Belgium
People of this nationality
Bart Michiels
b. 1986
chess player
Hieronymus Wierix
1553 – 1619
printmaker
Franky Dekenne
b. 1960
association football player
Florence Reuter
b. 1969
politician
Oscar Van Den Bossche
1893 – 1927
rower
Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou
b. 1936
politician
Gabriel Van Dievoet
1875 – 1934
painter
Robert Van Grootenbruele
1907 – 1998
sport cyclist
Walther van den Ende
b. 1947
cinematographer
Emmanuel Sapira
1900 – 1943
chess player
Jeanfrançois Prins
b. 1967
jazz musician
Émile Janssens
1902 – 1989
military personnel
Francesca Vanthielen
b. 1972
economist
Willem Doise
1935 – 2023
psychologist
Jules Lebègue
1871 – 2000
sport shooter
Auguste Broos
1894 – 1954
marathon runner
Hervé Brouhon
1924 – 1993
politician
Florent van Aubel
b. 1991
field hockey player
Antonia Delaere
b. 1994
basketball player
Milan Corryn
b. 1999
association football player
Chloé Leurquin
b. 1990
golfer
Ferried Naciri
b. 1989
basketball coach
Gabriël Rau
b. 1998
professional gamer
Robin Mantel
b. 2000
association football player
César Franck
1822 – 1890
composer
Stefaan De Clerck
b. 1951
basketball player
Antoine Clevenbergh
1755 – 1810
painter
Charles Loos
b. 1951
composer
Emile Claus
1849 – 1924
painter
Clem Schouwenaars
1932 – 1993
writer
Roger Proot
1905 – 1971
association football player
Denis Verschueren
1897 – 1954
sport cyclist
Christian Dupont
b. 1947
politician
Jimmy Laureys
b. 1981
athlete
Patrick Lefevere
b. 1955
sport cyclist
Marcel Van Crombrugge
1880 – 1940
rower
Léon Fredericq
1851 – 1935
physician
Karl Gotch
1924 – 2007
professional wrestler
Stan Van Dessel
b. 2001
association football player
Benny Vansteelant
1976 – 2007
athlete
Émile de Borchgrave
1837 – 1917
diplomat
Eugène Laermans
1864 – 1940
painter
Monogrammist H.C. (Southern Netherlands)
painter
Tom Vanstiphout
b. 1975
singer
Louis De Deken
1899 – 1944
field hockey player
Louis Dubois
1830 – 1880
painter
Guillaume Senez
b. 1978
director
Jules Gérard-Libois
1923 – 2005
historian
Joseph Conrardy
1876 – 1949
visual artist
Lucas Coenen
b. 2006
motocross rider
Madeleine Ley
1901 – 1981
poet
Ruben Verheyden
b. 2000
athlete
Dirk van Hoogstraten
1596 – 1640
painter
Reinhilde Veugelers
b. 1963
economist
Patrick Haemers
1952 – 1993
criminal
Lawrence Naesen
b. 1992
sport cyclist
Renaud Emond
b. 1991
association football player
Nelson Lemaire
b. 2001
association football player
Eline Vandersteen
b. 1995
artistic gymnast
Lotte Claes
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Édouard Dethier
1885 – 1962
music educator
Karel Kaers
1914 – 1972
track cyclist
Zizou Bergs
b. 1999
tennis player
Marc Parmentier
b. 1956
academic
Robert Aerens
1883 – 1969
painter
Louis Herman De Koninck
1896 – 1984
architect
Fernand Jacquet
1888 – 1947
aircraft pilot
Emma De Vigne
1850 – 1898
painter
Ernest Deleu
1900 – 2000
artistic gymnast
Mike Penders
b. 2005
association football player
Ann Petersen
1927 – 2003
television actor
Ingeborg Marx
b. 1970
athletics competitor
Robert Grondelaers
1933 – 1989
sport cyclist
Marie-Jo Lafontaine
1950 – 2026
university teacher
Ives Serneels
b. 1972
association football player
Carel van Savoyen
1619 – 1665
painter
Pierre Kogel
1886 – 2000
association football player
Fred Chaffart
1936 – 2010
banker
Auguste-Donat De Hemptinne
1781 – 1854
pharmacist
Pepijn Caudron
b. 1975
actor
Pierre Offerman
1897 – 1970
conservationist
Willy Dujardin
1902 – 1972
athletics competitor
Etienne de Harven
1928 – 2019
virologist
Hendrik-Jozef Antonissen
1737 – 1794
painter
André Lefebvre
1902 – 1991
Catholic priest
Jozef Schell
1935 – 2003
biologist
Demmy Druyts
b. 1995
sport cyclist
Erwin Drèze
1960 – 2020
cartoonist
Justin Gevaert
b. 1980
rower
Valesca Ampoorter
b. 2004
association football player
Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem
1916 – 2004
theologian
Jesse Vandenbulcke
b. 1996
sport cyclist
Princess Maria Laura of Belgium
b. 1988
aristocrat
Maurice Geldhof
1905 – 1970
sport cyclist
André Smets
1943 – 2019
politician
Michaël Pas
b. 1966
actor
Jodie Guilliams
b. 1997
volleyball player
Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns
1835 – 1902
politician
Dries Mertens
b. 1987
association football player
Justus de Harduwijn
1582 – 1636
poet