Belgium
People of this nationality
Joseph Bruyère
b. 1948
sport cyclist
Hyacinthe Roosen
1897 – 1967
amateur wrestler
Eduardo Masso
b. 1964
tennis player
Philippe Washer
1924 – 2015
tennis player
Georges Bonhivers
1900 – 2000
association football player
André Leysen
1927 – 2015
businessperson
Josette Baujot
1920 – 2009
colorist
Rachel Baes
1912 – 1983
painter
Marie Duchatel
painter
Pierre Couquelet
b. 1964
athlete
Henri De Page
1894 – 1969
judge
Bruno Versavel
b. 1967
association football player
Mia De Vits
b. 1950
politician
Véronique De Roose
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Jan-Baptist Huysmans
1826 – 1906
painter
Denis van Alsloot
1570 – 1626
painter
Jan Adriaensens
1932 – 2018
sport cyclist
Adhemar Bultheel
b. 1948
computer scientist
Yana Daniëls
b. 1992
association football player
Evrard Godefroid
1932 – 2013
sport cyclist
Étienne Cerexhe
1931 – 2020
politician
Raymond Jeener
1904 – 1995
molecular biologist
Kenny de Meirleir
immunologist
Franz Vansteenkiste
1935 – 2021
politician
Henry Verdhurdt
1843 – 1912
opera singer
Michel Lysight
b. 1958
composer
Adolphe Van Glabbeke
1904 – 1959
politician
David Brocken
b. 1971
association football player
Edgard de Caluwé
1913 – 1985
sport cyclist
Joseph Ryelandt
1870 – 1965
composer
Ian Claes
b. 1981
association football player
Pierre Froidebise
1914 – 1962
organist
Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne
1925 – 2005
aircraft pilot
Walter de Paduwa
b. 1953
singer
Carl Brenders
b. 1937
painter
Dominique Deruddere
b. 1957
screenwriter
Sven Breugelmans
b. 1979
motocross rider
Louis Van Kuyck
1821 – 1871
painter
Jacob de Formentrou
1620 – 1668
painter
Adriaan Dewagtere
b. 2001
short-track speed skater
Robbe Decostere
b. 1998
association football player
Victor Joly
1923 – 2000
sport cyclist
Charles Mertens de Wilmars
1921 – 1994
psychiatrist
Julius Mac Leod
1857 – 1919
botanist
Mika Godts
b. 2005
association football player
François Héraly
1856 – 1920
conductor
Jozef Mannaerts
1923 – 2012
association football player
Jean Baptiste Pierre Coclers
1696 – 1772
painter
Simon De Cuyper
b. 1986
triathlete
Paul Cuvelier
1923 – 1978
painter
Albert De Bunne
1896 – 1927
sport cyclist
Jan De Maeseneer
b. 1952
general practitioner
Nina Coolman
b. 1991
volleyball player
Tim Vleminckx
b. 1987
association football player
John Vanderveken
b. 1930
syndicalist
Jan Van Der Veken
b. 1975
illustrator
Sacha Massot
b. 1983
basketball player
Marcel Hastir
1906 – 2011
painter
Guido Dumarey
b. 1959
business executive
Albert Devèze
1881 – 1959
politician
Theodor Evertz
b. 1505
composer
Antoine-Félix Bouré
1831 – 1883
sculptor
Louis Willems
1822 – 1907
physician
Louis Haghe
1806 – 1885
lithographer
Jean Daumery
1898 – 1934
film director
Thomas Dermine
b. 1986
politician
David Col
1822 – 1900
painter
Georges Vanderhulst
b. 1944
field hockey player
Juliaan Lampens
1926 – 2019
architect
Eddy Cael
b. 1945
sport cyclist
Gino De Keersmaeker
b. 1970
athletics competitor
Eugène Ysaÿe
1858 – 1931
composer
Mourad Laachraoui
b. 1995
taekwondo athlete
Steven Van Vooren
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot
1738 – 1795
painter
Bram Van Paesschen
1979 – 2025
film director
Alfons Sweeck
1936 – 2019
sport cyclist
Omer Braeckeveldt
1917 – 1987
sport cyclist
Louise Leghait
1821 – 1874
photographer
Martine Piccart
b. 1953
oncologist
Gert Bettens
b. 1970
singer
Edmonde Dever
1921 – 2004
diplomat
David Claerbout
b. 1969
photographer
Paul Hymans
1865 – 1941
university teacher
Maurice Bodson
1944 – 2020
politician
André Bourgeois
1928 – 2015
politician
Ruben Scheire
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Michaël Clepkens
b. 1986
association football player
Nathalie Muylle
b. 1969
politician
Robert Willems
b. 1935
association football player
Jim Aernouts
b. 1989
cyclo-cross cyclist
Joseph Houssa
1930 – 2019
politician
Josy Arens
1952 – 2024
politician
Pieter De Spiegeleer
b. 1981
politician
Léon Rosenfeld
1904 – 1974
university teacher
Ernest Mottard
1902 – 1949
sport cyclist
Tim De Troyer
b. 1990
sport cyclist
Eliane Reyes
b. 1977
soloist
Pieter Aspe
1953 – 2021
writer
Axelle Red
b. 1968
singer