André Waterkeyn
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André Waterkeyn (August 23, 1917, - October 4, 2005) was a Belgian engineer, born in Wimbledon, best known for creating the Atomium.
Waterkeyn was the director of a metallurgical company when in 1954 he was asked to design a building for the 1958 World Expo that would symbolize Belgian engineeral skills.
Waterkeyn owned the copyrights of all reproductions of the Atomium. He was chairman of the board of the Atomium until 2002, when his son took over. He died in Brussels in 2005. After his death, the top sphere was named after him.
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Tristan Waterkeyn - The South African Singer Songwriter is also related to this same Waterkeyn family line. Tristan Waterkeyn born 1981 in Tanzania, Currently living in South Africa.
