Heymans is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adriaan Jozef Heymans Adriaan Jozef Heymans (or Adrien-Joseph Heymans; 11 June 1839 in Antwerp – December 1921 in Brussels) was a Belgian impressionist landscape painter. Biography His father was a trader in window-glass, who died when Heymans was only seven. Af ...

, Belgian painter *

Catherine Heymans Catherine Elizabeth Heymans (born 1978) is a British astrophysicist, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and a professor at the University of Edinburgh based at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Early life Heymans grew up in Hitchin, Hertford ...

, British astrophysicist and

Astronomer Royal for Scotland Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. It has since been an honorary title. Astronomers Royal for Scotland See also * Edinburgh Astronomical Institution * City Observatory * R ...

* Cédric Heymans, French rugby player *

Corneille Heymans Corneille Jean François Heymans (28 March 1892 – 18 July 1968) was a Belgian physiologist. He studied at the Jesuit College of Saint Barbara and then at Ghent University, where he obtained a doctor's degree in 1920. Heymans won the Nobel Pr ...

(1892–1968), Belgian physiologist **

Heymans (crater) Heymans is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon on the far side from the Earth. It lies between the craters Poinsot to the north and Hippocrates Hippocrates of Kos (; ; ), also known as Hippocrates II, was ...

, a lunar impact crater, named after him *

Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans (born December 14, 1981) is a Canadian diver. She was born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park, a suburb of Montreal. Heymans has won four Olympic medals, two bronze and two silver. She was the first female ...

, Canadian diver (born in Belgium) *

Gerardus Heymans Gerardus Heymans (; 17 April 1857 – 18 February 1930) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist.Hubbeling, H. G. (2013). Gerardus Heijmans (1857–1930). In ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.'' https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-200 ...

(1857–1930), Dutch philosopher & psychologist * Jonas Heymans, Belgian footballer *

Margriet Heymans Margaretha Henrica Gerardus Maria Heijmans (29 October 1932 – 27 July 2023) was a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Heymans wrote and illustrated various books in collaboration with her sister Annemie Heymans, including ' ...

, Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature *

Mau Heymans Mau Heymans (born 14 April 1961) is a Dutch Disney comics artist and writer. He started his career in 1987. He is primarily an illustrator and also wrote some stories with Kirsten de Graaf. Heyman does Scrooge McDuck universe comics for the pub ...

, Dutch artist and writer, known for his work on Disney comics