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Antwerp (bel)

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Antwerp ranks 100th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Queens, Leipzig, and Chiba Prefecture. Memorable people born in Antwerp include Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Abraham Ortelius. Memorable people who died in Antwerp include Peter Paul Rubens, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Abraham Ortelius. Antwerp has been the birth place of many painters, and soccer players and the death place of many painters, and writers. Antwerp is located in Belgium.

Antwerp is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin. With a population of 536,079, it is the most populous municipality in Belgium, and with a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million people, the country's second-largest metropolitan area after Brussels. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 967 and 2002, Antwerp was the birth place of 114 globally memorable people, including Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Abraham Ortelius. Additionaly, 71 globally memorable people have passed away in Antwerp including Peter Paul Rubens, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Abraham Ortelius.

People Born in Antwerp

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People Deceased in Antwerp

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Antwerp were painters (49), soccer players (19), writers (8), athletes (6), and politicians (3),  while most who died were painters (42), writers (5), cyclists (3), soccer players (3), and athletes (3).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Antwerp, including Romelu Lukaku, Radja Nainggolan, and Henri Coppens. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Antwerp, including Anthony van Dyck, Frans Hals, and Jacob Jordaens.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Antwerp since 1700.