List of famous people from the old University of Leuven
The University of Leuven was founded in 1425 as a general studies and the first university to Brabantine - Burgundian established area. It quickly developed into one of the largest and most respected in Europe and was the cultural and scientific center of the southern Netherlands. After the Austrian Netherlands was formally ceded to France in the Peace of Campo Formio in 1797 , the University of Leuven, like all the other universities in the French Republic, was dissolved as part of the modernization of higher education.
The archives and manuscripts of the University of Leuven have remained completely still and are "the Memory of the World Register" (since 2013 World Soundtrack Awards ) enrolled.
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Matthäus Adriani († after 1521) |
Jewish Hebraist | Professor of Hebrew Studies (1517–1520) | |
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Rudolf Agricola (1443 / 44–1485) |
Early humanist Dutch writer and scholar | Education |
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Valerius Andreas (1588–1655) |
Literary historian and legal scholar | Professor of Hebrew and Professor of Institutions |
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Michael Bajus (1513–1589) |
Catholic theologian | Professor of Theology (from 1551) Chancellor (from 1578) |
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Caspar Anton von Belderbusch (1722–1784) |
Teutonic Knights and Prime Minister in Kurköln | Studied law (until 1741) | |
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Alphonsus de Berghes (1624–1689) |
Lawyer, philosopher and bishop | Education | |
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Guillaume de Berghes (1551–1609) |
Theologian and archbishop | Education | |
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Louis de Blois (1506–1566) |
French Benedictine, reformer of the Benedictine order and mystical poet | Study of theology | |
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Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655) |
Lawyer and Archbishop of Mechelen | Education |
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François Buisseret (1549-1615) |
Bishop of Namur and Prince Archbishop of Cambrai | Studied philosophy, theology and law professor of philosophy |
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François van der Burch (1567–1644) |
Bishop of Ghent, Prince Archbishop of Cambrai | Education |
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Nicolas de Bourgogne (1586–1649) |
Statesman, poet, historian and legal scholar | Study of law | |
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Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq (1522–1592) |
Humanist and diplomat | Education |
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Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606–1682) |
Spanish Catholic clergyman, philosopher, theologian, astronomer and mathematician | Doctorate in Theology (1638) |
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Georg Cassander (1513–1566) |
German theologian and humanist in the Renaissance | Education |
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Boudewijn Cats (1601–1663) |
Roman Catholic bishop | Licentiate in theology, master of the arts |
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Rudolf Clenck (1528–1578) |
German Catholic theologian | Licentiate in law, study of theology |
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Nicolaes Cleynaerts (1493-1542) |
Belgian humanist, theologian, grammarian, orientalist and Semitist | Study of theology |
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Johan Coolen (around 1668–1729) |
Priest in the Teutonic Order | Studies (from 1685) | |
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Johannes Corputius (1542–1611) |
Dutch engineer, military leader and cartographer | Studies (around 1558) |
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Abraham Culvensis (around 1509–1546) |
Lawyer and reformer of Lithuania | Education |
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John Dee (1527-1608) |
English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, mystic and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. | |
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Frans van der Dilft (around 1500–1550) |
Ambassador of Charles V to Henry VIII and Edward VI. in England | Studies (from 1514) | |
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Rembert Dodoens (1516 / 17–1585) |
Flemish botanist and doctor | Education |
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Charles de l'Écluse (1526-1609) |
Dutch scholar, doctor and botanist | Study of law and philosophy (1546–1548) Licentiate in law (1548) |
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Nikolaus Elgard (around 1547–1587) |
Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Church, leading figure in the Counter Reformation in Erfurt | Study of philosophy | |
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Diego de Enzinas (c. 1520–1547) |
Scholar of Spanish origin | Studies (from 1538) | |
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Francisco de Enzinas (1518–1552) |
Spanish humanist and Protestant, was the first to translate the New Testament from Greek into Spanish | Studies (around 1539) | |
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Simon Peter Ernst (1744-1817) |
Catholic chaplain of the Rolduc Abbey and historian | Studies and doctorate between 1765 and 1769 | |
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Erasmus of Rotterdam (1465 / 69-1536) |
humanist | Erasmus of Rotterdam worked in Leuven in the autumn of 1502 and in 1517, and again sometimes in Leuven from 1518 to 1521, but was never a professor. |
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Dietrich Flade (1534–1589) |
Jurist, electoral councilor, judge and city school | study of law | |
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Rudolf von und zu Frankenstein (1523–1560) |
Prince-Bishop of Speyer | Education | |
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Gemma R. Frisius (1508–1555) |
Mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker | Study of medicine, mathematics and astronomy (from 1526) Doctorate in medicine (1536) Professor of medicine and mathematics |
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Andreas von Gail (1526–1587) |
Cologne chancellor, statesman and legal scholar | study of law | |
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Marin Getaldić (1568-1626) |
Mathematician and physicist | Education |
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Arnold Geulincx (1624-1669) |
Flemish-Dutch theologian, logician and philosopher | Studies (until 1646) Dean of the Philosophical Faculty (1652–1658) Doctorate in Medicine (1658) |
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Gerhard Geldenhauer (1482–1542) |
Humanist, Lutheran theologian and reformer | Education | |
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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517–1586) |
Cardinal and Minister in the Spanish Netherlands | Study of theology |
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Hadrian VI. (1459–1523) |
Pope | Study of philosophy, theology and canon law (from 1476) Licentiate in theology (1490) Doctorate in theology (1491) Professor of theology (from 1493) Rector (1493–1494 and 1501–1502) Chancellor (1493–1501) |
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Sigmund von Haimhausen (1708–1793) |
Bavarian lawyer, civil servant and entrepreneur | Study of public law |
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Johannes Hauchin (1527–1589) |
Archbishop of Mechelen | Education |
| Nikolaus Heyendal (1658–1733) | Abbot of Rolduc Abbey and supporter of Jansenism | from 1681 studies of law, the ancient language and theology | |
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Jean Hessels (1522–1566) |
Theologian, participant in the Council of Trent | from 1562 professor of theology | |
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Heymericus de Campo (around 1395-1460) |
late medieval scholastic | Professor of Theology (until 1460) | |
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Jakob van Hoogstraten (around 1460–1527) |
papal inquisitor at the time of the Reformation | Education | |
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Joachim Hopper (1523–1576) |
Lawyer and statesman | Studies, doctorate and 1554 professorship of the pandeken |
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Lambertus Hortensius (around 1500–1574) |
Humanist and clergyman | Education |
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Mathias Hovius (1542-1620) |
Archbishop of Mechelen | Education |
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Augustine Hunnäus (1521–1577 / 1578) |
Philosopher and theologian | Study of theology and doctorate professor of theology |
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Jan Ingenhousz (1730–1799) |
Dutch doctor and botanist | Study of medicine |
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Cornelius Jansen (1585–1638) |
Dutch theologian | Study of theology (1602–1604) Professor of Exegesis (from 1630) |
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Andrew of Jerin (1540 / 41–1596) |
Bishop of Wroclaw and imperial envoy | Study of theology (from 1563) |
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Julius (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) (1528–1589) |
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Education |
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Bartholomäus Kleindienst (before 1530–1560) |
German Dominican, theologian and university professor | Student in Leuven |
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Cornelius a Lapide (1567–1637) |
Jesuit and theologian | Professor of Exegesis (1598–1616) | |
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Leonhardus Lessius (1554-1623) |
Dutch dogmatist and theologian, work on business ethics | Studies (from 1568) Professor of Theology (1585–1600) |
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Johann VI. von der Leyen (around 1510–1567) |
Archbishop and Elector of Trier | Education | |
| Johann von Lieser (approx. 1400–1459) | Diplomat, lawyer, consultant a. a. the bishops of Mainz and Trier | Professor of Canon Law, Rector (1456–1459) | |
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Wilhelm Damasi Lindanus (1525–1588) |
Inquisitor, professor and bishop | Study of theology and philosophy, doctorate in theology in 1556 |
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Justus Lipsius (1547–1606) |
Dutch legal philosopher and philologist | Studied law (from 1563) Professor (1576–1578 and from 1592) |
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Christian Lupus (1611 / 1612–1681) |
Roman Catholic theologian | Studied theology and philosophy (licentiate in 1842, doctorate in 1853), professor of theology from 1662 |
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Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) |
Swedish clergyman and last Catholic archbishop before the Swedish Reformation | Study of theology (from 1506) |
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Johannes Malderus (1563–1633) |
Catholic theologian, bishop and university professor | Study of theology 1584 lecturer in philosophy 1594 doctorate in theology from 1596 professor; 1602 rector |
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Gerhard Mercator (1512–1594) |
Mathematician, geographer, philosopher, theologian and cartographer | Studies (1530–1532) |
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Clemens August von Merle (1732-1810) |
Auxiliary Bishop in Cologne | Studied law (until 1757) |
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Johannes Petrus Minckeleers (1748–1824) |
Dutch scientist and inventor | Studied professor of natural sciences |
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Aubertus Miraeus (1573-1640) |
Church historian and clergyman | Education |
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Johannes Miraeus (1560-1611) |
Bishop of Antwerp | Education |
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Sebastian Münster (1488–1552) |
Cosmographer, humanist and Hebraist | Study (1507) |
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Joseph Nasi (1524–1579) |
Jewish diplomat, banker and financial expert at the court of the Ottoman sultans Suleyman I and Selim II. | Education | |
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Charles Nerinckx (1761-1824) |
Flemish mission priest in the USA, "Apostle of Kentucky" |
Studied philosophy and theology |
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Wilhelm Nesen (1492–1524) |
German humanist and educator | Studies professor at the Collegium trilingue (from 1518) |
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Andreas Felix von Oefele (1706–1780) |
German historian and librarian | Study of history and theology | |
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Krzysztof Opaliński (1611–1655) |
Polish nobleman, civil servant, politician and poet | Studies (between 1626 and 1630) |
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Stephanus Winandus Pighius (1520-1604) |
Prince educator at the court of Wilhelm the Rich in Düsseldorf | Studies and PhD | |
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Valérand Poullain (around 1520–1558) |
Reformed clergyman of the Reformation period | Degree, Magister |
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Pedro de Ribadeneira (1527-1611) |
Spanish Jesuit, religious politician and historian | Education |
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Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh (around 1499–1531) |
Flemish polymath, humanist, mathematician and astrologer | Studies (around 1519–1528) | |
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Philipp von Rodenstein (1564–1604) |
Bishop of Worms | Education |
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Philippus Rovenius (around 1574–1651) |
Roman Catholic bishop | Study of theology |
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Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584–1667) |
Flemish mathematician and Jesuit | Professor of Mathematics (1621-1625) |
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Nicholas Sanders (1530–1581) |
English Catholic theologian and polemicist | Professor of Theology (1565–1572) | |
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Jean Sarazin (1539–1598) |
Archbishop of Cambrai and Abbot of Saint-Vaast in Arras | Study of theology | |
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Adolf III. von Schaumburg (1511–1556) |
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne | Studies (from 1522) | |
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Jean Scheyfve (1515–1581) |
Ambassador of Charles V to Edward VI. in England | Doctor of Law (1530) | |
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Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim (1676–1743) |
Cardinal and Prince-Bishop of Speyer and Constance | Education |
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Andreas Schott (1552–1629) |
Jesuit, linguist and university professor | Education |
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Johannes Sleidanus (1506–1556) |
German lawyer and diplomat | Studied at the Collegium Trilingue |
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Franciscus Sonnius (1506–1576) |
first Roman Catholic bishop of Antwerp | Study of Catholic theology and philosophy Doctorate in theology (1539) Professor of controversial theology (from 1544) |
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Franz Wilhelm von Spiegel (1752-1815) |
Westphalian nobleman, supporter of the Enlightenment, civil servant and minister of the state of Electoral Cologne | study of law |
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Johannes Stadius (1527–1579) |
Astronomer, astrologer and mathematician | Studied mathematics, geography and history |
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Thomas Stapleton (theologian) (1535–1598) |
English controversial theologian and author | Study of the Greek language (1559) Professor of Theology (from 1590) |
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Gottfried Steegh (1550–1609) |
Dutch medic | Education | |
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Samuel Stryk (1640-1710) |
German lawyer | Education |
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Johannes Sturm (1507–1589) |
Humanist and school reformer, scholar and educator | Education |
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Joseph Van Crombrugghe (1770–1842) |
Lawyer and liberal politician | Study of law doctorate (1792) |
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Alexander II of Velen (1599–1675) |
Imperial Field Marshal of the Catholic League in the Thirty Years War | Studies (around 1615/1616) |
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Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) |
Flemish anatomist, is considered the founder of modern anatomy | Study of languages, sciences and medicine (from 1530) |
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Arnold de Ville (1653-1722) |
Walloon engineer | study of law |
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Juan Luís Vives (1492-1540) |
Spanish humanist, philosopher and teacher | professor |
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Sasbout Vosmeer (1548-1614) |
Roman Catholic bishop | college student |
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Joannes Wachtendonck (1592–1668) |
Theologian and archbishop | Study of theology (until 1616) |
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Matthias Wesenbeck (1531–1586) |
Flemish lawyer | Studied law (1545–1550) |
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Jan van Woerden (1499-1525) |
Dutch evangelical martyr | Study of septem artes liberales and theology |
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Froben Christoph von Zimmer (1519–1566) |
Author of the "Zimmerische Chronik" and member of the Swabian noble family Zimmer | Studies (1537–1539) |
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Viglius Zuichemus (1507–1577) |
Dutch lawyer and ambassador to Charles V. | study of law |
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Franz van den Zype (1580-1650) |
Flemish canon and canon lawyer | Magister in Philosophy (1599) Doctorate in Law (1604) |
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- ^ Marc Nelissen, Leuven, Rom en Brabant . In: Nelissen, Roegiers, van Mingroot, De stichtingsbul van de Leuvense universiteit, 1425-1914 . Universitaire Pers Leuven, Löwen 2000, ISBN 90-5867-070-8 , p. 70: " de universiteit voerde het stadswapen van Leuven, een dwarsbalk van zilver op een veld van keel, maar voegde in de right bovenhoek van het schild een nimbus toe van waaruit een hand een opengeslagen boek aanreikte . "
- ^ The Archives of the University of Leuven (1425–1797): University Heritage of Global Significance , on unesco.org
See also
- History of the Universities of Leuven
- List of well-known personalities from the University of Leuven
- List of alumni of the Catholic University of Leuven
source
This article is a split from the list of alumni of the Catholic University of Leuven . See list of authors in the discussion page.