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This is a list of notable people from Bruges, who were either born in Bruges, or spent part of their life there.
[edit] People born in Bruges
[edit] Before the 19th century
- Jan Breydel, leader of the uprising against the French (13th century)
- Pieter de Coninck, wever and leader of the uprising against the French (13th century)
- Jan Heem, craftsman and politician (13th century)
- Lewis de Bruges, Flemish knight, courtier, and nobleman (1427–1492)
- Philip I of Castile, first Habsburg ruler in Spain (1478–1506)
- Adriaen Isenbrant, Renaissance painter (1490–1551)
- Adrian Willaert, composer of the Renaissance (c. 1490 – 1562, birth in Bruges uncertain)
- Levina Teerlinc, Flemish miniaturist (1510–1576)
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, engraver, illustrator, and painter (c. 1520 – c. 1590)
- Stradanus, mannerist painter (1523–1605)
- Pamelius, theologian (1536–1587)
- Peter Candid, painter and architect (1548–1628, birth in Bruges uncertain)
- Simon Stevin, mathematician and engineer (1548–1620)
- Franciscus Gomarus, Calvinist theologian (1563–1641)
- Louis de Deyster, Flemish painter (1656–1711)
[edit] 19th century
- Henri Milne-Edwards, French zoologist (1800–1885)
- Eugène Charles Catalan, mathematician (1814–1894)
- Paul Jean Clays, marine painter (1819–1900)
- Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, economist (1822–1892)
- Guido Gezelle, poet and priest (1830–1899)
- Eugène Goossens, père, conductor (1845–1906)
- Albin van Hoonacker, Catholic theologian and Biblical scholar (1857-1933)
- Frank Brangwyn, Welsh artist, painter, colourist, engraver, and illustrator (1867–1956)
- Tim Verfaillie, expressionist painter (1893–1934)
[edit] 20th century
- Nelly Landry, French tennis player (born 1916)
- Hugo Claus, novelist, poet, playwright, painter, and film director (born 1929)
- Olivier De Cock, football player (born 1975)
- Noël Devisch, agriculture, (born 1943)
- Jean Schramme, colonel and mercenary in Katanga (1929–1988)
- Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, politician, entrepreneur, and writer (born 1945)
- Alain Billiet, alleged designer of the euro sign (born 1951)
- Pierre Chevalier, politician (born 1952)
- Pieter Aspe, writer of detective stories (born 1953)
- Kris Defoort, avant-garde jazz pianist and composer (born 1959)
- Frank Vanhecke, politician (born 1959)
- Geert Hoste, cabaret performer (born 1960)
- Filip Dewinter, politician (born 1962)
- Peter Verhelst, novelist, poet, and dramatist (born 1962)
- Geoffrey Claeys, football player (born 1974)
- Denis Viane, football player (born 1977)
- Tony Parker, basketball player (born 1982)
[edit] Lived in Bruges
[edit] 15th century
- Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
- Giovanni Arnolfini, Italian merchant
- Adrien Basin, Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and diplomat
- William Caxton, English merchant, diplomat, write, and printer
- Petrus Christus, Flemish painter
- Gerard David, Renaissance painter
- Lupus Hellinck, composer of the Renaissance
- Gilles Joye, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
- Roger Machado, diplomat and officer of arms
- Hans Memling, Flemish painter
- Tommaso Portinari, Italian banker for the Medici bank
- Jan Provoost, Flemish painter
- Jean Richafort, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
- Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter
- Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist
[edit] 16th century until now
