Luc Janssens (Duffel, 6 July 1962) is doctor in History (KU Leuven 2006, Kaarten op bestelling. De beroepsgroep van de land- en edificiemeters in het hertogdom Brabant en de Landen van Overmaas 1680-1795). Since 1987 he is working for the Belgian National Archive. From June 2004 up to December 2006 Janssens was head of service of the Department of Private Archives and Collections in the National Archive in Brussels. Since December he has been head of service of the National Archive in Brussels (seat at Anderlecht). He has made many inventories of the map collections of the National Archive. Janssens has published historical articles on the military garrisons in the cities of Mechelen and Tienen, the cabinetmakers of Brussels from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century, the mail organisation of the family Thurn und Taxis before 1794 and several articles on the making of surveyor maps.