List of people from Ghent

List of people from Ghent: This is a list of notable people from Ghent, who were either born in Ghent, or spent part of their life there.

Contents

1 People born in Ghent

1.1 Before the 19th century

1.2 19th century

1.3 20th century

2 Lived in Ghent

2.1 Before the 19th century

2.2 19th century

2.3 20th century

People born in Ghent

Before the 19th century

John of Gaunt

Daniel Heinsius

Maurice Maeterlinck

Henry of Ghent, scholastic philosopher (c. 1217-1293)

Jacob van Artevelde, statesman and political leader (c. 1290-1345)

Franz Ackerman, statesman (c. 1330-1387)

Philip van Artevelde, Flemish patriot (c. 1340-1382)

John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399)

Hugo van der Goes, painter (c. 1440-1482)

Jacob Obrecht, composer of the Renaissance (c. 1457-1505)

Jacques Buus, Franco-Flemish composer and organist of the Renaissance (c. 1500-1565)

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (‘’Charles Quint’’, 1500–1558)

Cornelius Canis, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, music director for Charles V in the 1540s-1550s

Jan Utenhove, writer (c.1520-1566)

Lieven de Key, architect (1560–1627)

Philippe van Lansberg, astronomer (1561–1632)

Daniel Heinsius, scholar of the Dutch Renaissance (1580–1655)

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (of London), flutist, oboist, and harpsichordist (1680–1730)

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (of Ghent), composer (1688-c. 1720)

Josse Boutmy, organist and harpsichordist (1697–1779)

Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, sculptor and architect (1710–1793)

Lieven Bauwens, industrial (1769–1822)

19th century

Josse Joseph de Lehaye, politician, (1800–1888)

Eugène Van Bemmel, author and educator (1824–1880)

Frans de Potter, writer, (1834–1904)

Charles John Seghers, Jesuit clergyman and missionary (1839–1886)

Paul de Vigne, sculptor (1843–1901)

De Vriendt brothers, painters (second half of 19th century)

Pierre De Geyter, socialist, composer, and wood carver (1848–1932)

Victor Horta, Art Nouveau architect (1861–1947)

Henri Lammens, Jesuit and orientalist (1862–1937)

Maurice Maeterlinck, poet, playwright, essayist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1862–1949)

Théo van Rysselberghe, neo-impressionist painter 1862-1926)

Leo Baekeland, chemist and inventor of Bakelite (1863–1944)

Pierre Louÿs, poet and romantic writer (1870–1925)

Karel van de Woestijne, writer (1878–1929)

George Van Biesbroeck, astronomer (1880–1974)

Gustave Van de Woestijne, painter (1881–1947)

Frits Van den Berghe, expressionist painter (1883–1939)

George Sarton, historian of science (1884–1956)

Désiré Defauw, conductor and violinist (1885–1960)

Jean Ray, writer (1887–1964)

Richard Minne, writer and poet (1891–1965)

Corneille Jean François Heymans, physiologist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1892–1968)

Edgard Colle, chess master (1897–1932)

Henri Story, politician (1897–1944)

20th century

Suzanne Lilar, playwright, essayist and novelist (1901–1992)

Jozef Vergote, Egyptologist and coptologist (1910–1992)

Johan Daisne, author, poet, and librarian (1912–1978)

Théo Lefèvre, lawyer and prime minister of Belgium (1914–1973)

Armand Pien, weatherman (1920–2003)

Marc Sleen, comics artist and cartoonist (born 1922)

Willy De Clercq, politician (born 1927)

Marcel Storme, lawyer and professor at the Ghent University (born 1930)

Jacques Rogge, eighth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (born 1942)

Gérard Mortier, musical artistic director (born 1943)

René Jacobs, counter-tenor and conductor (born 1946)

Philippe Herreweghe, conductor (born 1947)

Godfried-Willem Raes, composer, performer, and instrument maker (born 1952)

Matthias Storme, lawyer, academic, thinker, and politician (born 1959)

Frank De Winne, cosmonaut (born 1961)

Saul Akkemay (Panbello), freelance publicist and columnist (born 1964)

Nic Balthazar, movie critic and film director (born 1964)

Michel de Kemmeter, entrepreneur and author in the fields of Personal development and Intangible assets and Human Sustainable Development (born 1964)

Helmut Lotti, musician (born 1969)

Filip Meirhaeghe, racing cyclist (born 1971)

Matthew Gilmore, racing cyclist (born 1972)

Freya Van den Bossche, socialist politician(born 1975)

Cédric Van Branteghem, athlete (born 1979)

Bradley Wiggins, English racing cyclist (born 1980)

Jonas Geirnaert, creator of animation shorts (born 1982)

Iljo Keisse, racing cyclist (born 1982)

Eline Berings, athlete (born 1986)

Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, football player (born 1989)

Lived in Ghent

Before the 19th century

Mary of Burgundy

Jodocus Hondius

Saint Amand, Roman Catholic saint (584-675)

Saint Bavo, patron saint of Ghent (589-654)

Hubert van Eyck, painter (c. 1366-1426)

Jan van Eyck, painter (c. 1385-1441)

Joos van Wassenhove, painter (c. 1410-c. 1480)

Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy married in Ghent in 1477

William Damasus Lindanus, Bishop of Ghent (1525–1588)

Jodocus Hondius, artist, engraver, and cartographer (1563–1612)

Tobie Matthew, English Catholic priest (1577–1655)

Caspar de Crayer, painter (1582–1669)

Jan Frans Willems, writer (1793–1846)

Jacques-Joseph Haus, criminal law and natural rights professor at Ghent University (1796–1881)

19th century

Joseph Plateau, physicist, taught at the Ghent University (1801–1883)

Louis XVIII of France was exiled in Ghent during the Hundred Days in 1815

François-Auguste Gevaert, composer (1828–1908)

Rosalie Loveling, poet, novelist, and essayist (1834–1875)

Virginie Loveling, poet, novelist, and essayist (1836–1923)

Frans Rens, writer, (1805–1874)

20th century

Arend Joan Rutgers, physical chemist and professors at the Ghent University (1903–1998)

Hugo Claus, author, poet, dramatist, film and stage director (1929-2008)

Jan Hoet, founder of SMAK (‘’Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst’’) (born 1936)

Wilfried Martens, Christian Democratic politician and prime minister (born 1936)

Royden Rabinowitch, Canadian sculptor (born 1943)

Guy Verhofstadt, liberal politician and prime minister(born 1953)

Johan Vande Lanotte, lawyer and politician (born 1955)

Herman Brusselmans, novelist and poet (born 1957)

Dirk Braeckman, photographer (born 1958)

Tom Lanoye, novelist and poet (born 1958)

Peter Vermeersch, composer, clarinet player, and producer (born 1959)

Michaël Borremans, painter (born 1963)

Lucas de Lil, composer and conductor (born 1963)

Erwin Mortier, author and poet (born 1965)

Bianka Panova, rhythmic gymnast (born 1970)

Gabriel Ríos, Puerto Rican musician (born 1978)

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