LOCATION

Official Website:
http://en.antwerpen.be/

Population:
457,749 (2005)

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
DeFilharmonie	1956

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ulu Grosbard	Film Director	9-Jan-1929	19-Mar-2012	The Subject Was Roses
Frans Hals	Painter	1580	29-Aug-1666	Dutch portraitist
Michel Oksenberg	Scholar	12-Oct-1938	22-Feb-2001	Leading sinologist
Marc Olivié	Business	1954		MRO Management BVBA
Abraham Ortelius	Cartographer	14-Apr-1527	4-Jul-1598	Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas
Marc Rich	Criminal	18-Dec-1934	26-Jun-2013	Pardoned by Clinton
Edward Schillebeeckx	Religion	12-Nov-1914	23-Dec-2009	Catholic theologian
Henry Spira	Activist	19-Jun-1927	12-Sep-1998	Animal rights activist
David Teniers the Elder	Painter	1582	29-Jul-1649	Flemish genre painter
David Teniers the Younger	Painter	15-Dec-1610	25-Apr-1690	Flemish scene painter
Anthony Van Dyck	Painter	22-Mar-1599	9-Dec-1641	Flemish portraitist and English court painter
Jan Vansina	Historian	14-Sep-1929		Oral Tradition as History
Henri Van De Velde	Architect	3-Apr-1863	15-Oct-1957	Art Nouveau architect

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Bull	Composer	c. 1562	12-Mar-1628	English composer and organist
Hugo Claus	Author	5-Apr-1929	19-Mar-2008	The Sorrow of Belgium
Jan Davidsz de Heem	Painter	1606	26-Apr-1684	17th c. Dutch still life painter
Jan Mabuse	Painter	c. 1475	1-Oct-1532	Flemish Renaissance painter
Abraham Ortelius	Cartographer	14-Apr-1527	4-Jul-1598	Theatrum Orbis Terrarum atlas
Peter Paul Rubens	Painter	28-Jun-1577	30-May-1640	Flemish baroque painter
David Teniers the Elder	Painter	1582	29-Jul-1649	Flemish genre painter

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