List of sons and daughters of the city of Antwerp

This list includes - without claiming to be exhaustive - people born in the Belgian city of Antwerp and represented by an article in the German language Wikipedia:

A.

Werner Ackermann (1892–1982), German writer, publisher and co-owner of the Monte Verità artists' colony
Alex Agnew (* 1972), cabaret artist and singer
Leo Van Aken (1857–1904), genre and portrait painter
Willem Albracht (1861–1922), painter
Lorenz Alleintz (before 1550-1626 ), cantor and teacher

Flor Alpaerts (1876–1954), conductor and composer

Gerolf Annemans (* 1958), politician

Roger Asselberghs (1925–2013), jazz musician

B.

Joachim Badenhorst (* 1981), jazz musician
Hendrik van Balen the Elder (around 1575 - 1632), Dutch painter of Flemish origin
Jacob Barbireau (around 1455-1491), composer
Tom Barman (* 1972), musician (dEUS, Magnus), filmmaker
Pieter Bast (around 1570 - 1605), Dutch draftsman, engraver and cartographer
Désiré Beaurain (1881–1963), fencer
Ignatius van der Beken (1689–1774), genre, portrait and still life painter
Maria Belpaire (1853–1948), writer
Guillaume de Berghes (1551–1609), lawyer, philosopher and bishop
Marcel Berré (1882–1957), fencer
Sarah Bettens (* 1972), musician
Laurentius Beyerlinck (1578–1627), Catholic theologian
Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749), Flemish landscape painter
Pieter van Bloemen (1657–1720), Flemish painter
Johann von Bodeck (1555–1631), banker, first guilder millionaire in Frankfurt am Main
Johann Bökel (1535–1605), physician
Boli Bolingoli (* 1995), football player
Daniel Bomberg (1470 / 80–1549) became famous for his shop in Venice
Jacobus Boonen (1573–1655), lawyer and bishop
Jacob Bording (1511–1560), Flemish medic and Kgl. Personal physician
Jean-François Borel (* 1933), microbiologist and immunologist
Henri Jacques Bource (1826–1899), portrait, genre and history painter
Jan Pieter van Bredael (1683–1735), battle, hunt, landscape and vedute painter
Jan Broeckx (* 1961), ballet dancer and dance teacher
Léon Brunin (1861–1949), painter and etcher and art teacher
Frédéric Bruynseels (1888–1959), sailor

C.

Joseph Callaerts (1830–1901), composer and carillon player
Els Callens (* 1970), tennis player
Louis Antoine Carolus (1814–1865), genre painter and etcher
Henri Cassiers (1858–1944), painter, watercolorist, poster artist and illustrator
Jan Van Cauwelaert (1914-2016), Roman Catholic Bishop of the Inongo Diocese in the Congo
Ghislain Cloquet (1924–1981), cameraman
André Cluytens (1905–1967), conductor
Ludo Coeck (1955–1985), football player
Henri Coppens (1930–2015), football player and coach
Florimond Cornellie (1894–1978), sailor
Jozef Cornelius Correns (1814–1907), portrait, genre and church painter
Florent Crabeels (1829-1896), genre and landscape painter and eraser

D.

Jos De Bakker (* 1934), track cyclist
Emile De Beukelaer (1867–1922), sports official
Kris De Bruyne (born 1950), singer
Joseph De Craecker (1891–1975), fencer
Robert De Kers (1906–1987), jazz trumpeter
Eligius Dekkers (1915–1998), Benedictine, Dept.
Ritchie De Laet (* 1988), football player
Martin Anton Delrio (1551–1608), Jesuit and witch theorist
Mousa Dembélé (* 1987), football player
Christophe De Meulder (* 1988), poker player
Matthias De Meulder (* 1988), poker player
Karel De Schrijver (1908–1992), composer and professor
Ronald Desruelles (1955-2015), athlete
Didier Dheedene (* 1972), football player
Pierre Jacques Dierckx (1855–1947), genre painter, watercolorist and decorator
Kelly Druyts (* 1989), racing cyclist
Angèle Durand (1925–2001), singer and actress
Anthonis van Dyck (1599–1641), Flemish painter

E.

Jakob Josef Eeckhout (1793–1861), Flemish painter and lithographer
Georges Eekhoud (1854–1927), French-speaking writer
Willem Elsschot (1882–1960), Dutch-speaking writer
Jacob van Es (1596–1666), Flemish painter
Nicolaas I van Eyck (1617–1679), portrait and genre painter
Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010), composer and conductor

F.

Jan Fabre (* 1958), visual artist, author, director and choreographer
Edgard Farasijn (1858–1938), genre, children and vedute painter and engraver
Georges Follman (1920–1994), composer and conductor
Jacqueline Fontyn (* 1930), composer and professor
Martine Franck (1938–2012), photographer
Francken , a family of painters from the 16th to the early 18th centuries
Johann von Fuchte (1568–1622), Protestant theologian and professor in Helmstedt
Jan Fyt (1611–1661), painter

G

Cornelius Galle the Elder (1576–1650), Dutch engraver
Cornelius Galle the Younger (around 1615 - 1678), Dutch engraver
Hieronymus Galle (1625–1679), painter
Theodor Galle (1571–1633), Dutch engraver
Henri Garcin (* 1929), theater and film actor
Charles Geefs (1829–1911), sculptor and painter
Jean Geefs (1825–1860), sculptor
Joseph Geefs (1808–1885), sculptor
Jef Geeraerts (1930-2015), crime novelist
Karel Hendrik Geerts (1807–1855), neo-Gothic sculptor
Ernest Gevers (1891-1965), fencer
Johann van Ghelen (1645–1721), printer
Maurice Gilliams (1900–1982), poet and writer
Sébastien Godefroid (* 1971), Flemish sailor and world champion
Albert Grisar (1870–1930), sailor
Dora van der Groen (1927–2015), actress, film and theater director
Ulu Grosbard (1929–2012), American theater and film director
Jan Gruter (1560–1627), writer and polyhistor
Robert Guiette (1895–1976), poet and novelist

H

Hadewych von Antwerp (13th century), Central Dutch poet

Leopold Haeck (1868–1928), landscape and genre painter and etcher

Victor Charles Hageman (1868–1938), genre and portrait painter

Frans Hals (1580 / 85–1666), Dutch painter

Tia Hellebaut (* 1978), high jumper and all-rounder

Georges Hellebuyck (1890–1975), regatta sailor

Jan van Helmont (1650 - after 1714), portrait and genre painter

Catarina van Hemessen (1527/28 - after 1583), painter

Henri Hens (1889–1963), cyclist

Jan van den Hoecke (1611–1651), Dutch painter

Rik Hoevenaers (1902–1958), cyclist and world champion

Roger van Hool (born 1940), actor

Henri Houben (1858–1931), painter

Léon Huybrechts (1876–1956), regatta sailor

Louis Huybrechts (1875–1963), regatta sailor

I.

Jos van Immerseel (* 1945), harpsichordist, pianist and conductor
Karl Istaz (1924-2007), wrestler and wrestler

J

Victor Jacobs (1838-1891), politician
Albert-Edouard Janssen (1883–1966), university professor, politician and finance minister
Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen (1567 or 1573/75 - before 1632), Dutch painter
Patrick Janssens (* 1956), politician, mayor of Antwerp
Charles Jay (1911–1988), French composer
Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678), Flemish painter

K

Benjamin Katz (* 1939), German photographer
Alexander Keirincx (1600–1652), Flemish Baroque landscape painter
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven (* 1951), artist
Anny Kernkamp (1868–1947), painter
Willem Kersters (1929–1998), composer, professor and musician
Davidi Kitai (* 1979), poker player (Kitbul)
Hedwig Klein (1911– presumably 1942), German scholar of Islam
René de Knyff (1865–1954), French racing driver and chairman of the CSI motorsport association
George Koltanowski (1903-2000), chess player

L.

La Esterella (1919–2011), singer (Oh! Lieve Vrouwetoren)
François Lamorinière (1828–1911), landscape painter and etcher
Johan Alfried de Laet (1815-1891), writer
Albert Langen (1869–1909), German publisher and founder of Simplicissimus
Willy de l'Arbre (1882–1952), regatta sailor
Gottlieb Heinrich Legler (1823–1897), Swiss engineer
Lode van der Linden (1888–1960), painter and architect
Egide Linnig (1821–1860), marine and landscape painter, etcher
Jozef Linnig (1815–1891), marine and landscape painter, etcher
Willem Linnig the Elder (1819–1885), history and genre painter, etcher
Willem Linnig the Younger (1842–1890), portrait and genre painter, etcher
Jordan Lukaku (* 1994), Belgian-Congolese football player
Romelu Lukaku (* 1993), Belgian-Congolese football player
Frans Luycx (1604–1668), imperial chamber painter

M.

Jef Maes (1905–1996), composer and professor

Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930–2016), Belgian-French writer

Paul de Man (1919–1983), American literary theorist, literary critic and philosopher

Louis Marischal (1928–1999), composer and musician

Alexandre Markelbach (1824–1906), genre and church painter
Henriëtte Mayer van den Bergh (1838–1920), art collector and curator
Yitzhak Mayer (1934-2020), Israeli diplomat
Pieter Meulener (1602–1654), battle painter
Adele Meurer (1852–1923), German women's rights activist
Senna Miangue (born 1997), football player
Willy Michaux (1913–2002), racing cyclist
Luc Mishalle (* 1953), jazz musician and orchestra leader
Joos de Momper (1564–1635), Dutch painter
Fernand de Montigny (1885–1974), fencer and hockey player

N

Radja Nainggolan (* 1988), Belgian-Indonesian soccer player
Arthur Navez (1881–1931), genre and still life painter
André Nelis (1935–2012), regatta sailor
Nat Neujean (1923-2018), sculptor (Tim and Struppi)
Frans de Neve (1632 - after 1704), painter, draftsman and printmaker

O

Robert Oboussier (1900–1957), Swiss composer, musicologist and critic
Christian Oeyen (* 1934), Old Catholic theologian
Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598), Dutch geographer and cartographer
Paul van Ostaijen (1896–1928), Flemish poet
Émile Otto (1883 - after 1926), cyclist
Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa (1841–1915), painter
Johannes Overbeck (1826–1895), German archaeologist
Cel Overberghe (* 1937), artist and musician

P

Mordecai Paldiel (* 1937), historian
Panamarenko (1940–2019), visual artist
Clara Peeters (1594–1658), painter
Frédérique Petrides (1903–1983), American conductor
Joseph Posenaer (1876–1935), genre and landscape painter

Q

Artus Quellinus I (1609–1668), Dutch sculptor

R.

Nik Raivio (* 1986), American-German basketball player
Marc Rich (1934–2013), financial investor and commodities trader
Louis Ricquier (1792–1884), painter and art educator
Mats Rits (* 1993), soccer player
François Rom (1882–1942), fencer
Georges Ronsse (1906–1969), racing cyclist
Cipriano de Rore (1515 / 16–1565), Dutch composer
Paul de Roubaix (1914-2004), film director and producer
Ruckers , Flemish harpsichord maker dynasty of the 16th and 17th centuries

S.

Anthonie Schetz (1564–1640 / 1641), military leader
Edward Schillebeeckx (1914–2009), religious and theologian
Andreas Schott (1552–1629), Jesuit, linguist and university professor
Cornelius Schut (1597–1655), painter
Jack Sels (1922–1970), jazz saxophonist, arranger, composer
Auguste Serrure (1825–1902), genre and history painter
Jean Servais (1910–1976), actor
Michel Seuphor (pseudonym of Ferdinand Berckelaers; 1901–1999), Belgian painter, graphic artist, art critic
Maarten van Severen (1956–2005), Belgian furniture designer
Kyriena Siloti (1895–1989), American music teacher
Eugène Smits (1826–1912), portrait painter
Xenia Smits (* 1994), German handball player
Pieter Snayers (1592 - around 1667), Flemish painter
Frans Snyders (1579–1657), Flemish painter
Daniel Soreau (around 1560 - 1619), still life painter
Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder (around 1545 - 1601), architect, builder and sculptor
Elias Stein (1931–2018), American mathematician
Jacques Sternberg (1923-2006), writer
Freddy Sunder (1931–2016), jazz musician and arranger
Mile Svilar (* 1999), Belgian-Serbian football goalkeeper

T

Antoine Tassaert (around 1727 - 1788), Flemish sculptor
Isaac Chaim Senior Teixeira (1631–1705), merchant, resident and leader of a Jewish community
Laura Tesoro (* 1996), singer and actress
Guy Thys (1922-2003), football coach
Léon Tom (1888–?), Fencer and bobsledder

V

André Valardy (1938–2007), actor and director
Dirk van Damme (1934–1997), patristician
Henry van de Velde (1863–1957), painter, architect, founder of the Weimar School of Applied Arts
Dimitri Van den Bergh (* 1994), darts player
Charles Van Den Bussche (1876–1958), regatta sailor
Christine Van Den Wyngaert (* 1952), legal scholar
Tom Van Grieken (* 1986), Belgian politician
Paul Van Hoeydonck (born 1925), artist
Jeffrey Van Hooydonk (* 1977), racing car driver
Rik Van Linden (* 1949), racing cyclist
Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875–1930), painter
Emile Vandenbosch , cyclist and pacemaker
Willy Vandersteen (1913–1990), comic artist
Louis Vanhemelrijck (1938-2017), football player and coach
Erwin Vann (* 1963), jazz musician
Jan Vansina (1929–2017), ethnologist and historian
Franz Bernardin Verbeck (1686–1756), auxiliary bishop in Münster
Karel Verbist (1883–1909), cyclist
Théophile Verbist (1823–1868), founder of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, missionary in China
Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), composer
Philippe Verellen (1962–2002), racing car driver
Aegid Verhelst (1696–1749), sculptor
John Vermeulen (1941–2009), writer
Martin Verstappen (1773–1853), landscape painter and lithographer
Franz Vinck (1827–1903), genre painter and art teacher
Thomas Vinçotte (1850–1925), sculptor and medalist
Sebastian Vrancx (1573–1647), genre and battle painter
Nils Vroemans (* 1988), ice hockey player

W.

Jean Walschaerts (* 1943), racing cyclist
Matthias Wesenbeck (1531–1586), Flemish lawyer
Petrus Wesenbeck (1546–1603), Flemish lawyer
Hans Witdoeck (around 1615 -?), Dutch engraver
Marcel Wittrisch (1903–1955), German tenor

Y

Frans Ykens (1601–1693), Flemish painter

Z

Mike Zinzen (1932–2013), Flemish jazz musician and club owner