (1900–1982)
  Michel Seuphor, painter, designer (1901–1999)
  André Cluytens, conductor (1905–1967)
  Daniel Sternefeld, composer and conductor (1905–1986)
  Maurice van Essche, Belgian-born South African painter (1906–1977)
  Antoinette Feuerwerker, French jurist and member of the Resistance (1912–2003)
  Jean Bingen, Belgian papyrologist and epigrapher (1920–2012)
  Karl Gotch, professional wrestler (1924–2007)
  Simon Kornblit, American advertising and film studio executive (1933–2010)
  Bernard de Walque, architect (born 1938)
  Ferre Grignard, rock singer/songwriter, known for "Ring Ring, I've Got To Sing" (1939–1982)
  Paul Buysse, businessman (born 1945)
  Carl Verbraeken, composer (born 1950)
  Tom Barman, Belgian musician and film director (born 1972)
  Matthias Schoenaerts, actor (born 1977)
  Tia Hellebaut, Olympic high jump champion (born 1978)
  Evi Goffin, vocalist (born 1981)
  Jessica Van Der Steen, model (born 1984)
  Laetitia Beck, Israeli golfer (born 1992)
  Romelu Lukaku, professional Belgian footballer (born 1993)
  Jacoba Hol (1886–1964), physical geographer
  Toby Alderweireld, professional Belgian footballer (born 1989)
caption: Abraham Ortelius
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