Belgium
People of this nationality
Koenraad Elst
b. 1959
columnist
Henriette Mayer van den Bergh
1838 – 1920
founder
Jan Frans Van De Velde
1779 – 1838
Catholic priest
Claude Obsomer
b. 1963
Egyptologist
Tom Soetaers
b. 1980
association football player
Louis Ide
b. 1973
physician
Peter Verbeken
b. 1966
sport cyclist
Lucian Smeets
b. 1890
stamp forger
Joy Donné
b. 1974
politician
Jean Henri De Coene
1798 – 1866
painter
Paul van Zeeland
1893 – 1973
economist
Georgette Brenez
1930 – 2010
politician
Eva Van der Gucht
b. 1977
actor
Bruno Destrée
1867 – 1919
poet
Thomas Leysen
b. 1960
entrepreneur
Peter Van der Heyden
b. 1976
association football player
Jean-Paul Harroy
1909 – 1995
civil servant
Kevin Claeys
b. 1988
sport cyclist
Achille Chainaye
1862 – 1915
sculptor
Philippe Alegambe
1592 – 1652
writer
Joseph Loeckx
1937 – 2023
comics artist
Henry Delvaux de Fenffe
1863 – 1947
politician
Daan De Cooman
b. 1974
judoka
Albert Grisar
1870 – 1930
sailor
Lieven Scheire
b. 1981
cabaret performer
Fabrizio Rongione
b. 1973
comedian
Yves van Strydonck de Burkel
1907 – 1985
equestrian
Gaspard Deridder
1918 – 1977
boxer
Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem
1819 – 1882
politician
Haris Bratanovic
b. 2001
basketball player
Lambil
b. 1936
comics artist
Yolande Uyttenhove
1925 – 2000
composer
Armand Swartenbroeks
1892 – 1980
association football player
Andreas Luckermans
b. 1992
association football player
Marguerite Sylva
1875 – 1957
opera singer
Johan Coenen
b. 1979
sport cyclist
Jacky June
1924 – 2012
jazz musician
Michiel II Coignet
1618 – 1663
painter
Leo Pleysier
b. 1945
writer
Dominique Stroobant
b. 1947
photographer
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
1911 – 1980
chess player
Tommy Leclercq
b. 1970
politician
Lieven Maesschalck
b. 1964
physiotherapist
Victor Fastre
1890 – 1914
sport cyclist
Master of the Embroidered Foliage
1450 – 1600
painter
Pierre Claes
1901 – 1989
cyclist
Emma Bale
b. 1999
singer
Henri Van den Bulcke
1889 – 1947
ice hockey player
Will Tura
b. 1940
singer
Olivier Marteel
b. 1969
snooker referee
Vrenz Bleijenbergh
b. 2000
basketball player
Edouard Vereycken
1893 – 1965
sculptor
Jacques Boon
b. 1948
film director
Herbert Van de Sompel
b. 1957
librarian
Jacob Thomas Jozef Wellens
1726 – 1784
university teacher
Jean Baptiste Madou
1796 – 1877
painter
Ronny Martens
b. 1958
association football player
Désiré Vervoort
1810 – 1886
lawyer
Herbert Glejser
1938 – 2024
economist
Thibaut Van Acker
b. 1991
association football player
Christelle Cornil
b. 1977
actor
Muriel Sarkany
b. 1974
rock climber
Flor Peeters
1903 – 1986
composer
Marie-Rose Gaillard
1944 – 2022
sport cyclist
Jean-Marie Plum
1899 – 1944
Catholic priest
Tania Garbarski
b. 1973
actor
Jacques Peten
1912 – 1995
tennis player
Édouard Delvaux
1806 – 1862
painter
Jules Boedt
1884 – 1966
politician
Josse-Pieter Geedts
1770 – 1834
painter
Jules Colbeau
1823 – 1881
naturalist
Morgane
b. 1975
singer
Jeannine Beeken
b. 1961
lexicographer
René Vanderveken
b. 1937
sport cyclist
Sami Lahssaini
b. 1998
association football player
Maggy Baum
b. 1931
fashion designer
Antoine Warnier
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Oskar Seuntjens
b. 1998
politician
Aimé De Gendt
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Paul Cammermans
1921 – 1999
film director
Charles Mertens
1865 – 1919
painter
Tom Seurs
b. 1988
politician
Philippe Vandenberg
1952 – 2009
painter
Alfons Deloor
1910 – 1995
sport cyclist
Julia Bastin
1888 – 1968
university teacher
Daniel Van Buyten
b. 1978
association football player
Astrid Whettnall
b. 1971
actor
Paul Frère
1917 – 2008
Formula One driver
Rik Samaey
b. 1960
basketball player
Constantin Piron
1932 – 2012
physicist
Britt Huybrechts
b. 1999
politician
Louis Delacenserie
1838 – 1909
architect
Sonja Eggerickx
b. 1947
chairperson
Flor Alpaerts
1876 – 1954
composer
Caroline Maes
b. 1982
tennis player
Arlette Sterckx
b. 1964
actor
Charles Koning
b. 1897
field hockey player
Julien Van Campenhout
1899 – 1933
long-distance runner
Charles Picqué
b. 1948
politician
Henri G. Hers
1923 – 2008
biochemist