List of Belgians
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This is a list of notable Belgian people who either:
The list also comprises
The same person may appear under several headings.
and cyclo-cross
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- are or were Belgian citizenBelgian nationality lawBelgian citizenship is based on a mixture of the principles of Jus sanguinis and Jus soli. In other words, both place of birth and Belgian parentage are relevant for determining whether a person is a Belgian citizen. It is regulated by the Code of Belgian Nationality.In some circumstances...
s during at least one period of their life, - were born in BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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 this category are italicized.
The list also comprises
- fictional characters who are undisputedly Belgians
- important ones whose citizenship is unknown or not Belgian and with Belgian creators. The names of fictional characters of this category are italicized.
The same person may appear under several headings.
Architects
- Xaveer De GeyterXaveer De GeyterXaveer De Geyter is a Belgian architect.De Geyter was born in Doornik, Belgium.He spent ten years at office for metropolitan architecture with Rem Koolhaas, where he worked on projects such as the Villa dall'ava in Paris, "urban design, melun sénart paris", the sea terminal in Zeebrugge, the zkm...
(born 1957) - Paul HankarPaul HankarPaul Hankar was a Belgian architect and designer who, along with Victor Horta and Henry Van de Velde, is considered one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Brussels at the turn of the twentieth century.-Formative Studies: Hankar was born at Frameries. He began his...
(1859–1901) - Victor HortaVictor HortaVictor, Baron Horta was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that...
(1861–1947) - Paul SaintenoyPaul SaintenoyPaul Saintenoy was a Belgian architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer.Born in Ixelles, in the Brussels-Capital Region, he was the son of an architect. He began studying architecture in Antwerp in 1881 then returned home to complete his training in Brussels...
(1862–1952) - Gustave StrauvenGustave StrauvenGustave Strauven was a Belgian architect. His father was a gardener from Limbourg and he died in World War I. He was an art nouveau architect and he liked to use new technologies. He created more than 30 buildings, incorporating wrought iron floral motifs.He started in Victor Horta's bureau when...
(1878–1919) - Henry Van de VeldeHenry van de VeldeHenry Clemens Van de Velde was a Belgian Flemish painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium...
(1863–1957) - Bob Van ReethBob Van ReethBob Van Reeth , who usually signs as bOb Van Reeth, is a Belgian architect.-Biography:Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in Mechelen and Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst in Antwerp...
- Jules WabbesJules WabbesJules Wabbes was a Belgian interior architect. Born in Brussels, Wabbes began his career as an actor and after several other jobs eventually opened an antiques and decoration shop in Brussels...
(1919–1974) - Hendrik BeyaertHendrik BeyaertHendrik Beyaert or Henri Beyaert was a Belgian architect.He was born in Kortrijk, Belgium on 29 July 1823 and died in Brussels 22 January 1894. He is considered one of the most important Belgian architects of the 19th-century....
Authors
- Michel de KemmeterMichel de KemmeterMichel de Kemmeter is a Belgian entrepreneur from Ghent and author of books. He started in the field of construction material and since 2005 write about Personal Development, Intangible Assets and Human Sustainable Development.---...
(born 1964) - Nicolas AncionNicolas AncionNicolas Ancion is a Belgian writer born in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, in 1971. His parents were professional puppeteers.He writes fiction for adults, young adults and children and is the author of several theater plays and poetry collections...
(born 1971) - Gentil Theodoor AntheunisGentil Theodoor AntheunisGentil Theodoor Antheunis was a Flemish poet. He was the son-in-law of Hendrik Conscience, whose only daughter Maria he married in 1870. He was born in Oudenaarde....
(1840–1907) - Pieter AspePieter AspePieter Aspe is a Belgian/Flemish writer of a series of detective stories starring inspector Van In.-Novels:-See also:* Flemish literature...
(born 1953) - Henry BauchauHenry BauchauHenry Bauchau is a Belgian psychoanalyst, and author of French language prose and poetry.In 1936, he became a trial lawyer in Brussels.He was a member of the Resistance in the Ardennes.From 1945 to 1951 he worked in publishing...
(born 1913) - Jean-Marie BerckmansJean-Marie BerckmansJean-Marie Henri Berckmans was a Flemish cult writer.Born in Leopoldsburg, Berckmans was a punk poet but became ill. He left Belgium to become a businessman in Italy before falling ill again. He then returned to Belgium where he resumed his literary career. His work has been compared with William...
- Anton BergmannAnton BergmannAnton Bergmann was a Belgian writer and a liberal Flemish activist. Already during his youth he was fond of Dutch literature, and together with Julius Vuylsteke, he was a member of 't zal wel gaan, a Flemish cultural and liberal organization...
(1835–1874) - Philipp Blommaert (1809–1871)
- Louis Paul BoonLouis Paul BoonLouis Paul Boon was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language...
(1912–1979) - Herman BrusselmansHerman BrusselmansHerman Frans Martha Brusselmans is a Flemish novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent.Herman Brusselmans studied Dutch and English at the University of Ghent. In his early twenties he was a successful football player. He played for Vigor Hamme and SK Lokeren. He now has his own...
(born 1957) - Cyriel BuysseCyriel BuysseCyrillus Gustave Emile "Cyriel", Baron Buysse was a Flemish naturalist author and playwright. He also wrote under following pseudonyms: Louis Bonheyden, Prosper Van Hove and Robert Palmer.-Biography:...
(1859–1932) - Emile CammaertsÉmile CammaertsÉmile Leon Cammaerts was a Belgian poet.He became Professor of Belgian Studies at the University of London in 1933, and his papers are held there in Senate House Library....
(1878–1953) - Ernest ClaesErnest ClaesAndreas Ernestus Josephus Claes was a Flemish author.Some of his works are written under the pseudonym G...
(1885–1968) - Hugo ClausHugo ClausHugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director...
(1929–2008) - Hendrik ConscienceHendrik ConscienceHenri "Hendrik" Conscience was a Belgian writer. He was a pioneer in writing in Dutch after the secession from the Netherlands in 1830 left Belgium a mostly French speaking country....
(1812–1883) - Julio CortázarJulio CortázarJulio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...
, ArgentinianArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
writer born in Brussels - Joanna CourtmansJoanna CourtmansJoanna Courtmans, born Joanna-Desideria Berchmans was a Flemish writer.Her father was mayor of Oudegem, and she spent her first years at the local village school, after which she, at the age of nine, was sent to a boarding school in Wallonia...
(1811–1890) - Fernand CrommelynckFernand CrommelynckFernand Crommelynck was a Belgian dramatist. He was born into a family of actors, the child of a French mother and a Belgian father and he himself was also an actor...
- Johan DaisneJohan DaisneJohan Daisne was the pseudonym of Flemish author Herman Thiery . Born in Ghent, Belgium, he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics and Slavic languages at Ghent University, receiving his doctorate in 1936...
- Jacques DanoisJacques DanoisJacques Danois, pseudonym of Jacques Maricq was a reporter and writer who was director of information at UNICEF....
(1927-2008) - Johan Michiel DautzenbergJohan Michiel DautzenbergJohan Michiel Dautzenberg was a Belgian writer. Professionally he was successively secretary, clerk, teacher, private teacher, and bookkeeper....
(1808–1869) - Herman de ConinckHerman de ConinckHerman de Coninck was a Flemish poet, essayist, journalist and publisher.-Life:Herman de Coninck was born in Mechelen, Belgium, where his parents ran a Catholic bookshop. He attended the Sint-Rombouts College in Mechelen where he contributed to the school newspaper...
(1944–1997) - Charles De CosterCharles De CosterCharles-Theodore-Henri De Coster was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature....
(1827–1879) - Julius de GeyterJulius de GeyterJulius De Geyter was a Flemish writer. He started his career as a teacher and journalist. In 1874, he became director of the Bank van Lening in Antwerp. Together with J.F.J. Heremans and E. Zetternam he founded the literary illustrated magazine "De Vlaamsche School" , which existed from 1855 until...
(1830–1905) - Michel De GhelderodeMichel De GhelderodeMichel de Ghelderode was an avant-garde Belgian dramatist, writing in French.-Career:...
(1898–1962) - Lodewijk de KoninckLodewijk de KoninckLodewijk De Koninck was a Flemish writer.He studied at the school for teachers Lier and became a teacher in Antwerp. Later he became an inspector of the Catholic primary schools and a teacher at the school for teachers in Mechelen.As a writer he wrote poems which reflected his strict catholic belief...
(1838–1924) - Gilbert DelahayeGilbert DelahayeGilbert Delahaye was a Belgian author. He is best known for the Martine books, a series of illustrated children's stories he prepared with artist Marcel Marlier.-In popular culture:...
- Patricia de MartelaerePatricia de MartelaerePatricia De Martelaere was a Flemish writer. She was born in Zottegem, Belgium. She graduated in philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...
- Pol de MontCharles Polydore de MontCharles Polydore de Mont or Pol de Mont was a Belgian writer and poet.After his secondary education, in French, at Ninove, he went to the Klein seminarie in Mechelen. Here he wrote his first poems, which he published in one volume as Klimoprankske...
(1857–1931) - Filip De PillecynFilip De PillecynFilip De Pillecyn was a Belgian writer, and a member of the right-wing Flemish movement. He was born at Hamme, and died in Ghent.-Biography:* Pastor Denys * Monseigneur Bermijn de Paulus van Ortosland...
(1891–1962) - Paul De WispelaerePaul De WispelaerePaul de Wispelaere is a Flemish writer.Born in Bruges, he attended high school at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Brussels, where he graduated in Greek-Latin. He studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent and obtained a PhD in 1974...
- Christine D'HaenChristine D'HaenChristine D'haen was a Flemish author and poet. She was born in Sint-Amandsberg and died at Bruges....
- Neel DoffNeel DoffCornelia Hubertina Doff was an author of Dutch origin living and working in Belgium and mainly writing in French...
(1858–1942) - Maria DoolaegheMaria DoolaegheMaria Doolaeghe was a Flemish writer.-Bibliography:* Nederduitsche letteroefeningen * Madelieven * De avondlamp...
(1803–1884) - Gaston DurnezGaston DurnezGaston Cyriel Durnez is a Flemish journalist and writer. He worked for the newspaper De Standaard, and he is one of the founders of the Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging.-Bibliography:* Muzenissen * Rijmenam...
(1928 – ) - Georges EekhoudGeorges EekhoudGeorges Eekhoud was a Belgian novelist of Flemish descent, but writing in French.Eekhoud was a regionalist best known for his ability to represent scenes from rural and urban daily life. He tended to portray the dark side of human desire and write about social outcasts and the working...
- Willem ElsschotWillem ElsschotWillem Elsschot , was a Flemish writer and poet . A few of his works have been translated into English.-Life:...
- Jef GeeraertsJef GeeraertsJef Geeraerts is a Flemish writer. He was a colonial administrator in Belgian Congo. On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium. During the next six years he was paid by the government . After that time he needed...
- Guido GezelleGuido GezelleGuido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle was an influential Flemish language writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium.- Life :...
- Marnix GijsenMarnix GijsenMarnix Gijsen 20 October 1899 - 29 September 1984) was a Flemish writer. His real name was Joannes Alphonsius Albertus Goris, his pseudonym relates to Marnix van Sint Aldegonde and the surname of his mother .-Early years:...
(1899–1984) - Maurice GilliamsMaurice GilliamsMaurice, Baron Gilliams was a Flemish writer and poet. He was the son of printer Frans Gilliams, and he learned to be a typographer. On 27 August 1935, he married Gabriëlle Baelemans, but they separated soon thereafter, although a divorce would not take place until 1976 due to the resistance of...
- Jacqueline HarpmanJacqueline HarpmanJacqueline Harpman is a Belgian writer who writes in French. She also works as a psychoanalyst and lives in Brussels.-Works:* L'Amour et l'acacia - 1958* Brève Arcadie - 1959...
- Kristien HemmerechtsKristien HemmerechtsKristien Hemmerechts is a Belgian writer.-Life:Kristien Hemmerechts studied Germanic philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . Afterwards, she studied literary science in Amsterdam for a year. In Amsterdam she met her first husband—who was...
- Stefan HertmansStefan HertmansStefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He is head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University...
- Hubert LampoHubert LampoHubert Leon Lampo was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is...
- Tom LanoyeTom LanoyeTom Lanoye [lan-WA] is a Belgian novelist and poet who works in Antwerp and Cape Town . He gained widespread popularity in the early 1980s as part of the new generation of young Flemish novelists that included Herman Brusselmans and Kristien Hemmerechts...
- Karel Lodewijk LedeganckKarel Lodewijk LedeganckKarel Lodewijk Ledeganck was a Flemish writer. He was of humble origin, but became extraordinary Professor at the University of Ghent...
(1805–1847) - Camille LemonnierCamille LemonnierAntoine Louis Camille Lemonnier was a Belgian writer, poet and journalist. He was a member of the Symbolist La Jeune Belgique group, but his best known works are realist. His first work was Salon de Bruxelles , a collection of art criticism...
- Suzanne LilarSuzanne LilarSuzanne, Baroness Lilar was a Flemish Belgian essayist, novelist, and playwright writing in French...
– essayist, novelist, and playwright (1901–1992) - Rosalie LovelingRosalie LovelingRosalie Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels and essays.-Biography:Rosalie Loveling was born in Nevele, Belgium, and was the older sister of Virginie Loveling, also an author, with whom she co-wrote part of her oeuvre...
(1834–1875) - Virginie LovelingVirginie LovelingVirginie Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W.E.C Walter.- Biography :...
(1836–1923) - Maurice MaeterlinckMaurice MaeterlinckMaurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life...
– Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
1911 - Marcel MariënMarcel MariënMarcel Mariën was a Belgian surrealist , poet, essayist, photographer, collagist, filmmaker, and maker of objects....
– surrealistSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.... - Bob MendesBob MendesDavid Mendes pseudonym Bob Mendes is a Belgian accountant and writer of detective stories. He graduated in accountancy, fiscal duties and business administration and started his professional career as an accountant....
- Pierre MertensPierre MertensPierre Mertens is a Belgian French-speaking writer and 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.Influenced by Franz Kafka, Mertens started to publish...
- Henri MichauxHenri MichauxHenri Michaux was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian-born poet, writer, and painter who wrote in French. He later took French citizenship. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his body of work includes poetry, travelogues, and art criticism...
– poet and painter - Ivo MichielsIvo MichielsHenri Ceuppens , pseudonym Ivo Michiels is a Belgian writer. In 1965, he married Christiane Faes. In 1979, he established himself he as full-time writer in the Vaucluse ....
- Erwin MortierErwin MortierErwin Mortier is a Belgian author, originally writing in Dutch. He lived his youth in a village near Ghent, later moving to the city itself....
– novelist, essayist, poet. - Alice NahonAlice NahonAlice Nahon was a Flemish poet from Antwerp.-Biography:She was the third child in a family of eleven children. Her father was born in the Netherlands but of French descent, and her mother, Julia Gijsemans, was born in Putte, nearby Mechelen, where Alice spent much time during her childhood...
- Leonard NolensLeonard NolensLeon Helena Sylvain Nolens , pseudonym Leonard Nolens, is a Belgian poet and diary writer. He graduated from the Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken in Antwerp.Nolens lives and works in Antwerp...
- Amélie NothombAmélie NothombAmélie Nothomb is a Belgian writer who writes in French.- Biography :Amélie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats. She lived there until she was five years old, and then subsequently lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, Coventry and Laos...
- Pierre NothombPierre NothombPierre, Baron Nothomb was a Belgian writer and right-wing politician. Well known for his varied output of fiction Nothomb also came to prominence with a number of reactionary and near-fascist movements before the Second World War...
- Paul NougéPaul NougéPaul Nougé was a Belgian poet, philosopher and surrealist photographer who heavily influenced the Belgian Surrealist School of which he was a member....
– surrealistSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.... - Octave PirmezOctave PirmezOctave Pirmez , a Belgian author, was born at Châtelineau.-Life:He belonged to a well-known Belgian family, and his cousin, Edouard Pirmez, was distinguished for his works on literary and political subjects...
- Charles PlisnierCharles PlisnierCharles Plisnier was a Belgian writer from Wallonia. He was a Communist in his youth and briefly belonged to the Trotskyist movement in the late 1920s....
(Prix Goncourt 1937) - Sophie PodolskiSophie PodolskiSophie Podolski was a Belgian poet and graphic artist. She published only one book during her short lifetime, Le pays où tout est permis , in which the poems were reproduced in her own artistic handwriting...
(1953-1974) - Anne ProvoostAnne ProvoostAnne Provoost Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964 in the Belgian town of Poperinge, is a Flemish author who now lives in Antwerp with her husband and three children.-Career:...
- Jean Ray (pseudonym for Raymundus Joannes de Kremer (1887–1964)
- Frans RensFrans RensFrans Rens was a Flemish writer.From 1823 up to 1843, he was an inspector of gold and silver work at Ghent, and head of lower education for the school area Lokeren.-Source:...
(1805–1874) - Albrecht RodenbachAlbrecht RodenbachAlbrecht Rodenbach was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature that occurred in the late 19th Century. He is more noteworthy as a symbol of the Flemish movement, than for his actual activities, since he died at the age of 23...
- Georges RodenbachGeorges RodenbachGeorges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach was a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist.- Biography :Georges Rodenbach was born in Tournai to a French mother and a German father from the Rhineland . He went to school in Ghent at the prestigious Sint-Barbaracollege, where he became friends with the poet...
– Symbolist poet and novelist - Maria RosseelsMaria RosseelsMaria, Baroness Rosseels , also known with her pen name E. M. Vervliet, was a Belgian Catholic writer. The first years of her life, she lived in the Goedendagstraat in Borgerhout. When Maria was 7 years old, the family moved to Oostmalle, where she already started to write...
(1916–2005) - Ward RuyslinckWard RuyslinckRaymond De Belser , pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, is a Flemish writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic family. During the war the family moved to Mortsel.-Early life:At age 12, he had...
- Georges SimenonGeorges SimenonGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
- Jan Lambrecht Domien SleeckxJan Lambrecht Domien SleeckxJan Lambrecht Domien Sleeckx or Dominicus Jan Lambrecht , was a Flemish writer. He started his career as a notary clerk and a journalist, in 1861 he became a teacher of Dutch in Lier and later head school inspector of primary schools.He started his literary career with the romantic Kronyken der...
(1818–1901) - Ferdinand Augustijn SnellaertFerdinand Augustijn SnellaertFerdinand Augustijn Snellaert was a Flemish writer. He studied medicine at the University of Utrecht and became officer of health in the Dutch army . After his dismissal, he graduated in medicine at the University of Ghent , and became a general practitioner in Ghent...
(1809–1872) - August SniedersAugust SniedersAugust Snieders was a Flemish journalist and writer. He started his career in's-Hertogenbosch, but later moved to Antwerp. In 1845, he became editor of the newspaper Het Handelsblad, of which he was head editor from 1849 until 1899...
(1825–1904) - Jan Renier SniedersJan Renier SniedersJan Renier Snieders , a brother of August Snieders, was a Flemish writer. He studied medicine in Leuven, and in 1838 he settled as a physician in Turnhout, where he did much to promote literature and for which reason he founded the society De Dageraad...
(1812–1888) - Reimond StijnsReimond StijnsReimond Stijns was a Belgian writer.He started his professional career as a teacher in 1870, first in Bevere , and afterwards back in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. In 1883, he became study master, later teacher Dutch at the Koninklijk athenaeum in Brussels...
(1850–1905) - Stijn StreuvelsStijn StreuvelsStijn Streuvels, born Franciscus Petrus Maria Lateur, is a Flemish writer. He was born on 3 October 1871 in Heule, Kortrijk, and died in Ingooigem, Anzegem on 15 August 1969 at the age of 98. In 1905 he married Alida Staelens. They had 4 children: Paula , Paul , Dina and Isa...
- Herman TeirlinckHerman TeirlinckHerman Louis Cesar Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, 24 February 1879- Beersel-Lot, 4 February 1967, was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels...
- Isidoor TeirlinckIsidoor TeirlinckIsidoor Teirlinck was a Belgian writer. He is best known for his work on folklore.Isidoor Teirlinck went to school in Lier. He married with Oda van Nieuwenhove and he was the father of the writer Herman Teirlinck...
(1851–1934) - Jotie T'HooftJotie T'HooftJohan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft was a Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet.His life and death by overdose were made into a movie, the English title Junkie's Sorrow.-Life:Jotie T'Hooft was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium...
- Felix TimmermansFelix TimmermansLeopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans is a much translated author of Flanders.Timmermans was born in the Belgian city of Lier, as the thirteenth of fourteen children in the family. He died in Lier, aged 60. He was an autodidact, and wrote plays, historical novels, religious works, and poems. His...
- Jan van BeersJan van BeersJan van Beers was Flemish poet born in Antwerp. He is usually referred to as "van Beers the elder" to distinguish him from his son, Jan van Beers, the painter....
(1821–1888) - Jos VandelooJos VandelooJosephus Albertus "Jos" Vandeloo is a Belgian writer and poet. He grew up in a mining family and graduated as a chemist for the mining industry....
- Walter van den BroeckWalter van den BroeckWalter Stefaan Karel van den Broeck is a Belgian writer and playwright. He graduated as a teacher in Dutch and History , and he started his career as a teacher....
- Karel van de WoestijneKarel van de WoestijneKarel van de Woestijne was a Flemish writer and brother of the painter Gustave van de Woestijne. He went to highschool at the Koninklijk Athenaeum at the Ottogracht in Ghent. He also studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent, where he came into contact with French symbolism...
- Prudens van DuysePrudens van DuysePrudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse was a Flemish writer. He started his career a clerk of a notary, but afterwards studied law at the University of Ghent, where he graduated in 1832. In 1836, he became the archivist of the city of Ghent...
(1804–1859) - Raoul VaneigemRaoul VaneigemRaoul Vaneigem is a Belgian writer and philosopher. He was born in Lessines . After studying romance philology at the Free University of Brussels from 1952 to 1956, he participated in the Situationist International from 1961 to 1970...
- Peter Frans Van KerckhovenPeter Frans Van KerckhovenPieter Frans van Kerckhoven was a Flemish writer and one of the leaders of the early Flemish movement. He was the son of a broker, and his well-off birth allowed him a decent education...
(1818–1857) - Jacob van MaerlantJacob van MaerlantJacob van Maerlant was the greatest Flemish poet of the thirteenth century and one of the most important Middle Dutch authors during the Middle Ages.-Biography:...
- Paul Van OstaijenPaul van OstaijenPaul van Ostaijen was a Flemish poet and writer.Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp. His nickname was Mister 1830, because of his habit of walking along the streets of Antwerp clothed as a dandy from that year....
- Jan Theodoor van RijswijckJan Theodoor van RijswijckJan Theodoor van Rijswijck was a Flemish writer. He was an uncle of the politician Jan Van Rijswijck....
(1811–1849) - Anton van WilderodeAnton van WilderodeCyriel Paul Coupé , pseudonym Anton van Wilderode was a Belgian writer and poet.Coupé was born in Moerbeke-Waas. He was ordained as a priest on 21 May 1944, and graduated in Classical philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...
(1918–1998) - Emile VerhaerenEmile VerhaerenEmile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism....
- Peter VerhelstPeter VerhelstPeter Verhelst is a Belgian Flemish novelist, poet, and dramatist. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for Tongkat. His latest novel is a political thriller, Zwerm.- Life :...
- Dimitri VerhulstDimitri VerhulstDimitri Verhulst is a Belgian writer and poet. He currently lives and works in Huccorgne.-Biography:Dimitri Verhulst comes from a broken home and spent his childhood in foster homes and institutes. As a writer, he made his debut in 1999 with a collection of stories, De kamer hiernaast about his...
- August VermeylenAugust VermeylenAugust Vermeylen was a Belgian writer and literature critic. In 1893 he founded the journal Van Nu en Straks . He studied history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles , and became a professor of literature and of art history at the ULB...
(1872–1945) - Gerard WalschapGerard WalschapJacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap , was a Belgian writer.-Early life:He went to highschool at the Klein seminarie in Hoogstraten, and later in Asse. His Flemish awareness was in these days encouraged by the priest and poet Jan Hammenecker...
- Francois WeyergansFrançois WeyergansFrançois Weyergans is a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France...
- Jan Frans WillemsJan Frans WillemsJan Frans Willems , Flemish writer and father of the Flemish movement.Willems was born in the Belgian city of Boechout, while that was under French occupation. He started his career in the office of a notary in Antwerp....
(1793–1846) - Marguerite YourcenarMarguerite YourcenarMarguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy Seat 3.-Biography:Yourcenar was born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie...
, French novelist born in Belgium
Businesspeople and economists
- Michel de KemmeterMichel de KemmeterMichel de Kemmeter is a Belgian entrepreneur from Ghent and author of books. He started in the field of construction material and since 2005 write about Personal Development, Intangible Assets and Human Sustainable Development.---...
(born 1964) - Luc BertrandLuc BertrandLuc Bertrand is a Belgian businessman. He is at present the CEO of Ackermans & van Haaren, which is business concern active in construction, dredging, and environmental services, human resources services, financial services, and private equity...
- Philippus Jacobus BrepolsPhilippus Jacobus BrepolsPhilippus Jacobus Brepols was a Belgian businessman and founder of the Brepols printing family-business in Turnhout, Belgium.In 1795, Pieter Corbeels, a printer from Leuven moved together with his assistant Philippus Jacobus Brepols, to Turnhout, possibly to flee the French military which occupied...
(1778–1845) - Marc CouckeMarc CouckeMarc Coucke is a Belgian businessman. He studied pharmacology at the University of Ghent and obtained a Master in General Management from the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School....
- Étienne DavignonÉtienne DavignonÉtienne Francois Jacques Davignon, Viscount Davignon is a Belgian politician, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission.-Career:...
- Édouard-Jean EmpainÉdouard-Jean EmpainBaron Édouard-Jean Empain is a French-Belgian industrialist, mostly known by the general public for his kidnapping in 1978.Between 1969 and 1981, Baron Empain was CEO of the Schneider group....
- George Arthur Forrest
- Albert FrèreAlbert FrèreAlbert, Baron Frère is a Belgian businessman and the richest man in Belgium....
– self made businessman - Alexandre GalopinAlexandre GalopinAlexandre Galopin was a Belgian businessman. He was director of the Société Générale de Belgique, a large Belgian company founded in 1822 by William I....
(1879–1944) – director of the Société Générale de BelgiqueSociété Générale de BelgiqueThe Société Générale de Belgique was one of the largest companies that ever existed in Belgium. It was founded in 1822 by William I, and existed until 2003, when its then sole shareholder, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, merged it with Tractebel to form Suez-Tractebel.-History:As part of the terms of the... - Silvio GesellSilvio GesellSilvio Gesell was a German merchant, theoretical economist, social activist, anarchist and founder of Freiwirtschaft.-Life:...
- Lieven GevaertLieven GevaertLieven Gevaert was a Flemish industrialist. His father died when he was only three years old. He started his career in the company he founded together with his mother in 1889, which produced photographic paper according to traditional methods...
- Jean-Pierre HansenJean-Pierre Hansen (CEO)Jean-Pierre Hansen is a Belgian corporate executive. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee and Senior Executive Vice-President of Suez, in charge of Operations.- Career :...
(born 1948) – CEOChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of ElectrabelElectrabelElectrabel is a Belgium-based energy corporation. It is a subsidiary of GDF Suez.-History:Electrabel was established in 1905. Its actual name originates from 1990, after the regrouping of the companies Intercom, Ebes and Unerg.... - Rob HeyvaertRob HeyvaertRob Heyvaert is a Belgian businessman. He is the founder, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Company, commonly known as Capco, a consultancy...
– founder of Capco - Georges JacobsGeorges JacobsGeorges, count Jacobs de Hagen is a leading Belgian businessman.Jacobs obtained a PhD degree in Law and a Licentiate in Economics from the Universite Catholique de Louvain...
- André LeysenAndré LeysenAndré Leysen is a Belgian businessman. In 1951, he married Anne Ahlers, daughter of a shipping family from Bremen, Germany. Together they have four children: Bettina, Christian, Thomas, and Sabina...
and his sons Christian LeysenChristian LeysenChristian Leysen is a Belgian businessman. He obtained a Commercial engineer - Masters degree in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1976. There he was president of the fraternity "$olvay" in 1974-1975 . Christian Leysen developed several Belgian ventures to large international companies...
and Thomas LeysenThomas LeysenThomas Leysen is a Belgian businessman. He obtained a law degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Thomas Leysen became Chairman of Umicore in November 2008 after having served as Chief Executive Officer of Umicore since 2000. Since April 2011 he is a member of the board of KBC Group, a... - Maurice LippensMaurice Lippens (businessman)Maurice Robert Josse Marie Ghislain, Count Lippens is a Belgian businessman. He is the grandson of Maurice Lippens .-Education:...
- Alfred LowensteinAlfred LowensteinAlfred Lowenstein , CB, was a Belgian soldier, aviator, sportsman, and one of the most powerful businessmen during the early decades of the 20th century.-Early life and business career:...
(1877–1928), soldier, aviator, sportsman, entrepreneur - Gustave de MolinariGustave de MolinariGustave de Molinari was an economist born in Belgium associated with French laissez-faire liberal economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille. Living in Paris, in the 1840s, he took part in the "Ligue pour la Liberté des Échanges" , animated by Frédéric Bastiat...
– economist - Georges NagelmackersGeorges NagelmackersGeorges Nagelmackers was the founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company known for the Orient Express trains....
- Philippe van ParijsPhilippe Van ParijsPhilippe Van Parijs is a Belgian philosopher and political economist, mainly known as a proponent and main defender of the basic income concept.-Education:...
- Bruno van Pottelsberghe (born 1968)
- Eric GhyselsEric GhyselsEric Ghysels is an economist with particular interest in finance and time series econometrics who works in the field of financial econometrics and is currently the Edward M...
Criminals
- Denis L. FeronDenis L. FeronDenis Lucien Emile Feron is former owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Midwestern copper smelter, Chemetco. He was born in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Belgium.-Early life:...
, former CEO of ChemetcoChemetcoChemetco was formerly one of the largest United States refiners of copper from recycled or residual sources.Its maximum output of 120,000 tons per year was approximately half of the entire U.S...
who fled the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to avoid environmental charges - Nordine Ben AllalNordine Ben AllalNordine Ben Allal is a Belgian criminal of Moroccan origin who was condemned for a 27-year prison sentence in June 2004. In October 2007 he made headlines when he used a helicopter to escape from prison.-Escape Attempts:...
– multiple escapes - Madani BouhoucheMadani BouhoucheMadani Bouhouche was a former Belgian gendarme with the Belgian Gendarmerie, convicted in 1995 for various crimes, including two murders.-Life and career:...
- Pierre CarettePierre CarettePierre Carette was the leader of the Belgian extreme-left terrorist group Communist Combatant Cells or CCC. Although Carette was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment for terrorist attacks, he was released in 2003...
– terroristTerrorismTerrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition... - Marc DutrouxMarc DutrouxMarc Dutroux is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 and 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein,...
– rapistRapeRape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
and serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification... - Patrick HaemersPatrick HaemersPatrick Haemers was a Belgian criminal. He was head of the gang which kidnapped former Belgian prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants from January 14, 1989 to February 13, 1989...
- Murat Kaplan
- Hans Van ThemscheHans Van ThemscheHans Van Themsche was, at age 18, a student who, in the city of Antwerp, shot three people; life-threateningly injuring one and killing two, before being stopped by a police bullet...
- Robert Jan VerbelenRobert Jan VerbelenRobert Jan Verbelen was a Belgian Nazi collaborator. After the liberation of Belgium in the Second World War, Verbelen fled through Germany to Austria, where for eight years he worked for the Counter Intelligence Corps of the US Army, while he already was convicted as war criminal in Belgium...
(1911–1990) – Nazi collaboratorCollaborationismCollaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
and murderer of businessman Alexandre GalopinAlexandre GalopinAlexandre Galopin was a Belgian businessman. He was director of the Société Générale de Belgique, a large Belgian company founded in 1822 by William I.... - Kim De Gelder
Fictional characters
- Dr. EvilDr. EvilDr. Evil is a fictional character, played by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers film series. He is the antagonist of the movies, and Austin Powers' nemesis. He is a parody of James Bond villains, primarily Donald Pleasence's Ernst Stavro Blofeld . Dr...
– main villainVillainA villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters...
in the Austin PowersAustin Powers (film series)The Austin Powers series is a series of action-comedy films written by and starring Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay Roach and distributed by New Line Cinema...
films. - Jo, Zette and JockoJo, Zette and JockoThe Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a comic book series created by Hergé, the Belgian writer-artist who was best known for The Adventures of Tintin...
– Belgian by their creator at least (HergéHergéGeorges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
) - Hercule PoirotHercule PoirotHercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.Poirot has been portrayed on...
(Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
) – a private detective. - TintinThe Adventures of TintinThe Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
– reporterJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A... - Samson en GertSamson en GertSamson en Gert was a Flemish-Belgian children's television series produced by Gert Verhulst, Danny Verbiest and Hans Bourlon, the driving forces behind Studio 100. This successful production company is responsible for Bumba, Big en Betsy , Kabouter Plop, Piet Piraat, K3 and several family-musicals...
– characters from a popular Flemish television series. - HoplaHoplaHopla is a Flemish 3D animation cartoon for toddlers, created by Bert Smets in 1999, and produced by Bert Smets Productions. The cartoon features the rabbit Hopla and his friends – the pig Onki, the bear Nina, and the kitten Lola....
– 3D character from educational series with the same name. - Suske en WiskeSpike and SuzySpike and Suzy, the British title for Suske en Wiske in Dutch, is a comics series created by the Belgian comics author Willy Vandersteen. The strip is known as Bob et Bobette in French and Willy and Wanda in the U.S. It was first published in De Nieuwe Standaard in 1945 and soon became popular...
- Largo WinchLargo WinchLargo Winch is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis.The principal character is Largo Winch whose birth name is Largo Winczlav. Other important characters include Nerio Winch , senior Group W executives John D. Sullivan and Dwight E...
– Belgian by its creator at least - XIII – Belgian by its creator at least
- ThorgalThorgalThorgal is a critically acclaimed Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński. It first appeared in serial form in the "Tintin" magazine in 1977, and has been published in hardcover volumes by Le Lombard from 1980 on...
– Belgian by its creator at least - Gaston LagaffeGaston LagaffeGaston is a comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the comic strip magazine, Spirou. The series focuses on the every-day life of Gaston Lagaffe, a lazy and accident-prone office junior...
– cartoon character by (André FranquinAndré FranquinAndré Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...
) - Spirou et FantasioSpirou et FantasioSpirou et Fantasio is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix...
– cartoon character by (André FranquinAndré FranquinAndré Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...
) - Achilles de FlandresAchilles de FlandresAchilles de Flandres is a major character and the primary antagonist in Orson Scott Card's Shadow series . It is part of the universe created in the novel and short story Ender's Game...
– Antagonist in Orson Scott CardOrson Scott CardOrson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...
's Shadow series. - Nero – comic book character by Marc Sleen
- Smurfs – cartoon characters by Peyo
- Snorks – cartoon characters by Nic Broca
- JommekeJommekeJommeke is the name of a Flemish comic book series and of its main character. It deals with the adventures of Jommeke, a boy of about 11 years old and his friends. The creator of Jommeke was Jef Nys.-History:...
- comic book character by Jef Nys - Remy Baudouin - friend and World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
co-veteran of Indiana JonesIndiana JonesColonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
in The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...
Historians
- Philippe de ComminesPhilippe de ComminesPhilippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times"...
- François-Louis GanshofFrançois-Louis GanshofFrançois-Louis Ganshof was a Belgian medievalist. After studies at the Athénée Royal, he came to the University of Ghent, where he came under the influence of Henri Pirenne. After studies with Ferdinand Lot, he practiced law for a period, before returning to the University of Ghent...
- Xavier MabilleXavier MabilleXavier Mabille is a Belgian historian and political scientist. He is a former president of the Belgium-based Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques in Brussels. In the 1990s , he was a notable political commentator in Belgium.-External links:* *...
- Ludo MartensLudo MartensLudo Martens was a Belgian historian noted for his work on francophone Africa and the Soviet Union. Martens wrote on the political history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he has lived and travelled extensively....
- Anne MorelliAnne MorelliAnne Morelli is a Belgian historian with Italian origins, specialized in the history of religions and minorities. She is currently assistant director of the Interdisciplinary center for study of religion and secularism of the Université Libre de Bruxelles , where she is a teacher.Morelli claims she...
- Henri PirenneHenri PirenneHenri Pirenne was a Belgian historian. A medievalist of Walloon descent, he wrote a multivolume history of Belgium in French and became a national hero....
- Pierre François Xavier de RamPierre François Xavier de RamPierre François Xavier de Ram , was a Belgian churchman, and historian, best known for being the first rector of the new Catholic University of Mechlin and then of the new Catholic University of Leuven .-Biography:De Ram entered the seminary at Mechelen, where he was ordained in 1827...
- Jan VansinaJan VansinaJan Vansina is a historian and anthropologist specializing in Africa. He is the foremost authority on the history of the peoples of Central Africa.-Biography:...
Humorists
- Philippe GeluckPhilippe GeluckPhilippe Geluck is a comedian, humorist and cartoonist. He studied at the INSAS...
- Noël GodinNoël GodinNoël Godin is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious cream pie flinger or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with cream pies...
, "l'entartreur", aka Monsieur Gloup-Gloup - Geert HosteGeert HosteGeert Hoste is a Flemish cabaret performer.Since 1993 Geert Hoste is one of the most successful theatre authors and performers in Flanders. His entire works have been filmed and aired on television and radio. His books and DVDs are scoring high in the bestseller lists...
- Lieven ScheireLieven ScheireLieven Scheire is a Belgian comedian, mainly known for being a member of Neveneffecten.-Career:He followed secondary education at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren. After this, he took part in a year long AFS cultural exchange to Iceland...
- Urbain Servranckx (Urbanus)UrbanusUrbain Servranckx , also known as Urbain and Urbanus van Anus, is a Belgian stand-up comedian, actor, singer and comic book writer.-Career:...
- Wouter DeprezWouter DeprezWouter Deprez is a Flemish comedian and cabaretier. In 2003 he won Humo's Comedy Cup and in 2005 he won the TV quiz De Slimste Mens.-Shows:* Schellekes * Moest ik van u zijn...
- Alex AgnewAlex AgnewAlex Agnew is a Belgian stand up comedian. In February 2003 Alex was the first Belgian to win the prestigious Leids Cabaret Festival.After this initial success he has been performing in comedy shows like De Bovenste Plank and Comedy Casino on the Belgian television channel Canvas.Alex is the son of...
Military figures
- AmbiorixAmbiorixAmbiorix was, together with Catuvolcus, prince of the Eburones, leader of a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul , where modern Belgium is located...
– GaulGaulGaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
ish warlord - Baldwin I of JerusalemBaldwin I of JerusalemBaldwin I of Jerusalem, formerly Baldwin I of Edessa, born Baldwin of Boulogne , 1058? – 2 April 1118, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade, who became the first Count of Edessa and then the second ruler and first titled King of Jerusalem...
– CrusaderFirst CrusadeThe First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...
, King of Jerusalem - Baldwin I of ConstantinopleBaldwin I of ConstantinopleBaldwin I , the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, as Baldwin IX Count of Flanders and as Baldwin VI Count of Hainaut, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Fourth Crusade, which resulted in the capture of Constantinople, the conquest of the greater part of the Byzantine...
– CrusaderFourth CrusadeThe Fourth Crusade was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire...
, first Latin Emperor - Jean-Pierre de Beaulieu – Belgian-born Austrian GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
- Adrian Carton de WiartAdrian Carton de WiartLieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO , was a British officer of Belgian and Irish descent...
– Belgian-born British Lieutenant General - CharlemagneCharlemagneCharlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
, founder of the Frankish EmpireFrankish EmpireFrancia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire , Frankish Kingdom , Frankish Realm or occasionally Frankland, was the territory inhabited and ruled by the Franks from the 3rd to the 10th century... - Charles MartelCharles MartelCharles Martel , also known as Charles the Hammer, was a Frankish military and political leader, who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings and ruled de facto during an interregnum at the end of his life, using the title Duke and Prince of the Franks. In 739 he was offered the...
, Duke of the FranksDuke of the FranksThe title dux et princeps Francorum, or duke and prince of the Franks, was the title adopted by Pepin of Heristal after his epoch-making victory at the Battle of Tertry in 687...
, stopped the Muslim expansion at PoitiersBattle of ToursThe Battle of Tours , also called the Battle of Poitiers and in Battle of the Court of the Martyrs, was fought in an area between the cities of Poitiers and Tours, located in north-central France, near the village of Moussais-la-Bataille, about northeast of Poitiers... - Charles VCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
, Holy Roman Emperor - Clovis IClovis IClovis Leuthwig was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the leadership from a group of royal chieftains, to rule by kings, ensuring that the kingship was held by his heirs. He was also the first Catholic King to rule over Gaul . He was the son...
, King of the Franks - Lieutenant ColonelLieutenant colonelLieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
(ret'd) CountCountA count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
Henry Robert Visart de Bury et de BocarméHenry de BuryColonel Count Henry Robert Visart de Bury et de Bocarmé C.B.E. was an officer, member of the Belgian nobility, academic, and Director of Canadian Ordnance Services, France. He was born in Constance, Germany, June 11, 1872...
C.B.E. - Godfrey of BouillonGodfrey of BouillonGodfrey of Bouillon was a medieval Frankish knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087...
– CrusaderFirst CrusadeThe First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...
and first King of Jerusalem - Pepin of Herstal, Duke of the FranksDuke of the FranksThe title dux et princeps Francorum, or duke and prince of the Franks, was the title adopted by Pepin of Heristal after his epoch-making victory at the Battle of Tertry in 687...
- Pepin the Short, first Carolingian King of the Franks
- Edgard PotierEdgard PotierDominique Edgard Antoine Potier was a Belgian airforce officer during World War II who participated in a combat rescue program known as Mission Martin in Belgium and the Possum Line in France...
– Pilot during the World War II - Jean SchrammeJean SchrammeJean Schramme was a Belgian mercenary and farmer, owner of an estate of about 15 square kilometres, and boss of about 1000 indigenous workers....
, mercenaryMercenaryA mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict based on the promise of material compensation rather than having a direct interest in, or a legal obligation to, the conflict itself. A non-conscript professional member of a regular army is not considered to be a mercenary although he...
. - Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly – Field MarshalField MarshalField Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
Models
- Brigitta CallensBrigitta CallensBrigitta Callens was Miss Belgium 1999 and her country's representative to Miss World 1999.Brigitta "Gitta" Callens was born in Oudenaarde, a small town known as the jewel of the Flemish Ardennes...
- Elise CrombezElise CrombezÉlise Crombez is a Belgian fashion model. She grew up and went to school in Koksijde. She was discovered in 1999 when she decided to enter a fashion contest with a friend of hers. The contest was held in the Belgian town of Roeselaere...
- Sylvie De CaluwéSylvie De CaluwéSylvie De Caluwé is a Belgian model and television presenter, born in 1986 in Torhout, Belgium. She began modeling in the year 2000. Her career has since accelerated following a photo shoot for P Magazine...
- Véronique De KockVéronique De KockVéronique De Kock was Miss Belgium 1995 and a contestant at Miss Universe 1996.-Biography:...
(born in Antwerp) - Tanja DextersTanja DextersTanja Dexters was crowned Miss Belgium 1998 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1999 and Miss World 1998....
- Hannelore KnutsHannelore KnutsHannelore Knuts is a Belgian fashion model. She has appeared on the cover of Italian , Korean, and Japanese Vogue.-External links:...
- Anouck LepereAnouck LepereAnouck Lepere is a Belgian model.Lepere was studying architecture in Antwerp, when she was persuaded by her friends Dries van Noten and Olivier Theyskens to try modelling. She first appeared on the runways in Paris in 2000 and is currently signed with IMG Models...
, supermodelSupermodelThe term supermodel refers to a highly-paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in haute couture and commercial modeling. The term became prominent in the popular culture of the 1980s. Supermodels usually work for top fashion designers and labels...
(born in Antwerp). - Stephanie MeireStephanie MeireStephanie Meire was Miss Belgium 1993 and her country's representative at Miss World 1993. She has subsequently done acting work and hosted TV game shows including Puzzeltijd on vtm.-References:...
- Tom NuyensTom NuyensTom Nuyens was awarded the first Mister Belgium and Mister World title in 1996.He works as a model and travels all around the world.-External links:*...
, supermodelSupermodelThe term supermodel refers to a highly-paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in haute couture and commercial modeling. The term became prominent in the popular culture of the 1980s. Supermodels usually work for top fashion designers and labels...
from Antwerp, first Mister World (1996) - Ingrid ParewijckIngrid ParewijckIngrid Parewijck is a Belgium-born model who made headlines in July 2004 when she was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York City for possession of three bags of cocaine...
- Ellen PetriEllen PetriEllen Petri is a Belgian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2004 on 12 December 2003.-Biography:At nine-years-old, Petri began practicing ballet and is employed as a model and choreographer....
- Ingrid SeynhaeveIngrid SeynhaeveIngrid Seynhaeve is a Belgian model. In 1991, she won the Elite Look of the Year contest. Since then, she has appeared in advertisements for Guess?, Ralph Lauren, and Saks Fifth Avenue, in catalogs for Victoria's Secret, and on the covers of Elle, Amica, and Shape...
- Jessica Van Der SteenJessica Van Der SteenJessica Van Der Steen is a Belgian fashion model.Van Der Steen was first featured on the cover of the April 2000 edition of Ché magazine at age 16. In September 2003, she was also featured in the Dutch edition of ELLE. She then appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in both 2004 and...
(from Antwerp) - Anke VandermeerschAnke VandermeerschAnke Vandermeersch is a Flemish politician and former beauty queen.-Pageantry:Vandermeersch rose to attention in Belgium during a modelling career, becoming Miss Belgium in 1991 and representing her country at Miss World...
- Ann Van ElsenAnn Van ElsenAnn Van Elsen is a model and TV personality from Mol, Antwerp in Belgium. She was crowned Miss Belgium in 2002.- Biography :...
- Hanne Gaby OdieleHanne Gaby OdieleHanne Gaby Odiele is a Belgian model.- Early Life and Discovery :Hanne Gaby Odiele was born on 8 October 1988 in Kortrijk, Belgium. She was discovered while attending Novarock rock festival in Belgium.- Career :...
Monarchs
- Albert IAlbert I of BelgiumAlbert I reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934.-Early life:Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, he was the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen...
- Albert IIAlbert II of BelgiumAlbert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
- Baudouin I
- Charles V of HabsburgCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorCharles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman EmperorThe Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope... - Charles VII of HabsburgCharles VII, Holy Roman EmperorCharles VII Albert a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 until his death in 1745...
, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman EmperorThe Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope... - Clemens August of BavariaClemens August of BavariaClemens August of Bavaria was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and Archbishop-Elector of Cologne.-Biography:...
, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne - Leopold ILeopold I of BelgiumLeopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
- Leopold IILeopold II of BelgiumLeopold II was the second king of the Belgians. Born in Brussels the second son of Leopold I and Louise-Marie of Orléans, he succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865 and remained king until his death.Leopold is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free...
- Leopold IIILeopold III of BelgiumLeopold III reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent,...
Actors and actresses
- Patrick BauchauPatrick BauchauPatrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau is a Belgian actor.-Early life:Bauchau was born in Brussels, the son of Mary , a Russian-born school administrator and publisher, and Henry Bauchau, a school administrator, publisher, writer, and psychoanalyst who served as an officer in the Belgian...
- Jey CrisfarJey CrisfarJey Crisfar is a Belgian actor.- Work :He became known playing the lead role in Bruce LaBruce's Otto; or Up with Dead People . The character he plays is a zombie named Otto and he toured extensively with the film through festivals...
- Jan DecleirJan DecleirJan Decleir is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp .He had his first big role in Fons Rademakers "Mira" and has since then appeared in countless Flemish and Dutch films and tv productions...
- André Delvaux
- Émilie DequenneÉmilie DequenneÉmilie Dequenne is a French-speaking Belgian actress.-Biography:She won the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for her debut film performance in the Palme d'Or-winning film Rosetta...
- Cécile de FranceCécile de FranceCécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension and Hereafter .- Career :Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she...
- Tim DriesenTim DriesenTim Driesen is an actor, notable for roles in both musicals, plays and television serials. He has composed a full scale musical as well as a number of pop-songs. In 2007, he created the role of Adrian Banks in the Take That musical, Never Forget...
- Marie GillainMarie GillainMarie Gillain is a Belgian actress.In 1996 Gillain received the Prix Romy Schneider. She is single but has two daughters, Dune and Vega .-In popular culture:* She was the heroine of the John Malkovich play Hysteria in Chicago on December 1999.* She...
- Olivier GourmetOlivier GourmetOlivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant....
- Audrey HepburnAudrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century...
- Christian LabeauChristian Labeau- External links : on the web site of Alter Ego...
- Jacky LafonJacky LafonJacky Lafon is an actress, best known for playing Rita Van Den Bossche in the television series Familie. In the television show De nationale IQ test it appeared that she has an IQ of 74....
- Yolande MoreauYolande MoreauYolande Moreau is a Belgian comedienne, actress and film director.-Biography:She has won two César Awards for Best Actress, in 2005 for When the Sea Rises and in 2009 for Séraphine....
- Ann PetersenAnn PetersenAnn Petersen was a Belgian actress.She was one of the best known actresses in Belgium. She was especially noted for her roles in Pauline & Paulette, the children's serial Samson & Gert, Thuis and Captain Zeppos.-External links:...
- Benoît PoelvoordeBenoît PoelvoordeBenoît Poelvoorde is a Belgian actor and comedian who often associates cynicism, humour and drama in his movies.His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still young...
- Natacha RégnierNatacha RégnierNatacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux...
- Jérémie RenierJérémie RenierJérémie Renier is a Belgian actor. He lives in Paris, France. His film debut was in the critically praised La Promesse , directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. He became better known to worldwide audiences in Brotherhood of the Wolf and L'Enfant...
- Jean-Claude Van DammeJean-Claude Van DammeJean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
- Philippe VolterPhilippe VolterPhilippe Volter , child of director Claude Volter and actress Jacqueline Bir, was a Belgian actor....
- Natacha AmalNatacha AmalNatacha Amal is a Belgian actress born to a Moroccan father and a Russian mother in Brussels. She was married with Claude Rappe in 1997, but the couple divorced in 2007.-Cinema:* 1989 : Pentimento by Tonie Marshall, la dame des WC...
Composers
- Jean AbsilJean AbsilJean Absil was a Belgian modernist music composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatory.- Biography :...
- Florent Alpaerts
- Peter Benoit
- Gilles BinchoisGilles BinchoisGilles de Binche , also known as Gilles de Bins , was a Franco-Flemish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian School, and one of the three most famous composers of the early 15th century...
- Ivan CaryllIvan CaryllFélix Marie Henri Tilkin , better known by his pen name Ivan Caryll, was a Belgian composer of operettas and Edwardian musical comedies in the English language...
- Jacob Clemens non PapaJacob Clemens non PapaJacobus Clemens non Papa was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders...
- Cypriano de Rore
- Josquin des PrezJosquin Des PrezJosquin des Prez [Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez] , often referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance...
- Guillaume DufayGuillaume DufayGuillaume Dufay was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance. As the central figure in the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential composer in Europe in the mid-15th century.-Early life:From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in the vicinity of...
- François Joseph Fétis
- César FranckCésar FranckCésar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life....
, Belgian composer who worked in Paris - Karel GoeyvaertsKarel GoeyvaertsKarel Goeyvaerts was a Belgian composer.-Life:After studies at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory in Antwerp, Goeyvaerts studied composition in Paris with Darius Milhaud and analysis with Olivier Messiaen...
- Nicolas GombertNicolas GombertNicolas Gombert was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous and influential composers between Josquin des Prez and Palestrina, and best represents the fully developed, complex polyphonic style of this period in music history.-Life:Details of his early life are...
- François Joseph GossecFrançois Joseph GossecFrançois-Joseph Gossec was a French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works.-Life and work:...
- André Grétry
- Joseph JongenJoseph JongenMarie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator.-Biography:Jongen was born in Liège. On the strength of an amazing precocity for music, he was admitted to the Liège Conservatoire at the extraordinarily young age of seven, and spent the next sixteen years...
- Orlande de LassusOrlande de LassusOrlande de Lassus was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance...
(a.k.a. Orlandus Lassus/Orlando di Lasso), born in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but before Belgium existed - Guillaume LekeuGuillaume LekeuGuillaume Lekeu was a Belgian composer of classical music.- Life :Lekeu, who was born in Verviers, Belgium, took his first lessons at the conservatoire in that city. In 1879, his parents moved to Poitiers, France. There, he finished school while he continued his music studies autodidactically...
- Jacques LoeilletJacques LoeilletJacques Loeillet was a Baroque-era composer and oboist. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, which was then part of Spanish Netherlands. He was the younger brother of Jean-Baptiste Loeillet. He composed works for oboe, violin and for string ensembles....
– baroque composer - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Ghent – baroque composer
- Charles LoosCharles LoosCharles Loos is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer. In 1972 he began studying composition and jazz orchestra at Berklee College of Music in Boston, while he already followed a classical formation in Belgium. Back in his country, he co-founded Les Lundis d'Hortense, a Belgian association for...
- Wim MertensWim MertensWim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.-Life and work:Mertens was born in Neerpelt, Belgium...
- Vidna ObmanaVidna ObmanaVidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music...
– the pseudonym of Dirk Serries - Johannes OckeghemJohannes OckeghemJohannes Ockeghem was the most famous composer of the Franco-Flemish School in the last half of the 15th century, and is often considered the most...
- Henri PousseurHenri PousseurHenri Pousseur was a Belgian composer.-Biography:Pousseur studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to 1953. He was closely associated with Pierre Froidebise and André Souris...
- Didier van DammeDidier van DammeDidier van Damme is a Belgian composer and conductor.Some of his notable compositions are Adagio to Europe , and Concerto de la Reine , on the occasion of the wedding of King Baudouin of Belgium to Queen Fabiola....
- Pieter van Maldere
- Henri VieuxtempsHenri VieuxtempsHenri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....
- Giaches de WertGiaches de WertGiaches de Wert was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Italy. Intimately connected with the progressive musical center of Ferrara, he was one of the leaders in developing the style of the late Renaissance madrigal...
- Adrian WillaertAdrian WillaertAdrian Willaert was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there....
Filmmakers
See also: List of Belgian film directors- Chantal AkermanChantal AkermanChantal Anne Akerman is a Belgian film director, artist, and professor of film at the European Graduate School. Akerman's best-known film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles , exemplifies a dedication to the ellipses of conventional narrative cinema.-Early life:Akerman was born to...
- Jean-Jacques AndrienJean-Jacques AndrienJean-Jacques Andrien is a Belgian film director. Le Monde deem his film Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven , to be the first great Film of a Walloon cinema This film addresses two problems; the first is that of Belgium's region, site of a bitter conflict between Flemish and Walloon inhabitants,...
- Tom BarmanTom BarmanTom Barman is a Belgian musician and film director.Barman studied at the film school of St.-Lucas in Brussels, but didn't finish his studies because of he wished to pursue a career in music. He began by forming the rock band, Deus in Antwerp, in 1989...
- Lucas BelvauxLucas BelvauxLucas Belvaux is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un couple épatant, a comedy; and Après la vie,...
(born 1961) - Rémy BelvauxRémy BelvauxRémy Nicolas Lucien Belvaux was a Belgian actor, director, producer and screenwriter...
(Man Bites DogMan Bites Dog (film)Man Bites Dog is a darkly comedic crime Belgian mockumentary starring Benoît Poelvoorde. In the film, a crew of filmmakers follow a serial killer, recording his crimes for a documentary they are producing...
) - Alain BerlinerAlain BerlinerAlain Berliner is a Belgian director best known for the 1997 film Ma vie en rose, which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Golden Globe Awards in 1998...
(Ma vie en roseMa vie en roseMa vie en rose is a 1997 Belgian film directed by Alain Berliner. It tells the story of Ludovic , a child who was born male but consistently insists that she is supposed to be a girl...
) - Jan BucquoyJan BucquoyJan Bucquoy is an anarchist and author-filmmaker born in Harelbeke, Belgium who started as a theatre practitioner and who worked as a cartoon-scriptwriter.-Career:...
- Stijn ConinxStijn ConinxStijn, Baron Coninx is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium...
- Carl ColpaertCarl ColpaertCarl Colpaert is an American film director and the founder of Cineville, a production and distribution company based in Los Angeles.-Background:...
(American, born in Belgium) - Gérard CorbiauGérard CorbiauGérard Corbiau is a Belgian film director.Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, Le maître de musique , Farinelli and Le roi danse . Two of them were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Luc Dardenne
- Robbe De HertRobbe De HertRobbe De Hert is a Belgian film director.-Movies:*Camera Sutra *De Witte van Zichem *Le filet américain *Maria Danneels of Het leven dat we droomden...
- André Delvaux
- Armand DenisArmand DenisArmand Denis was a Belgian-born documentary film-maker. After several decades of pioneering work in filming and presenting the ethnology and wildlife of remote parts of Africa and Asia, he became best known in Britain as the director and co-presenter of natural history programmes on television in...
- Dominique DeruddereDominique DeruddereDominique Deruddere is a Belgian film director.- Filmography:* Crazy Love * Wait Until Spring, Bandini * Everybody's Famous! -External links:...
- Marc DiddenMarc DiddenMarc Didden is a Belgian film director. He and his family moved to Brussels when he was age two, where he had lived for most of his own life...
- Jacques FeyderJacques FeyderJacques Feyder was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema...
- Jonas GeirnaertJonas GeirnaertJonas Geirnaert studied animation at the KASK in Ghent. In May 2004 he won the Short Film Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with his animated short Flatlife . Of the copy he sent in for selection only the first minute had sound...
- Harry Kümel
- Roland LethemRoland LethemRoland Lethem is a Belgian filmmaker and writer.Influenced at his beginnings by Buñuel, Cocteau, the surrealists and by the Japanese cinema , stunned by the Festival of the film expérimental of Knokke in 1967 and by May 1968, Roland Lethem wants to push the people to look at the things of which...
- Benoît MariageBenoît MariageBenoît Mariage is a Belgian film director.-External links:...
- Henri StorckHenri StorckHenri Storck was a Belgian author, film-maker and documentarist.In 1933, he directed, with Joris Ivens, Misère au Borinage, a film about the miners in the Borinage area. In 1938, with Andre Thirifays and Pierre Vermeylen, he founded the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique...
- Erik Van LooyErik Van LooyErik Ludovicus Maria Van Looy is a Belgian film director.In Flanders he is also known as a television presenter .His most famous movies are:*Ad Fundum *Shades...
- Jan Verheyen (Dossier K.Dossier K.Dossier K. is a Flemish thriller film directed by Jan Verheyen, based on a novel by Jef Geeraerts. Dossier K. is the second book by Jef Geeraerts for the series about detectives Vincke & Verstuyft that has been put to screen after De zaak Alzheimer...
Musicians and singers
See also: List of Belgian bands and artists.- Salvatore AdamoSalvatore AdamoSalvatore, Knight Adamo, simply known as Adamo is a Belgian – Italian composer and singer of ballads, mainly in French, but also in other languages such as German, Italian and Spanish. He had commercial success during the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, but...
– Italian living in Belgium - Geike ArnaertGeike ArnaertGeike Arnaert was the lead singer of the Belgian band Hooverphonic from 1997 up to October 2008.Arnaert was born on 13 September 1979, in Heuvelland, Belgium...
– HooverphonicHooverphonicHooverphonic are a Belgian rock/pop group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and mixture of others... - Natacha AtlasNatacha AtlasNatacha Atlas is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" . Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabic, hip hop, drum 'n' bass and reggae.Atlas began her career as part of...
- Wouter de BackerGotyeWouter "Wally" De Backer , also known professionally by his stage name Gotye , is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums...
- Gotye. Was born in Belgium, now lives in Australia. - Tom BarmanTom BarmanTom Barman is a Belgian musician and film director.Barman studied at the film school of St.-Lucas in Brussels, but didn't finish his studies because of he wished to pursue a career in music. He began by forming the rock band, Deus in Antwerp, in 1989...
– dEUSDEUSDeus is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, whose only continuous members up to the present day are Tom Barman and Klaas Janzoons... - Claude BarzottiClaude BarzottiClaude Barzotti, is a Belgian singer of italian origin of the 1980s. Barzotti recorded several songs which each sold hundreds of thousands of copies. He first achieved success in 1981 with his song "Le Rital."...
- Plastic BertrandPlastic BertrandPlastic Bertrand is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".-Early life and bands:...
(Roger Jouret) - Sarah BettensSarah BettensSarah Bettens is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two popular faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S...
– K's ChoiceK's ChoiceK's Choice is a Belgian rock band from Antwerp, formed in the mid-1990s. The band's core members are siblings Sarah Bettens and Gert Bettens . They are joined by Eric Grossman , Thomas Vanelslander , Reinout Swinnen and Koen Liekens... - Sandy Boets – Touch of Joy, XandeeXandeeXandee is a stage name of Sandy Boets , Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. At the age of 16 she founded the pop duo "Touch of Joy" with Serge Quisquater...
- Jo Bogaert – TechnotronicTechnotronicTechnotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo...
- Francy BolandFrancy BolandFrançois Boland was a classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist.He first gained notice in 1949 and worked with Belgian jazz greats like Bobby Jaspar, and in 1955 he joined Chet Baker's quintet...
– jazz pianist, arranger - André BrasseurAndré BrasseurAndré Brasseur, is a Belgian keyboard player and organist.Brasseur has released many albums and singles in his own country, but internationally is best known for his double A sided single The Kid/Holiday, which was released on the CBS label in the UK...
- Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
- Tina BrideTina BrideTina Bride is a Flemish dance singer. Her birth name is Kim Poelmans. She was born in Sint-Truiden, on 23 December 1977.Bride trained and studied classical singing and jazz dance since she was ten. She was later discovered as a singer by X-Session-producer Marc Cortens in 2000...
- Alex CallierAlex CallierAlex Callier is a member of Belgian band Hooverphonic. He studied sound engineering in the Rits school in Brussels and attended several music classes in both his hometown, Sint Niklaas, and Antwerp. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked as a sound engineer for the Belgian VRT TV channel...
– HooverphonicHooverphonicHooverphonic are a Belgian rock/pop group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and mixture of others... - Stef Kamil CarlensStef Kamil CarlensStef Kamil Carlens is a Belgian musician and leader of Belgian rock band Zita Swoon. Carlens studied at the "Hoger Kunstonderwijs, Rijksinstituut, Antwerpen". Together with Tom Barman he co-founded Belgian Alt Rock band Deus...
– Zita SwoonZita SwoonZita Swoon is a Belgian indie rock group. They entered the music scene of Antwerp in 1993, still under the name A Beatband with the EP "Jintro Travels The Word In A Skirt". The group is typical of the music scene in Antwerp, with members playing in numerous other groups. Best known member is singer... - Philippe Catherine
- Ann ChristyAnn Christy (singer)Ann Christy was a Belgian singer who enjoyed success in her native country and is best known internationally for her participation in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest....
- Annie CordyAnnie CordyLéonie Cooreman known under the stage name Annie Cordy is a Belgian film actress and singer. She has appeared in 50 films since 1954. She has staged many memorable appearances at Bruno Coquatrix' famous Paris Olympia...
- Mathieu CrickboomMathieu CrickboomMathieu Crickboom was a Belgian violinist, who was born in Verviers and died in Brussels.Crickboom was the principal disciple of Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated to him his Sonata for Violin Alone No. 5...
- violinist - Suzanne DancoSuzanne DancoSuzanne Danco , was a celebrated Belgian soprano and mezzo-soprano.-Career:Suzanne Danco was born in Brussels and grew up in a Flemish background although French was her native language...
– sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody... - Jeanine Deckers, a.k.a. The Singing NunThe Singing NunJeanine Deckers , known in English as The Singing Nun, was a Belgian nun, and a member of the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium. She became internationally famous in 1963 as Sœur Sourire when she scored a hit with the song "Dominique"...
or Soeur Sourire - Wim De CraeneWim De CraeneWim De Craene was a Belgian singer. His most famous songs were Rozane and Tim.-Suicide:In 1990 De Craene died. He committed suicide...
- Arthur De GreefArthur De GreefArthur De Greef was a Belgian pianist and composer.Born in Louvain, he won first prize in a local music composition when he was only 11, and subsequently enrolled at the Brussels Conservatoire...
– pianistPianistA pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media... - Jean-Luc De MeyerJean-Luc De MeyerJean-Luc De Meyer is a vocalist and lyricist who is best known as the lead vocalist of the Belgian EBM group Front 242.He started singing in the experimental group "Under Viewer" with Patrick Codenys...
– Front 242Front 242Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:... - Luc De Vos – GorkiGorkiGorki may refer to:*Gorki, Russia, name of several inhabited localities in Russia*Gorki , originally named "Gorky", Belgian band of Luc De Vos-See also:*Gorki , a station of the Kazan Metro, Kazan, Russia*Gorky...
- David Dewaele – SoulwaxSoulwaxSoulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock/electronic band from Ghent, Belgium. Next to the Dewaele brothers, Soulwax consists of bassist Stefaan Van Leuven and drummer Steve Slingeneyer. They were first noticed after the release of their album Much Against Everyone's...
, 2 Many DJ's - Stephen Dewaele – SoulwaxSoulwaxSoulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock/electronic band from Ghent, Belgium. Next to the Dewaele brothers, Soulwax consists of bassist Stefaan Van Leuven and drummer Steve Slingeneyer. They were first noticed after the release of their album Much Against Everyone's...
, 2 Many DJ's - Mike DierickxMike DierickxMike Dierickx , formerly known as Dirk Dierickx, and most commonly recognized under the aliases M.I.K.E., Push or Plastic Boy, is a Belgian DJ. Best known for the song "Universal Nation", he has also released other singles including "The Legacy" and "Strange World"...
, a.k.a M.I.K.E. – TranceTrance musicTrance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
DJ and producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
*Tim DriesenTim DriesenTim Driesen is an actor, notable for roles in both musicals, plays and television serials. He has composed a full scale musical as well as a number of pop-songs. In 2007, he created the role of Adrian Banks in the Take That musical, Never Forget... - DroonDroonDroon is an alias of Belgian breakcore producer William Ghysels. Droon is also active as graphic designer, working from planet-mu, ad noiseam, overkill, and many more. He won an award for the short video "Screen"....
- Elmore DElmore DElmore D is a Belgian blues musician. His is also a professor at the University of Liège, where he gives lectures on the history and culture of Wallonia....
- Maurice Engelen – Praga KhanPraga KhanPraga Khan is a Belgian techno musician, primarily in the new beat style.-Overview:Praga Khan is one of the pioneers of the new beat / acid house / rave sound, and has contributed to the theatrical scene with his musical collaborations in The Next Dimension and Code Red.In the late 1980s, he...
, Lords of AcidLords of AcidLords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988... - Peter EvrardPeter EvrardPeter Evrard is the winner of the first season of Idool 2003, the Belgian version of Pop Idol.Evrard defied the traditional rules of the Idols series by singing punk rock music instead of the expected pop. Regardless, he managed to win the series, and in 2003 he placed third overall in the World...
– winner of Idool 2003Idool 2003Idool 2003 was the first season of the Belgian version of the Idol series. It was won by Peter Evrard, and followed by Idool 2004. The series was officially launched on September 28 2002 by Belgian television network VTM. The hosts of the show are Koen & Kris Wauters of the group Clouseau...
, Belgian edition of Pop IdolPop IdolPop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003... - Lara FabianLara FabianLara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....
- Frédéric FrançoisFrédéric FrançoisFrédéric François is a Belgian – Italian singer, born in Sicily, near Palermo.-Biography:In 1952, his family left his village to settle in Wallonia, Tilleur . When he was 12, he bought a guitar and sang at night in cabarets after work at the mine, with his father...
- Stéphane GallandStéphane GallandStéphane Galland is a Belgian drummer.He got his first drumset at the age of 3 and six years later, he entered the Huy conservatory, from which he graduated in 1987. When he was 11, he started to perform with jazz musicians like Eric Legnini and Jean-Pierre Catoul...
- Ferre GrignardFerre GrignardFerre Grignard was a Belgian skiffle-singer from Antwerp who surprised the world in 1965 with his international hits "Ring Ring, I've Got To Sing" and "My Crucified Jesus".-Biography:...
- Piet Goddaer – Ozark HenryOzark HenryPiet Goddaer is a Belgian musician, better known by his stage name Ozark Henry.-Biography:In his early life, Piet Goddaer was involved in several local bands...
- Rita GorrRita GorrRita Gorr , is a Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano. She possessed a large, rich-toned voice and was an intense singing-actress, especially in dramatic roles such as Ortrud and Amneris , two of her greatest roles....
– mezzo soprano - Arthur GrumiauxArthur GrumiauxArthur Grumiaux was a Belgian violinist who was also proficient in piano.-Youth:Grumiaux was born in Villers-Perwin, Belgium to a working-class family, and it was his grandfather who urged him to begin music studies at the age of only 4...
– violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist - HadiseHadiseHadise Açıkgöz , is a Belgian born Turkish singer of Circassian descent. Hadise's career began in 2004 with the release of her debut single "Sweat", which peaked at 19 on the Flanders chart. Hadise continued to release more successful singles, most notably the single "Milk Chocolate Girl"...
- Fanny HeldyFanny HeldyFanny Heldy was a lyric soprano opera singer.Born Marguerite Virginie Emma Clémentine Deceuninck in Ath , Hainaut, Belgium. she graduated from the Liége Conservatoire. Heldy made her professional debut as a substitute in the premiere of Ivan the Terrible, by Raoul Gunsbourg...
– opera soprano - Philippe HerreweghePhilippe HerreweghePhilippe Herreweghe is a Flemish conductor.In his school years at the University of Ghent, Herreweghe combined studies in medical science and psychiatry with a musical education at the Ghent Conservatory, where Marcel Gazelle, Yehudi Menuhin's accompanist, was his piano teacher...
– conductor - Arno HintjensArno HintjensArno Hintjens , usually referred to as Arno, is a Belgian artist born in Ostend. He was the frontman of the group TC Matic. After the band split in 1986 he went solo....
– TC MaticTC MaticTC Matic was a Belgian rock band, originating in 1980 from the duo Tjens Couter . Decoutere was replaced shortly after the establishment of TC Matic by Jean-Marie Aerts, who cooperated with Hintjens in the majority of the band's compositions.TC Matic mixed diverse styles: new wave, blues, funk,... - Bobby JasparBobby JasparBobby Jaspar was a cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer born in Liège, Belgium. He was married to the jazz singer Blossom Dearie....
- Ya Kid KYa Kid KYa Kid K. is a Congolese-Belgian hip hop artist. Her sister, Karoline 'Leki' Kamosi, is an R&B singer.-Biography:...
– TechnotronicTechnotronicTechnotronic is a Belgian studio-based music project formed in 1988 by Jo Bogaert , who had already made his musical mark in the beginning of the 1980s as a part of a cover band and as a solo artist under various New Beat projects, including The Acts of Madmen and Nux Nemo... - Sandra KimSandra KimSandra Caldarone , better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway, on 3 May 1986....
- Dani KleinDani KleinDanielle Schoovaerts , known as Dani Klein, is a Belgian singer and member of the band Vaya Con Dios.In the 1980s, she was also a member of Arbeid Adelt! with Luc Van Acker , Ladies sing the Blues with Réjane Magloire and Beverly Jo Scott, Purple Prose and Steelover with Rudy Lenners.-External...
– Vaya Con DiosVaya Con Dios (band)Vaya Con Dios is a Belgian musical group founded in 1986 by Dani Klein, Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt . Their name is Spanish for "Go with God"... - Steven Kolacny – Scala & Kolacny BrothersScala & Kolacny BrothersScala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. Formed in 1996 and winning the Belgian 'Choir of the Year'-contest in 2000, they have made five studio albums, starting with On The Rocks in 2002.Most songs...
- Stijn Kolacny – Scala & Kolacny BrothersScala & Kolacny BrothersScala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. Formed in 1996 and winning the Belgian 'Choir of the Year'-contest in 2000, they have made five studio albums, starting with On The Rocks in 2002.Most songs...
- Flip KowlierFlip KowlierFlip Kowlier is a Belgian singer-songwriter, from Izegem, West Flanders, born in 1976. He sings in a distinct West Flemish dialect...
- Sigiswald KuijkenSigiswald KuijkenSigiswald Kuijken is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on authentic instruments.-Biography:Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble of Brussels between 1964 and 1972 and formed La Petite Bande in 1972...
– violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist and conductor - Philippe LafontainePhilippe LafontainePhilippe Lafontaine is a Belgian singer and composer.Lafontaine was born in Gosselies, Belgium. He spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music. His first successes came from the writing and recording of jingles for television commercials Philippe...
- Victor Lazlo
- Fud LeclercFud LeclercFud Leclerc was a Belgian singer, who was also the pianist of Juliette Gréco. Born Fernand Urbain Dominic Leclercq, Leclerc had a career as a pianist, accordionist, song writer and singer before retiring to travel the world. On his return to Belgium he began a new career as a building contractor...
- Pierre LeemansPierre LeemansPierre Leemans, Dutch: Pieter Leemans, was a Belgian musician and composer of classical music. He worked in a variety of genres, including orchestral and choral music, film scores, and songs, but is best known for his marches...
(conductor and composer) - Jo LemaireJo LemaireJo Lemaire is a Belgian singer born in Gembloux, Namur. Beyond her native country, she is also popular in France, Switzerland, Canada, and the Netherlands.-Career:...
- Jan LeyersJan LeyersJan Leyers is a singer, songwriter, and television personality. He was a member of the group Soulsister and later became a solo musician and host of various television series.-Music career:...
– SoulsisterSoulsisterSoulSister was a Belgian music band consisting of musicians Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. SoulSister is another term used for black women in new orleans... - LioLioLio is a singer and actress who was a pop icon in France and Belgium during the 1980s.- Biography :...
- Charles LoosCharles LoosCharles Loos is a Belgian jazz pianist and composer. In 1972 he began studying composition and jazz orchestra at Berklee College of Music in Boston, while he already followed a classical formation in Belgium. Back in his country, he co-founded Les Lundis d'Hortense, a Belgian association for...
- Helmut LottiHelmut LottiHelmut Lotti , is a Flemish Belgian tenor and singer-songwriter. Lotti performs in several styles and languages: Once an Elvis impersonator, he has sung African and Latino hit records, and he crossed over into classical music in the 1990s.-Life and music:The son of Luc Lotigiers and Rita Lagrou,...
- MauraneMauraneMaurane, real name Claudine Luypaerts, is a Belgian singer. She lives currently in Schaerbeek.Maurane was born at Ixelles. Her father was director in the Académie de Musique de Verviers, and when she was a teenager she took part in several musical contests...
- Wim MertensWim MertensWim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.-Life and work:Mertens was born in Neerpelt, Belgium...
- Stijn Meuris – NoordkaapNoordkaapNoordkaap was a Belgian rock band band with Stijn Meuris as singer. They had several well known songs such as "Ik Hou Van U" and "Satelliet S.U.Z.Y."-Members:* Stijn Meuris * Lars Van Bambost * Eric Sterckx * Wim De Wilde...
, MonzaMonzaMonza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June... - Paul MichielsPaul MichielsPaul Michiels is a Belgian singer and songwriter who became popular for his work with the Belgian music group Soulsister. He has earned the nickname Polle Pap, a name he inherited from a childhood job as a milkman in his hometown of Heist-op-den-Berg, where he was born.Paul started out with a...
– SoulsisterSoulsisterSoulSister was a Belgian music band consisting of musicians Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. SoulSister is another term used for black women in new orleans... - Brian MolkoBrian MolkoBrian Molko is a songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the band Placebo. He is known in particular for his high-pitched vocals, androgynous appearance, and unique, Sonic Youth-influenced guitar style and tuning.-Early life:Born to an American father of French-Italian heritage and a Scottish...
– PlaceboPlacebo (band)Placebo are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Brian Molko and bass guitarist Stefan Olsdal. The band was joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was later replaced by Steve Hewitt after conflicts with Molko. Hewitt left the band in October 2007 and... - Marc MoulinMarc MoulinMarc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist . He was a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and formed the pop group Telex in 1978...
– TelexTelex (band)The Belgian synth-pop group Telex was formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman, and Michel Moers, with the intention of "Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar — and the idea was electronic music." Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic... - Deborah Ostrega – Lords of AcidLords of AcidLords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...
- Mauro PawlowskiMauro PawlowskiMauro Antonio Pawlowski is one of the key figures in the Belgian contemporary music scene. He was born in Koersel and is of Italian and Polish descent....
– Evil SuperstarsEvil SuperstarsEvil Superstars was a Belgian indie rock band led by Mauro Pawlowski. Among its members was Millionaire and Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Tim Vanhamel.-History:Evil Superstars was formed in 1992 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.The original members were:...
, dEUSDEUSDeus is a rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, whose only continuous members up to the present day are Tom Barman and Klaas Janzoons... - Bart PeetersBart PeetersBart Peeters is a Belgian singer, drummer, television presenter and actor. Peeters studied Germanic philology and drama in Antwerp. There, he met Jan Leyers and Hugo Matthysen, with whom he worked later...
– The Radios - Axl Peleman – Ashbury Faith, Camden
- Belle PerezBelle PerezMaribel Pérez , best known by her stage name Belle Perez, is a Flemish musician and songwriter.Born in Neerpelt to Spanish parents as María Isabelle Pérez Cerezo, the Flemish singer was discovered for her musical talents by Patrick Renier at a local talent show in 1997 at the age of 21...
- Frédérique PetridesFrédérique PetridesFrédérique Petrides , , was a Belgian-American conductor and violinist. In 1933, she founded and conducted the Orchestrette Classique in New York...
(née Mayer) - conductor - Pol PlançonPol PlançonPol-Henri Plançon was a distinguished French operatic bass . He was one of the most acclaimed singers active during the 1880s, 1890s and early 20th century—a period often referred to as the "Golden Age of Opera".In addition to being among the earliest international opera stars to have made...
– basso - Pierre RapsatPierre RapsatPierre Rapsat was a Belgian singer-songwriter who had a very successful career in his homeland and also spells of popularity in other Francophone countries...
- Axelle RedAxelle RedAxelle Red is a Belgian singer-songwriter.-Biography:She was born at Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and Councillor for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats in the City Council.Nowadays a committed artist and a militant humanist, back in 1993 Axelle...
- Django ReinhardtDjango ReinhardtDjango Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
- Kate RyanKate RyanKate Ryan is a Belgian World Music Award winner. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of Mylène Farmer and France Gall, such as "Désenchantée", "Libertine" and "Ella, elle l'a" as well as new material...
- Liliane Saint-PierreLiliane Saint-PierreLiliane Saint Pierre is a Belgian singer of Dutch language.Saint Pierre was born in Molenstede, Flemish Brabant. She started her career in the 1960s when she was 13 years old and her great hit was We gotta stop sung in Dutch. She has sung several songs in English and Dutch. At that time she sang...
- Bobbejaan SchoepenBobbejaan SchoepenBobbejaan Schoepen is a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music...
- Jonas SteurJonas SteurJonas Steur is a Belgian Trance DJ and producer. He is known under several additional aliases, most notably Estuera, the name under which he released most of his music until 2005 when he began DJing and releasing music under his birth name Jonas Steur...
– TranceTrance musicTrance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
DJ and Producer - Jasper Steverlynck – AridArid (band)Arid is a Belgian rock band, formed in the mid-1990s, made up of four members: Jasper Steverlinck , David Du Pré , Filip Ros and Steven Van Havere .-History:...
- Daan Stuyven – Dead Man RayDead Man RayDead Man Ray is a Belgian cult rock band, originating from Berchem near Antwerp. Among its members are Daan Stuyven, Rudy Trouvé , Elko Blijweerdt, Wouter Van Belle and Herman Houbrechts, who was later replaced by drummer Karel De Backer. Their debut Berchem was released in 1998 including the...
- Toots ThielemansToots ThielemansJean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
- René ThomasRené Thomas (guitarist)René Thomas is considered one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 1960s, but has remained rather unknown to the general public. After the Second World War, he played with the "Bop Shots", Belgium's first be-bop outfit with Jacques Pelzer and Bobby Jaspar...
- Rudy TrouvéRudy TrouvéRudy Trouvé is a Belgian musician from Antwerp.In the early nineties he founded the Heavenhotel record label and released dozens of records since...
- Will TuraWill TuraWill Tura is the stage name of Arthur Achiel Albert, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. Tura is a singer, musician , composer and songwriter...
- Luc Van AckerLuc Van AckerLuc van Acker is a musician from Tienen, Belgium. He began writing and releasing solo material in 1982, and worked with a few other bands and with Anna Domino over the next few years. Then in 1985, he met Richard 23 of Front 242 at the DNA Club in Brussels, Belgium, and thereby became a founding...
of The Revolting Cocks - Urbanus van Anus
- Frank Van Der Linden – De MensDe MensDe Mens is a Flemish rock band from Belgium. The current members of the band are Frank Vander linden, Michel de Coster, and Dirk Jans.-History:...
- Tim VanhamelTim VanhamelTim Wessel Vanhamel is a Belgian rock musician who has been a member of and performed with a number of bands including Evil Superstars, Deus and Eagles of Death Metal. He is also the frontman of his own bands Millionaire and Eat Lions.-Career:Vanhamel played in his first band, Sister Poopoo, when...
– Evil SuperstarsEvil SuperstarsEvil Superstars was a Belgian indie rock band led by Mauro Pawlowski. Among its members was Millionaire and Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Tim Vanhamel.-History:Evil Superstars was formed in 1992 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.The original members were:...
, Eagles of Death MetalEagles of Death MetalEagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
, MillionaireMillionaire (band)Millionaire is a Belgian indie rock band led by Tim Vanhamel, drawing on influences from stoner rock, indie and industrial rock music.-History:Millionaire was formed in 1999 by former Evil Superstars and dEUS guitarist Tim Vanhamel... - Raymond van het GroenewoudRaymond van het GroenewoudRaymond van het Groenewoud is one of the most popular Belgian music artists. He is of Dutch and Jewish descent and sings mostly in Flemish. His career started in 1973 and he has since scored many hits in Flanders and the Netherlands, in many different styles...
- Dirk VerbeurenDirk VerbeurenDirk Verbeuren is a heavy metal drummer for Swedish melodic death metal band, Soilwork, French melodic death metal band, Scarve , French melodic death metal band, Phaze I, Dutch death-thrash metal band, Anatomy of I, and American thrash metal band, Powermad...
– SoilworkSoilworkSoilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic... - Peter VerhoyenPeter VerhoyenPeter Verhoyen is a flautist and piccolo player.Peter Verhoyen is principal piccolo for the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra. He teaches piccolo at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. He is the co-founder of Arco Baleno, a chamber music ensemble consisting of string quartet and flute...
– flutist - Eddy WallyEddy WallyEddy Wally is a singer from Zelzate , and is the self-proclaimed "Voice Of Europe".-General information:...
- Koen WautersKoen WautersKoen Maria Gaston Wauters is a Flemish singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver.-Biography:...
– Clouseau - Kris WautersKris WautersKris Wauters is a Flemish artist, active with the band Clouseau combined with his brother Koen Wauters....
– Clouseau - Anne WolfAnne WolfAnne Wolf is a Belgian pianist. She studied classical piano for ten years before entering the conservatory in 1985, where she was taught by a.o. Michel Petrucciani, Eric Legnini and Charles Loos. She plays as well alone as with jazz, pop and world musicians. In 2001, she released her first trio...
– pianist - Eugène YsaÿeEugène YsaÿeEugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
– violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist and composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
- Brahim
- Tom DiceTom DiceTom Dice is a Belgian singer-songwriter, who finished second in the Flemish version of The X Factor in 2008. Dice represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 final on 29 May in Oslo. Tom Dice ended up in sixth, one of Flanders best placements ever in the contest...
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- Frans Ackerman
- Magda AelvoetMagda AelvoetMagdalena Godelieve Hilda "Magda" Aelvoet is a Belgian, Flemish politician. She is a former president of the Greens in the European Parliament....
- Bert AnciauxBert AnciauxBert Jozef Herman Vic Anciaux is a Belgian politician, a founder and former member of Spirit...
- Jules Joseph d'Anethan
- Gerolf AnnemansGerolf AnnemansGerolf Emma Jozef Annemans is a Belgian politician. He is member of Vlaams Belang, a nationalist, conservative and secessionist political party.- Political career :...
- Bernard AnselmeBernard AnselmeBernard Anselme was the Minister-President of the Walloon Region of Belgium from May 11, 1988 to January 7, 1992.- Biography :Bernard Anselme was born on November 3, 1945 in Mouscron, Wallonia to a postal worker...
- Marie ArenaMarie ArenaMarie Arena is a French-speaking Belgian politician, member of the Francophone Socialist Party . She was the Minister-President of the French Community of Belgium from July 2004 until March 2008. She then became Minister for Social Integration, Pensions and Large Cities in the federal government,...
- Auguste Beernaert – Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
1908 - Ivo BeletIvo BeletIvo Maria Robert Belet is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the CD&V/N-VA,part of the European People's Party and sits on...
- Ward BeysenWard BeysenEduard Marie August "Ward" Beysen was a Belgian politician and well-known freemason. He held a degree in Dutch and history teaching, obtained in 1963 in Lier and started his political career in the seventies in the Flemish liberal party, the Party for Freedom and Progress , which was renamed...
- Fons BorginonFons BorginonAlfons "Fons" Borginon is a Belgian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives between 1995 and 2007. Borginon was the last chairman of the Volksunie and Flemish Liberals and Democrats floor leader from 2006 until the general election of 2007. He was also...
- Geert BourgeoisGeert BourgeoisGeert Albert Bourgeois is a Belgian lawyer and politician . He is since 2009 the current Flemish Minister for Administrative Affairs, Local and Provincial Government, Civic Integration, Tourism and the Vlaamse Rand...
- Frederika BrepoelsFrederika BrepoelsFrederika Marie Joseph Brepoels is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the N-VA,part of the European Free Alliance and sits on...
- Charles de BroquevilleCharles de BroquevilleCharles Marie Pierre Albert, Count de Broqueville was the 20th Prime Minister of Belgium, serving during World War I. He was born in Postel, Belgium. He was the leader of Belgium's Catholic Party, and he served as prime minister between 1911 and 1918...
- Henri de BrouckereHenri de BrouckèreJonkheer Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacinthe de Brouckère was a Belgian nobleman and liberal politician. Born in Bruges, he was a magistrate, and a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. His brother Charles was mayor of Brussels.He served as governor of Antwerp from 1840 to 1844, and of...
- Jules de BurletJules de BurletJules Philippe Marie de Burlet was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.Born in Ixelles, de Burlet was educated as a lawyer. He practised law in Nivelles, where he made his home, and he served as mayor of the town from 1872 to 1891.From 1884 he represented the Nivelles constituency in the Belgian...
- Bernard du Bus de GisigniesBernard du Bus de GisigniesJonkheer Bernard Aimé Léonard du Bus de Gisignies was a Dutch nobleman and later on a Belgian politician, ornithologist and paleontologist. He was the second son of Leonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies...
- Philippe BusquinPhilippe BusquinPhilippe Busquin is a Belgian politician. He was Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Busquin was the chairman...
- Henri Carton de WiartHenri Carton de WiartHenri Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton de Wiart was the 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 6 May 1921. He was from an aristocratic family....
- Marcel CheronMarcel CheronMarcel Cheron is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He has a MA in History from the Université catholique de Louvain. He was elected to the Walloon Parliament in 1991 and became automatically a member of the Parliament of the French Community at the same time. He was a member of the...
- Willy ClaesWilly ClaesWillem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes was the eighth Secretary General of NATO and a Belgian politician. He was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party....
- Philip ClaeysPhilip ClaeysPhilip Claeys is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang, a far-right political party condemning immigration, social integration, and fighting against the federal unity of Belgium.He sits on its Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is a...
- Guy CoëmeGuy CoëmeGuy Coëme is a Francophone Belgian politician for the Socialist Party .Coëme served as minister of defence in the government Martens VIII and IX. In the first cabinet Dehaene, he was promoted to deputy prime minister and served as minister of transport...
- Alexandra ColenAlexandra ColenAlexandra Maria Catherine Colen is a Belgian politician. She is member of the Belgian Federal Parliament for the Vlaams Belang party since 21 May 1995...
- André CoolsAndré CoolsAndré H.P. Cools was a Belgian socialist politician who died by assassination.-Political career:Cools had a long and distinguished political career...
- Gerhard Cooreman
- Hugo CoveliersHugo CoveliersHugo F.V. Coveliers is a Belgian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives between 1985 and 1995 and from 1993 to 2003. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Belgian Senate...
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- Rik DaemsRik DaemsHendrik Jules Joseph "Rik" Daems is a Flemish painter, wine trader and politician. He is a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats and member of the city council of Leuven....
- Michel DaerdenMichel DaerdenMichel Daerden is a francophone Belgian politician, a member of the Parti Socialiste, and a Finance auditor...
- André DamseauxAndré DamseauxAndré Damseaux was a Belgian politician, Minister-President of the Walloon Region and Member of the European Parliament.- Life :...
- José DarasJosé DarasJosé Daras is a Belgian politician and a member of Ecolo. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...
- Stefaan De ClerckStefaan De ClerckStefaan Maria Joris Yolanda De Clerck is a Belgian politician and former Minister of Justice of Belgium. He was Minister of Justice from 1995 until 1998 as well, when he resigned following the escape from prison of Marc Dutroux. He has served as chairman of Christian Democratic and Flemish party...
- Willy De ClercqWilly De ClercqWilly Clarisse Elvire Hector, Viscount De Clercq was a Belgian liberal politician.De Clercq was born in Ghent...
- Herman De CrooHerman De CrooHerman Francies Joseph De Croo is a Belgian liberal politician. He is a member of the Open VLD. He is the father of current Open VLD chairman Alexander De Croo....
- Armand De DeckerArmand De DeckerArmand De Decker, born in Uccle, 8 October 1948, is a Belgian politician and member of the French-speaking liberal party Mouvement Réformateur .De Decker studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and practised law.-Political career:...
- Jean-Marie DedeckerJean-Marie DedeckerJean-Marie Louis Dedecker is a Belgian Flemish politician.In 1999 and 2003, Dedecker was directly elected to the Belgian Senate. In 2004 Dedecker ran for a seat in the Flemish Parliament, after taking his seat in the Flemish Parliament, Dedecker was elected by his colleagues as a community senator...
- Magda De GalanMagda De GalanMagdalena C.A.M. De Galan is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party. She is the current mayor in Forest and a member of Brussels Parliament.-Political career:...
- Léon DegrelleLéon DegrelleLéon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle was a Walloon Belgian politician, who founded Rexism and later joined the Waffen SS which were front-line troops in the fight against the Soviet Union...
- Karel De GuchtKarel De GuchtKarel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht is a Belgian politician who has been the European Commissioner for Trade since 2010...
- Jean DefraigneJean DefraigneJean Pierre Marie Olivier Germain Defraigne is a Belgian liberal politician and minister for the Liberal Reformist Party ....
- Jean-Luc DehaeneJean-Luc Dehaene-Early life and political career:He was born in Montpellier, France, when his parents were fleeing German troops. He got into politics through the Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersverbond , a trade union which was closely linked to the Christelijke Volkspartij .In 1981, he became Minister of Social...
- Jean-Maurice DehousseJean-Maurice DehousseJean-Maurice Dehousse is a former Member of the European Parliament who served Belgium between 1999 and 2004 as a member of the Parti Socialiste. He was the first Minister-President of the Walloon Region.- Life :...
- Véronique De KeyserVéronique De KeyserVéronique De Keyser is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Parti Socialiste,part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs....
- Leon DelacroixLéon DelacroixLéon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix was a Belgian statesman. Before entering politics, he was a renowned lawyer, and served as president of the Belgian Court of Cassation from 1917 to 1918. In the context of reconstruction after World War I, he was appointed the 22nd Prime Minister and served from...
- Francis DelpéréeFrancis DelpéréeFrancis Delpérée is a Belgian politician and a member of the cdH. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...
- Hendrik de Man
- Rudy DemotteRudy DemotteRudy W.G. Demotte is a Belgian socialist politician and present Minister-President of Wallonia since 19 July 2007, replacing Elio Di Rupo, one month after an historical defeat of the socialists in the federal election...
- Gérard DeprezGérard DeprezGérard M.J. Deprez is a Belgian politician andex-Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgiumwith the MR/MCC/PRL,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on...
- Erik Derycke
- Paul DeschanelPaul DeschanelPaul Eugène Louis Deschanel was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February 1920 to 21 September 1920.-Biography:...
- Alain DestexheAlain DestexheAlain Destexhe is a Belgian liberal politician. He was elected senator for the Francophone electoral college in 2003, and again in 2007. Destexhe is a member of the liberal Reformist Movement and represents Belgium in the World Economic Forum. He was awarded the Prize of Liberty by Nova Civitas...
- Mia De VitsMia De VitsMarie Louise "Mia" De Vits is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Socialistische Partij-Anders, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.She is a substitute for the Committee on...
- Patrick DewaelPatrick DewaelPatrick Yvonne Hugo Dewael, in Lier, Belgium is a liberal Belgian politician. He is a member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats, or Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten . He is the nephew of the late liberal minister Herman Vanderpoorten and the cousin of Marleen Vanderpoorten, who also served as...
- Filip DewinterFilip DewinterPhilip Michel Frans "Filip" Dewinter is a Flemish politician in Belgium. He is one of the leading members of Vlaams Belang, a right-wing Flemish nationalist and secessionist political party...
- Karel DillenKarel DillenKarel Cornelia Constentijn Dillen was a Flemish politician and a Flemish nationalist. In 1977 he established the Vlaams Nationale Partij , which became Vlaams Blok at the elections of 1978...
- Koenraad DillenKoenraad DillenKoenraad Francine Gaston "Koen" Dillen is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang, sitting in the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament...
- Elio Di RupoElio Di RupoElio Di Rupo is a Belgian social-democratic politician and the Party Leader of the Socialist Party .-Biography:...
- François-Xavier de DonneaFrançois-Xavier de DonnéaFrançois Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert, Knight de Donnea de Hamoir is a Belgian politician and a former mayor of the City of Brussels and Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region....
- Vera DuaVera DuaVera Agnes Roger Dua was the Party Chair of the Flemish green party Groen! between 2003 and 2007. She graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer and attained a PhD in agricultural science 11 years later....
- Daniel DucarmeDaniel DucarmeDaniel Ducarme was a Belgian politician and former Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.-Background and political affiliation:...
- Antoine DuquesneAntoine DuquesneAntoine Duquesne was 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 Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home...
- Isabelle DurantIsabelle DurantIsabelle A.J. Durant is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. On 15 September, 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union...
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- Lamoral EgmontLamoral, Count of EgmontLamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere was a general and statesman in the Habsburg Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands.The Count of Egmont headed one of the...
- Saïd El KhadraouiSaïd El KhadraouiSaïd El Khadraoui is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Belgium with the Socialist Party – Different, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute for the Committee on International Trade, a...
- Gaston EyskensGaston EyskensGaston François Marie, Viscount Eyskens was a Belgian economist, Christian Democratic politician of the CVP-PSC, and statesman.He was a six-time Prime Minister of Belgium from 1949 to 1950, 1958 to 1961 and 1968 to 1973...
- Mark EyskensMark EyskensMarc Maria Frans, Viscount Eyskens , known as Mark Eyskens , is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's Party , now called Christian Democratic and Flemish, and briefly served as Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981.-Background:He was born in Leuven, the son of Gaston Eyskens, and...
- Michel ForetMichel ForetMichel Foret is a Belgian politician and lawyer. A member of the Reformist Movement, he is the current governor of Liège Province.-References:...
- Richard FournauxRichard FournauxRichard Fournaux is a Belgian politician and a member of the MR. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...
- Walthère Frère-Orban
- Jaak GabriëlsJaak GabriëlsPetrus Josephus Jacobus "Jaak" Gabriëls is a Belgian politician and member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . He graduated in 1965 at the Catholic University of Leuven as Master of Philosophy and Arts. He started his political career as a Provincial Councillor for Limburg from 1974 to 1977...
- Gaston GeensGaston GeensGaston C.S.A. Geens was a Flemish politician and minister-president of Flanders....
- Caroline GennezCaroline GennezCaroline Gennez is a Belgian socialist politician and a former chairwoman of the Socialist Party – Different in Flanders.-Biography:...
- Jacques GermeauxJacques GermeauxJacques Germeaux is a Belgian politician of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats .He studied medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ....
- Jean GolJean GolJean Gol was a Belgian politician for the liberal party Parti Réformateur Libéral and a freemason...
- Mathieu GroschMathieu GroschMathieu J.H. Grosch is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the German-speaking Community of Belgium with the CSP-EVP, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute for the...
- Michel HansenneMichel HansenneMichel Hansenne was born on in Belgium. He studied law and became a labour activist turned Belgium politician. In 1989 he was the first Director-General of the International Labour Organization since the end of the cold war. In 1999 he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from...
- Pierre HarmelPierre HarmelPierre Charles José Marie Harmel, from 1991 Count Harmel was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat...
- Hervé HasquinHervé HasquinHervé Hasquin is a Belgian university professor, historian and politician.-References:*http://www.academieroyale.be/cgi?usr=fyfua8gbce&lg=fr&pag=690&tab=2&rec=13&frm=0&par=secorig593&id=5161&flux=2659797...
- Arthur HaulotArthur HaulotBaron Arthur Haulot 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...
- Alain HutchinsonAlain HutchinsonAlain Hutchinson is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development where he is Coordinator for the Socialist group.He is a...
- Camille HuysmansCamille HuysmansJean Joseph Camille Huysmans was a Belgian politician.Huymans studied German philology at the University of Liège. He was a teacher from 1893 until 1897...
- Paul-Emile JansonPaul-Emile JansonPaul-Emile Janson was a Belgian liberal politician.Born in Brussels, Janson was the son of liberal statesman Paul Janson . He studied law at the Free University of Brussels , practised as a lawyer, and also taught at the university...
- Henri JasparHenri JasparHenri Jaspar was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.Jaspar was born in Schaerbeek and trained as a lawyer. He represented Liège as a Catholic in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1919 until 1936. He helped create the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union in 1921, and served as the 27th...
- Pierre JonckheerPierre JonckheerPierre Jonckheer is a Belgian economist and politician, member of the Belgian French-speaking Green party, Ecolo....
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- Henri La FontaineHenri La FontaineHenri La Fontaine , was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1913.-Biography:...
– Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
1913 - Julien LahautJulien LahautJulien Lahaut Julien Lahaut Julien Lahaut (6 September 1884, Seraing, near Liège, Belgium - 18 August 1950, (Seraing) was a Belgian politician, who died by assassination.-Political background:...
(1884–1950), chairman of the Communist PartyCommunist Party of BelgiumCommunist Party of Belgium was a political party in Belgium. The youth wing of KPB/PCB was known as the Communist Youth of Belgium. The party published Le Drapeau Rouge in French and De Roode Vaan in Dutch.- History :It was formed at a congress in Anderlecht on September 3-4 1921...
, assassinated. - Roger LallemandRoger LallemandRoger Lallemand is a Walloon-Belgian lawyer and socialist politician.-Education:He graduated as a licentiate in Romance philology and obtained a doctorate in law at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.-Career:...
- Auguste LambermontAuguste, Baron LambermontAuguste, Baron Lambermont , was a Belgian statesman. He came of a family of small farmer proprietors, who had held land during three centuries. He was intended for the priesthood and entered the seminary of Floreffe, but his energies claimed a more active sphere.He left the monastery for the...
- Karl-Heinz LambertzKarl-Heinz LambertzKarl-Heinz Lambertz , is a jurist and politician, currently the leader of the Government of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. He is noted for voicing an outspoken demand for his community, numbering about 70,000 around Eupen, to be separated from Wallonia and be recognised as a autonomous...
- Renaat LanduytRenaat LanduytRenaat Julien Landuyt is a Belgian socialist politician. He is a member of the SP.A.Renaat Landuyt became a licentiate in law in 1982 and has been an attorney since then. He was first elected to the Belgian House of Representatives in 1991, where he served until 1999. From 1995 to 1999 he served...
- Raymond LangendriesRaymond LangendriesRaymond A. Langendries 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 People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.He is a substitute for...
- Joseph LebeauJoseph LebeauJean Louis Joseph Lebeau was a Belgian liberal politician and statesman, the second Prime Minister.-Biography:...
- Edmond LeburtonEdmond LeburtonEdmond Jules Isidore Leburton was a Belgian politician and former Prime Minister.Leburton served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Belgium from January 1973 to April 1974. He is the last native French speaker to hold that office, disregarding the bilingual Paul Vanden Boeynants from Brussels. He was a...
- Theodore LefevreThéo LefèvreThéodore Joseph Albéric Marie "Théo" Lefèvre was a lawyer at the Ghent court of justice. In 1946 he became deputy of the Belgian parliament for the PSC-CVP. Between 25 April 1961 and 28 July 1965 he was the 39th Prime Minister of Belgium.-External links:*...
- Yves LetermeYves LetermeYves Camille Désiré Leterme is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party , and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008...
- Anne-Marie LizinAnne-Marie LizinAnne-Marie Lizin is a Belgian politician. She used to be member of the Socialist Party but was banned from the party after a corruption case. She was the first female President of the Belgian Senate...
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- Nelly MaesNelly MaesNelly Maes is a Belgian social liberal politician from the Flanders region.She began her professional career as a teacher...
- Olivier MaingainOlivier MaingainOlivier D.A.Gh. Maingain is a Belgian francophone politician and president of the Front Démocratique des Francophones , a wing of the French-speaking liberal party Reformist Movement .-Biography:...
- Philippe MahouxPhilippe MahouxPhilippe Mahoux, born 26 June 1944 in Ciney, is a Belgian politician and a member of the Parti Socialiste. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 1995.-Notes:...
- Jules MalouJules MalouJules Edouard Xavier Malou was a Belgian statesman, a leader of the clerical party.He was born at Ypres. He was a civil servant in the department of justice when he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies by his native constituency in 1841, and was for some time governor of the province of Antwerp...
- Jean-Claude MarcourtJean-Claude MarcourtJean-Claude Marcourt is since 2009 the Vice-Minister-President, minister of Economy and Foreign Affairs of the Walloon government and Vice-Minister-President and Minister of Higher Education of the Government of the French Community. He is member of the Belgian Francophone Socialist Party...
- Ludo MartensLudo MartensLudo Martens was a Belgian historian noted for his work on francophone Africa and the Soviet Union. Martens wrote on the political history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he has lived and travelled extensively....
- Wilfried MartensWilfried MartensWilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....
- Guy Mathot
- Philippe MaystadtPhilippe MaystadtPhilippe M.P.J. Maystadt is a Belgian politician who served as Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Finance, and Deputy Prime Minister. He is the current President of the European Investment Bank . He was appointed to this office on 1 January 2000.Philippe Maystadt was born in Verviers in...
- Kris Merckx
- Charles MichelCharles Michel (Belgian politician)Charles Michel is a Belgian politician, and the son of Louis Michel. As of February 2011, Charles Michel is the Chairman of the francophone liberal party MR....
- Louis MichelLouis MichelLouis H. O. Ch. Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. Since 2009, he has been a Member of the European Parliament...
- Richard Miller
- Joëlle MilquetJoëlle MilquetJoëlle F.G.M. Milquet is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre .-Education:...
- Philippe MonfilsPhilippe MonfilsPhilippe Monfils is a Belgian politician and a member of the MR. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.-Notes:...
- Jacky Morael
- Patrick Moriaux
- Philippe MoureauxPhilippe MoureauxPhilippe Moureaux is a Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles....
- Serge Moureaux
- Felix de Muelenare
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- Annemie Neyts-UyttebroeckAnnemie Neyts-UyttebroeckAnne-Marie Cécile J. Neyts-Uyttebroeck is a Belgian politician andMember 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 Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.She is for the...
- Jean-Baptiste NothombJean-Baptiste NothombJean Baptiste, Baron Nothomb was a Belgian statesman and diplomat, the sixth Prime Minister.-Revolution:...
- Charles-Ferdinand NothombCharles-Ferdinand NothombBaron Charles-Ferdinand N.M.P. Nothomb is a French speaking Belgian politician.He is a member of the Humanist Democratic Centre . He served as Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1980 until 1981...
- Laurette OnkelinxLaurette OnkelinxLaurette A.J. Onkelinx is a Belgian politician from the Francophone Socialist Party. She is the Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health in the Belgian federal government, i.e., the Van Rompuy I Government, which took office on 30 December 2008.-Biography:Born to Gaston Onkelinx and Germaine...
- Joseph PholienJoseph PholienJoseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien was a Belgian Catholic politician and member of the PSC-CVP. He was born in Liège, and volunteered to serve with the Belgian army during World War I, being commissioned as a first lieutenant...
- Charles PicquéCharles PicquéCharles Picqué is a Belgian, French-speaking politician. He is currently serving his second term as Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region....
- Hubert PierlotHubert PierlotHubert Marie Eugène, Count Pierlot was a Belgian Walloon politician and jurist, the 32nd Prime Minister of Belgium between 1939 and 1945 .-Biography:He was a representative of the Catholic Party Hubert Marie Eugène, Count Pierlot (23 December 1883, Cugnon (Bertrix) – 13 December 1963, Uccle)...
- Prosper PoulletProsper PoulletProsper Antoine Marie Joseph, Viscount Poullet was a Belgian politician.Born in Leuven, Poullet studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven and was later a professor at the university. He was of member of K.A.V...
- Jules RenkinJules RenkinJules Laurent Jean Louis Renkin was a Belgian politician.Born in Ixelles, Renkin studied and practised law, and helped found the journal L'Avenir Sociale. In 1896 he was elected as a member of the Catholic Party to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for Brussels, a seat he held until his death...
- Jean ReyJean Rey (politician)Jean Rey was a Belgian lawyer and Liberal politician who became the second President of the European Commission.-Early life:...
- Didier ReyndersDidier ReyndersDidier J.L. Reynders is a Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur . He is Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Institutional Reforms in the Van Rompuy I Government, which took office on 30 December 2008.He was born in Liège as the youngest in a family of...
- Frédérique RiesFrédérique RiesFrédérique Ries 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....
- Charles RogierCharles RogierCharles Latour Rogier was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He became Prime Minister of Belgium on two separate occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to 1868....
- Gustave Rolin-JaequemynsGustave Rolin-JaequemynsGustave Henri Ange Hippolyte Rolin-Jaequemyns was a Belgian attorney at law, diplomat and Minister of the Interior as a member of the Unitarian Liberal Party...
, founder of Institut de Droit InternationalInstitut de droit internationalThe Institut de droit international is an organization devoted to the study and development of international law, whose membership comprises the world's leading public international lawyers...
, adviser to Rama V of ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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- Hugo SchiltzHugo SchiltzHugo Schiltz was a Belgian lawyer and politician. He was Belgian MP from 1965 to 1988 and senator from 1992 to 1995. He was also twice minister, from 1981 to 1985 in the first Flemish Government and between 1988 and 1991 in the Belgian federal government Martens VIII...
(1927–2006) - Frans SchollaertFrans SchollaertFrançois Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.Born in Wilsele, Schollaert trained as a lawyer and practiced in Leuven. He served as head of the Flemish farmer's union, the Boerenbond...
- Jacques SimonetJacques SimonetJacques Simonet was a Belgian politician and a former Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.He is the son of Henri Simonet, former Socialist Party minister and for many years mayor of Anderlecht. His mother Marie-Louise Angenet taught at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.He was born in...
- Marie-Dominique Simonet
- Jef Sleeckx
- Miet SmetMiet SmetMiet Smet is a Belgian politician for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party .Miet Smet was the founder and first president of the Christian People's Party political women's organisation, Vrouw en Maatschappij .She was elected to the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives in 1978...
- Paul de Smet de NaeyerPaul de Smet de NaeyerPaul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker...
- Bart SomersBart SomersBartolomeus Jozef Lodewijk Rosalia "Bart" Somers is a Belgian, Flemish politician. He is currently the mayor of Mechelen...
- Antoinette SpaakAntoinette SpaakAntoinette M. Spaak, born in Brussels on 27 June 1928, is a Belgian politician.Daughter of former Prime Minister of Belgium Paul-Henri Spaak, granddaughter of the first female member of the Belgian Senate Marie Janson, and great-niece of Prime Minister Paul-Émile Janson, Spaak was born into a...
- Paul-Henri SpaakPaul-Henri SpaakPaul Henri Charles Spaak was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman.-Early life:Paul-Henri Spaak was born on 25 January 1899 in Schaerbeek, Belgium, to a distinguished Belgian family. His grandfather, Paul Janson was an important member of the Liberal Party...
- Guy SpitaelsGuy SpitaelsGuy G. A. Gh. Spitaels is a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He graduated in 1957 in political and social sciences at the Universite Catholique de Louvain ....
- Bart Staes
- Dirk SterckxDirk SterckxDirk Jozef Maria Sterckx , born on 25 September 1946 in Herent,is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten,...
- Steve StevaertSteve StevaertSteve Stevaert is a Belgian politician of the Flemish Socialist Party: the SP.A....
- Frank SwaelenFrank SwaelenFrank Swaelen was a Belgian Christian Democratic politician and member of the Christian People's Party . He was born in Antwerp. In 1968, he became a member of the Chamber of Representatives...
- Willy Taminiaux
- Marc TarabellaMarc TarabellaMarc Tarabella is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Group and sits on...
- George Theunis
- Bartholemy Théodore de Theux
- Freddy ThielemansFreddy ThielemansFreddy Thielemans is a Belgian socialist politician and, since 2001, the current mayor of Brussels. He had previously served as the mayor of Brussels for a period in 1994.-Biography:...
- Marianne ThyssenMarianne ThyssenMarianne Leonie Petrus Thyssen is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the CD&V/N-VA, a Vice-Chairwoman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.On 15 May 2008 she was...
- Leo Tindemans
- Bruno TobbackBruno TobbackBruno Tobback was the Minister of Environment and Pensions in the Belgian federal government from 2004 until 2007. He is a Flemish socialist and member of the Different Socialist Party , and the son of former minister and current Mayor of Leuven Louis Tobback...
- Louis TobbackLouis TobbackLouis Marie Joseph Tobback is a Belgian politician. Tobback is a Flemish social democrat and member of the political party SP.A. He is currently the mayor of Leuven. He graduated in Romance philology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel....
- Jules de TroozJules de TroozJules Henri Ghislain Marie, Baron de Trooz was a Belgian Catholic Party politician.De Trooz was born in Leuven, and had studied philosophy before entering politics. He represented Leuven in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1899 onwards, serving as Education and Interior minister...
- Nathalie de T'Serclaes
- Robert Urbain
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- Achille van AckerAchille Van AckerAchille Honoré Van Acker was the 33rd Prime Minister of Belgium in four different cabinets from 1945 to 1958, for a total period of seven years. He was a member of the BSP-PSB - the then still national Belgian Socialist Party. He was nicknamed Achille Charbon.-Life:Van Acker was born in Bruges on...
- Jacob van ArteveldeJacob van ArteveldeJacob van Artevelde , also known as the Wise Man and the Brewer of Ghent, was a Flemish statesman and political leader....
- Frans Van CauwelaertFrans Van CauwelaertFrans van Cauwelaert , was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician and lawyer.Van Cauwelaert was born at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek...
- Jean-Claude Van CauwenbergheJean-Claude Van CauwenbergheJean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe , nicknamed "Van Cau", is a Walloon politician. He is member of the Belgian French-speaking Socialist Party ....
- Johan Vande LanotteJohan Vande LanotteJohan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on 15 October 2005...
- Hugo VandenbergheHugo VandenbergheHugo Vandenberghe , is a Belgian politician and a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven .From 1973 to 1977, Hugo Vandenberghe served as advisor in several cabinets of Minister Leo Tindemans. From 1984 to 1990, he was member of the European Committee on Human Rights in Strasbourg...
- Paul Vanden BoeynantsPaul Vanden BoeynantsPaul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants was a Belgian politician. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of Belgium for two brief periods ....
- Freya Van den BosscheFreya Van den BosscheFreya Van den Bossche is a Belgian, Flemish politician and daughter of prominent former Belgian politician Luc Van den Bossche. She is member of the SP.a political party, and she was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget and Consumer Protection in the Belgian federal government...
- Luc Van den BosscheLuc Van den BosscheLuc Van den Bossche is a Belgian socialist politician and father of Freya Van den Bossche.He graduated as a Doctor in law at the University of Ghent in 1970. Luc Van den Bossche was a Member of Parliament for a number of years and cabinet member in several federal and regional governments in Belgium...
- Frank Vandenbroucke
- Jules Vandenpeerebom
- The family Vanderpoorten: ArthurArthur VanderpoortenArthur Pieter Frans Vanderpoorten was a Belgian liberal politician and minister. Vanderpoorten was the father of the later minister Herman Vanderpoorten and the grandfather of the later ministers Patrick Dewael and Marleen Vanderpoorten.-Career:Vanderpoorten was executive-director of a company...
, Herman and MarleenMarleen VanderpoortenMarleen Caroline Valère Vanderpoorten is a Flemish politician and member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . She is a daughter of Herman Vanderpoorten and a granddaughter of Arthur Vanderpoorten... - Marleen VanderpoortenMarleen VanderpoortenMarleen Caroline Valère Vanderpoorten is a Flemish politician and member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . She is a daughter of Herman Vanderpoorten and a granddaughter of Arthur Vanderpoorten...
- Emile VanderveldeEmile Vanderveldethumb|upright|Emile VanderveldeEmile Vandervelde was a Belgian statesman, born at Ixelles. He studied law at the Free University of Brussels and became doctor of laws in 1885 and doctor of social science in 1888.-Activities:Vandervelde became a member of the Parti Ouvrier...
- Frank VanheckeFrank VanheckeFrank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up his membership of the Volksunie in 1977 after it acceded to a much-debated package of federal reforms...
- Johan Van HeckeJohan Van HeckeJohan Jozef Marie Clara Van Hecke 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 Parliament's Committee on International Trade.He is also a...
- Pierre-Edouard van Humbeeck
- Anne Van LanckerAnne Van LanckerAnne Edward Marie Van Lancker is a Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Belgium with the Socialistische Partij Anders , part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights...
- Dirk Van MechelenDirk Van MechelenDirk Louis Maria Van Mechelen is the Flemish minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning. He is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats.-Education:...
- Karel Van MiertKarel Van MiertKarel Van Miert was a socialist Flemish politician.He was born in Oud-Turnhout. He studied at Ghent University and gained a degree in diplomatic sciences. In 1976 he became adjunct-national secretary of the – at that time – unitary Belgian socialist party...
- Vincent Van QuickenborneVincent Van QuickenborneVincent Paul Marie Van Quickenborne is a Belgian politician, as a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats party....
- Eric Van RompuyEric Van RompuyEric Karel Paul Van Rompuy is a Flemish politician.-Biography:He is the son of the later Prof. em. dr. Vic Van Rompuy and brother of Herman Van Rompuy and Christine Van Rompuy....
- Herman Van RompuyHerman Van RompuyHerman Achille Van Rompuy is the first long-term and full-time President of the European Council...
- Jean-Pierre Van RossemJean-Pierre Van RossemJean Pierre Van Rossem is a Belgian scholar, socialite and writer.He studied economics at the University of Gent in 1963-1967. With his final term paper he won the International Scholarship of Flanders-prize and was able to study two years of econometrics at Lawrence Klein...
- Paul Van ZeelandPaul van ZeelandPaul Guillaume van Zeeland was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman born in Soignies....
- Guy VerhofstadtGuy VerhofstadtGuy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.- Early career :...
- Inge VervotteInge VervotteInge Vervotte is a Belgian politician for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party . She was Belgian federal minister for Civil Service and Public Enterprises in the Leterme I Government, which was in office in 2008 from 20 March to 30 December.Born in Bonheiden, she graduated in 1998 at the...
Saints
- St. Gertrude of NivellesGertrude of NivellesSaint Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.She was a daughter of Pepin I of Landen and Saint Itta, and a younger sister of Saint Begga, Abbess of Andenne, Saint Bavo and Grimoald I.One day, when she was about ten years of age, her father...
- St. Gudula from Brussels and Eibingen – National Saint of Belgium and Patroness of BrusselsGudulaSaint Gudula was born in the pagus of Brabant . According to her 11th-century biography , written in Lobbes Abbey between 1048 and 1051, she was the daughter of a duke of Lotharingia called Witger and Amalberga of Maubeuge...
- St. John BerchmansJohn BerchmansSaint John Berchmans was a Jesuit seminarian and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers.-Early life:...
- St. HubertusHubertusSaint Hubertus or Hubert , called the "Apostle of the Ardennes" was the first Bishop of Liège...
- St. Damien of Molokai
Theologians and clergymen
- Joseph AndréJoseph AndréJoseph André was a Catholic priest of the diocese of Namur, Belgium. He was declared Righteous among the Nations by the government of Israel in 1968.- Early life :...
, priest, Righteous among the NationsRighteous Among the NationsRighteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....
. - Pieter Jan Beckx, 22nd Superior General of the Jesuits.
- Jean BollandBollandistThe Bollandists are an association of scholars, philologists, and historians who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their most important publication has been the Acta Sanctorum...
– hagiographer - Adolf DaensAdolf DaensAdolf Daens was a Flemish priest from Aalst. Daens was a Jesuit from 1859 to 1871 but is especially known for his socio-political involvement after he joined the diocesan clergy. He created the Daensist movement from which originated in 1893 the Christene Volkspartij inspired by Leo XIII's...
– priest and politician - Godfried Danneels – cardinal
- Victor-Auguste Dechamps – cardinal
- Charles A. DidierCharles A. DidierCharles Amand Didier is an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
– General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Jacques Dupuis – Jesuit theologian (interreligious dialogue)
- Henry of GhentHenry of GhentHenry of Ghent , scholastic philosopher, known as Doctor Solemnis , also known as Henricus de Gandavo and Henricus Gandavensis, was born in the district of Mude, near Ghent, and died at Tournai...
– medieval philosopher - Pierre-Lambert Goossens – cardinal
- Cornelius JansenCornelius JansenCorneille Janssens, commonly known by the Latinized name Cornelius Jansen or Jansenius, was Catholic bishop of Ypres and the father of a theological movement known as Jansenism.-Biography:...
– bishop, theologian (JansenismJansenismJansenism was a Christian theological movement, primarily in France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and predestination. The movement originated from the posthumously published work of the Dutch theologian Cornelius Otto Jansen, who died in 1638...
) - Jean-Baptiste JanssensJean-Baptiste JanssensJean-Baptiste Janssens was the twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium.-Early Life and schooling:...
– 27th Superior General of the Jesuits - Gustaaf Joos – cardinal
- Peter Paul LefeverePeter Paul LefeverePeter Paul Lefevere, or Lefebre, born as Pierre-Paul Lefevere , was a 19th century Belgian born bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States...
– bishop - André-Mutien Léonard – bishop
- Leonardus LessiusLeonardus LessiusLeonardus Lessius was a Jesuit moral theologian and a pioneer in business ethics.-Life:...
– Jesuit theologian - Joseph MaréchalJoseph MaréchalJoseph Maréchal was a Belgian Jesuit priest, philosopher and psychologist at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the University of Leuven who founded a school of thought called Transcendental Thomism, which attempted to merge the theological and philosophical thought of St...
– philosopher, psychologist - Désiré-Joseph MercierDésiré-Joseph Mercier-Early life and ordination:Désiré Mercier was born at the château du Castegier in Braine-l'Alleud, as the fifth of the seven children of Paul-Léon Mercier and his wife Anne-Marie Barbe Croquet....
– cardinal - Everard MercurianEverard MercurianEverard Mercurian was the fourth Superior General of the Society of Jesus.- Brief Biography :Born Lardinois into a humble family in Marcourt, near La Roche-en-Ardenne in what is now the province of Luxembourg in 1514, in the south-east corner of what is now Belgium. This is the origin of his...
, 4th Superior General of the Jesuits. - Charles de NoyelleCharles de NoyelleCharles de Noyelle was a Belgian Jesuit priest, elected the 12th Superior General of the Society of Jesus.- Early Formation :...
, 12th Superior General of the Jesuits. - Georges Pire – Dominican priest, Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
1958 - Edward PoppeEdward PoppeEdward Poppe was a Belgian priest. He was declared blessed by Pope John Paul II on 3 October 1999.-Biography:Edward Joannes Maria Poppe was born in Temse in 1890 as the third child and eldest son of a baker...
– blessed priest - Jozef-Ernest van RoeyJozef-Ernest van RoeyJozef-Ernest van Roey was a Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mechelen from 1926 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927.-Biography:...
– cardinal - Blessed John Ruysbroeck – mystic
- Jan Pieter Schotte – cardinal
- Brother René StockmanRené StockmanBrother Dr. René P. E. Stockman f. c. Brother Dr. René P. E. Stockman f. c. Brother Dr. René P. E. Stockman f. c. (born May 13, 1954 in Assenede (Belgium) is the Superior General of the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity since 2000. He is a Belgian specialist in psychiatric nursing.-Education:...
– Superior General of the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity - Leo Jozef Suenens – cardinal
- Ferdinand VerbiestFerdinand VerbiestFather Ferdinand Verbiest was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in Flanders, later part of the modern state of Belgium. He is known as Nan Huairen in Chinese...
– JesuitSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
missionaryMissionaryA missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
in China, Astronomer
Resistance activists
- Henri Gaillot
- Albert GuérisseAlbert GuérisseMajor-General Comte Albert-Marie Edmond Guérisse, GC, KBE, DSO was a Belgian Resistance member who organized escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II under the alias of Patrick Albert "Pat" O'Leary, the name of a Canadian friend...
(1911–1989) - Arthur HaulotArthur HaulotBaron Arthur Haulot 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...
(1913–2005) - Andrée "Dédée" de JonghAndrée de JonghCountess Andrée de Jongh was a member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II. She organized the Comet Line for escaped Allied soldiers...
(born 1916) - Marcel LouetteMarcel LouetteMarcel Louette was the founder of the Belgian resistance, the White Brigade in 1940. Before the war he had been a school teacher in Antwerp....
(1907–1978) - Georges Piron (1888–1943)
- Edgard PotierEdgard PotierDominique Edgard Antoine Potier was a Belgian airforce officer during World War II who participated in a combat rescue program known as Mission Martin in Belgium and the Possum Line in France...
(1903–1944) - Suzanne SpaakSuzanne SpaakSuzanne Spaak , World War II heroine.Suzanne Spaak was born into a prosperous Belgian banking family sometime around 1905...
(c.1905–1944) - Gabrielle WeidnerGabrielle WeidnerGabrielle Weidner was an important French resistance member in World War II....
(1914–1945) - Johan Hendrik WeidnerJohan Hendrik WeidnerJohan Hendrik Weidner was a highly decorated hero of World War II.-Early life:...
(1912–1994) - Henri Reynders (Dom Bruno) (1903–1981)
- Jean Terfve (1907–1978) (important leader of the Belgian resistance)
Botanists
- Alfred CogniauxAlfred CogniauxAlfred Celestin Cogniaux was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him.In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium....
(1841–1916) - Rembert DodoensRembert DodoensRembert Dodoens was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus.-Biography:...
(1517–1585) - Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier
Chemists
- Jean-Claude LorquetJean-Claude LorquetJean-Claude Lorquet is a professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Liège. He is member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science and author of over 100 scientific papers....
– theoretical chemistTheoretical chemistryTheoretical chemistry seeks to provide theories that explain chemical observations. Often, it uses mathematical and computational methods that, at times, require advanced knowledge. Quantum chemistry, the application of quantum mechanics to the understanding of valency, is a major component of... - Ilya PrigogineIlya PrigogineIlya, Viscount Prigogine was a Russian-born naturalized Belgian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.-Biography :...
– theoretical chemistTheoretical chemistryTheoretical chemistry seeks to provide theories that explain chemical observations. Often, it uses mathematical and computational methods that, at times, require advanced knowledge. Quantum chemistry, the application of quantum mechanics to the understanding of valency, is a major component of...
Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
1977 (born in Russia) - Ernest SolvayErnest SolvayErnest Gaston Joseph Solvay was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.Born at Rebecq, he was prevented by acute pleurisy from going to university...
– chemist - Jean StasJean StasJean Servais Stas was a Belgian analytical chemist.- Life and work :Stas was born in Leuven and trained initially as a physician. He later switched to chemistry and worked at the École Polytechnique in Paris under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Dumas...
– chemist - Jan Baptist van HelmontJan Baptist van HelmontJan Baptist van Helmont was an early modern period Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry"...
(1579–1644) – chemist and physician
Geologists
- Alphonse Francois RenardAlphonse Francois RenardAlphonse Francois Renard , Belgian geologist and petrographer, was born at Ronse, in East Flanders, on 27 September 1842...
– geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
and petrographerPetrographyPetrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. Petrographic descriptions start with the field notes at the... - Gaston BriartGaston BriartGaston 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.The mineral Briartite, discovered in Kipushi in 1965, is named in his honour....
– geologist
Inventors and engineers
- Leo Hendrik Baekeland – inventor of bakelite
- Robert CailliauRobert CailliauRobert Cailliau , born 26 January 1947, is a Belgian informatics engineer and computer scientist who, together with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, developed the World Wide Web.-Biography:...
– information and control engineer - Zénobe GrammeZénobe GrammeZénobe Théophile Gramme was a Belgian electrical engineer. He invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother and much higher voltages than the dynamos known to that point.In 1873 he and Hippolyte Fontaine accidentally discovered that the device was...
– electrical engineer - Bart PreneelBart PreneelBart Preneel is a Belgian cryptographer and cryptanalyst. He is a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in the COSIC group, president of the International Association for Cryptologic Research, and project manager of ECRYPT....
– cryptographer - Adolphe SaxAdolphe SaxAntoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
– inventor of the saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... - Arthur Vierendeel – engineer and inventor of the Vierendeel truss
- Alfred BelpaireAlfred BelpaireAlfred Jules Belpaire was a Belgian locomotive engineer who invented the square-topped Belpaire firebox in 1860....
– steam locomotiveSteam locomotiveA steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
engineer - Egide WalschaertsEgide WalschaertsEgide Walschaerts was a Belgian mechanical engineer, best known as the inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear for use in steam locomotives.He was born in Belgium at Fl. Mechelen...
– steam locomotiveSteam locomotiveA steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
engineer and inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear - André WaterkeynAndré WaterkeynAndré Waterkeyn was a Belgian engineer, born in Wimbledon, best known for creating the Atomium.Waterkeyn was the economic director of Fabrimetal, a federation of metallurgical companies when in 1954 he was asked to design a building for the 1958 World Expo that would symbolize Belgian engineering...
– engineer, best known for creating the AtomiumAtomiumThe Atomium is a monument in Brussels, originally built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by André Waterkeyn, it stands 102 metres tall... - Joan DaemenJoan DaemenJoan Daemen |Limburg]], Belgium) is a Belgian cryptographer and one of the designers of Rijndael, the Advanced Encryption Standard , together with Vincent Rijmen. He has also designed or co-designed the MMB, Square, SHARK, NOEKEON, 3-Way, and BaseKing block ciphers...
– cryptographer (Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Rijndael) - Vincent RijmenVincent RijmenVincent Rijmen is a Belgian cryptographer and one of the two designers of the Rijndael, the Advanced Encryption Standard. Rijmen is also the co-designer of the WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function, and the block ciphers Anubis, KHAZAD, Square, NOEKEON and SHARK.In 1993, Rijmen obtained a degree...
– cryptographer (Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Rijndael) - John Joseph MerlinJohn Joseph MerlinJohn-Joseph Merlin was a Belgian inventor and horologist.He was born Jean-Joseph Merlin in 1735 in the city of Huy, Belgium....
– inventor associated with Cox's timepieceCox's timepieceCox's timepiece is a clock developed in the 1760s by James Cox. It was developed in collaboration with John Joseph Merlin . Cox claimed that his design was a true perpetual motion machine, but as the device is powered from changes in atmospheric pressure via a mercury barometer, this is not the case...
. He also invented inline skatesInline skatesIn-line skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates have two, three, four, or five wheels arranged in a single line...
in 1759.
Mathematicians
- François d'AguilonFrançois d'AguilonFrançois d'Aguilon , was a Belgian Jesuit mathematician, physicist and architect....
– mathematician and physicist (optics) - Jean BourgainJean BourgainJean Bourgain is a Belgian mathematician. He has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and, from 1985 until 1995, professor at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques at Bures-sur-Yvette in France, and since 1994 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,...
– mathematician - Eugène Charles CatalanEugène Charles CatalanEugène Charles Catalan was a French and Belgian mathematician.- Biography :Catalan was born in Bruges , the only child of a French jeweller by the name of Joseph Catalan, in 1814. In 1825, he traveled to Paris and learned mathematics at École Polytechnique, where he met Joseph Liouville...
– mathematician - Ingrid DaubechiesIngrid DaubechiesIngrid Daubechies is a Belgian physicist and mathematician. She was between 2004 and 2011 the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor in the mathematics and applied mathematics departments at Princeton University. In January 2011 she moved to Duke University as a Professor in mathematics. She is the first...
– mathematician and physicist - Pierre DelignePierre Deligne- See also :* Deligne conjecture* Deligne–Mumford moduli space of curves* Deligne–Mumford stacks* Deligne cohomology* Fourier–Deligne transform* Langlands–Deligne local constant- External links :...
– mathematician, Fields MedalFields MedalThe Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
1978 - Jan DenefJan DenefJan Denef is a Belgian mathematician. He is Full Professor of Mathematics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.He is a specialist of model theory, number theory and algebraic geometry. He is well known for his early work on Hilbert's tenth problemand for developing the theory of motivic...
– mathematician - Jean-Charles de la FailleJean-Charles de la FailleJean-Charles de la Faille or Jan-Karel della Faille was a Flemish Jesuit mathematician....
– mathematician - Victor d'HondtVictor D'HondtVictor D’Hondt was a Belgian lawyer, salesman, jurist of civil law at Ghent University, and mathematician. He devised a procedure, the D'Hondt method, which he first described in 1878, for allocating seats to candidates in party-list proportional representation elections...
lawyer and mathematician - Maurice KraitchikMaurice KraitchikMaurice Kraitchik was a Belgian mathematician and populariser born in Minsk. His main interests were the theory of numbers and recreational mathematics.He is famous for having inspired the two envelopes problem in 1953, with the following puzzle in...
– number theorist and recreational mathematician - Constantin Le PaigeConstantin Le PaigeConstantin Marie Le Paige was a Belgian mathematician.Born in Liège, Belgium, Le Paige began studying mathematics in 1869 at the University of Liège. After studying analysis under Professor Eugène Charles Catalan, Le Paige became a professor at the Université de Liège in 1882...
– mathematician - Adolphe QueteletAdolphe QueteletLambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences...
– mathematician and statistician - Simon StevinSimon StevinSimon Stevin was a Flemish mathematician and military engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical...
– mathematician and engineer - André TacquetAndré TacquetAndré Tacquet was a Flemish mathematician and Jesuit Priest. His work prepared ground for the eventual discovery of the calculus....
– mathematician - Antoine ThomasAntoine ThomasAntoine Thomas was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary and astronomer in China.- Early life :Born in Namur in 1644, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1660 and first taught in the schools of Armentières, Huy and Tournai...
– mathematician and Astronomer (in China) - Joseph TillyJoseph TillyJoseph Tilly was a Belgian military man and mathematician.He was born in Ypres, Belgium. In 1858, he became a teacher in mathematics at the regimental school. He began with studying geometry, particularly Euclid's fifth postulate and non-Euclidean geometry...
– mathematician - Jacques TitsJacques TitsJacques Tits is a Belgian and French mathematician who works on group theory and geometry and who introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, and the Tits group.- Career :Tits received his doctorate in mathematics at the age of 20...
– mathematician - Charles Jean de la Vallée-PoussinCharles Jean de la Vallée-PoussinCharles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas de la Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician. He is most well known for proving the Prime number theorem.The king of Belgium ennobled him with the title of baron.-Biography:...
– mathematician - Adriaan van RoomenAdriaan van RoomenAdriaan van Roomen , also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a Flemish mathematician.-Life:Van Roomen was born in Leuven, the son of Adriaan Van Roomen and Maria Van Den Daele. He became a professor, and then travelled extensively in Europe.After studying at the Jesuit College in Cologne, Roomen...
– mathematician
Physicists
- Georges LemaitreGeorges LemaîtreMonsignor Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Louvain. He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble...
– deviser of the Big Bang Theory - Joseph Plateau – physicist
Political scientists and theorists
- Rik CoolsaetRik CoolsaetProfessor Rik Coolsaet is a Belgian academic. He is professor of International Relations at Ghent University, Belgium. He chairs the Department of Political Science at Ghent University...
- Vincent de CoorebyterVincent de CoorebyterVincent de Coorebyter is a Belgian political scientist. He is director-general , of the Belgium-based Centre de recherche et d’information socio-politiques since 1999...
- Chantal MouffeChantal MouffeChantal Mouffe is a Belgian political theorist.-Work:Chantal Mouffe studied at Louvain, Paris and Essex and has worked in many universities throughout the world . She has also held visiting positions at Harvard, Cornell, Princeton and the CNRS...
- Ernest MandelErnest MandelErnest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter , was a revolutionary Marxist theorist.-Life:...
- Abram Leon
Others
- Jules BordetJules BordetJules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him.-Biography:Bordet was born at Soignies, Belgium...
– Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
1919 - Albert ClaudeAlbert ClaudeAlbert Claude was a Belgian biologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. He studied engineering, and then medicine...
– Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
1974 - Christian De DuveChristian de DuveChristian René, viscount de Duve is a Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and biochemist. De Duve was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, Great Britain, as a son of Belgian refugees. They returned to Belgium in 1920...
– Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
1974 (born in Britain of Belgian parents) - Frank De WinneFrank De WinneFrank, Viscount De Winne is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space . He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21.-Education:De Winne graduated in 1979 from the Royal School of Cadets...
– astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.... - Charles Frédéric DuboisCharles Frédéric DuboisCharles Frédéric Dubois was a Belgian naturalist.He was the author of Planches colorées des oiseaux de l’Europe and Catalogue systématique des Lépidoptères de la Belgique , which was completed by his son, Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois , after...
and his son Alphonse Joseph Charles DuboisAlphonse Joseph Charles DuboisAlphonse Joseph Charles Dubois was a Belgium naturalist, born in 1839 at Aix-la-Chapelle and died in 1920 at Coxyde-sur-Mer. He took a doctorate in medicine, and in 1869 became curator of the department of vertebrates at the Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels.He worked with his father,...
– naturalists - Dirk FrimoutDirk FrimoutDirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist, making him the first Belgian in space....
– first Belgian astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.... - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of LancasterJohn of Gaunt, 1st Duke of LancasterJohn of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , KG was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault...
– born in GhentGhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of... - Adrien de GerlacheAdrien de GerlacheBaron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery was an officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899.-His early years:...
– explorer - Jan Baptist van HelmontJan Baptist van HelmontJan Baptist van Helmont was an early modern period Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry"...
– chemist, physiologist and physician - Corneille HeymansCorneille HeymansCorneille Jean François Heymans was a Flemish physiologist. He studied at the prestigious Jesuit College of Sainte Barbe after which he proceeded to Ghent University, where he obtained a doctor's degree in 1920.After graduation Heymans worked at the Collège de France Corneille Jean François...
– Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
1938 - Albert HustinAlbert HustinAlbert Hustin was a Belgian medical doctor. He was the second to successfully practice non-direct blood transfusions with sodium citrate used as an anticoagulant. Luis Agote, from Argentina, was the first doctor to practice this kind of transfusion....
– medical doctor, the first to practice non-direct blood transfusionBlood transfusionBlood transfusion is the process of receiving blood products into one's circulation intravenously. Transfusions are used in a variety of medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood... - Paul JorionPaul JorionPaul Jorion is by training an anthropologist, sociologist with a special interest in the cognitive sciences. He has also written seven books on capitalist economics....
– anthropologist, sociologist, cognitive scientist, and economist - Marc LacroixMarc LacroixMarc Guy Albert Marie Lacroix [pronunciation: "mɑːk lakʁwa"] is a biochemist and a researcher who specializes in breast cancer biology, metastasis and therapy....
– Biochemist and cancer researcher - Benoît LengeléBenoît LengeléBenoît Lengelé is a doctor, anatomist and Belgian surgeon, born in Brussels.- Early life :Born in Brussels, Benoît Lengelé studied medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven, graduating in 1987...
– medical doctor, the first to perform a partial face transplant - Paul JanssenPaul JanssenPaul Adriaan Jan, Baron Janssen was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company with over 20,000 employees. In 2005 he finished as runner up, after Father Damien, in the poll for The Greatest Belgian organized by the regional Flemish television...
- Claude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-StraussClaude Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist, and has been called, along with James George Frazer, the "father of modern anthropology"....
, French scientist born in Belgium - Justus LipsiusJustus LipsiusJustus Lipsius was a Southern-Netherlandish philologist and humanist. Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. The most famous of these is De Constantia...
– classical philologian - Michel LouetteMichel LouetteMichel Louette is a Belgian ornithologist. He is the head of the Department of Ornithology at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in Tervuren, Belgium. He has described five bird species new to science: three from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one from Liberia and one from the Comoros...
– ornithologist - Paul OtletPaul OtletPaul Marie Ghislain Otlet was an author, entrepreneur, visionary, lawyer and peace activist; he is one of several people who have been considered the father of information science, a field he called "documentation". Otlet created the Universal Decimal Classification, one of the most prominent...
– information architect - Grégoire de Saint-VincentGrégoire de Saint-VincentGrégoire de Saint-Vincent , a Jesuit, was a mathematician who discovered that the area under a rectangular hyperbola is the same over [a,b] as over [c,d] when a/b = c/d...
- Louis-Joseph SeutinLouis-Joseph SeutinLouis Joseph Seutin was a Belgian doctor, surgeon and professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles....
– surgeon - Catherine VerfaillieCatherine VerfaillieCatherine M. Verfaillie is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven . Her work on the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate to different cell types has garnered controversy due to accusations of poor laboratory practices and fabrication of data by...
– stem cellStem cellThis article is about the cell type. For the medical therapy, see Stem Cell TreatmentsStem cells are biological cells found in all multicellular organisms, that can divide and differentiate into diverse specialized cell types and can self-renew to produce more stem cells...
researcher - Jos VerhulstJos VerhulstJos Verhulst is a Belgian chemist .He was a teacher at the Steiner School in Antwerp, an associate researcher at the Louis Bolk Institute in Driebergen, a writer and a direct democracy activist...
– scientist, philosopher - Etienne VermeerschEtienne VermeerschEtienne Vermeersch is a Belgian philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater. He is one of the founding fathers of the abortion and euthanasia law in Belgium. He is also former Vice-Rector of the Ghent University.Vermeersch became an atheist after five years with the Society of Jesus...
– philosopher - Andreas Vesalius – anatomist
- Marc WaelkensMarc WaelkensMarc Waelkens is a professor of archaeology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He is director of the excavation at the Pisidian city of Sagalassos in Turkey...
– archeologist - Luce IrigarayLuce IrigarayLuce Irigaray is a Belgian feminist, philosopher, linguist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and cultural theorist. She is best known for her works Speculum of the Other Woman and This Sex Which Is Not One .-Biography:...
– French philosopher, born in Belgium - Louis De Geer – (1587–1652) born 1587-11-17 in Liège.He is considered the father of Swedish industry.
Automobile racing
- Philippe AdamsPhilippe Adams- Early career :Adams first began in motorsport at the age of twelve, racing karts, before beginning in car racing in 1984. In 1992, Adams competed in the British Formula Three Championship, finishing second overall in the season...
– Formula One driver - Bertrand BaguetteBertrand BaguetteBertrand Baguette is a Belgian racing driver from Thimister-Clermont. Since 2000, he has competed in various motorsport formulae.-Karting:...
– 2009 World Series by Renault champion, IndyCar driverAmerican Championship Car RacingSince 1916 there has been a recognized United States national automobile racing National Championship for drivers of professional-level, single-seat open wheel race cars. The championship has been under the auspices of several different sanctioning bodies since 1909. Since 1911, the Indianapolis... - Georges BergerGeorges BergerGeorges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix....
– Formula One driver - Lucien BianchiLucien BianchiLucien Bianchi , born Luciano Bianchi, was a Belgian racing driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams in Formula One...
– Formula One driver - Thierry BoutsenThierry BoutsenThierry Marc Boutsen is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One.-Career:thumb|left|Boutsen driving for [[Arrows]] at the [[1984 Dallas Grand Prix]]....
– racing driver - Johnny ClaesJohnny ClaesOctave John "Johnny" Claes was a racing driver from Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain.-Early life and jazz career:...
– Formula One driver - Jerome d'AmbrosioJérôme d'AmbrosioJérôme d'Ambrosio is a Belgian racing driver of Italian descent. He is driving for Marussia Virgin Racing during the 2011 Formula One World Championship.-Karting:...
– Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
driver, currently driving for Virgin RacingVirgin RacingMarussia Virgin Racing, the trading name of Virgin Racing Limited, is a Russian owned Formula One racing team based in the United Kingdom and racing on a Russian licence, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. It was granted entry as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009, as one of four... - Charles de TornacoCharles de TornacoCharles de Tornaco was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 22 June 1952. He scored no championship points....
– Formula One driver - Marc DuezMarc DuezMarc Duez is a race and rally driver from Belgium.He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring several times, and also the 24 Hours Spa.Duez also has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Andros Trophy....
– racing driver - François DuvalFrançois DuvalFrançois Duval is a Belgian rally driver.-1999–2004:With victories in four events Duval won the Belgian Citroën Saxo Challenge title in 1999...
– racing driver - Paul FrèrePaul FrèrePaul Frère was a racing driver and journalist from Belgium, born in Le Havre . He participated in eleven World Championship Formula One Grands Prix debuting on 22 June 1952 and achieving one podium finish with a total of eleven championship points...
– Formula One driver - Bertrand GachotBertrand GachotBertrand Gachot is a French-Belgian former racing driver.-Career:Gachot is the son of a French European Commission official. He began karting at the age of 15. In 1983 he attended Winfield School, a well-known racing-driving school in France. After this, he focused on his racing career, competing...
– racing driver - Olivier GendebienOlivier GendebienOlivier Gendebien was a war hero and race car driver. He has been cited as "one of the greatest sportscar racers of all time".-Background:...
– race car driver - Christian GoethalsChristian GoethalsChristian Goethals was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 3 August 1958. He scored no championship points....
– Formula One driver - Jan HeylenJan HeylenJan Heylen is a Belgian racing driver who most notably competed in the Champ Car World Series.-Early career and F3000:...
– Champ CarChamp CarChamp Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...
veteran - Jacky IckxJacky IckxJacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in Formula One and six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans.- Racing career :...
– racing driver - Vanina IckxVanina IckxVanina Ickx is a Belgian racecar driver. She is the daughter of Belgian Formula One driver Jacky Ickx....
– daughter of Jacky, Le Mans24 Hours of Le MansThe 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...
regular - Camille JenatzyCamille JenatzyCamille Jenatzy was a Belgian race car driver. He is known for breaking the land speed record three times and being the first man to break the 100 km/h barrier....
– race car driver - Arthur LegatArthur LegatArthur Legat was a racing driver from Haine-Saint-Paul, Belgium. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 21 June 1953. He scored no championship points....
– Formula One driver - Bas LeindersBas LeindersBas Leinders is a racing driver from Belgium. He was a Formula One test and reserve driver in for the Minardi F1 team, taking part in the Friday practice sessions during Grand Prix weekends, making 17 appearances in all...
– racing driver - Willy MairesseWilly MairesseWilly Mairesse was a Formula One and sports car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 7 championship points...
– Formula One driver - André MilhouxAndré MilhouxAndré Milhoux is a former racing driver from Belgium. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1956 German Grand Prix on 5 August 1956, however he had to retire after 15 laps due to an engine failure. He scored no championship points.-Complete Formula One World...
– Formula One driver - Patrick NevePatrick NèvePatrick Marie Ghislain Pierre Simon Stanislas Nève de Mévergnies is a former racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 14 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 16 May 1976. He scored no championship points....
– Formula One driver - Théodore PiletteThéodore PiletteThéodore Pilette was a Belgian racecar driver.Father of André Pilette and grandfather of Teddy Pilette, Théodore was the first member of that racing dynasty....
– racing driver - André PiletteAndré PiletteAndré Pilette , son of former Indy 500 participant Théodore Pilette, was a racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1951. He scored 2 championship points...
– Formula One driver - Teddy PiletteTeddy PiletteTheodore "Teddy" Pilette is a former racing driver from Belgium. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, the first on 12 May 1974 with Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team....
(born 1942) – Formula One driver - Jacques SwatersJacques SwatersJacques Swaters was a racing driver from Belgium and former team owner of Ecurie Francorchamps and Ecurie Nationale Belge....
– Formula One driver - Eric van de PoeleEric van de PoeleEric van de Poele is a Belgian racing driver and former Formula One driver. He participated in 29 Grands Prix, debuting on 10 March 1991. He scored no championship points....
– Formula One driver
Cycling
Including mountain bikingMountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...
and cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...
.
- Mario AertsMario AertsMario Aerts is a professional road bicycle racer since 1997. He has since shifted residence to Molenstede and currently rides for , and has done so since 2005 under the team's various names....
- Benoni BeheytBenoni BeheytBenoni Beheyt is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France.- Major achievements :1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw* 1964:...
- Tom BoonenTom BoonenTom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
- Alex CloseAlex CloseAlex Close was a Belgian road bicycle racer who was placed seventh in the Tour de France in 1952. He won the Tour de Belgique in 1955 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1956.- References :...
- Eric De VlaeminckEric De VlaeminckErik De Vlaeminck is a former Belgian cyclist. He is the brother of Roger De Vlaeminck.The spelling "Eric" rather than "Erik" is the French version of his name. He prefers Erik....
– cyclo-crossCyclo-crossCyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and... - Roger De VlaeminckRoger De VlaeminckRoger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as '"The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation"...
- Fred de BruyneFred De BruyneAlfred De Bruyne was a Belgian champion cyclist.He won Milan – San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959....
- Stijn DevolderStijn DevolderStijn Devolder is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He rides for UCI ProTeam , having ridden for Discovery Channel between 2004 and 2007 and from 2008 to 2010. Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, winning stage 4...
- Johan BruyneelJohan BruyneelJohan Bruyneel is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team . Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of , a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team...
- Hélène DutrieuHélène DutrieuHélène Dutrieu , was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital.-Biography:...
- Philippe GilbertPhilippe GilbertPhilippe Gilbert is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Gilbert is a classics specialist...
- Matthew GilmoreMatthew GilmoreMatthew Gilmore is an Belgian-Australian retired track cyclist, who mostly competed and was most successful on track for Belgium. Although Gilmore was born in and represented Belgium, he is the son of Australian racing cyclist Graeme Gilmore and competed with an Australian licence earlier in his...
– Australian-turned-Belgian - Willy LauwersWilly LauwersWilly Lauwers, also known as Rupske' Lauwers, was a professional cyclist.He was born in Hemiksem, Belgium.Important Results:*1954: second in Grote Scheldeprijs*1956: second in Hanret criterium...
- Roland LibotonRoland LibotonRoland Liboton is a former cyclo-cross racer from Belgium. Liboton won the World Cyclo-cross Championships in 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1984, was Cyclo-cross Champion of Belgium for ten successive years from 1980 to 1989 and won the Super Prestige in 1985, 1986 and 1988. He retired from professional...
– cyclo-crossCyclo-crossCyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and... - Freddy MaertensFreddy MaertensFreddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion.- Career :...
- Romain MaesRomain MaesRomain Maes was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end....
- Filip MeirhaegheFilip MeirhaegheFilip Meirhaeghe is a Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals, one Olympic medal and a total of eleven mountain bike World Cup events...
– mountain bikerMountain bikingMountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can... - Axel MerckxAxel MerckxAxel Merckx , is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from the sport in August 2007. Since he began his professional career in 1993, he has won an Olympic Bronze medal and competed in 8 Tours de France, finishing in 6 as the highest-placed Belgian rider...
– son of Eddy Merckx - Eddy MerckxEddy MerckxEdouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
– considered by many as the greatest cyclist ever. - Jean-Pierre MonseréJean-Pierre MonseréJean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was a Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world....
- Johan MuseeuwJohan MuseeuwJohan Museeuw is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1988 to 2004 and was particularly successful in the classic cycle races in the nineties....
- Sven NysSven NysSven Nys is a professional cyclist who has won his most important victories in cyclo-cross races.Nys began racing BMX at the age of 8...
– cyclo-crossCyclo-crossCyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and... - Stan OckersStan OckersConstant Ockers was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year...
- Alberic SchotteAlberic SchotteAlberic "Briek" Schotte was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, one of the champions of the 1940s and 1950s...
- Patrick SercuPatrick SercuPatrick Sercu is a former Belgian cyclist, best known for his exploits on the tracks.In 1964 aged 19 he competed as the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Sercu is the record...
- Andrei TchmilAndrei TchmilAndrei Tchmil is a retired professional road bicycle racer. His family moved to Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union. He started cycling and showed enough talent to be moved to a cycling school in Moldova...
– Soviet-turned-Ukrainian-turned-Belgian - Philippe ThysPhilippe ThysPhilippe Thys was a Belgian cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France.-Professional career:...
- Lucien Van ImpeLucien Van ImpeLucien van Impe was a Belgian cyclist from 1969 to 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France...
- Frank VandenbrouckeFrank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...
- Rik Van LooyRik Van LooyHenri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals...
- Rik Van SteenbergenRik Van SteenbergenRik Van Steenbergen was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists.-Early life:...
Fencing
- Henri AnspachHenri AnspachHenri Anspach was a Belgian épée and foil fencer.-Olympic fencing Career:Anspach, who was Jewish, was a member of the Belgian fencing team at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, and won a gold medal in the team épée competition...
– (épée & foilFoil (fencing)A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:...
) fencer, Olympic champion - Paul AnspachPaul AnspachPaul Anspach was a Belgian épée and foil fencer.Anspach competed in four Olympiads for the Belgian fencing team .-Early life:Anspach was born in Burcht, Belgium on 1 April 1882....
, épée & foil fencer, 2-time Olympic champion - Jacques OchsJacques OchsJacques Ochs , was a Jewish Belgian artist and épée and foil fencer.-Early years, and art study:Ochs was Jewish, and was born in Nice, France. His family moved to Liège, Belgium, in 1893. Ochs studied art there at the Royal Academy of Art in Liège, graduating 1903. He won the Donnay Prize that year...
, épée fencer, Olympic champion - Gaston SalmonGaston SalmonGaston Salmon was a Belgian épée, foil, and sabre fencer. He was Jewish.-Olympic fencing career:Salmon represented Belgium at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, competing in three events, winning a gold medal in team épée....
, épée fencer, Olympic champion
Football (soccer)
- Philippe AlbertPhilippe AlbertPhilippe Julien Albert is a former Belgian football defender. He played with R. Charleroi S.C., KV Mechelen, R.S.C. Anderlecht and Newcastle United in England...
– player - Aimé Anthuenis – coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
- Walter BaseggioWalter BaseggioWalter Baseggio is a Belgian footballer who plays for AFC Tubize, as a central midfielder.-Club career:...
– player - Roberto BiscontiRoberto BiscontiRoberto Bisconti is a Belgian footballer currently playing for R.F.C. Seraing, as a midfielder.-Club career:...
– player - Jean-Marc BosmanJean-Marc BosmanJean-Marc Bosman is a former Belgian footballer, whose judicial challenge of the football transfer rules led to the Bosman ruling...
– player - Toni BrognoToni BrognoAntonio Brogno is a retired Belgian football striker who was last on the books of Olympic Charleroi. Before that he also played for Sedan, OH Leuven, Westerlo and Sporting Charleroi, where his brother Dante Brogno was an assistant manager. He finished top scorer of the Belgian First Division in...
– player - Thomas BuffelThomas BuffelThomas Buffel is a Belgian footballer who plays for Jupiler League side RC Genk. He is an attacking midfielder and can play as a striker...
– player - Jan CeulemansJan CeulemansJan Anna Gumaar Ceulemans is a Belgian former football player who played as a midfielder.He is his country's most capped player with 96 international appearances. Most of his time with Belgium took place under the guidance of Guy Thys...
– player, coach - Lei ClijstersLei ClijstersLeo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters was a Belgian professional footballer, who played as a central defender.Throughout his extensive senior career, the tough stopper was mainly associated with KV Mechelen, with whom he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup...
– player, coach - Bertrand CrassonBertrand CrassonBertrand Crasson is a former Belgian footballer, in the position of right/center back.He started his career at Anderlecht , moving abroad to Serie A's Napoli in 1996-98, before rejoining his previous side for five more seasons...
– player - Koen Daerden – player
- Gilles De BildeGilles De BildeGilles De Bilde is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a striker. He played club football for Eendracht Aalst, Anderlecht, PSV, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Lierse and Willebroek-Meerhof...
– player - Frank De BleeckereFrank De BleeckereFrank De Bleeckere is a Belgian football referee. He has been a referee since 1984, and an international official since 1998...
– referee - Glen De BoeckGlen De BoeckGlen De Boeck is a Belgian former football player and current manager of VVV-Venlo. During his career he played as central defender, mostly in the books of Anderlecht.-Career:...
– player - Mark De ManMark De ManMark De Man is a Belgian footballer. He is most often deployed as a defensive midfielder but has also been used at centre back or right full back. He has been a regular player at Anderlecht and Belgium. He moved in the 2008/2009 Season to the Dutch Eredivisie side Roda JC for an undisclosed fee...
– player - Geert De VliegerGeert De VliegerGeert de Vlieger is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper.He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before moving to Holland and playing for Willem II for four years between 2000 and 2004...
– goalkeeper - Filip De WildeFilip De WildeFilip Alfons de Wilde is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper, who played mainly with R.S.C. Anderlecht.-Club career:...
– goalkeeper - Steven DefourSteven DefourSteven Arnold Defour is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Porto.-Racing Genk:Defour had been with KV Mechelen since 2002....
– player - Marc DegryseMarc DegryseMarc Gabriel Degryse , nicknamed Le Lutin d'Ardooie and The Little One, is a former Belgian footballer, who played as a forward.-Club career:...
– player - Laurent DelorgeLaurent DelorgeLaurent Delorge is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Roda JC. He also served AA Gent, Coventry City, Lierse SK, RSC Anderlecht, ADO Den Haag and Ajax.- Career :...
– player - Olivier DeschachtOlivier DeschachtOlivier Deschacht is a Belgian footballer. He currently plays for Anderlecht as a left back or left wing-back. He plays for the Belgium national football team regularly. Now he is one of the main players of the Anderlecht defense, being captain of the squad since the 2007–08 season.-Career:At the...
– player - Olivier DollOlivier DollOlivier Doll is a Belgian footballer who plays for KSC Lokeren. He played much of his career at R.S.C. Anderlecht, but failed to become a regular in the first team so he tried his luck at Lokeren in the summer of 2004...
– player - Marouane FellainiMarouane FellainiMarouane Fellaini-Bakkioui is a Belgian footballer who plays for Everton and the Belgium national football team. Fellaini is of Moroccan descent.-Early career:...
– player - Régis GenauxRégis GenauxRégis Hervé Genaux was a Belgian footballer who played as a right defender, and later a coach.During his career, he represented three teams in three countries, namely Standard Liège and Udinese Calcio; he died at only 35 in November 2008.-Club career:After having started playing football with R...
– player - Eric Gerets – player
- Raymond GoethalsRaymond GoethalsRaymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who notably led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a French club....
– coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:... - Bart GoorBart GoorBart Goor is a Belgian football left winger currently playing for Westerlo.-Geel:Goor began his professional career representing K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel in 1991 having risen through the club's youth ranks...
– player - Michaël GoossensMichaël GoossensMichaël Goossens is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a striker.-Club career:Goossens started playing professionally with R.F.C. Seraing at the age of 16, then moved to Standard Liège...
– player - Georges GrünGeorges GrünGeorges Serge Grün is a former Belgian football defender and is now a TV presenter for the UEFA Champions League matches at RTL TVI....
– player - Alan HaydockAlan HaydockAlan John Steve Haydock is a Belgian football player of British descent who plays in the midfield. He currently plays for A.F.C. Tubize....
– player - Oleg IachtchoukOleg IachtchoukOleg Iachtchouk , Lanivtsi Raion, Ternopil Oblast then Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Cercle Brugge and also holds the Belgian nationality. His last name is sometimes transliterated as Yaschuk or Jachtsjoek.-Club career:Iachtchouk first made a name...
– player (Ukrainian-turned-Belgian) - Vincent KompanyVincent KompanyVincent Jean Mpoy Kompany is a Belgian footballer who plays for Manchester City and the Belgium national team. He is capable of playing at both centre back and defensive midfielder. Kompany is of partial Congolese ancestry...
– player - Jonathan LegearJonathan LegearJonathan Legear is a Belgian midfielder who, plays for Terek Grozny. He moved to Anderlecht from their rivals Standard Liège in 2003...
– player - Philippe LéonardPhilippe LéonardPhilippe Léonard is a retired Belgian footballer, who played as a left defender.After playing most notably for Standard Liège and AS Monaco, he rarely appeared for his following four teams , in a 16-year professional career...
– player - Steed MalbranqueSteed MalbranqueSteed Malbranque is a Belgian-born French footballer who last played for Saint-Étienne. Malbranque had previously played professionally for Lyon in his native France before moving to England where he had spells with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland.-Lyon:He was a trainee at Lyon youth...
– player – French player, born in Belgium - Sandy MartensSandy MartensSandy Martens is a Belgian football player currently playing for KSV Oudenaarde. He is a former Belgium international, with a record of 3 goals in 11 games. He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1998 and 2003 but has suffered from various injuries recently...
– player - Joseph MermansJoseph MermansJoseph Mermans , usually referred to as Jef Mermans was a football striker from Belgium, who played much of his career at Anderlecht, with whom he won 7 Belgian Championship titles and finished top scorer of this competition 3 times.Mermans played 56 matches with the Belgium national football team,...
– player - Emile MpenzaÉmile MpenzaEka Basunga Lokonda "Émile" Mpenza is a Belgian footballer who plays for Neftchi Baku as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Belgium. His older brother, Mbo, was also a footballer who represented Belgium....
– player - Mbo MpenzaMbo MpenzaMbo Jérôme Mpenza is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a striker. He was capped by Belgium at international level, scoring three goals in 56 appearances...
– player - Floribert N'GalulaFloribert N'GalulaFloribert N'Galula is a Belgian footballer of Congolese descent who currently plays for Oud-Heverlee Leuven. He signed for MLS side D.C. United in the U.S. in January 2010, but was released from his contract just over a month later....
– player - Luis OliveiraLuis OliveiraLuis Airton Barroso Oliveira is a former Brazilian-Belgian football player and currently coach of the Nuorese.He spent most of his playing career in Italy.-Career:...
– player - Tristan PeersmanTristan PeersmanTristan Peersman is a Belgian footballer. He is a goalkeeper who is currently unattached. He formerly played for various clubs, including Anderlecht and Willem II. He was transferred to OFI Crete on 25 June 2007 but left the club the next year.Since then he played for FC Dordrecht and R.A.E.C....
– goalkeeper - Jean-Marie PfaffJean-Marie PfaffJean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former football goalkeeper.-Biography:At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title and a Belgian Cup . The same year, he received the Belgian Golden Shoe...
– goalkeeper - Luigi PieroniLuigi PieroniLuigi Pieroni is a Belgian football striker, currently playing for French club AC Arles-Avignon.-Career:He finished the Jupiler League 2003-04 season as topscorer with 28 goals while he was playing for R.E. Mouscron. He previously played with R.F.C...
– player - Michel Preud'hommeMichel Preud'hommeMichel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme'tönten mannen, , commonly known as Michel Preud'homme, is a Belgian football coach and retired goalkeeper. He is currently head coach of Al-Shabab Riyadh, a role he took after guiding outgoing Dutch Eredivisie champions FC Twente in the 2010–11 season...
– goalkeeper - Silvio ProtoSilvio ProtoSilvio Proto is a Belgian football goalkeeper who plays for Anderlecht.His other clubs include R.A.C.S. Couillet, Olympic Charleroi and La Louvière. He has also represented the Belgium national football team....
– goalkeeper - Cédric RousselCédric RousselCédric Roussel is a Belgian football striker currently at RUS Beloeil in France.-Career:In 1997, Roussel took part in the FIFA World Youth Championship...
– player - Enzo Scifo – player, coach
- Tony SergeantTony SergeantTony Sergeant is a football midfielder who currently plays for Cercle Brugge in the Belgian Pro League. He arrived at Zulte-Waregem in the summer of 2004 from R. Antwerp F.C.. As a youngster, he also played for Cercle Brugge and Deinze....
– player - Francis SevereynsFrancis SevereynsFrancis Severeyns , nicknamed Cisse, was a Belgian football striker. He played a.o. for R. Antwerp F.C., Pisa Calcio, KV Mechelen, FC Tirol Innsbruck and K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. Severeyns was the Jupiler League top scorer in 1988 with 24 goals. He played 7 matches for the Belgium national...
– player - Timmy SimonsTimmy SimonsTimmy Simons is a Belgian football central defender and defensive midfielder who plays for FC Nuremberg in the German Bundesliga. Simons' former clubs include Lommel, Club Brugge, and PSV Eindhoven. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2002 while playing for Club Brugge.In the summer 2005 he decided...
– player - Wesley SonckWesley SonckWesley Sonck is a Belgian football player, who currently plays as a striker for K. Lierse S.K. who signed him in August 2010 and the Belgium national football team. He played for KRC Genk in the Belgian First Division from where he joined AFC Ajax in 2003 for about £5 million...
– player - Lorenzo StaelensLorenzo StaelensLorenzo Jules Staelens is a retired Belgian footballer and a current manager.Having started his career as a defensive midfielder, he finished it as sweeper at nearly 40, and scored more than 100 goals overall....
– player - Stijn Stijnen – goalkeeper
- Branko StruparBranko StruparBranko Strupar is a former Croatian-Belgian football striker. In 1999, he became a naturalised Belgian by marriage. He consequently played for the Belgium national football team with whom he played 17 matches and scored 5 times....
– player – Croatian turned Belgian - Guy Thys – coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
- Nico VaesenNico VaesenNico-Jos Theodoor Vaesen is a Belgian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He retired from football shortly after joining Lierse, but returned to the game in 2008 with K.F.C...
– goalkeeper - Joos Valgaeren – player
- Gilbert Van BinstGilbert Van BinstGilbert Van Binst was a Belgian football player. He played for R.S.C. Anderlecht, Toulouse FC, Club Brugge KV and Belgium .- External links :*...
– player - Daniel Van Buyten – player
- Constant Vanden StockConstant Vanden StockConstant Vanden Stock was the honorary president and former president and player of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. The stadium of this club is named after him. Constant Vanden Stock also served as coach of the Belgium national football team from 1958 to 1968...
– honorary president and former president and player of football club R.S.C. AnderlechtR.S.C. AnderlechtRoyal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the... - Roger Vanden StockRoger Vanden StockRoger Vanden Stock is the current president of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. He is the son of former president Constant Vanden Stock.-References:...
– president of football club R.S.C. Anderlecht - Franky Van Der Elst – player, coach
- Gunter Van HandenhovenGunter Van HandenhovenGunter Van Handenhoven is a Belgian footballer currently on the books of KFCO Wilrijk.. He used to play for the under 21 Belgium national football team. He played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship....
– player - Paul Van HimstPaul Van HimstPaul van Himst is a former talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. Now retired, he still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon due to the large number of fouls committed on him...
– player, coach - Jan Van SteenbergheJan Van SteenbergheJan Van Steenberghe is a former Belgian football goalkeeper. He played most recently for F.C. Verbroedering Dender E.H., after being released from R.S.C. Anderlecht. His former clubs include Eendracht Aalst, R.A.A. Louviéroise and R.S.C. Anderlecht.-References:...
– player - Anthony Vanden BorreAnthony Vanden BorreAnthony Vanden Borre is a male Belgian footballer who plays for Racing Genk.-Club career:His natural position is at right back or right winger but he made his debut both for Anderlecht and for Belgium at right back. He can also play as a central defender and as a midfielder where his range of...
– player - Erwin VandenberghErwin VandenberghErwin Vandenbergh was a Belgian footballer. Between 1981 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division, with three different clubs . In 1981 he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games...
– player - Yves VanderhaegheYves VanderhaegheYves Vanderhaeghe is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.Known for his tackling, hard-working approach and stamina, he played for five different clubs during his 22-year professional career....
– player - Franky VercauterenFranky VercauterenFrançois Vercauteren , nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a former Belgian football left winger and is now a football manager, who is currently working for Al Jazira Club.- Career :...
– player, coach - Gert Verheyen – player
- Thomas Vermaelen – player
- Eric ViscaalEric ViscaalEric Viscaal is a former football player from the Netherlands, who played much of his career in Belgium . He earned five caps for the Dutch national team...
– player - Bernard VoorhoofBernard VoorhoofBernard Voorhoof was a Belgian footballer, the Belgium national team top scorer since 1940 with 30 goals in 61 matches. He was joined by Paul Van Himst in 1974 who needed 81 matches to score the same number of goals....
– player - Johan WalemJohan WalemJohan Walem is a former football midfielder and is now a TV consultant for Belgacom TV. He was one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but he gained surprisingly few caps for the national team, scoring two goals.His former clubs are Molenbeek , Anderlecht, Udinese, Parma ,...
– player - Josip WeberJosip WeberJosip Weber is a Croatian-Belgian retired professional football forward. He is best known for playing with Belgian club Cercle Brugge while also representing Croatia and Belgium at international level.-Career:At club level, he played for Belgian clubs Cercle Brugge and Anderlecht...
– player - Marc WilmotsMarc WilmotsMarc Robert Wilmots is a former Belgian football player.-Career:In his club career, that started in 1987, Wilmots played for Sint-Truiden, KV Mechelen, Standard Liège, Schalke 04, and Bordeaux. At Schalke he helped them to the 1997 UEFA Cup Final...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player and elected senatorBelgian SenateThe Belgian Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament.-History and future:... - Axel WitselAxel WitselAxel Thomas Witsel is a Belgian football player who plays for Benfica. His natural position is attacking midfielder, but he came into the first team as a right-winger...
– player
Judo
- Ingrid BerghmansIngrid BerghmansIngrid Berghmans is a judoka from Belgium who has eight times been named Belgian Sportswoman of the Year. A former world title holder, she is also an Olympic competitor....
– judoka, olympic champion - Jean-Marie DedeckerJean-Marie DedeckerJean-Marie Louis Dedecker is a Belgian Flemish politician.In 1999 and 2003, Dedecker was directly elected to the Belgian Senate. In 2004 Dedecker ran for a seat in the Flemish Parliament, after taking his seat in the Flemish Parliament, Dedecker was elected by his colleagues as a community senator...
– coach - Ilse HeylenIlse HeylenIlse Heylen is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.Heylen also became the 2005 European Champion and won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships in Belgrade.- References :...
– judoka - Harry Van BarneveldHarry Van BarneveldHarry Van Barneveld is a former Belgian judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight category.- References :...
– judoka - Gella VandecaveyeGella VandecaveyeGella Vandecaveye is a judoka from Belgium.At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's half-middleweight category. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she captured a second medal: a bronze one in the same category...
– judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka - Robert Van De WalleRobert Van De WalleRobert Van de Walle is a Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics.He was born in Ostend....
– judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka, Olympic champion - Ulla WerbrouckUlla WerbrouckUlla Werbrouck is a Belgian politician and former judoka.At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's half-heavyweight category. In January 2007, she joined the newly-established right-liberal List Dedecker party and in June 2007, she was elected member of the Belgian Chamber...
– judoka, Olympic champion
Motocross
- René BaetenRené BaetenRené Baeten was a Belgian motocross world champion.In 1953 and 1954, Baeten finished second in the 500cc European motocross championships to his FN team-mate Auguste Mingels. In 1957, the F.I.M. upgraded the competition to world championship, and again Baeten would finish in second place, this...
– 1958 500cc MotocrossMotocrossMotocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...
World Champion - Marnicq BervoetsMarnicq BervoetsMarnicq Bervoets , is a Belgian former professional motocross racer.Bervoets was one of the top motocross competitors in the 1990s. Riding for the Suzuki factory team, he finished second to perennial champion Stefan Everts three times in the F.I.M. 250cc motocross world championships from 1995 to...
– Top motocross competitor from the 1990s - Sven BreugelmansSven BreugelmansSven Breugelmans is a Belgian motocross world champion.Breugelmans won the 2005 F.I.M. MX3-GP motocross world championship riding for the KTM team run by former world champion Jacky Martens. He finished as runner-up to Yves Demaria in the 2006 and 2007 MX3-GP world championships, before...
– 2005 MX3-GP World Champion - Roger De Coster – Five-time 500cc Motocross World Champion
- Harry EvertsHarry EvertsHarry Everts is a former motocross racer from Belgium. Everts won the 1975 F.I.M. 250cc world championship as a member of the Puch factory racing team. After a period with Bultaco he signed with the Suzuki factory team and won three consecutive 125cc motocross world championships between 1979 and...
– Three-time Motocross World Champion, father of Stefan Everts - Stefan EvertsStefan EvertsStefan Everts is a motocross racer from Belgium, who retired in 2006 after securing his record 10th World Title. He also holds several other motocross records....
– Ten-time Motocross World Champion - Eric GeboersEric GeboersEric Geboers is a former motocross racer and racing driver from Belgium. Nicknamed The Kid, he was the first person to win world championships in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc divisions. He retired from the international competition after his victory in Namen, on August 5, 1990...
– Five-time Motocross World Champion - Sylvain GeboersSylvain GeboersSylvain Geboers is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current motocross team manager.Geboers was one of the top motocross racers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, finishing in the top three of the F.I.M. 250cc motocross World Championships for five consecutive years from 1968 to...
– Motocross des Nations winner - Georges JobéGeorges JobéGeorges Jobé is a former five-time FIM motocross world champion from Belgium. In addition, Jobé also won several Belgian national motocross championships in a professional motocross career that spanned from 1979 to 1992....
– Five-time Motocross World Champion - André MalherbeAndré MalherbeAndré Malherbe was a Belgian motocross racer. He won three F.I.M. 500cc motocross World Championships.Born in Huy, the son of a motorcycle dealer, Malherbe began racing at an early age and earned his racing licence in 1973. He rode a Zündapp to win the 1973 FIM 125cc European motocross...
– Three-time Motocross World Champion - Jacky MartensJacky MartensJacky Martens is a former professional motocross rider and F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion.-Racing career:...
– 1991 500cc World Champion - Gaston RahierGaston RahierGaston Rahier was a motocross racer from Belgium. He was three-time FIM World Champion in the 125cc division, claiming the title in 1975, 1976 and 1977 . He later went on to race in and win the famous Paris-Dakar rally for BMW motorcycles, in 1984 and 1985...
– Three-time 125cc Motocross World Champion - Steve RamonSteve RamonSteve Ramon is a Belgian motocross racer.Ramon was the 2003 MX1-GP World Champion. He repeated as MX1-GP world champion in 2007 although, he did not win a single race. Ramon currently races for the Teka Suzuki team managed by former world champion Eric Geboers and his brother Sylvain Geboers...
– Two-time Motocross World Champion - Joël RobertJoël RobertJoël Robert is a Belgian motocross racer who won the 250cc Motocross World Championship six times including five times in a row....
– Six-time 250cc Motocross World Champion - Joël SmetsJoël SmetsJoël Smets is a former motocross world champion from Belgium, who was named Belgian Sportsman of the Year in 2000.-International career:...
– Three time 500cc Motocross World Champion
Swimming
- Brigitte BecueBrigitte BecueBrigitte Becue is a retired breaststroke swimmer from Belgium, who competed for her native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988...
– swimmer - Gérard Blitz – Olympic bronze (100-m backstrokeBackstrokeThe backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
), International Swimming Hall of Fame - Fred Deburghgraeve – swimmer, Olympic champion
- Ingrid LempereurIngrid LempereurIngrid Lempereur is a former international top swimmer from Belgium. She won the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the age of 15.-References:...
– swimmer
Tennis
- Sabine AppelmansSabine AppelmansSabine Appelmans is a former tennis player from Belgium, and was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.-Career:...
– player - Els CallensEls CallensEls Callens was a professional female tennis player from Belgium. She became a pro in January 1990.Her biggest achievement came in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the bronze medal in doubles, partnering Dominique Van Roost-Monami.She retired on Wednesday 26 October 2005...
– player - Kim ClijstersKim ClijstersKim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
– player, former World #1, Masters 2002–2003 winner and 2-time Grand Slam singles champion - Justine Henin – player, olympic champion, former World #1, Masters 2006 winner and 7-time Grand Slam singles champion
- Xavier MalisseXavier MalisseXavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....
– player - Dominique MonamiDominique MonamiDominique Monami is a former Belgian professional female tennis player.In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daughter, and played under the name Dominique Van Roost until their divorce in 2003.Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where...
– player - Christophe RochusChristophe RochusChristophe Rochus is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player who has been slightly more successful than Christophe. He reached the singles finals of two ATP tournaments: Valencia and Rotterdam but lost them both...
– player - Olivier RochusOlivier RochusOlivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...
– player - Kristof VliegenKristof VliegenKristof Vliegen is a former Belgian tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against...
– player
Track and field
- Ivo Van DammeIvo Van DammeIvo Van Damme was a Belgian middle distance runner.Van Damme was born in Dendermonde. He played football until he was 16, but then switched to athletics...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking... - Kim GevaertKim GevaertKim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, European champion 100 and 200 metres - Tia HellebautTia HellebautTia Hellebaut is a Belgian track and field athlete who started out in the heptathlon, but afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outdoors....
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, European champion high jump, olympic champion high jump - Karel LismontKarel LismontKarel Lismont is a former Belgian athlete, who competed mostly in the marathon. He won two Olympic medals: a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a bronze at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in the same event. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1971, he won a gold...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking... - Emiel PuttemansEmiel PuttemansEmiel Puttemans is a retired middle- and long-distance runner, who set world records for 3000 metres in 1972, for 2 miles in 1971, and for 5000 metres in 1972....
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking... - Gaston RoelantsGaston RoelantsGaston, Baron Roelants was a top steeplechaser in the early 1960s and a great cross-country runner. At the steeplechase he won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles as well as setting two world records, 8 minutes 29.6 seconds in 1963 and 8 minutes 26.4 seconds in 1965.Roelants was born in...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, olympic champion - Patrick StevensPatrick StevensPatrick Stevens is a retired sprinter from Belgium, best known for winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking... - Veerle Dejaeghere – athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
- Cédric Van BranteghemCédric Van BranteghemCédric Marie Carlos Thérèse Van Branteghem is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.54 s *200 metres - 20.60 s *400 metres - 45.02 s...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking... - Mohammed MourhitMohammed MourhitMohammed Mourhit is a Belgian top cross country, middle and long distance runner who holds two European records, in the 3000 m and 5000 m. He is also a former European 10000 m record holder...
– athleteAthletics (track and field)Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
Triathlon
- Kathleen SmetKathleen SmetKathleen Smet is an athlete from Belgium who competes in triathlon. European Champion in both 2000 and 2002, she has been successful in both Olympic Distance and Long Distance Triathlon....
– 2005 world champion - Luc Van LierdeLuc Van LierdeLuc Van Lierde is an athlete from Belgium, who has been competing in triathlon since 1990.-Athletic career:Van Lierde's international career started in 1990 when he came fourth in the World Olympic Distance Triathlon Championships...
– 2-time world champion and winner Iron Man - Marc HerremansMarc HerremansMarc Herremans is a Belgian triathlete and motivational speaker.-Triathlete:Because of his 4th place finish in the Ironman of Australia, he secured a place for the 2001 Ironman World Championship held in Hawaii. On 6 October 2001, he finished in 6th place in the Ironman of Hawaii, widely regarded...
– wheelchair champion
Water polo
- Gérard BlitzGérard Blitz (sportsman)Gérard Blitz was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player during 1920s. Born in Amsterdam, he was the younger brother of Maurice Blitz, also a waterpolo player, and uncle of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950.Blitz was Jewish. In 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Blitz won medals in...
(1901–1979) – swimming and waterpolo 2-time Olympic silver, 2-time bronze (one in swimming—100-m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of FameInternational Swimming Hall of FameThe International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around...
, son of Maurice BlitzMaurice BlitzMaurice Blitz was a Belgian Olympic water polo player during 1920s.He was the older brother of sporting champion Gérard Blitz, and father of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950.... - Gérard BlitzGérard Blitz (entrepreneur)Gérard Blitz was a Belgian water polo player and Yogi.Born in Antwerp, he was the son of Maurice Blitz and nephew of Gérard Blitz, both members of the Belgian water polo national team who won Olympic medals....
(1912–1990) – water poloWater poloWater polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
player and founder of the Club MedClub MedClub Méditerranée , commonly known as Club Med, is a French corporation of vacation resorts found in many parts of the world, usually in exotic locations. It is considered the original all-inclusive resort.-Foundation:... - Maurice BlitzMaurice BlitzMaurice Blitz was a Belgian Olympic water polo player during 1920s.He was the older brother of sporting champion Gérard Blitz, and father of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950....
– waterpoloist, 2-time Olympic silver, father of Gérard Blitz - Henri Cohen – Olympic silver
Other
- Luca BrecelLuca BrecelLuca Brecel is a Belgian snooker player, widely considered one of the most promising upcoming snooker talents.-Amateur career:In April 2009, he became the youngest European under-19 champion at 14 years of age....
– snookerSnookerSnooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
player - Annelies BredaelAnnelies BredaelAnnelies Bredael is a Belgian rower. She participated in 3 consecutive Summer Olympics in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta In 1992, she won the silver medal in rowing, single scull at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
– rowerSport rowingRowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water... - Raymond CeulemansRaymond CeulemansRaymond ridder Ceulemans is a three-cushion billiards player and possibly the most dominant single figure in any one sport, having won 35 World Championship titles , 48 European titles and 61 national titles...
– billiardsBilliardsCue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
player - Frédéric CollignonFrédéric CollignonFrédéric "Rico" Collignon is a Belgian professional table football player. He is a multiple World Champion and is therefore regarded as the best player ever. He has also been dominant in doubles, partnering Todd Loffredo.-References:* * *...
– (table soccer) ITSF multi-time and currently acting world champion - Nathalie DescampsNathalie DescampsNathalie Descamps is a female right-handed badminton player from Belgium. Until 2010, she has won 17 Belgian National Badminton Championships.-Biography:...
– badmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player - Wendy JansWendy JansWendy Jans is a Belgian amateur snooker and pool player.-Snooker:* Belgian Championship – 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009* Continental Cup – 1999, 2001, 2003* Scottisch Open – 2003...
– SnookerSnookerSnooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
player, 2006 IBSF Women's World Champion - Tony ParkerTony ParkerWilliam Anthony "Tony" Parker is a French professional basketball player who currently plays for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA....
– NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player – French nationality, born in Belgium - John RaphaelJohn Raphael (sportsman)John Edward Raphael was a Belgian born English sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union and played first-class cricket with Surrey.-Biography:...
, rugby union player - Jacques RoggeJacques RoggeJacques Rogge, Count Rogge , is a Belgian sports bureaucrat. He is the eighth and current President of the International Olympic Committee .-Life and career:...
– IOCInternational Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
president - Tarec SaffiedineTarec SaffiedineTarec Saffiedine is an Belgian mixed martial artist of Lebanese descent, who competes in the welterweight division. He has fought in a number of promotions around the world including DREAM in Japan and Strikeforce in the United States....
– mixed martial artistMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be... - Paul Van AsbroeckPaul Van AsbroeckPaul Van Asbroeck was a Belgian sports shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle and pistol shooting. He competed at the 1900 Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the military rifle 3 positions category...
– marksmanShootingShooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman... - Kevin van der PerrenKevin van der PerrenKevin van der Perren is a Belgian figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2009 European bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix medalist, and a seven-time Belgian national champion...
– figure skatingFigure skatingFigure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions... - Hubert Van InnisHubert Van InnisHubert van Innis was a Belgian competitor in the sport of archery. Van Innis competed in four events and won two first prizes and a second prize, and is now considered by the International Olympic Committee to have won two gold medals and a silver medal...
– archerArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity... - Bart VeldkampBart VeldkampBart Veldkamp is a retired speed skater, who represented both the Netherlands and Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics.-Short biography:...
– speed skaterSpeed skatingSpeed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating... - Ann WautersAnn WautersAnn Hilde Willy Wauters is a Belgian professional basketball player who currently plays for Ros Casares Valencia in Euroleague Women. Wauters played in the WNBA from 2000 to 2009, most recently with the San Antonio Silver Stars. Her primary position is center.-Personal:Wauters began playing...
– WNBAWomen's National Basketball AssociationThe Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
basketball player
Comics
See also: List of comic creators#Belgium.- Arthur BerckmansArthur BerckmansArthur Berckmans , better known as Berck, is a Belgian comics author, best known for Sammy.-Biography:Arthur Berckmans was born in Leuven in 1929. He studied drawing at the Art academy of Leuven and at the Saint Lucas Institute in Brussels. His first job as an illustrator was in 1948 for the...
(Berck) - Jan BosschaertJan BosschaertJan Bosschaert is a Belgian comics artist, painter and illustrator, best known for the comic series Sam and Jaguar, and his illustrations for the books of Marc De Bel.-Biography:...
- Raoul CauvinRaoul CauvinRaoul Cauvin is a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.-Biography:Raoul Cauvin was born in Antoing, Belgium in 1938. He studied lithography at the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai, but upon leaving school found that there no jobs available for lithographers...
- Didier ComèsDidier ComèsDidier Comès is a Belgian comics artist, best known for his graphic novels published in the magazine .-Biography:...
- François CraenhalsFrançois CraenhalsFrançois Craenhals was a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Chevalier Ardent and Les 4 As.-Biography:...
- Luc CromheeckeLuc CromheeckeLuc Cromheecke , is a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Tom Carbon, Taco Zip, Roboboy and Plunk.-Biography:Luc Cromheecke was born in Antwerp in 1961...
- Paul CuvelierPaul CuvelierPaul Cuvelier was a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Corentin, published by Le Lombard, which first appeared in the first issue of Tintin.-Biography:...
- DanyDany (comics)Dany, pseudonym for Daniel Henrotin is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for Olivier Rameau and Ça vous intéresse?.-Biography:...
- Renaat DemoenRenaat DemoenRenaat Demoen was a Belgian illustrator and comic book creator.-Biography:Renaat Demoen worked for a number of publishers, including Lannoo, when he met Nonkel Fons, editor-in-chief of the youth publications of Averbode, in 1942...
- Bob de MoorBob de MoorBob de Moor is the pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor , a Belgian comics creator. Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style. He wrote and drew several comics series on his own, but also collaborated with Hergé on several volumes of The Adventures of...
- André-Paul DuchâteauAndré-Paul DuchâteauAndré-Paul Duchâteau is a Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist. He worked with Tibet on Ric Hochet. He has also written under the pseudonym Michel Vasseur.-Awards:*1974: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière - French Prize...
- DupaDupaLuc Dupanloup, more famous under his pen name Dupa, was a Belgian comics artist best known as the creator of Cubitus which later was turned into an animated series called Wowser...
(Luc Dupanloup) - René FolletRené FolletRené Follet , sometimes known by the pen name Ref, is a Belgian illustrator, comics writer and artist.-Biography:René Follet was born in Brussels in 1931. His first publication appeared when he was 14, illustrating a promotional issue of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for Aiglon, a...
- Philippe FrancqPhilippe FrancqPhilippe Francq is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for the series Largo Winch.-Biography:Philippe Francq was born in Etterbeek in 1961. He was since his youth an ardent comic reader, who grew up with the comics from Tintin magazine from the 1950s...
- André FranquinAndré FranquinAndré Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...
- Jean-Richard GeurtsJean-Richard GeurtsJean-Richard Geurts, perhaps better known under his pseudonym Janry , is a comics artist. With Tome he created Le Petit Spirou and made several Spirou et Fantasio albums.-Biography:...
(Janry) - François GilsonFrançois GilsonFrançois Gilson is a Belgian comics author. Signing his work simply as Gilson, he is best known for Mélusine.-Biography:...
- René HausmanRené HausmanRené Hausman is a Belgian comic-book writer and artist, best known for his dark fairytales and aquarel drawings.-Biography:...
- HergéHergéGeorges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
(Georges Remi) - Hermann HuppenHermann HuppenHermann Huppen is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.-Biography:...
- Victor HubinonVictor HubinonVictor Hubinon was a Belgian comic-book artist, best known for the series Buck Danny and Redbeard.-Biography:...
- Edgar P. JacobsEdgar Pierre JacobsEdgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, , better known under his pen name Edgar P. Jacobs, was a Belgian comic book creator , born in Brussels, Belgium...
- JanryJean-Richard GeurtsJean-Richard Geurts, perhaps better known under his pseudonym Janry , is a comics artist. With Tome he created Le Petit Spirou and made several Spirou et Fantasio albums.-Biography:...
(Jean-Richard Geurts) - JijéJijéJijé was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the Spirou et Fantasio strip and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, Jerry Spring.-Biography:Born Joseph Gillain in Gedinne, Namur, he completed various art studies Jijé (13 January 1914 – 20...
(Joseph Gillain) - KamagurkaKamagurkaKamagurka, aka Luc Zeebroek, is a Belgian cartoonist, playwright and television producer, known for the absurd nature of his work. He has a big variety of comic figures, but "Bert en Bobje" are the most well-known...
- LambilLambilLambil is a Belgian comic-book artist, best known for the series Les Tuniques Bleues, which has been published in English as "The Blue Tunics" and "The Bluecoats".-Biography:Willy Lambillotte was born in Tamines, Belgium in 1936...
(Willy Lambillote) - Roger LeloupRoger LeloupRoger Leloup is a Belgian comic strip artist, novelist, and a former collaborator of Hergé. He is most famous for the Yoko Tsuno comic series.- Biography :...
- Marcel MarlierMarcel MarlierMarcel Marlier was a Belgian artist and illustrator. He was born in Herseaux, Belgium. When he was 16, he enroled in decorative art at Saint-Luc de Tournai. He finished his studies in 1951 with the greatest distinction. He returned as a teacher two years later.The Belgian publisher La Procure à...
- MerhoMerhoMerho , the pseudonym of Robert Merhottein, is a Belgian comic-book writer and artist, best known for creating the comic strip Kiekeboe.-Early life:...
- MidamMidamMidam is the pseudonym of Michel Ledent, the Belgian comics author best known for Kid Paddle.-Biography:Michel Ledent was born in Etterbeek near Brussels in 1963. He studied illustration and interior decoration at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels, and started creating comics in 1989 for the...
- MorrisMorris (comics)Maurice De Bevere , better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke. His pen name is an alternate spelling of his first name.-Biography:...
(Maurice de Bevere) - Jef NysJef NysJozef "Jef" Nys was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip Jommeke.-Biography:...
- Eddy PaapeEddy PaapeEddy Paape is a Franco-Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the series Luc Orient.-Biography:Eddy Paape was born in Grivegnée , Belgium in 1920...
- Frank PéFrank PéFrank Pé, often signing solely as Frank is a Belgian comic book artist, best known for Broussaille and Zoo.-Biography:Frank Pé was born in Ixelles in 1956...
- PeyoPeyoPierre Culliford , known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.-Biography:...
(Pierre Culliford) - Jean RobaJean RobaJean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...
- François SchuitenFrançois SchuitenBaron François Schuiten is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for drawing the series Les Cités Obscures.-Biography:François Schuiten was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1956....
- Yves SenteYves SenteYves Sente is a Belgian comic book editor and author. He is known as writer for Blake and Mortimer and Thorgal.-Biography:Yves Sente was born in Uccle near Brussels in 1964...
- Marc SleenMarc SleenMarcel Honoree Nestor, Knight Neels , known with his pseudonym Marc Sleen, is a Flemish/Belgian comics artist and cartoonist. He is mostly known for his comic The adventures of Nero and co.-Biography:...
(Marc Neels) - Philippe TomePhilippe VandeveldePhilippe Vandevelde, working under the pseudonym Tome , is a comic strip script writer. He is known for collaborations with Janry on Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou, and with Luc Warnant and later Bruno Gazzotti on Soda...
(Philippe Vandevelde) - William VanceWilliam VanceWilliam Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born 8 September 1935, is a Belgian comics artist widely known throughout a long career for his distinctive style and work in Franco-Belgian comics.- Biography :...
- Willy VandersteenWilly VandersteenWilly Vandersteen was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide....
- Jean Van HammeJean Van HammeJean Van Hamme is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII and Largo Winch.-Early years:...
- François WalthéryFrançois WalthéryFrançois Walthéry is a Belgian comics artist, best known for his series featuring an adventurous flight attendant, Natacha.-Biography:...
- WillWill (comics)Willy Maltaite known by the pseudonym Will, was a comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition...
(Willy Maltaite)
Fashion
see also Antwerp SixAntwerp Six
The Antwerp Six refers to a group of influential avant garde fashion designers who graduated from Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1980-1981. At the Academy they were taught by Linda Loppa. The fashion collective presented a distinct, radical vision for fashion during the 1980s that...
- Dirk BikkembergsDirk BikkembergsDirk Bikkembergs is a Belgian fashion designer.-Early life and designer career:Dirk Bikkembergs was born in Cologne, Germany, In 1982, Bikkembergs graduated, together with other Belgian designers Ann Demeulemeester, Dries van Noten, Dirk van Saene, Walter van Beirendonck and Marina Yee...
- Veronique Branquino
- Liz Claiborne, American designer born in Belgium
- Elise CrombezElise CrombezÉlise Crombez is a Belgian fashion model. She grew up and went to school in Koksijde. She was discovered in 1999 when she decided to enter a fashion contest with a friend of hers. The contest was held in the Belgian town of Roeselaere...
- Ann DemeulemeesterAnn DemeulemeesterAnn Demeulemeester is a fashion designer whose eponymous label 'Ann Demeulemeester' is mainly showcased at the annual Paris Fashion Week.-Early life:...
- Martin MargielaMartin MargielaMartin Margiela is a Belgian fashion designer. He studied at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts along with the legendary avantgarde fashion collective the Antwerp Six. Many still consider him to be the "7th" member of the collective.- Life and work:After graduation in 1980 he worked as a...
- Hanne Gaby OdieleHanne Gaby OdieleHanne Gaby Odiele is a Belgian model.- Early Life and Discovery :Hanne Gaby Odiele was born on 8 October 1988 in Kortrijk, Belgium. She was discovered while attending Novarock rock festival in Belgium.- Career :...
- Raf SimonsRaf SimonsRaf Simons is a Belgian fashion designer. He studied Industrial design, but after a few years of self-study, he became a menswear designer in 1995...
- Olivier StrelliOlivier StrelliOlivier Strelli born Nissim Israel is a Belgian fashion designer, who put Belgium on the fashion map. His name is now synonymous with a chain of male and female clothing and accessory boutiques in Belgium, Switzerland, France and China...
- Walter Van BeirendonckWalter Van BeirendonckWalter Van Beirendonck is a Belgian fashion designer. He graduated in 1980 from the Royal Arts Academy in Antwerp. Together with Dirk Van Saene, Dries van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Marina Yee and Dirk Bikkembergs they became known as the Antwerp Six.Since 1983, he issues his own collections...
- Dries van NotenDries van NotenDries Van Noten is a Belgian fashion designer and an eponymous fashion brand. In 2005, the New York Times described him "one of fashion's most cerebral designers"...
Painters
- Pierre AlechinskyPierre AlechinskyPierre Alechinsky is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to Tachisme, Abstract expressionism, and Lyrical Abstraction.Alechinsky was born in Brussels...
– CobraCOBRA (avant-garde movement)COBRA was a European avant-garde movement active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home cities: Copenhagen , Brussels , Amsterdam .-History:...
member - Joachim BeuckelaerJoachim BeuckelaerJoachim Beuckelaer was a Flemish painter.A native of Antwerp, he studied under his uncle, Pieter Aertsen. Many of his paintings contain scenes of kitchen and markets, with religious allusions in the background. His Four Elements series exemplifies this theme on a large scale...
- Adriaen BrouwerAdriaen BrouwerAdriaen Brouwer was a Flemish genre painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century.-Biography:...
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and his family, including Pieter Brueghel the YoungerPieter Brueghel the YoungerPieter Brueghel the Younger /ˈpitəɾ ˈbɾøːxəl/ was a Flemish painter, known for numerous copies after his father Pieter Brueghel the Elder's paintings and nicknamed "Hell Brueghel" for his fantastic treatments of fire and grotesque imagery.-Life:Pieter Brueghel the Younger was the oldest son of the...
, Jan Brueghel the ElderJan Brueghel the ElderJan Brueghel the Elder was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. Nicknamed "Velvet" Brueghel, "Flower" Brueghel, and "Paradise" Brueghel, of which the latter two were derived from his floral still lifes which were his favored subjects, while the...
, and Jan Brueghel the YoungerJan Brueghel the YoungerJan Brueghel the Younger was a Flemish Baroque painter, and the son of Jan Brueghel the Elder.He was trained by his father and spent his career producing works in a similar style. Along with his brother Ambrosius, he produced landscapes, allegorical scenes and other works of meticulous detail. ... - Robert CampinRobert CampinRobert Campin , now usually identified as the artist known as the Master of Flémalle, is usually considered the first great master of Early Netherlandish painting...
- Petrus ChristusPetrus ChristusPetrus Christus was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444.-Life:Christus was born in Baarle, near Antwerp and Breda. Long considered a student of and successor to Jan van Eyck, his paintings have sometimes been confused with those of Van Eyck. At the death of Van Eyck in 1441,...
- Emile ClausEmile ClausEmile Claus was a Belgian painter.- Life :Emile Claus was born on 27 September 1849, in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, a village in West-Flanders , at the banks of the river Lys. Emile was the twelfth child in a family of thirteen. Father Alexander was a grocer-publican and for some time town councillor...
– impressionismImpressionismImpressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s... - Gerard DavidGerard DavidGerard David was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color.-Life:...
- Philippe de ChampaignePhilippe de ChampaignePhilippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...
- Gaspar De Crayer
- Raoul De KeyserRaoul De KeyserRaoul De Keyser is a Belgian painter, who lives and works in Deinze, Belgium.-Work:De Keyser creates abstract paintings and works on paper...
– abstractAbstract artAbstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
painter - Paul DelvauxPaul DelvauxPaul Delvaux was a Belgian painter, associated with Surrealism, famous for his paintings of female nudes.-Biography:...
– surrealistSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.... - Jean DelvilleJean DelvilleJean Delville was a Belgian symbolist painter, writer, and occultist. In 1896, he founded the Salon d’Art Idealiste, which is considered the Belgian equivalent to the Parisian Rose & Cross Salon and the Pre-Raphaelite movement in London.-Quotes:-Delville's background:During the last decades of...
– symbolistSymbolism (arts)Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
painter - Gustave De SmetGustave De SmetGustave De Smet was a Belgian expressionist painter.Having first adopted the "luminist" style of Emile Claus, he came under the influence of expressionism and cubism during World War I....
– expressionismExpressionismExpressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas... - Sam DillemansSam DillemansSam Dillemans is a Belgian painter.-Background:Sam Dillemans was born in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium. After high school, Dillemans studied at several academies in Belgium and abroad. He obtained the French Higher National diploma of Plastic Expression Option Art...
- James EnsorJames EnsorJames Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life...
- Frans FlorisFrans FlorisFrans Floris, or more correctly Frans de Vriendt, called Floris was a Flemish painter. He was a member of a large family trained to the study of art in Flanders.-Biography:...
- Adriaen Isenbrandt
- Jacob JordaensJacob JordaensJacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their...
- Justus of Ghent
- Fernand KhnopffFernand KhnopffFernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff as a Belgian symbolist painter.- Youth and Training :...
– symbolistSymbolism (arts)Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire... - Georges Emile LebacqGeorges Emile LebacqGeorges-Emile Lebacq was a Belgian painter born in Jemappes the 26th September 1876 and died in Bruges the 4th August 1950.-Biography:...
– Impressionist, Post-Impressionist painter - Limbourg brothersLimbourg brothersThe Limbourg brothers, or in Dutch Gebroeders van Limburg , were famous Dutch miniature painters from the city of Nijmegen. They were active in the early 15th century in France and Burgundy, working in the style known as International Gothic...
– manuscript illuminators - Lambert LombardLambert LombardLambert Lombard was a Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. During his career he worked for Jan Gossaert in Middelburg and trained Frans Floris. In 1532 he became court painter and architect in Liège...
- Jan MabuseJan MabuseJan Mabuse was the name adopted by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert; or Jennyn van Hennegouwe , as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of St Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.-Biography:Little is known of his early life...
- René MagritteRené MagritteRené François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...
– surrealistSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.... - Xavier MelleryXavier MelleryXavier Mellery was a Belgian Symbolist painter.The son of a gardener at the Royal Palace of Laeken, Mellery initially worked with the painter-decorator Charles Albert. He attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1860 to 1867, one of his professors being Jean-François Portaels...
– symbolistSymbolism (arts)Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire... - Hans MemlingHans MemlingHans Memling was a German-born Early Netherlandish painter.-Life and works:Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden...
- Kwinten Metsys (a.k.a. Quentin Matsys/Quentin Massys)
- Constant PermekeConstant PermekeConstant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the family moved to Ostend, where his father became curator of the Municipal Museum of Arts. Permeke went to school in Bruges...
– expressionistExpressionismExpressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas... - Pieter PourbusPieter PourbusPieter Pourbus was a Dutch-born Flemish Renaissance painter.Pourbus was born in Gouda. He was known primarily for his religious and portrait painting and worked mainly in Bruges, where he had moved from Gouda by 1543. He died in Bruges...
- Roger RaveelRoger RaveelRoger, Knight Raveel is a contemporary Belgian painter, who trained in the academies of Ghent and Deinze. His painting is often associated with pop art because of the use of everyday objects. After 1952 he begins to use large white spaces. A central theme in his work is the opposition of fiction...
- Félicien RopsFélicien RopsFélicien Rops was a Belgian artist, and printmaker in etching and aquatint.-Early life:Rops was born in Namur as the only son to Nicholas Rops and Sophie Maubile. He was educated at the University of Brussels...
- Peter Paul Rubens – BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter - Victor ServranckxVictor ServranckxVictor Servranckx was a Belgian abstract painter and designer.He was born in Diegem and studied from 1913–1917 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. There, in 1916, he met René Magritte, with whom he wrote "Pure Art: A Defence of the Aesthetic" in 1922. His style was influenced by...
– cubistCubismCubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture... - Frans Snyders
- Leon SpilliaertLeon SpilliaertLéon Spilliaert was a Belgian symbolist painter and graphic artist.Spilliaert was born in Ostend, the oldest of seven children of Léonard-Hubert Spilliaert, who was a perfumer, and Léonie . From childhood he displayed an interest in art and drawing. A prolific doodler and autodidact, he was...
- David Teniers the YoungerDavid Teniers the YoungerDavid Teniers the Younger was a Flemish artist born in Antwerp, the son of David Teniers the Elder. His son David Teniers III and his grandson David Teniers IV were also painters...
- Luc TuymansLuc TuymansLuc Tuymans is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Tuymans is considered one of the most influential painters working today. His signature figurative paintings transform mediated film, television, and print sources into examinations of history and memory.-Life:Tuymans...
- Pieter van AelstPieter van AelstPieter van Aelst or Pieter Coecke van Aelst was a Flemish painter. He studied under Bernaert van Orley and later lived in Italy before entering the Antwerp Guild of painters in 1527. In 1533, he travelled to Constantinople for one year in a failed attempt to establish business connections for...
- Joos van CleveJoos van CleveJoos van Cleve was a painter active in Antwerp around 1511 to 1540. He was born around 1485 and died in between 1540 and 1541...
- Frits Van den BergheFrits Van den BergheFrits Van den Berghe was a Belgian expressionist painter.He was born at Ghent. Like his friends Constant Permeke and Gustave De Smet, he first adopted the late-impressionist style of Emile Claus, but converted to expressionism during World War I....
– expressionistExpressionismExpressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas... - Hugo van der GoesHugo van der GoesHugo van der Goes was a Flemish painter. He was, along with Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling and Gerard David, one of the most important of the Early Netherlandish painters.-Biography:...
- Rogier van der Weyden (a.k.a. Rog(i)er de la Pasture)
- Gustave Van de WoestijneGustave Van de WoestijneGustave Van de Woestijne was a Belgian expressionist painter.He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem on the banks of the Lys, near Ghent. He was the brother of the Flemish poet Karel Van de Woestijne....
- Sir Anthony van DyckAnthony van DyckSir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of Charles I of England and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next...
(Antoon van Dyck) - Jan van EyckJan van EyckJan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
and his brother Hubert van EyckHubert van EyckHubert van Eyck was a Flemish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck. He was probably born in Maaseik, Flanders, now in Belgium.... - Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenAnne-Mie van KerckhovenAnne-Mie van Kerckhoven is a Belgian artist whose work involves painting, drawing, computer art and video art.-Biography:Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven was born in Antwerpen and lives in Antwerpen and Berlin....
- Eugeen Van MieghemEugeen Van MieghemEugeen Van Mieghem was a Belgian artist born in the port of Antwerp. As a boy Van Mieghem was confronted with the harsh reality of life at the waterfront.Even at primary school he showed a talent for drawing...
- Bernard van OrleyBernard van OrleyBernard van Orley , also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter and draughtsman, and also a leading designer of tapestries and stained glass...
- Théo van RysselbergheThéo van RysselbergheThéo van Rysselberghe was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the century.-Early years:...
– neo-impressionistNeo-impressionismNeo-impressionism was coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat’s greatest masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, marked the beginning of this movement when it first made its appearance at an exhibition... - Fernand VerhaegenFernand VerhaegenFernand Verhaegen was a Belgian painter and etcher.He was born in Marchienne-au-Pont, near Charleroi in Wallonia. He took courses at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts from 1900 to 1906 and there became friends with Rik Wouters and Edgard Tytgat. After graduation he exhibited his works in Belgium...
– painter of WalloonWalloonsWalloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within Belgium, important historical and anthropological criteria bind Walloons to the French people. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of the Walloon...
folklore - Antoine Joseph Wiertz
Sculptors
- Delphine BoëlDelphine BoëlDelphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine Boël is a Belgian artist who specializes in papier maché sculpture. She is alleged to be the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium. Sometimes in the media Delphine is incorrectly titled as a Baroness, because of her mother's title...
- René CarcanRené CarcanRené Carcan was a prominent Belgian engraver and sculptor, who studied under Léon Devos, Jacques Maes and Johnny Friedlaender...
- May ClaerhoutMay ClaerhoutMay Claerhout is a Belgian artist who was born in Pittem. She creates sculptures in bronze and terracotta, and she has created several statues for public buildings in Belgium. Her studio is located in Malle...
- François DuquesnoyFrançois DuquesnoyFrançois Duquesnoy was a Baroque sculptor in Rome. His more idealized representations are often contrasted with the emotional character of Bernini's works, while his style shows greater affinity to Algardi's sculptures....
- Jan FabreJan FabreJan Fabre is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer.He studied at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp...
- Lucas FaydherbeLucas FaydherbeLucas Faydherbe was a Flemish sculptor and architect.-Biography:...
- Jean-Michel FolonJean-Michel FolonJean-Michel Folon was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. Folon was born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium in 1934 where he studied architecture at the Institut Saint-Luc. In 1955 he settled in a gardener’s house in the outskirts of Paris. Over a period of five years he drew morning,...
- George GrardGeorge GrardGeorge Grard was a Belgian sculptor, known above all for his representations of the female, in the manner of Pierre Renoir and Aristide Maillol, modelled in clay or plaster, and cast in bronze....
- Constantin MeunierConstantin MeunierConstantin Meunier , Belgian painter and sculptor, was born in Etterbeek, Brussels.His first exhibit was a plaster sketch, "The Garland," shown at the Brussels Salon in 1851. Soon afterwards, on the advice of the painter Charles de Groux, he abandoned the chisel for the brush...
- George MinneGeorge MinneGeorge Minne was born in Ghent as the son of an architect . Birth names : Georgius Joannes Leonardus...
- Olivier StrebelleOlivier StrebelleOlivier Strebelle is a Belgian sculptor born in Brussels on 20 January 1927.His monumental sculptures adorn many public places in Brussels as well as in Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia, singapore, Switzerland, and the United States....
- Rik WoutersRik WoutersHendrik Emil Wouters was a Belgian fauvist painter and sculptor. Wouters was educated at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.-External links:...
Others
- Guillaume BijlGuillaume BijlGuillaume Bijl, born in Antwerp in 1946, is a Belgian installation artist.Bijl's first installation was a driving school, set in a gallery-space in Antwerp in 1979, accompanied by a manifesto calling for the abolition of art centres, and replacing them with 'socially useful institutions'...
- Jean De BastJean De BastJean De Bast is a Belgian postage stamps draughtsman and engraver.After a very complete artistic training , he joined in 1907 the National Postage Stamps Printing-house in Mechelen...
- Ade BethuneAde BethuneAde Bethune was a Catholic liturgical artist.She was associated with the Catholic Worker Movement, and designed an early masthead of its publication, the Catholic Worker, first used in 1935. She later re-designed this in 1985, replacing one of the men with a woman.Bethune was an advocate of...
- Marcel BroodthaersMarcel BroodthaersMarcel Broodthaers was a Belgian poet, filmmaker and artist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works....
- Victor DelhezVictor DelhezVictor Delhez, , best known for his engravings, was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and died in Argentina.Delhez was one of seven children...
- Wim DelvoyeWim DelvoyeWim Delvoye is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. He repeatedly links the attractive with the repulsive, creating work that holds within it inherent contradictions- one does not know whether to stare, be...
- Danny DevosDanny DevosDanny Devos also known as DDV is a Belgian artist whose work involves body art and performance art and a fascination with true crime....
- PanamarenkoPanamarenkoPanamarenko is a prominent assemblagist in Belgian sculpture. Famous for his work with airplanes as theme; none of which are able nor constructed to actually leave the ground....
- Dr. Hugo HeyrmanHugo HeyrmanHugo Heyrman , , is a Belgian painter, filmmaker, internetpioneer, synesthesia- and new media researcher.- Biography:Hugo Heyrman was born in Antwerp, where he lives and works....
Others
- Arturo AlfandariArturo AlfandariArturo Alfandari was a Belgian diplomat, known as the creator of the language Neo.-Life:Originally from Italy, in the First World War he served as a cipher officer for the Italian High Command...
– diplomat, creator of the language NeoNeo (constructed language)Neo is an international auxiliary language created by a Belgian diplomat of Italian descent Arturo Alfandari.-History:The first draft was published in 1937 by Arturo Alfandari but attracted wider attention in 1961 when Alfandari published his books Cours Practique de Neo and The Rapid Method of Neo... - Edgard ColleEdgard ColleEdgard Colle was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world champion Max Euwe; first at Meran 1926, ahead of Esteban Canal; and first at Scarborough 1930, ahead of Maróczy...
– chess player - Jeanne de BellemJeanne de BellemJeanne de Bellem , was a politically active Belgian pamphlet writer and a participator of the Brabant revolution of 1789...
– politicall activist during the Brabant revolutionBrabant RevolutionThe Brabant Revolution took place between January 1789 and December 1790, when a popular revolt broke in the Austrian Netherlands against the unpopular reforms of the Emperor Joseph II... - Sabine DardenneSabine DardenneSabine Dardenne is a Belgian woman who was kidnapped at the age of twelve by pedophile and serial killer Marc Dutroux. Dardenne was one of Dutroux's last two victims...
– victim of child molestor Marc DutrouxMarc DutrouxMarc Dutroux is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 and 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein,... - Thierry de DuveThierry de DuveThierry de Duve is a Belgian professor of modern art theory and contemporary art theory, and both actively teaches and publishes books in the field...
– art critic and theorist - Paul de ManPaul de ManPaul de Man was a Belgian-born deconstructionist literary critic and theorist.He began teaching at Bard College. Later, he completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in the late 1950s...
- deconstructionist literary critic and theorist - Joanna DeRoover – oldest documented living person in Belgium at the time of her death
- Xavier HufkensXavier HufkensXavier Hufkens is a European gallery owner and dealer in contemporary art. Since its founding in 1987, his gallery has been committed to the long term representation of established, mid-career and emerging artists. The gallery deals in a combination of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography,...
– gallery owner and dealer in contemporary art - Piet HuysentruytPiet HuysentruytPiet Huysentruyt is a Belgian TV chef and the author of two bestselling cooking books.-Biography:Piet Huytsentruyt, born in 1962, studied at the cooking school Ter Duinen in Koksijde before working in a number of restaurants in Belgium and abroad...
– chef and bestselling author - Jean-Denis LejeuneJean-Denis LejeuneJean-Denis Lejeune is the father of Julie Lejeune, abducted along with Mélissa Russo in Belgium on June 24, 1995, and imprisoned in Marc Dutroux's cellar. She was 8 years old at the time. She died, probably of starvation, some time between December 6, 1995 and March 20, 1996...
– founder of Child FocusChild FocusChild Focus is the common name of the European Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children.Their emergency telephone numbers are:* 116 000 toll-free, in Belgium connects it to Child Focus, in some other EU-countries this number is routed to a local similar organisation.* +32 2 475 44 99... - Claude LelièvreClaude LelièvreClaude Lelièvre is the Commissioner for Children Rights of the French Community of Belgium, an office similar to the Children's Ombudsman agencies elsewhere.-External links:...
– Commissioner for Children Rights, French-speaking Community - Jean-Baptiste MoënsJean-Baptiste MoënsJean-Baptiste Philippe Constant Moens was a Belgian philatelist recognized as the first dealer in stamps for collectors. He was one of the original philatelic journalists.- Youth :...
– "The Father of Philately" - Peter PiotPeter PiotBaron Peter Piot, MD, PhD FRCP is a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, former Executive Director of the UN specialized agency UNAIDS, and a professor at Imperial College London...
– Director of UNAIDS - Sybille de Selys LongchampsSybille de Selys LongchampsSybille, Baroness de Selys Longchamps is a Belgian aristocrat. She is known as the mother of Delphine Boël, supposedly the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium, current King of the Belgians....
- Vanden Geyhn et Van AerschodtVanden Geyhn et Van AerschodtThe family Vanden Geyhn founded bells and carrillons around Europe. The foundry was originally established in Mechelen. The bells they made are considered as being the best sounding of their times....
Famille de foundeurs - Pierre WynantsPierre WynantsPierre Wynants is a Belgian chef. He owned and led the Comme chez Soi restaurant in Brussels, one of the finest and most famous restaurants in Belgium....
– chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ... - Michel de KemmeterMichel de KemmeterMichel de Kemmeter is a Belgian entrepreneur from Ghent and author of books. He started in the field of construction material and since 2005 write about Personal Development, Intangible Assets and Human Sustainable Development.---...
(born 1964) - Yvessy – The bed intruder.
See also
- List of Belgian Americans
- List of Belgium-related topics
- List of fictional Belgians
- List of people by nationality
- Notable people from BrusselsNotable people from Brussels-Patroness of Brussels:* Saint Gudulae of Brussels and Eibingen, Saint of the city and national saint of Belgium-The Belgian Monarchs:The Belgian Monarchs reside in Brussels, the capital of Belgium...