Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus

male, deceased (1536)
Renaissance Latin author, On Civility in Child, Dutch Renaissance humanist, Leuvenalumnibefore1968, reformation, greek
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, 1466/1469 - July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist...
Luce Irigaray

Luce Irigaray

female, 79 years old
Leuvenalumnibefore1968, This Sex Which Is Not One, Speculum of the Other Woman, cultural theorist, Culture theory, Scholar
Luce Irigaray (born 1930 Belgium) is a French feminist and psychoanalytic and cultural theorist. She is best known for her works "Speculum of the...
Fulton J. Sheen

Fulton J. Sheen

male, deceased (1979)
Participant in the Second Vatican Council, Leuvenalumnibefore1968, Roman Catholic bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, Bishop of Rochester, archbishop
Fulton John Sheen (May 8, 1895-December 9, 1979) was an American archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Rochester and American...
Justus Lipsius

Justus Lipsius

male, deceased (1606)
Leiden University faculty, Cardinal Granvelle, Renaissance humanist, Leuvenalumnibefore1968, humanism, flemish…leuven, university of leuven
Justus Lipsius, Joost Lips or Josse Lips, was a Flemish philologist and humanist. He was born in Overijse, Brabant. His parents sent him early to...
Otto von Habsburg

Otto von Habsburg

male, 97 years old
Austrian royalty, Claimant King of Jerusalem, Otto, Crown Prince of Austria, Member of the European Parliament, Leuvenalumnibefore1968, Heir apparent who never acceded
Otto, Crown Prince of Austria or Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November, 1912 as "Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich...

Jan Standonck

male, deceased (1504)
Leuvenalumnibefore1968, erasmus, University of Paris, philosopher, priest, christian history
Jan Standonck (or "Jan or Jean Standonk") was a Dutch priest and reformer. He was part of the great movement for reform in the XVth century French...
Cornelius Jansen

Cornelius Jansen

male, deceased (1638)
Leuvenalumnibefore1968, roman catholic church, Jansenism, flemish, Catholic, philosopher
Cornelius Jansen, often known as Jansenius (October 28, 1585-May 6, 1638) was Catholic bishop of Ypres and the father of the religious movement...
Vesalius

Vesalius

male, deceased (1564)
Leuvenalumnibefore1968, On the Workings of the Human Body, human anatomy, andreas vesalius, Zakynthos, anatomist
Andreas Vesalius (Brussels, December 31, 1514 - Zakynthos, October 15, 1564) was an anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential...
Christian de Duve

Christian de Duve

male, 92 years old
Leuvenalumnibefore1968, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Catholic University of Leuven, Jesuit, eukaryotic, eukaryote…leuven
Christian René de Duve is an internationally acclaimed cytologist and biochemist. De Duve was born in Thames-Ditton, Britain, as a son of Belgian e...

Georges Lemaître

male, deceased (1966)
velocity-distance relation, Father Georges Henri Joseph Éduard Lemaître, Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Leuvenalumnibefore1968, Relativists, Arthur Eddington
Father Georges Henri Joseph Éduard Lemaître was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer. Fr. (l...