List of Famous people born in Antwerp, Belgium
Pascal Struijk
Pascal Augustus Struijk is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Leeds United. Born in Belgium with Indonesian ancestry, he has represented the Netherlands internationally at under-17 level.
Milow
Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck, known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that album, "You Don't Know," became one of the biggest hit singles of the year in Belgium in 2007, and The Bigger Picture stayed on the Belgian album chart for 110 weeks. However, it was not until his second self-released album Coming of Age in 2008, that Milow achieved major commercial success all over mainland Europe. The album peaked at number three on the German Album Top 50 chart, at number four in the Swiss Album Top 100, and peaked in the top twenty of many European charts. The album reached platinum in Germany and Switzerland, it reached gold in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and it sold over 500,000 copies in mainland Europe and Canada.
Paul Put
Paul Put is a Belgian football manager who is the head coach of Bangladeshi club Saif SC.
Michael Van Staeyen
Michael Van Staeyen is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team EvoPro Racing.
Gert Verhulst
Gert Tony Hubert Verhulst is a Belgian presenter, entrepreneur, singer, autodidact, director, actor, screenwriter, composer, film producer, Millionaire & business magnate. As a prominent figure within the children's entertainment industry in the Benelux, he is regarded as a Flemish cultural icon, known for his influence and contributions to children's entertainment in the Benelux and founder of Studio 100.
Gino Van Hooydonck
Edwig Van Hooydonck
Edwig Van Hooydonck is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders twice and Brabantse Pijl four times. He retired from professional cycling because he felt he could no longer compete with other cyclists, who were at the time starting to dope themselves, without himself cheating too. At this time Erythropoietin (EPO) was becoming a widely used doping agent in the sport.
Cathy Berx
Cathy Hilde Raymond Berx is a Belgian Christian Democrat politician, jurist and governor of the province of Antwerp. Cathy Berx is married to Johan Meeusen, vice-rector and professor of European Law at the University of Antwerp, and has 2 children.
Roland Duchâtelet
Roland Duchâtelet is a Belgian businessman and politician. He is the owner of football clubs Carl Zeiss Jena and Újpest. He is the founder of the social-liberal political party Vivant in Belgium.
Egbert van Kampen
Egbert Rudolf van Kampen was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups.