page_title: List of people from Antwerp
section_title: 16th century
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Antwerp / Born in Antwerp / 16th century
caption_attribution_description: en:Jan Gruter de:Jan Gruter
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people from Antwerp, who were either born in Antwerp, or spent part of their life there.
context_section_description: Hieronymus Cockx, painter and engraver (1510–1570)
  Hubert Waelrant, composer, teacher, and music editor of the Renaissance (c. 1517–1595)
  Frans Floris, painter (1520–1570)
  Abraham Ortelius, cartographer and geographer (1527–1598)
  Jacques Jonghelinck, sculptor and medalist (1530–1606)
  Emanuel van Meteren, historian and consul in London (1535–1612)
  Denis Calvaert, painter (1540–1619)
  Cornelis van Aarsens, statesman (1545–1627)
  Gillis van Coninxloo, painter of forest landscapes (1544–1607)
  Hans Collaert, engraver (c. 1545–1628)
  Joris Hoefnagel, painter and engraver (1545–1601)
  Bartholomeus Spranger, painter, draughtsman, and etcher (1546–1611)
  George de La Hèle (1547–1586) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
  Federigo Giambelli, Italian military and civil engineer (c. 1550-c. 1610)
  Paul Bril and Matthijs Bril, landscape painters (1554–1626, 1550–1583, respectively)
  Martin Delrio, Jesuit theologian (1551–1608)
  Andreas Schottus, academic, linguist, translator, and editor (1552–1629)
  Jan Gruter, critic and scholar (1560–1627)
  Jacob de Gheyn II, painter and engraver (1562–1629)
  Joachim van den Hove, composer and lutenist (c. 1567–1620)
  Frans Pourbus the younger, painter (1569–1622)
  Abraham Janssens, painter (c. 1570–1632)
  Ambrosius Bosschaert, still-life painter (1573–1621)
  Rodrigo Calderón, Count of Oliva, Spanish favourite and adventurer (died 1621)
  Gillis d'Hondecoeter, painter (birth in Antwerp uncertain, 1575/80–1638)
  Hendrick van Balen, painter (1575–1632)
  Frans Snyders, still-life and animal painter (1579–1657)
  Frans Hals, painter (1580–1666)
  Caspar de Crayer, painter (1582–1669)
  David Teniers the Elder, painter (1582–1649)
  Cornelis de Vos, painter (1584–1651)
  Jacob Le Maire, Dutch mariner (c. 1585–1616)
  Pieter de Carpentier, administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1586/88–1659)
  Antonius Sanderus, historian, philologian, and theologian (1586–1664)
  Guilielmus Messaus, composer (1589–1640)
  Jacob Jordaens, painter (1593–1678)
  Clara Peeters, painter (1594–c. 1657)
  Jean-Charles de la Faille, Jesuit mathematician (1597–1652)
  Justus Sustermans, Baroque painter (1597–1681)
  Anthony van Dyck, painter (1599–1641)
  Adriaen van Utrecht, painter (1599–1652)
  Francken, family of painters (16th and 17th century)
caption: Jan Gruter
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