Erasmus II Schetz, Lord of Grobbendonk
Abraham Mayer, German-born physician (1848)
Quentin Matsys, Renaissance painter, founder of the Antwerp school (1466–1530)
Jan Mabuse, painter (c. 1478–1532)
Joachim Patinir, landscape and religious painter (c. 1480–1524)
John Rogers, Christian minister, Bible translator and commentator, and martyr (c. 1500–1555)
Joos van Cleve, painter (c. 1500–1540/41)
Damião de Góis, Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502–1574)
Sir Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (c. 1519–1579)
Sir Anthony More, portrait painter (1520–c.
1577)
Christoffel Plantijn, humanist, book printer and publisher (c. 1520–1589)
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, painter and printmaker (1525–1569)
Philip van Marnix, writer and statesman (1538–1598)
Simon Stevin, mathematician and engineer (c. 1548/49–1620)
Federigo Giambelli, Italian military and civil engineer (c. 1550–c.
1610)
John Bull, English and Welsh composer, musician, and organ builder (c. 1562–1628)
Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as "Velvet" Brueghel, painter (1568–1625)
Pieter Paul Rubens, painter (1577–1640)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier, politician, and writer (c. 1592 – 1676)
Adriaen Brouwer, painter (1605–1638)
Jan Davidszoon de Heem, painter (1606–1684)
Wenceslas Hollar, Bohemian etcher (1607–1677)
Jan Lievens, painter (1607–1674)
Ferdinand van Apshoven the Younger, painter (c. 1630–1694)
Frédéric Théodore Faber, painter (1782–1799)
Jan Frans Willems, writer (1793–1846)
Henri Alexis Brialmont, military engineer (1821–1903)
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter (1836–1912)
Vincent van Gogh, impressionist Dutch painter who lived in Antwerp for about four months (1853–1890)
Camille Huysmans, Socialist politician, former mayor of Antwerp and former Prime Minister of Belgium (1871–1968)
Moshe Yitzchok Gewirtzman, leader of the Hasidic Pshevorsk movement based in Antwerp (1881–1976)
Romi Goldmuntz, businessman (1882–1960)
Gerard Walschap, writer (1898–1989)
Albert Lilar, Minister of Justice (1900–1976)
Suzanne Lilar, essayist, novelist, and playwright (1901–1992)
Heaven Tanudiredja, designer, artist
Eric de Kuyper, award-winning novelist, filmmaker, semiotician
Philip Sessarego, former British Army soldier, conman, hoaxer, mercenary lived in Antwerp and found dead in a garage (1952–2008)
Jean Genet, French writer and political activist (1909–1986), lived in Antwerp for short period in the 1930s
George du Maurier, came to Antwerp to study art and lost the sight in one eye; cartoonist, author and grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834–1896)
Chaim Kreiswirth, Talmudist and Rabbi of the Machsike Hadas Community, Antwerp (1918–2001)
William Tyndale, Bible translator, arrested in Antwerp 1535 and burnt at Vilvoorde in 1536 (c. 1494–1536)
Akiba Rubinstein, Polish grandmaster of chess (1882–1961).

Veerle Casteleyn, performer
Ray Cokes, English TV host
Robert Barrett Browning, or "Pen", only child of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, studied painting in Antwerp
Ford Madox Brown, leading Preraphaelite painter.
Studied art at Antwerp.

August De Boodt, politician (1895–1986)
Nicolaas II Rockox
Bernoulli family, renowned family of mathematicians and physicists
Erasmus II Schetz, Lord of Grobbendonk
Abraham Mayer, German-born physician (1848)
Quentin Matsys, Renaissance painter, founder of the Antwerp school (1466–1530)
Jan Mabuse, painter (c. 1478–1532)
Joachim Patinir, landscape and religious painter (c. 1480–1524)
John Rogers, Christian minister, Bible translator and commentator, and martyr (c. 1500–1555)
Joos van Cleve, painter (c. 1500–1540/41)
Damião de Góis, Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502–1574)
Sir Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (c. 1519–1579)
Sir Anthony More, portrait painter (1520–c. 1577)
Christoffel Plantijn, humanist, book printer and publisher (c. 1520–1589)
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, painter and printmaker (1525–1569)
Philip van Marnix, writer and statesman (1538–1598)
Simon Stevin, mathematician and engineer (c. 1548/49–1620)
Federigo Giambelli, Italian military and civil engineer (c. 1550–c. 1610)
John Bull, English and Welsh composer, musician, and organ builder (c. 1562–1628)
Jan Brueghel the Elder, also known as "Velvet" Brueghel, painter (1568–1625)
Pieter Paul Rubens, painter (1577–1640)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier, politician, and writer (c. 1592 – 1676)
Adriaen Brouwer, painter (1605–1638)
Jan Davidszoon de Heem, painter (1606–1684)
Wenceslas Hollar, Bohemian etcher (1607–1677)
Jan Lievens, painter (1607–1674)
Ferdinand van Apshoven the Younger, painter (c. 1630–1694)
Frédéric Théodore Faber, painter (1782–1799)
Jan Frans Willems, writer (1793–1846)
Henri Alexis Brialmont, military engineer (1821–1903)
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter (1836–1912)
Vincent van Gogh, impressionist Dutch painter who lived in Antwerp for about four months (1853–1890)
Camille Huysmans, Socialist politician, former mayor of Antwerp and former Prime Minister of Belgium (1871–1968)
Moshe Yitzchok Gewirtzman, leader of the Hasidic Pshevorsk movement based in Antwerp (1881–1976)
Romi Goldmuntz, businessman (1882–1960)
Gerard Walschap, writer (1898–1989)
Albert Lilar, Minister of Justice (1900–1976)
Suzanne Lilar, essayist, novelist, and playwright (1901–1992)
Heaven Tanudiredja, designer, artist
Eric de Kuyper, award-winning novelist, filmmaker, semiotician
Philip Sessarego, former British Army soldier, conman, hoaxer, mercenary lived in Antwerp and found dead in a garage (1952–2008)
Jean Genet, French writer and political activist (1909–1986), lived in Antwerp for short period in the 1930s
George du Maurier, came to Antwerp to study art and lost the sight in one eye; cartoonist, author and grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834–1896)
Chaim Kreiswirth, Talmudist and Rabbi of the Machsike Hadas Community, Antwerp (1918–2001)
William Tyndale, Bible translator, arrested in Antwerp 1535 and burnt at Vilvoorde in 1536 (c. 1494–1536)
Akiba Rubinstein, Polish grandmaster of chess (1882–1961).
Veerle Casteleyn, performer
Ray Cokes, English TV host
Robert Barrett Browning, or "Pen", only child of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, studied painting in Antwerp
Ford Madox Brown, leading Preraphaelite painter. Studied art at Antwerp.
August De Boodt, politician (1895–1986)
Nicolaas II Rockox
Bernoulli family, renowned family of mathematicians and physicists
Antwerp