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<html> <head> <title>University of Louvain</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Louvain EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Split 1968 into two universities, one French- and one Dutch-speaking. Location: <a href="/geo/373/000101070/" class=proflink>Louvain, Belgium</a> Founding Date: 1425Enrollment: 56,000Official Website: <a href="http://www.ucl.ac.be/">http://www.ucl.ac.be/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000100946/">Michael Baius</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1513</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1589</tt></td> <td>Belgian theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000091542/">Auguste Beernaert</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1912</tt></td> <td>Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000233166/">Paul Bulcke</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Nestle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/189/000130796/">Christian de Duve</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-2013</tt></td> <td>Microstructure of the cell</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000206479/">Mark Eyskens</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Belgium, 1981</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000094429/">Cornelius Jansen</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1585</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1638</tt></td> <td>Father of Jansenism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000173059/">Yves Leterme</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Belgian Foreign Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/797/000094515/">Justus Lipsius</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1547</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1606</tt></td> <td>Belgian scholar and author</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000162430/">René Préval</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Haiti</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/540/000094258/">Nicholas Ridley</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1500</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1555</tt></td> <td>Anglican Bishop and martyr</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/446/000114104/">Edward Schillebeeckx</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-2009</tt></td> <td>Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/448/000166947/">Fulton J. Sheen</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1979</tt></td> <td>America's first televangelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000114043/">John Skelton</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1460</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1529</tt></td> <td>Why come ye nat to courte</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000180036/">Johann Sleidan</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1506</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1556</tt></td> <td>De statu religionis et republicae</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000170792/">Rick Smith</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of TASER International</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/369/000173847/">Dominique Trempont</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Gemplus, 1997-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000206478/">Herman Van Rompuy</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of the European Council</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/082/000117728/">Helen Vendler</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>American poetry critic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/270/000085015/">Andreas Vesalius</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1514</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Jun-1564</tt></td> <td>De Humani Corporis Fabrica</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000100946/">Michael Baius</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1513</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1589</tt></td> <td>Belgian theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000172855/">Haskell Curry</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1982</tt></td> <td>Combinatory Logic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/189/000130796/">Christian de Duve</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-2013</tt></td> <td>Microstructure of the cell</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/583/000173064/">Gaston Eyskens</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1988</tt></td> <td>Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000094429/">Cornelius Jansen</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1585</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-May-1638</tt></td> <td>Father of Jansenism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000099501/">Alfred Kastler</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1984</tt></td> <td>Optical pumping</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000159694/">Merton H. Miller</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-2000</tt></td> <td>Modigliani-Miller theorem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000161330/">Richard L. Schmalensee</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/186/000130793/">Albert Claude</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1983</tt></td> <td>Microstructure of the cell</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=104603" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/187/000003178/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/187/3178/s3178.jpg" width=128> Harley Davidson Connections slim</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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