Belgium
People of this nationality
Beni Badibanga
b. 1996
association football player
Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye
b. 1999
association football player
Mario Stroeykens
b. 2004
association football player
Kevin Hulsmans
b. 1978
sport cyclist
Pierre Vervloesem
musician
Bernard Van Rysselberghe
1905 – 1984
sport cyclist
Ernest Burnelle
1908 – 1968
politician
Armand Eloi
b. 1962
actor
Gilles Verlant
1957 – 2013
journalist
Jean-Claude Maene
1955 – 2026
politician
Frederik Backaert
b. 1990
sport cyclist
Francis Dhanis
1862 – 1909
explorer
Pieter Pourbus
1523 – 1584
painter
Leon Bekaert
b. 1958
businessperson
Christophe Lepoint
b. 1984
association football player
Micha Wald
b. 1974
screenwriter
Norman Bassette
b. 2004
association football player
August Baeyens
1895 – 1966
composer
Patrick De Groote
b. 1958
politician
Marcel Janssens
1931 – 1992
sport cyclist
Peter De Roover
b. 1962
politician
Isaura Maenhaut
b. 1998
sailor
Annemie Vanackere
b. 1966
intendant
Conner Rousseau
b. 1992
politician
Sadio Ba
b. 1973
association football player
Eric Van De Wiele
b. 1952
sport cyclist
Gillis van Tilborgh
1615 – 1675
painter
Paul Canart
1927 – 2017
palaeographer
Laurens Sweeck
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Pascal Smet
b. 1967
politician
Françoise Vanhecke
b. 1957
singer
Marijke Dillen
b. 1960
politician
Denis Langaskens
b. 1966
tennis player
Sandrine Hennart
b. 1972
athletics competitor
Gilbert Hottois
1946 – 2019
philosopher
Eric Buyse
1940 – 2019
association football player
Renée de Merode
1859 – 1941
Quentin Metsys the Younger
1543 – 1589
painter
Célestin Nollet
1894 – 1975
association football player
Max Poll
1908 – 1991
curator
Jules Voncken
1887 – 1975
military physician
Emile Hardy
1897 – 1967
sport cyclist
Elisa Brune
1966 – 2018
non-fiction writer
Célestin Djim
b. 1995
association football player
Hector Tiberghien
1890 – 1951
sport cyclist
Walter Tyndale
1855 – 1943
painter
Adolphe Pierre Sunaert
1825 – 1876
painter
Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf
1831 – 1896
psychologist
Jef Demuysere
1907 – 1969
cyclo-cross cyclist
Anne-Sylvie Mouzon
1956 – 2013
politician
Roger Wittevrongel
b. 1933
painter
Ursmer Berlière
1861 – 1932
monk
Niels Verburgh
b. 1998
association football player
Louis Huybrechts
1875 – 1963
skipper
Sophie Junker
b. 1985
opera singer
Noah Mawete Kinsiona
b. 2005
association football player
Peter Bultink
singer
Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium
b. 1995
aristocrat
André Lurquin
b. 1961
sport cyclist
Karim Chaibai
b. 1982
futsal player
Georges Frédéric Ziesel
1755 – 1809
painter
Edmond Michiels
1913 – 1991
swimmer
Cian Uijtdebroeks
b. 2003
sport cyclist
Henri Dedecker
1878 – 1935
association football player
Pierre Charles
1883 – 1954
Catholic priest
Willy Sommers
b. 1952
singer
Maxime Cosse
b. 1992
association football player
Jean-Marie Bottequin
b. 1941
photographer
Kristof Vandewalle
b. 1985
sport cyclist
Serge Vandercam
1924 – 2005
painter
Marc Legendre
b. 1956
writer
Lenny Druyts
b. 1997
sport cyclist
Walter Baseggio
b. 1978
association football player
Yvon Baudoux
1894 – 1969
field hockey player
Jean-Claude Willame
b. 1938
Lucien Godeaux
1887 – 1975
mathematician
Charles Van Damme
b. 1946
cinematographer
Albert Vos
1886 – 1949
sailor
Sofie De Vuyst
b. 1987
sport cyclist
Charles Rouen
1838 – 2000
historian
Karel Snoeckx
b. 1973
association football player
Maxime Brunfaut
1909 – 2003
architect
Robbie Haemhouts
b. 1983
association football player
Magd Abdel Wahab
b. 1966
engineer
Niels Pittomvils
b. 1992
athletics competitor
Étienne Lamotte
1903 – 1983
linguist
Eddy Van Butsele
b. 1947
athletics competitor
Nicolas Raskin
b. 2001
association football player
Willy Naessens
1939 – 2025
entrepreneur
Gaston De Wael
1934 – 2008
association football player
Jelena Peeters
b. 1985
speed skater
Georges Anthony
b. 1890
coxswain
Nicolas Vereecken
b. 1990
sport cyclist
Marina Shafrova-Marutaev
1908 – 1942
resistance fighter
Nikolas Maes
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Jeroen Vanthournout
b. 1989
association football player
Joris van Spilbergen
1568 – 1620
explorer
Mark Vandeweyer
b. 1972
canoeist
Georges Claes sr.
1920 – 1994
sport cyclist
Jef Geys
1934 – 2018
photographer