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Encyclopedia > List of Famous Belgians

This is a list of Belgian people, and more precisely of notable people who (1) were Belgian citizens at least during one period of their life, or (2) are Belgian citizens, as well as of notable people (3) born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but who were not or are not Belgian citizens (either because Belgium did not exist at the time of their life or because they had or have another citizenship). The names of people of the last category (3) are italicized. Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state), and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ...


The list also comprises (4) fictional characters who are undisputedly Belgians, and (5) important ones whose citizenship is unknown or not Belgian and with Belgian creators. The names of fictional characters of the last category (5) are italicized. This is a list of Belgian people, and more precisely of notable people who (1) were Belgian citizens at least during one period of their life, or (2) are Belgian citizens, as well as of notable people (3) born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but...


The same person may appear under several headings.

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Architects

Xaveer De Geyter is a Belgian architect. ... Victor Horta (1861 - 1947) was an architect famous for working in the Art Nouveau style. ... Paul Saintenoy (June 19, 1862 – July 18, 1952) was a Belgian architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer. ... Henry Van de Velde (3 April 1863 - 15 October 1957) was a Belgian painter, architect and interior designer. ...

Authors

Pieter Aspe, (officially Pierre Aspeslag, born Brugge, 3 April 1953) is a Belgian/Flemish writer of a series of detective stories starring inspector Van In. ... Louis Paul Boon (15 March 1912 - 10 May 1979) was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language. ... Herman Brusselmans (born october 9th 1957 in Hamme, Belgium) is a Flemish novelist and poet. ... Hugo Claus is a Belgian writer who writes in Dutch. ... Hendrik Conscience (born December 3, 1812 in Antwerp, died September 10, 1883 in Antwerp) was a Flemish writer. ... Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 - 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. ... Michel De Ghelderode ( 1898 - 1962) was an avante-garde Belgian dramatist, writing in French. ... Georges Eekhoud (born May 27, 1854, Antwerp; died May 29, 1927, Schaerbeek) was a Belgian novelist. ... Belgian stamp honoring the writer Willem Elsschot (7 May 1882 - 31 May 1960), was a Flemish writer and poet (pseudonym of Alfons-Jozef De Ridder). ... Some factual claims in this article or section need to be verified. ... Guido Gezelle (1830-1899) is one of the most important poets in the Dutch language area. ... Jacqueline Harpman (born July 5, 1929) is a Belgian writer who writes in French. ... Tom Lanoye (born August 27, 1958 in Sint-Niklaas) is a Fleming novelist and poet. ... Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier (March 24, 1844 - June 13, 1913) was a Belgian writer and poet. ... Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, Belgian author Count Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (August 29, 1862 - May 6, 1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Marcel Mariën (1920 - 1993) was a Belgian surrealist, (later situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, filmmaker*, and maker of objects. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ... Pierre Mertens (born October 9, 1939) is a Belgian French-speaking writer, lawyer who specializes in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and literary critic with the newspaper Le Soir. ... Henri Michaux (May 24, 1899 - October 18, 1984) was an important, highly individualistic French poet, writer and painter who was born and educated in Belgium. ... Tom Lanoye (born August 27, 1958 in Sint-Niklaas) is a Fleming novelist and poet. ... Erwin Mortier (born November 28, 1965) is a Belgian author, originally writing in Dutch. ... Amélie Nothomb (born August 13, 1967) is a Belgian writer. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ... Octave Pirmez (1832 - May, 1883), Belgian author, was born at Châtelineau in 1832. ... Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (February 13, 1903 - September 4, 1989) was a Belgian writer, who wrote in French. ... Stijn Streuvels, born Franciscus (Frank) Petrus Maria Lateur, is a Belgian writer. ... Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (July 5, 1886 – January 24, 1947) is the most translated author of Flanders. ... Raoul Vaneigem (born 1934) is a Belgian writer and philosopher. ... Emile Verhaeren (May 21, 1855- November 27, 1916) was a Belgian poet writing in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. ... Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. ... Marguerite Yourcenar was the pseudonym of French novelist, Marguerite de Crayencour (June 8, 1903 - December 17, 1987). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

Businessmen and economists

Jean Silvio Gesell (March 17, 1862–March 11, 1930) was a merchant and finance theoretician. ... Alfred Lowenstein (March 11, 1877 - July 4, 1928) was a Belgian soldier, aviator, sportsman, and one of the most powerful businessmen during the early decades of the 20th century. ... Gustave de Molinari (March 3, 1819 - January 28, 1912) was a Belgian-born economist associated with the French économistes, a group of laissez-faire liberals. ...

Cartoonists

See also: List of authors of Franco-Belgian comics. Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics, known locally as les bande dessinées. ...

Gilbert Delahaye (March 19, 1923 - 1997) was a Belgian artist. ... Georges Remi Herg̩ Georges Remi (May 23, 1907 - March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Herg̩, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Hermann Huppen, born July 17, 1938, is a Belgian cartoonist. ... Marcel Marlier is a Belgian artist and cartoonist, who edited the serial of illustrations (Martine) prepared for school children, together with illustrator Gilbert Delahaye. ... Pierre Culliford (June 25, 1928 РDecember 24, 1992), known as Peyo, was a Belgian illustrator, perhaps best known for the creation of the Smurfs comic strip. ...

Criminals

Nordine Ben Allal is a Belgian criminal who was condemned for a 27-year prison sentence in June 2004, and who escaped three times, in October 2000, in December 2000 and in August 2004. ... Terrorism is a controversial and subjective term with multiple definitions. ... Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956 in Brussels) is one of the most notorious criminals in Belgian history. ... Rape is a crime wherein the victim is forced into sexual activity against his or her will, in particular sexual penetration. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ...

Fictional characters

Dr. Evil, played by Mike Myers, is the chief villain of the Austin Powers series of films. ... A stereotypical villain. ... Austin Powers in International Man of Mystery. ... Georges Remi Hergé Georges Remi (May 23, 1907 - March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... Murder by Death is a movie directed by Robert Moore and written by Neil Simon that was released in 1976. ... Hercule Poirot (pronounced Air-kyl Pwa-roe) is a fictional character, the primary detective of Agatha Christies novels who appears in over 30 books. ... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (September 15, 1890–January 12, 1976), was a British crime fiction writer. ... A private investigator, or PI, is a person who undertakes investigations. ... Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) are world travellers and inseparable friends in The Adventures of Tintin. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Samson en Gert is a Belgian (Flemish) childrens television series. ... Spike and Suzy or Bob & Bobette (both in the United Kingdom) or Willy and Wanda (in the United States) is an originally Flemish series of comic books called Suske en Wiske originally conceived by Willy Vandersteen in the 1940s. ... Largo Winch is a Belgian comic book series, by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme. ... XIII is the Roman numeral for 13. ... Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the comic strip Gaston, originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the Belgian comic strip magazine, Spirou. ...

Historians

Philippe de Commines (or de Commynes or Philip de Comines) (1447-1511) was a French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France, a diplomat, and a writer, and he has been called the first truly modern writer (Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve) and the first critical and philosophical historian... Henri Pirenne (1862-1935) was a leading Belgian historian. ...

Humorists

  • Laurence Bibot
  • Bruno Coppens
  • Raymond Devos
  • Philippe Geluck
  • Stéphane Steeman
  • Manu Thoreau
  • Urbain Joseph Servranckx (Urbanus)

Born July 17, 1949 in the small town of Schepdaal, Belgium, Urbain Servranckx, also known as Urbain and Urbanus van Anus, is a Belgian comedian, actor, singer and comicbook hero. He has produced several comedy shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as several gold records. ...

Military figures

Ambiorix was prince of Eburones, a tribe of Belgian Gaul (Gallia Belgica). ... The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ... Frank De Winne is a Belgian astronaut of the European Space Agency. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Dirk D Frimout (Ph. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Godfrey of Bouillon (c. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... Baldwin of Boulogne (died 1118), count of Edessa (1098—1100), and first king of Jerusalem (1100—1118), was the brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, son of Eustace II of Boulogne. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ...

Models

  • Delfine Bafort
  • Brigitta Callens
  • Elise Crombez
  • Véronique De Kock
  • Joyce De Troch
  • Tanja Dexters
  • Zsofi Horvath
  • Phaedra Hoste
  • Hannelore Knuts
  • Anouk Lepère, Belgian supermodel (born in Antwerp).
  • Stephanie Meire
  • Aurélie Neukens
  • Tom Nuyens, Belgian supermodel from Antwerp, first Mister World (1996).
  • Kim Peers
  • Ellen Petri
  • Kelly Pfaff
  • Ingrid Seynhaeve
  • Joke Van De Velde
  • Ann Van Elsen

A supermodel is a highly paid fashion model in an elite group with a worldwide reputation. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp)in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old part of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and is home to a number of triptychs by the Belgian painter, Rubens. ... A supermodel is a highly paid fashion model in an elite group with a worldwide reputation. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp)in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old part of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and is home to a number of triptychs by the Belgian painter, Rubens. ...

Monarchs

Main article: List of Belgian monarchs. The royal palace in Brussels Successive Belgian kings are 1831-1865: Leopold I 1865-1909: Leopold II 1909-1934: Albert I 1934-1951: Leopold III 1944-1950: Charles, reigned as Prince Regent 1951-1993: Baudouin I Since 1993: Albert II None of these were King of Belgium: their title is...

King Albert I Albert I (April 8, 1875 – February 17, 1934) was the third King of the Belgians. ... Became King: August 9, 1993 Predecessor: Baudouin Date of Birth: June 6, 1934 Place of Birth: Brussels, Belgium Heir-Apparent: The Duke of Brabant His Majesty Albert II, King of the Belgians (Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Chrétien Eugène Marie Wettin, born Laeken, Belgium, June 6, 1934... Baudouin of Belgium King Baudouin, (also spelled Boudewijn, Balduin or Baldwin) Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave, (7 September 1930 - 31 July 1993), reigned as King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993. ... Leopold I, first King of the Belgians, (December 16, 1790 - December 10, 1865), was born in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg, and named Georg Christian Friedrich (Georges Chrétien Frédéric in French, George Christiaan Frederik in Dutch) He was the youngest son of Duke Francis Frederick of Saxe... King Leopold II His Majesty King Leopold II of the Belgians (Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (April 9, 1835–December 17, 1909), succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 and remained king until his death. ... Leopold III, Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (November 3, 1901 - September 25, 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of his Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin. ... Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V (Spanish: Carlos V) (24 February 1500–21 September 1558) was effectively (the first) King of Spain from 1516 to 1556 (in principle, he was from 1516 king of Aragon and from 1516 guardian of his insane mother, queen of...

Performing artists

Actors and actresses

Patrick Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor who has starred in many different TV shows and movies, including The Pretender, Kindred, The Embraced, and Carnivàle. ... Jan Decleir (February 14, 1946), born in Niel is Belgiums most famous actor. ... Émilie Dequenne (born 29 August 1981 in Beloeil, Belgium) won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme dOr winning film Rosetta Brief filmography LÉquipier (2004) - Brigitte Mariées mais pas trop (2003) - Laurence Milcaux Une femme de... Marie Gillain, actress (born 18 June 1975 Liège, Belgium) Trivia Is the heroine of the John Malkovitchs play on scene Hysteria. Is a model for cosmetics company Lancôme Brief filmography Tout le plaisir est pour moi (2004) - Louise aka The Pleasure Is All Mine Ni pour, ni contre (bien... Olivier Gourmet (born July 22, 1963) is a Belgian actor. ... Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was a Belgian-born actress, fashion model, and humanitarian. ... Benoît Poelvoorde Benoît Poelvoorde is a Belgian actor, born in Namur (Belgium) on September 22, 1964. ... Natacha Régnier (born April 11, 1974) is a Belgian actress. ... Jean Claude Van Damme (born October 18, 1960), born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, is a Belgian-born action movie actor whos most known for martial arts films. ... Philippe Volter (nee Wolter) (March 23, 1959 - April 13, 2005) child of director Claude Volter and actress Jacqueline Bir, was a Belgian actor. ...

Choreographers

Maurice Béjart (born January 1, 1927) is the French choreographer who runs the Béjart Ballet. ... Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (born 1960 in Mechelen, Belgium) is a choreographer and dancer. ...

Composers

Jean Absil (May 23, 1893 (Bon-Secours) - February 2, 1974 (Brussels)) was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatory. ... Gilles de Binchois or Bins (c. ... Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. ... Cypriano de Rore or Cipriano de Rore (1515 or 1516 – September 1565) was a Franco-Flemish composer and teacher. ... Josquin Des Prez Josquin Des Prez (diminutive of Joseph; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. ... François-Joseph Fétis (March 25, 1784 — March 26, 1871), Belgian musicologist, composer, critic and teacher. ... C sar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (December 10, 1822–November 8, 1890) was a composer and organist. ... Karel Goeyvaerts (Antwerp Jun 8, 1923 - February 3, 1993, Antwerp) was a composer. ... Nicolas Gombert (c. ... François-Joseph Gossec (1734 — February 16, 1829) was a Belgian composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works who worked in France. ... André Ernest Modeste Grétry (February 8, 1741 – September 24, 1813), a Belgian composer, who worked from 1767 onwards in France. ... Joseph Jongen (December 14, 1873–July 12, 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. ... Orlande de Lassus, a. ... Belgian composer born in 1953. ... Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym for Belgian composer and ambient music artist Dirk Serries. ... Ockeghem (with glasses) and his singers Johannes Ockeghem (c. ... Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (February 17, 1820 – June 6, 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist active in France. ... Giaches de Wert (1535 – May 6, 1596) was a Franco-Flemish composer active in Italy. ... Adrian Willaert (c. ...

Filmmakers

Chantal Akerman (born June 6, 1950) is a Belgian filmmaker and director based in Paris, who is known for her deconstructive style and pessimistic humor. ... Belgian director Tom Barman studied at the film school of St. ... Jean-Pierre Dardenne (born April 21, 1951 in Engis, Liège, Belgium) is a filmmaker. ... Luc Dardenne is a belgian filmmaker. ... André Delvaux is a Belgian film director. ... Jonas Geirnaert (born 1982) is a Belgian film student at the KASK in Ghent who won the price of the jury award (not the animated movie award) at the Cannes Film Festival in may 2004. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ...

Musicians and singers

See also: List of Belgian bands and artists. A list of Belgian bands and artists of contemporary music. ...

Vocalist Geike Arnaert (right) with two other band members Hooverphonic is a Belgian music group formed in the mid-1990s as a trip-hop outfit. ... Natacha Atlas (born March 20, 1964) is a singer born in Belgium. ... Belgian director Tom Barman studied at the film school of St. ... Deus is the Latin word for God, deity. See also Dyeus. ... Plastic Bertrand was a new-wave rock group and solo artist from Belgium, most famous for the new-wave parody Ca Plane Pour Moi (roughly translated as The Life For Me). The group also appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest, representing Luxembourg. ... Sarah Bettens (born September 23, 1972, Kapellen) is the lead singer of the Belgian band Ks Choice. ... Ks Choice is the name of Belgian rock band from Antwerp, Belgium. ... Technotronic is a Belgian Techno band formed by Jo Bogaert in the late eighties. ... Jacques Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a Belgian French-speaking author-composer with such strong power of expression in his lyrics that many consider him a poet as well. ... Vocalist Geike Arnaert (right) with two other band members Hooverphonic is a Belgian music group formed in the mid-1990s as a trip-hop outfit. ... Zita Swoon is a belgian india rock group founded by Stef Kamil Carlens, a former member of dEUS. Members of the group Stef Kamil Carlens, vocals, piano, guitar Tomas de Smet, bass Bjorn Eriksson, guitar Tom Pintens, guitar Aarich Jespers, drums Discography I Paint Pictures on a Wedding Dress (1999... Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... This article is about singers. ... The Singing Nun was Jeanine Deckers (1933-1985), who joined the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium. ... The Singing Nun was Jeanine Deckers (October 17, 1933-March 31, 1985), who joined the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium. ... Arthur De Greef (October 10, 1862 _ August 29, 1940) was a Belgian pianist and composer. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The name Gorki or Gorky (Горький) can refer to any of the following things: Leninskie Gorki (Горки) - a village near Moscow where Lenin died in 1924 Nizhny Novgorod (from 1932-1990 called Gorki) Maxim Gorky Arshile Gorky Gorky Park (Novel) - a novel by Martin Cruz Smith Gorki,a Belgian band... Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, is an alternative rock band hailing from Belgium. ... Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, is an alternative rock band hailing from Belgium. ... Praga Khan has been considered one of the birthfathers of techno music. ... Farstucker Tour Lords of Acid is a Belgian acid house band from the 1990s that started as a spinoff of Praga Khan with the controversial New beat single I Sit On Acid in 1988. ... Lara Fabian on the cover of her self-titled English debut album Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is an international French-language singer. ... Stéphane Galland (born October 27, 1969) is a Belgian drummer. ... A mezzo-soprano (meaning half soprano in Italian) is a female singer with a range usually extending from the A flat below middle C to the A flat two octaves above. ... Arthur Grumiaux (March 21, 1921–October 16, 1986) was a Belgian violinist who was also proficient in piano. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... Arno Hintjens is a Belgian artist from Ostend and frontman of the group TC Matic. ... Sandra Kim alias Caldarone Sandra is a Belgian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986. ... Vaya con dios is a Belgian music group. ... Flip Kowelier (pseudonym of Filip Cauwelier) is a Belgian singer-songwriter, from Izegem, West Flanders. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ... Belgian composer born in 1953. ... The Lambro River runs through Monza. ... The Belgian pop group Telex was formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, as a kind of elaborate joke. ... Farstucker Tour Lords of Acid is a Belgian acid house band from the 1990s that started as a spinoff of Praga Khan with the controversial New beat single I Sit On Acid in 1988. ... Deus is the Latin word for God, deity. See also Dyeus. ... Camden is the name of several places in the United States of America: Camden, Alabama Camden, Arkansas Camden, Delaware Camden County, Georgia Camden, Indiana Camden, Maine Camden, Michigan Camden, New Jersey Camden County, New Jersey Camden (village), New York Camden (town), New York Camden, Ohio Camden, South Carolina Camden, Tennessee... Django Reinhardt as a boy Jean Baptiste Django Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Gypsy jazz musician. ... A dune in the Egyptian desert In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. ... Jean Toots Thielemans (born Brussels, April 29, 1922) is a Belgian jazz artist well known for his harmonica play. ... Rudy Trouvé is a Belgian musician from Antwerp. ... Eddy Wally (born: July 12, 1932) is a singer from Ertvelde (Flanders, Belgium), nicknamed The Voice Of Europe and famous in England for appearing regularly on Eurotrash with Antoine de Caunes. ... Clouseau is a Belgian pop group, which has had several hits in Belgium and the Netherlands since its establishment halfway into the 80s. ... Clouseau is a Belgian pop group, which has had several hits in Belgium and the Netherlands since its establishment halfway into the 80s. ... Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène Ysaÿe (July 16, 1858 – May 12, 1931) was a Belgian violinist and composer. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. ...

Politicians

  • Magda Aelvoet
  • Bert Anciaux
  • Vic Anciaux
  • William Ancion
  • Jules Joseph d'Anethan
  • Bernard Anselme
  • André Antoine
  • Marie Arena
  • Auguste Beernaert - Nobel Peace Prize 1908
  • André Bertouille
  • Luc Beyer de Ryke
  • Jules de Burlet
  • Willy Burgeon
  • Philippe Busquin
  • Charles de Broqueville
  • Henri de Brouckere
  • Henri Carton de Wiart
  • Jos Chabert
  • Marcel Cheron
  • Willy Claes
  • Georges Clerfayt
  • Guy Coëme
  • Robert Collignon
  • André Cools
  • Gerhard Cooreman
  • Anne-Marie Corbisier
  • Guy Cudell
  • Michel Daerden
  • Amand Dalem
  • André Damseaux
  • José Daras
  • Norbert De Batselier
  • Stefaan De Clerck
  • Willy Declercq
  • Herman De Croo
  • Armand De Decker
  • Philippe Defeyt
  • Magda De Galan
  • Léon Degrelle
  • Karel De Gucht
  • Jean-Marie Dedecker
  • Léon Defosset
  • Jean Defraigne
  • Jean-Luc Dehaene
  • Jean-Maurice Dehousse
  • Leon Delacroix
  • Olivier Deleuze
  • Francis Delpérée
  • Hendrik De Man
  • Rudy Demotte
  • Gérard Deprez
  • Erik Derycke
  • Claude Desama
  • Georges Désir
  • Alain Destexhe
  • Jean-Pierre Detremmerie
  • Patrick Dewael
  • Filip Dewinter
  • Paula D'Hondt
  • Karel Dillen
  • Elio Di Rupo
  • Didier Donfut
  • François-Xavier de Donnea
  • Vera Dua
  • Abel Dubois
  • Daniel Ducarme
  • Germain Dufour
  • Antoine Duquesne
  • Isabelle Durant
  • Jean-Pierre Duvieusart
  • Claude Eerdekens
  • Gaston Eyskens
  • Mark Eyskens
  • Valmy Féaux
  • Michel Foret
  • Richard Fournaux
  • Walthère Frère-Orban
  • Jaak Gabriëls
  • Gaston Geens
  • Count Goblet d'Alviella
  • Jean Gol
  • Didier Gosuin
  • Jean-Pierre Grafé
  • Brigitte Grouwels
  • Michel Hansenne
  • Jean-Marie Happart
  • José Happart
  • Pierre Harmel
  • Hervé Hasquin
  • Arthur Haulot
  • Pierre Hazette
  • Camille Huysmans
  • Evelyne Huytebroeck
  • Victor Jacobs
  • Paul-Emile Janson
  • Henri Jaspar
  • Serge Kubla
  • Henri La Fontaine - Nobel Peace Prize 1913
  • Roger Lallemand
  • Karl-Heinz Lambertz
  • Raymond Langendries
  • Paul Lannoye
  • Joseph Lebeau
  • Edmond Leburton
  • Theodore Lefevre
  • Yves Leterme
  • Anne-Marie Lizin
  • Benoît Lutgen
  • Guy Lutgen
  • Olivier Maingain
  • Philippe Mahoux
  • Jules Malou
  • Jean-Claude Marcourt
  • Wilfried Martens
  • Guy Mathot
  • Philippe Maystadt
  • Charles Michel
  • Louis Michel
  • Richard Miller
  • Joëlle Milquet
  • Philippe Monfils
  • Jacky Morael
  • Patrick Moriaux
  • Philippe Moureaux
  • Serge Moureaux
  • Felix Amand de Muelenare
  • Annemie Neyts
  • Jean-Marc Nollet
  • Jean-Baptiste Nothomb
  • Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
  • Laurette Onkelinx
  • Joseph Pholien
  • Charles Picqué
  • Hubert Pierlot
  • Prosper Poullet
  • Jules Renkin
  • Didier Reynders
  • Charles Latour Rogier
  • Hugo Schiltz
  • Frans Schollaert
  • Jacques Simonet
  • Miet Smet
  • Paul de Smet de Nayer
  • Bart Somers
  • Antoinette Spaak
  • Paul-Henri Spaak
  • Guy Spitaels
  • Steve Stevaert
  • Frank Swaelen
  • Willy Taminiaux
  • George Theunis
  • Bartholemy Théodore de Theux
  • Leo Tindemans
  • Bruno Tobback
  • Louis Tobback
  • Jules de Trooz
  • Nathalie de T'Serclaes
  • Robert Urbain
  • Achille van Acker
  • Jacob van Artevelde
  • Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
  • Johan Vande Lanotte
  • Paul Vanden Boeynants
  • Freya Van den Bossche
  • Luc Van den Bossche
  • Luc Vandenbrande
  • Frank Vandenbroucke
  • Jules Vandenpeerebom
  • Alain Van der Biest
  • Marleen Vanderpoorten
  • Emile Vandervelde
  • Alois van de Vyvere
  • Jean-Sylvain van de Weyer
  • Frank Vanhecke
  • Johan Van Hecke
  • Jean van Houtte
  • Pierre-Edouard van Humbeeck
  • Karel Van Miert
  • Marc Van Peel
  • Vincent Van Quickenborne
  • Eric Van Rompuy
  • Herman Van Rompuy
  • Jean-Pierre Van Rossem
  • Paul Van Zeeland
  • Guy Verhofstadt
  • Melchior Wathelet
  • Freddy Willockx
  • Charles Woeste
  • Yvan Ylieff

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Herman De Croo is the current sitting president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ... Léon Degrelle Léon Joseph Marie Degrelle (June 15, 1906 – April 1, 1994) was a founder of Belgian Rexism who joined the Waffen SS (becoming a leader of its Wallon contingent) and, after the war, became a prominent figure in the neo-fascist and Holocaust revisionist movements. ... Karel De Gucht (27 January 1954, Overmere) is a former chairman of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), a Belgian political party. ... Jean-Marie Dedecker (born Nieuwpoort, 13 June 1952) is a Belgian, Flemish politician of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD). ... Jean-Luc Dehaene (born August 7, 1940) is a Flemish (Belgian) politician. ... Rudy Demotte (born June 3, 1963) is a Belgian socialist politician who currently serves as Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, in the Belgian federal government. ... Gérard Deprez Gérard Deprez (born on 13 August 1943 in Noville-Bastogne) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European... Patrick Dewael (born 13 October 1955, Lier), is a liberal Belgian politician. ... Filip Dewinter (born 1962, Brugge) is a Flemish politician in Belgium and notable member of Vlaams Belang, a Belgian-Flemish far-right political party that advocates expelling immigrants and independence for Flanders. ... Karel Dillen (born 16 October 1925, Antwerp) is Belgian politician and a Flemish nationalist. ... Elio Di Rupo is the leader of the French-speaking Belgian Socialist Party, i. ... Antoine Duquesne Antoine Duquesne (born on 3 February 1941 in Ixelles) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European... Gaston Eyskens (April 1, 1905 - January 3, 1988) was a Belgian economist, Christian Democratic politician, and statesman. ... Mark Eyskens (born April 29, 1933) is a Belgian economist and politician. ... Pierre Charles José Marie Harmel (born March 16, 1911) was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat. ... Baron Arthur Haulot (Angleur near Liège, November 15, 1913 - May 24, 2005) was a Belgian journalist, humanist and poet who served, during World War II as an active member of the military resistance against German foreign occupation also known in Western Europe as the Resistance. ... Paul-Emile Janson (May 30, 1872 - 1944), Belgian Liberal politician and statesman. ... Henri La Fontaine, (22 April 1854-14 May 1943) was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to 1943 who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1913. ... Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Raymond Langendries Raymond Langendries (born on 1 October 1943 in Tubize) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the Centre Démocrate Humaniste, part of the European Peoples Party and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Employment... Joseph Lebeau (3 January 1794 - 19 March 1865) was a Belgian statesman. ... Edmond Leburton was the Belgian prime minister from January 1973 tot April 1974. ... Yves Leterme (Wervik, 6 October 1960) is the current prime minister of Flanders. ... Jules Edouard Xavier Malou (19 October 1810 - July 1886) was a Belgian statesman, a leader of the clerical party. ... Wilfried Martens (born 19 April 1936) is a Flemish (Belgian) politician. ... Louis Michel Louis Michel (born September 2, 1947) was until July 2004 the Belgian foreign minister. ... Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck is a Belgian politician, member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats. ... Bart Somers (born 12 May 1964 in Mechelen) is currently the mayor of Mechelen Between 2003 and 2004 he was the minister president of Flanders. ... Paul-Henri Charles Spaak  listen (January 25, 1899 - July 31, 1972) was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman. ... Steve Stevaert Steve Stevaert (April 12, 1954, Rijkhoven) is a Belgian politician and was the chairman of the SP.A, the Flemish Socialist Party from 2003 untill he resigned on May 25th 2005, having been appointed governor of the province Limburg. ... Leo Tindemans, born in Zwijndrecht on 16 April 1922, was prime minister (CVP) of six Belgian governments, from 25 April 1974 to 20 October 1978. ... Jacob van Artevelde (± 1295 - 1345), known as the Wise Man, Flemish statesman and political leader, was born in Ghent of a wealthy commercial family. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Frank Vanhecke (born 30 May 1959, Brugge) started his career in right-wing Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. ... Johan Van Hecke Johan Van Hecke (born on 2 December 1954 in Gent) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on... Paul Van Zeeland (November 11, 1893 - September 22, 1973) was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman. ... Guy Verhofstadt Guy Verhofstadt  Pronunciation (born April 11, 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Belgium. ...

Religious figures

Saints

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (626 - March 17, 659) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium. ... This article or section should be merged with Saint Gudula. ... St. ...

Theologians and clergymen

The Bollandists are an association of Jesuit scholars publishing the Acta Sanctorum (the Lives of the Saints). ... Father Damien is the patron of lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS and the State of Hawaii. ... Godfried Cardinal Danneels (born June 4, 1933) is the archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the chairman of the Belgian episcopal conference. ... Jacques Dupuis (1923-2004) was a Belgian Jesuit priest who wrote several significant works on Catholicism and religious pluralism, including Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism (1997). ... Cornelius Jansen, Engraving by Jean Morin Cornelius Jansen, often known as Jansenius (October 28, 1585 — May 6, 1638) was bishop of Ypres and the father of the religious revival known as Jansenism. ... Gustaaf, Cardinal Joos (July 5, 1923 - November 2, 2004) was a controversial Belgian cleric, who was elevated to the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals on 21 October 2003. ... Georges Charles Clement Ghislain Pire (February 10, 1910-January 30, 1969) was a Belgian Dominican monk whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. ... Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The name Jan van Ruysbroek can refer to two individuals: Jan van Ruysbroek, a Flemish scholar (1293-1381) Jan van Ruysbroek, a Flemish architect (15th century) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jan Pieter Cardinal Schotte (April 29, 1928 - January 10, 2005) was a Belgian cardinal and an official of the Roman Curia. ... Brother René Stockman (b. ... The Congregation of the Brothers of Charity was founded in 1807 by Father Peter Joseph Triest, a Flemish priest. ... Father Ferdinand Verbiest (October 9, 1623-January 28, 1688) was a Belgian Jesuit missionary in China. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ...

Resistance workers

Albert Guérisse (April 5, 1911_March 26, 1989) was a Belgian Resistance member who organized escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II. He used a name Pat OLeary. ... Baron Arthur Haulot (Angleur near Liège, November 15, 1913 - May 24, 2005) was a Belgian journalist, humanist and poet who served, during World War II as an active member of the military resistance against German foreign occupation also known in Western Europe as the Resistance. ... Andree de Jongh (born 1916) was a member of Belgian Resistance who organized a Comet Line for escaped Allied soldiers during the World War II. Andree de Jongh was born 1916 in Schaerbeek, Belgium to a family of headmaster Frederich de Jongh. ... Dominique Edgard Potier was a Belgian Air Force officer, who escaped to England, via France, Spain and Portugal, arriving in March 1942. ... Suzanne Spaak (c. ... Gabrielle Weidner (August 17, 1914, Brussels, Belgium - February 17, 1945, Königsberg, Germany) was a heroine of World War II. The child of Dutch parents, she grew up in Collonges, France in the Ain département, near the Swiss border where her father served as the minister of the Seventh... Johan Hendrik Weidner (French: Jean Henri - English: John Henry) (October 22, 1912, Brussels, Belgium - May 21, 1994, Monterey Park, California, United States) was a highly decorated hero of World War II. Johan Weidner, born to Dutch parents, grew up in Collonges, France in the Ain département near the Swiss...

Scientists, mathematicians, engineers and inventors

François dAguilon or Aguilonius (1546 – 1617) was a Belgian mathematician and physicist. ... Leo Hendrik Baekeland (November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. ... Gaston Briart was a Belgian geologist and mining engineer who worked and studied rock formations at Prince Léopold Mine, Kipushi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet (June 13, 1870 - April 6, 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jean Bourgain (born February 28, 1954, Ostende, Belgium), is a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. ... Robert Cailliau (b. ... Eugène Charles Catalan (May 30, 1814 - February 14, 1894) was a Belgian mathematician. ... Albert Claude (August 24, 1899 - May 22, 1983) was a Belgian biologist who won the Nobel Prize in 1974 for his medicine research. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Christian de Duve (born October 2, 1917) is a biochemist. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Pierre Deligne (born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician. ... Jean-Charles de la Faille (March 1, 1597-November 4, 1652) was a Belgian mathematician. ... Dirk D Frimout (Ph. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (2 August 1866-4 December 1934) was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy, who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-1899. ... Zénobe Gramme, by Mathurin Moreau Zénobe Théophile Gramme (April 4, 1826 - January 20, 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. ... Dr. Corneille Jean François Heymans (March 28, 1892 - July 18, 1968) was a Belgian physiologist who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for for showing how blood pressure and oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victor d’Hondt (November 20, 1841 - May 30, 1901) was a Belgian lawyer, professor of civil law at Ghent University and a mathematician. ... Albert Hustin ( 1882- 1967) was a Belgian medical doctor. ... Blood transfusion is the taking of blood or blood-based products from one individual and inserting them into the circulatory system of another. ... Georges-Henri Lemaître (July 17, 1894 – June 20, 1966) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and astronomer. ... Constantin Marie Le Paige (March 9, 1852-January 26, 1929), was a Belgian mathematician. ... Claude Lévi-Strauss (born November 28, 1908) is a French anthropologist who became one of the twentieth centurys greatest intellectuals by developing structuralism as a method of understanding human society and culture Biography Claude Lévi-Strauss was born in Brussels and studied law and philosophy at the... Justus Lipsius, Joost Lips or Josse Lips (October 18, 1547 — March 23, 1606), was a Flemish philologian and humanist. ... Dr Michel Louette is a prominent Belgian zoologist. ... Gerardus Mercator (March 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594) was a famous Flemish cartographer of German descent, remembered for the Mercator projection named after him. ... Abraham Ortelius. ... The Belgian Paul Otlet (1868–1944) can be seen as the founding father of bibliography, or what is now called information science. ... Plateaus phenakistiscope Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (October 14, 1801 - September 15, 1883) was a Belgian physicist. ... Ilya Prigogine (January 25, 1917 – May 28, 2003) was a Belgian physicist and chemist noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (February 22, 1796 - 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. ... Life-size statue of Adolphe Sax outside his birthplace in Dinant, Belgium. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... Louis Joseph Seutin (1793-February 6, 1862) was a Belgian doctor and surgeon. ... Ernest Solvay (April 16, 1838 - May 26, 1922) was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philantropist. ... Jean Servais Stas (August 21, 1813 - December 13, 1891) was a Belgian analytical chemist. ... Simon Stevin Simon Stevin (1548/49 – 1620) was a Belgian mathematician and engineer. ... André Tacquet (June 23, 1612-December 22, 1660) was a Belgian mathematician. ... Joseph Tilly (August 16, 1837-August 4, 1906) was a Belgian military man and mathematician. ... Jacques Tits (born August 12, 1930) is a Belgian mathematician. ... Charles-Jean de la Vallée-Poussin (August 14, 1866 - March 2, 1962) was a Belgian mathematician. ... Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 _ 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a Belgian mathematician. ... Andreas Vesalius or Andreas Vesal (1514 - Belgian anatomist and the author of the first complete textbook on human anatomy: De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the workings of the Human Body) (Basel, 1543). ... Egide Walschaerts (21 January 1820 - 1901) was a Beglian mechanical engineer, best known as the inventor of the Walschaert valve gear for use in steam engines. ...

Sports

Sabine Appelmans  listen (born April 22, 1972) is a Belgian tennis player. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Tom Boonen (born October 15, 1980, Mol, Belgium) is one of Belgiums best bicycle racers of the moment. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Thierry Boutsen (Brussels, July 13, 1957) is a Belgian former Formula One driver, active in the category between 1983 and 1993. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Jan Ceulemans (born February 28, 1957 in Lier, Belgium) was a Belgian football player. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Pool table with cue ball, object balls, cue stick, and rack Billards balls Billiards is a game played on a table with low rubber boundary around the edges, small balls, and a cue, a stick that is used to push the white ball into other balls. ... Country: Belgium Residence: Bree, BEL Height: 58 1/2 (174 cm) Weight: 150 lbs. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Frederik Deburghgraeve is a Belgian swimmer who won the gold medal and a WR during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ... Bertrand Gachot (born December 23, 1962 in Luxemburg) is a Belgian former Formula One driver. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Olivier Gendebien, born January 12, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium and died on October 2, 1998 in Les Baux de Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône departement of France, was a war hero and race car driver. ... Kim Gevaert (born: August 5, 1978 in Leuven, Belgium) is a sprint athlete. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Raymond Goethals, (October 7, 1921-December 6, 2004), is considered the most stubborn Belgian national soccer trainers of all time. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... Country: Belgium Residence: Monte Carlo, MON Height: 55 3/4 (167 cm) Weight: 126 lbs. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Jacky Ickx, (born January 1, 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian racing driver known for his success in Formula One and the 24 hours of Le Mans. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Vincent Kompany (born April 4, 1986 in Uccle) is a Belgian football defender, who currently plays for R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgian national team. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Mountain biking (Mountain bicycling) is a form of offroad cycling which uses very sturdy bicycles (the mountain bike or cross-country bike) with (usually) straight handlebars and wide tires. ... Axel Merckx (August 8, 1972, Uccle, Belgium) is a professional bicycle racer. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Baron Eddy Merckx (born Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx on June 17, 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium) is considered by many to be the greatest cyclist of the 20th Century. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Belgian cyclist, born 13 October 1965. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Jean-Marie Pfaff (born December 4, 1953) was a Belgian football player. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Michel Preudhomme (born January 24, 1959 in Ougree) is an Belgian football (soccer) player, the winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Emiel Puttemans (born October 8, 1947 Leuven, Belgium) was a brilliant distance runner who set world records for 3000 m. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Olivier Rochus (January 18, 1981) is Belgian tennis player. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Gaston Roelants (born February 5, 1937 in Opvelp, Belgium) was a top steeplechaser in the early 1960s and a great cross-country runner. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Jacques Rogge (born May 2, 1942) is a Belgian orthopaedic surgeon and has been the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2001. ... The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four years. ... Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... Regional competition level table tennis, showing table, net, and player getting ready to return the ball with a winning backhand topspin stroke. ... Alberic Briek Schotte ( September 19, 1919 - April 4, 2004) was a Belgian cyclist. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Vincenzo Enzo Scifo (born February 19, 1966) is a Belgian football midfielder. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Guy Thys (December 6, 1922 - August 1, 2003) was the most successful Belgian national football coach in history. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... Shooting is the act of causing a gun to fire at a target. ... Ivo Van Damme (February 21, 1954 – December 29, 1976) was a Belgian middle distance runner. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Archers in Competition Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ... Rik (Henrik) Van Looy (born 20 December 1933) was one of the greatest Belgian professional cyclists of the post-war period, when he was nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals (after the small Belgian town where he lived). ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Rik Van Steenbergen (September 9, 1924- May 15, 2003) was a Belgian cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists. ... Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... Bart Veldkamp (born November 22, 1967) is a Netherlands speed skater. ... Gaetan Boucher training for the 1976 Olympics Speed skating (as well Speedskating) is a form of ice skating in which the competitors attempt to travel a certain distance over the ice as quickly as possible. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ...

Visual artists

Fashion

  • Dirk Bikkembergs
  • Veronique Branquino
  • Liz Claiborne, American designer born in Belgium
  • Ann Demeulemeester
  • Carine Lauwers
  • Martin Margiela
  • Raf Simons
  • Olivier Strelli
  • Walter Van Beirendonck
  • Dries Van Noten
  • Dirk Van Saene
  • Marina Yee

Ann Demeulemeester (born in 1959 in Belgium) is a fashion designer whose label (Ann Demeulemeester) clothing is usually displayed during Paris Fashion Week. ...

Painters

Main article: List of Belgian painters. This is an incomplete list of Belgian painters, with place and date of birth (,death) and painting style. ...

Pierre Alechinsky (October 19, 1927) is a Belgian artist. ... COBRA was a post-World War II European avant-garde movement (the name is derived from the initials of the members home cities: Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam). ... Bruegels The Painter and The Connoisseur drawn c. ... A typical painting attributed to Campin Robert Campin (1378–April 26, 1444) is sometimes considered the first great master of Flemish painting. ... Petrus Christus, born 1410/1420 in Antwerpen, dead 1472 in Bruges, flemish painter, active in Bruges from 1444. ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ... Categories: Artist stubs | Dutch painters | Renaissance art ... Ex Voto (1662) by Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (26 May 1602 - 12 August 1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school. ... This article is about the concept of abstraction in general. ... Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter, famous for his surrealist paintings with female nudes staring at the horizon. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... James Sidney Ensor, Baron Ensor (April 13, 1860–November 19, 1949), was a Belgian painter whose unique portrayals of grotesque humanity made him a principal precursor of 20th-century expressionism and surrealism. ... Self-Portrait with Parents, Brothers, and Sisters by Jacob Jordaens (c. ... Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (September 12, 1858 - November 12, 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter. ... Symbolism is the systematic or creative use of arbitrary symbols as abstracted representations of concepts or objects and the distinct relationships inbetween, as they define both context and the narrower definition of terms. ... Très riches heures du Duc de Berry: Aout (August) (1412-16) Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm The Limbourg Brothers, or in Dutch Gebroeders Van Limburg (Paul, Herman and Jannequin), were famous Dutch medieval painters from the city of Nijmegen. ... The Betrayal Of Images (La trahison des images) (1928-1929) Die natürlichen Gnaden (1967) René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967) was a surrealist artist, born in Lessines, Belgium. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ... St Ursula Shrine by Hans Memling (1489) Gilded and painted wood, 87 x 33 x 91 cm Memlingmuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges Hans Memling (Memlinc) (c. ... The Ugly Duchess by Quentin Matsys (1525-30) Oil on wood, 64 x 45,5 cm National Gallery, London Quentin Matsys, also known as Quentin Massys, Quentin Metsys or Kwinten Metsys (1466 - 1530), was a painter in the Flemish tradition, founder of the Antwerp school. ... Constant Permeke (1886 — 1952), a Belgian painter, is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... Satan Sowing Seeds, by Félicien Rops Félicien Rops (July 7, 1833 - August 23, 1898) was a Belgian artist and engraver. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) is considered one of the greatest painters in European art history (together with Dutchman Rembrandt van Rijn), and the most important Flemish (Netherlands, nowadays Belgium) painter of the sixteenth century. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist house in Prague Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... Franz Snyders (1579 - 1657 ) Flemish painter of animals and still life, was born and died at Antwerp. ... David Teniers the Younger (December 15, 1610 - April 25, 1690), Flemish artist was the more celebrated son of David Teniers the Elder, almost ranking in celebrity with Rubens and Van Dyck, was born in Antwerp. ... Luc Tuymans (born in Mortsel, Belgium in 1958) is a Belgian contemporary artist, considered one of todays most influential painters. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... Hugo van der Goes (c. ... Deposition by Roger van der Weyden (c. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... Jan van Eyck (1385? - 1441) was a 15th century Flemish painter and one of the first to popularize oil paint. ... Eugeen Van Mieghem (October 1, 1875-1930) was a Belgian artist born in the port of Antwerp. ... Joris van Zelle (1519) Oil on oak, 39 x 32 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Bernard van Orley (1491 - 1542) was a significant Flemish artist. ... Four Bathers Theodoor van Rysselberghe (1862-1926), also known as Theo van Rysselberghe, was a Belgian painter. ... Neoimpressionism was a late-19th century art movement led by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, who exhibited their early work in 1884 at the exhibition of the Societé des Artistes Indépendents in Paris. ... Fernand Verhaegen (1883-1975) was a Belgian painter and etcher. ... The term Walloon may refer to either the Walloon language, or to the ethnic people of the same name. ...

Photographers

Carl de Keyzer (born 27 December 1958 in Kortrijk) is a world-renowned Belgian contemporary photographer. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ...

Sculptors

  • Delphine Boël
  • François Duquesnoy
  • Jan Fabre
  • George Grard
  • Constantin Meunier
  • George Minne
  • Olivier Strebelle
  • Rik Wouters

Delphine Boël is a Belgian artist specialized in the sculptures. ... Jan Fabre - born Antwerp, Belgium 1958 draws, sculpts, writes plays, directs on stage, choreographs and designs. ...

Others

Marcel Broodthaers (1924 - 1976), was a Belgian surrealist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works. ...

Others

Sabine Dardenne, a 12 year old Belgian girl was abducted by Marc Dutrux, a notorious paedophile,while on her way back from school in July 1995. ... Gilbert Delahaye (March 19, 1923 - 1997) was a Belgian artist. ... Dr. Koenraad Elst was born in Leuven, Belgium, on 7 August 1959, into a Flemish Catholic family. ... Jean-Baptiste Moens (May 27, 1833 – April 28, 1908) was a Belgian philatelist one of the first stamp dealers in the world. ... Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps (born August 28, 1941) is a Belgian aristocrat. ... Dirk Verhofstadt (born 1955) is a Belgian liberal ( Rawlsian) theorist and brother of the Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt. ... Pierre Wynants (born March 5, 1939 in Brussels) is a Belgian chef. ... A chef (also executive chef or chef de cuisine), from the French for chief or head person, is the executive in charge of a kitchen, responsible for recipe and menu creation, staff training, and overseeing all cooking. ...

Trivia

It should be noted that there is a British parlour game which challenges the participants to come up with the names of "12 famous Belgians", implicitly asserting that Belgian nationals are far less likely to be notable in the United Kingdom than those of other countries. A parlour game is a group game played indoors. ...


See also

This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that are related to Belgium. ... There are a variety of articles listing people of a particular nationality. ...

External links

  • Famous Belgians
  • A Website on famous Flemish people: http://noosphere.cc/flanders.html

 

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