Belgium

This page lists 13,034 biographies of belgiums, covering lives from 601 to 2010. Featuring Adolphe Quetelet, Albert Claude and Freddy Thielemans. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People of this nationality

Émile Banning

1836 – 1898

civil servant

Helena Fourment

1614 – 1673

art model

Louis Gobbaerts

1835 – 1886

composer

Gaëtan Van Goidsenhoven

b. 1973

politician

Gunther Schepens

b. 1973

association football player

Henri Lonchay

1860 – 1918

historian

Félix Balyu

1891 – 1971

association football player

François Martroye

1852 – 1933

historian

Paul Janson

1840 – 1913

politician

Joachim Van Damme

b. 1991

association football player

Heidi Pauwels

b. 1963

university teacher

Liam De Smet

b. 2004

association football player

Rita Arnould

1914 – 1943

spy

Jacques Stockman

1938 – 2013

association football player

Kamiel Bonneu

b. 1999

sport cyclist

Florian Vermeersch

b. 1999

sport cyclist

Eugène De Block

1812 – 1893

painter

Jean-Pierre Burny

b. 1944

kayaker

Jean-Marie Gaspar

1861 – 1931

sculptor

Joanna Courtmans

1811 – 1890

writer

Owen Jochmans

b. 2003

association football player

Joseph Michel

1925 – 2016

politician

Jan Borreman II

1500 – 1600

sculptor

Jonas Van Genechten

b. 1986

sport cyclist

Alix Gerniers

b. 1993

field hockey player

Luc Petit

b. 1962

director

Charles Wautier

1609 – 1703

painter

Egide Rombaux

1865 – 1942

sculptor

Pierre Valcke

field hockey player

Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck

1811 – 1849

poet

Richard Olivier

1945 – 2021

filmmaker

Louis Lambert

1931 – 2024

association football player

Pierre-Yves Dermagne

b. 1980

politician

Jules Schmalzigaug

1882 – 1917

painter

Marc Sergeant

b. 1959

sport cyclist

Guy Haarscher

b. 1946

writer

Johannes Vaes

1902 – 1978

mineralogist

Natacha Atlas

b. 1964

actor

Edward Planckaert

b. 1995

sport cyclist

Auguste Danse

1829 – 1929

printmaker

Herman Verbauwen

b. 1944

swimmer

Jan Joosten

b. 1959

biblical scholar

Josef Boons

b. 1897

sport cyclist

Vicky Albert

1943 – 2005

politician

Désiré Beaurain

1881 – 1963

fencer

Wout Coomans

b. 2001

association football player

Paul Bulcke

b. 1954

entrepreneur

Jos Huysmans

1941 – 2012

sport cyclist

Sophie Vandebroek

b. 1962

engineer

Bruno Schmidt

b. 1968

chef

Rob Beenders

b. 1979

politician

Hans Nieuwdorp

b. 1944

art historian

Youssuf Sylla

b. 2002

association football player

Els Mertens

b. 1966

sport cyclist

Jan Grauls

b. 1948

diplomat

André-Napoléon Fontainas

1807 – 1863

politician

Jackson Tchatchoua

b. 2001

association football player

Maurits Basse

1868 – 1944

writer

Toots Thielemans

1922 – 2016

composer

Jan Fabre

b. 1958

painter

Marc Goossens

b. 1969

engineer

Eddy Merckx

b. 1945

sport cyclist

Ambrosius Francken I

1544 – 1618

painter

Jan Wuytens

b. 1985

association football player

Gérard Desanghere

1947 – 2018

association football player

Pierre Deligne

b. 1944

mathematician

Joseph Homble

1915 – 2000

association football player

Alexander Hollanders

1926 – 2019

basketball player

Jonathan Walasiak

b. 1982

association football player

Marc Laho

b. 1965

opera singer

Flor Lambrechts

1910 – 1990

association football player

Jari De Busser

b. 1999

association football player

Anna De Weert

1867 – 1950

painter

Karen Persyn

b. 1983

alpine skier

Thierry Bogaert

b. 1960

scientist

Léon Lhoist

b. 1894

businessperson

Adriano Bertaccini

b. 2000

association football player

Eric Leman

b. 1946

sport cyclist

Bob Maesen

b. 1976

kayaker

Koen Lenaerts

b. 1954

pedagogue

Werner Mund

b. 1908

fencer

Philippe Pierlot

b. 1958

conductor

Willy de l'Arbre

1882 – 1952

skipper

Hein Deprez

b. 1961

businessperson

Jean Borremans

1911 – 1968

politician

Lucien Vlaemynck

1914 – 1994

sport cyclist

Andrée Dumon

1922 – 2025

resistance fighter

Sophie Kumpen

b. 1975

racing automobile driver

Maurice Vaute

1913 – 2000

conductor

Bernard Quiriny

b. 1978

writer

Albert Desenfans

1845 – 1938

sculptor

Mohamed Soumarè

b. 1996

association football player

Louis Willibrod Antoine de Baillet de Latour

1753 – 1836

military officer

Barthélémy Du Mortier

1797 – 1878

botanist

Éric Godon

b. 1959

actor

Kenneth Van Goethem

b. 1984

association football player

Nuno Resende

b. 1973

singer

Arne Quinze

b. 1971

sculptor

Frans van Dorne

1776 – 1848

painter

Philip Laats

b. 1963

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