Notable people born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium:
(The same person may appear under several headings)
Actors, Film Directors
- Stijn Coninckx[?] - film director
- Jan Decleir[?] - actor
- Robbe De Hert[?] - film director
- André Delvaux - film director
- Audrey Hepburn - actress
- Ann Petersen[?] - actress
- Luc Philips[?] - actor
- Raoul Servais[?] - maker of animated films
- Jean Claude van Damme - actor
- Dora van der Groen[?] - actress
Architects
Clergymen, Mystics
- Jean Bolland - hagiographer
- Father Damien (Pater Damiaan)
- Cornelius Jansen - theologian
- Georges Pire[?] - Dominican priest, Nobel Peace Prize 1958
- Blessed John Ruysbroeck[?] - mystic
Composers
- Peter Benoit[?]
- Gilles Binchois
- Jacob Clemens non Papa[?]
- Cypriano de Rore[?]
- Josquin des Prez
- François Joseph Fétis[?]
- César Franck[?]
- Karel Goeyvaerts[?]
- Nicolas Gombert[?]
- François Joseph Gossec[?]
- André Grétry[?]
- Joseph Jongen[?]
- Léon Jongen[?]
- Orlande de Lassus (Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso)
- Guillaume Lekeu[?]
- Jacob Obrecht[?]
- Johannes Ockeghem[?]
- Henri Pousseur[?]
- Henri Vieuxtemps
- Adrian Willaert[?]
Musicians
- Natacha Atlas - singer
- Jacques Brel
- Charles Cluytens[?] - conductor
- Lara Fabian[?]
- Arthur Grumiaux[?] - violinist
- Philippe Herreweghe[?] - conductor
- Sigiswald Kuijken[?] - violinist and conductor
- Helmut Lotti[?]
- Axelle Red[?]
- Django Reinhardt
- Toots Thielemans[?]
- Will Tura[?]
- Eugène Ysaÿe[?] - violinist and composer
Painters
- Pierre Alechinsky - Cobra member
- Boucicaut Master[?] - manuscript illuminator
- Pieter Brueghel the Elder
- Robert Campin[?]
- Petrus Christus[?]
- Gerard David
- Philippe de Champaigne[?]
- Gaspar De Crayer[?]
- Raoul De Keyser[?] - abstract painter
- Paul Delvaux[?] - surrealist
- James Ensor[?]
- Jacob Jordaens
- Justus of Ghent[?]
- Fernand Khnopff[?] - symbolist
- Limbourg brothers[?] - manuscript illuminators
- Rene Magritte - surrealist
- Hans Memling
- Kwinten Metsys (also known as Quentin Matsys/Quentin Massys)
- Constant Permeke[?] - expressionist
- Pieter Pourbus[?]
- Félicien Rops[?]
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Victor Servranckx[?] - cubist
- Frans Snyders[?]
- Leon Spilliaert[?]
- David Teniers the Younger[?]
- Frits Van den Berghe[?] - expressionist
- Hugo van der Goes[?]
- Rogier van der Weyden (also known as Rog(i)er de la Pasture)
- Gustave Van de Woestijne[?]
- Sir Anthony van Dyck[?] (Antoon van Dyck)
- Jan van Eyck
- Eugeen Van Mieghem
- Bernard van Orley[?]
- Theo van Rysselberghe[?] - neo-impressionist[?]
- Antoine Joseph Wiertz[?]
Rulers, Politicians
- Albert I of Belgium
- Albert II of Belgium
- Baudouin I of Belgium
- Auguste Beernaert[?] - Nobel Peace Prize 1908
- Willy Claes[?]
- Hendrik De Man[?]
- Gaston Eyskens
- Pierre Harmel
- Henri La Fontaine[?] - Nobel Peace Prize 1913
- Leopold I of Belgium
- Leopold II of Belgium
- Leopold III of Belgium
- Paul-Henri Spaak
- Jacob van Artevelde[?]
- Emile Vandervelde[?]
- Paul Van Zeeland
- See also: List of Belgian monarchs
Scientists
- Leo Hendrik Baekeland[?]
- Jules Bordet - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919
- Robert Cailliau[?] - was involved in developing the first hypertext markup system for the WWW
- Albert Claude[?] - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974
- Christian De Duve[?] - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974
- Adrien de Gerlache[?]
- Zénobe Gramme[?]
- Corneille Heymans[?] - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938
- Georges Lemaître
- Justus Lipsius[?]
- Gerardus Mercator
- Abraham Ortelius
- Henri Pirenne
- Joseph Plateau[?]
- Ilya Prigogine - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977
- Adolphe Quetelet
- Gregory of Saint-Vincent[?]
- Ernest Solvay[?]
- Jean Stas
- Simon Stevin
- Andreas Vesalius
Sculptors
Sporting Personalities
- Brigitte Becue[?] - swimmer
- Ingrid Berghmans[?] - judoka
- Thierry Boutsen[?] - racing driver
- Jan Ceulemans[?] - football player
- Raymond Ceulemans[?] - billiards player
- Kim Clijsters[?] - tennis player
- Fred Deburghgraeve[?] - swimmer
- Stefan Everts[?] - motorcrosser[?]
- Justine Henin-Hardenne - tennis player
- Jacky Ickx - racing driver
- Eddy Merckx - cyclist
- Johan Museeuw[?] - cyclist
- Jean-Marie Pfaff[?] - football goalkeeper
- Michel Preud'homme[?] - football goalkeeper
- Emiel Puttemans[?] - athlete
- Gaston Roelants[?] - athlete
- Jacques Rogge - IOC president
- Jean-Michel Saive[?] - table tennis player
- Enzo Scifo - football player
- Patrick Sercu[?] - cyclist
- Paul Van Asbroeck[?] - marksman
- Ivo Van Damme[?] - athlete
- Gella Vandecaveye[?] - judoka
- Robert Van De Walle[?] - judoka
- Paul Van Himst[?] - football player
- Hubert Van Innis[?] - archer
- Rik Van Looy[?] - cyclist
- Rik Van Steenbergen - cyclist
- Bart Veldkamp[?] - speed skater
- Ulla Werbrouck[?] - judoka
Writers, Poets
- Louis-Paul Boon[?]
- Cyriel Buysse[?]
- Ernest Claes[?]
- Hugo Claus[?]
- Hendrik Conscience[?]
- Fernand Crommelynck[?]
- Charles De Coster[?]
- Michel De Ghelderode[?]
- Willem Elsschot[?]
- Guido Gezelle[?]
- Camille Lemonnier
- Jacob van Maerlant[?]
- Maurice Maeterlinck - Nobel Prize in Literature 1911
- Marcel Mariën[?] - surrealist
- Henri Michaux[?], poet and painter
- Paul Nougé[?] - surrealist
- Georges Rodenbach[?], Symbolist poet and novelist
- Georges Simenon
- Stijn Streuvels[?]
- Herman Teirlinck[?]
- Felix Timmermans[?]
- Karel van de Woestijne[?]
- Paul Van Ostayen[?]
- Emile Verhaeren
- Marguerite Yourcenar
Others
- Marcel Broodthaers[?]
- Maurice Béjart[?] - choreographer
- Ann Theresa de Keersmaker[?] - choreographer
- Gilbert Delahaye
- Frank De Winne[?] - astronaut
- Jacques Dupuis
- Dirk Frimout[?] - astronaut
- Silvio Gesell
- Hergé (Georges Remi) - comics artist
- Hermann Huppen - cartoonist
- Gerard Mortier[?]
- Marcel Marlier
- Adolphe Sax - inventor of the saxophone
- Dries van Noten[?] - fashion designer
- Egide Walschaerts[?] - engineer / inventor
Fictitious
- Milo Perrier[?] - the character based on Hercule Poirot in the film, Murder By Death[?]
- Hercule Poirot
- Tintin
Sub-list
- List of authors of Franco-Belgian comics
- A Website on famous Flemish people: Flanders (http://noosphere.cc/flanders.html)
See also: List of people by nationality
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