Belgium
People of this nationality
Omer Baes
1889 – 1929
association football player
Bernard Hislaire
b. 1957
comics artist
Pierre Macq
1930 – 2013
physicist
Claude Oestges
engineer
Rik De Saedeleer
1924 – 2013
association football player
Kaat Hannes
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Karel Thijs
1918 – 1990
sport cyclist
Georges Van der Ton
1893 – 1955
equestrian
Martin van Dorne
1736 – 1808
painter
Marie-Thérèse Rossel
1910 – 1987
businessperson
Louis De Haes
b. 1896
weightlifter
Stan Brenders
1904 – 1969
pianist
Herman Van Duyzen
b. 1902
amateur wrestler
Louis de Brouchoven de Bergeyck
1871 – 1938
politician
Georges Thines
1923 – 2016
psychologist
Brent Meuleman
b. 1988
politician
Juliette Thomas
b. 2000
athletics competitor
Maurane
1960 – 2018
singer-songwriter
Raymond Ausloos
1928 – 2012
association football player
François Marquet
b. 1995
association football player
Theodoor Galle
1571 – 1633
printmaker
Jos Daerden
b. 1954
association football player
Jan Beekman
b. 1931
painter
Princess Marie Clotilde Bonaparte
1912 – 1996
aristocrat
Désiré Paternoster
b. 1887
association football player
Cliff Mardulier
b. 1982
association football player
Marcel Berré
1882 – 1957
fencer
Reimond Stijns
1850 – 1905
writer
Dieter Van Tornhout
b. 1985
association football player
Virginie Claes
b. 1982
model
Peter Minuit
1589 – 1638
politician
Georges Demulder
1919 – 1983
association football player
Philippe Rogier
1561 – 1596
composer
Joke Schauvliege
b. 1970
politician
Massimo Bruno
b. 1993
association football player
Vanessa Chinitor
b. 1976
singer
Steven Van Broeckhoven
b. 1985
windsurfer
Julie Croket
b. 1994
artistic gymnast
Bernardine Hamaekers
1836 – 1912
opera singer
Jules Marie Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude
1858 – 1928
military officer
Frédéric Xhonneux
b. 1983
athletics competitor
Jonathan Zwikel
b. 1975
ice hockey player
Marcel De Corte
1929 – 2017
association football player
Ward Pétré
b. 1997
short-track speed skater
Harm Vanhoucke
b. 1997
sport cyclist
Jean de Ruyt
b. 1947
diplomat
Luc Vandevelde
b. 1951
businessperson
Rudi Cossey
b. 1961
association football player
Lucien Ghellynck
1943 – 2026
association football player
Wim Kiekens
b. 1968
association football player
Gaston Mesmaekers
1888 – 1982
equestrian
Tiemen Wijnen
b. 2000
association football player
André Blavier
1922 – 2001
poet
Clara Clairbert
1896 – 1970
opera singer
Jidéhem
1935 – 2017
screenwriter
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
b. 2001
aristocrat
Suzanne Nijs
1902 – 1985
sculptor
Ingrid Daubechies
b. 1954
mathematician
Ebrima Ebou Sillah
b. 1980
association football player
Georges Jacobs de Hagen
b. 1940
economist
Lukas Mondele
b. 2004
association football player
Cédric Mathy
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Philippe Cuelenaere
b. 1971
coxswain
Bryan Heynen
b. 1997
association football player
Joseph-Pierre Braemt
1796 – 1864
medalist
Evert Larock
1865 – 1901
painter
Melchior Broederlam
1355 – 1410
painter
Thierry Soumagne
b. 1953
fencer
Jean Mahy
b. 1898
athletics competitor
Théo Defourny
b. 1992
association football player
Nabil El Basri
b. 2004
association football player
Olivia Borlée
b. 1986
sprinter
Marc Sluszny
1962 – 2018
writer
Jean-François Gillet
b. 1979
association football player
Steven Vandeput
b. 1967
politician
Marc Goosens
1950 – 1968
mercenary
Jozef Schils
1931 – 2007
sport cyclist
Paul-Baudouin Michel
1930 – 2020
composer
Mathias Schils
b. 1993
association football player
Frank Vandenbroucke
1974 – 2009
sport cyclist
Michel Didisheim
1930 – 2020
civil servant
Emmanuel Schelstrate
1649 – 1692
theologian
Dries Vanthoor
b. 1998
racing driver
Alfons Siffer
1850 – 1941
politician
Alfred Wotquenne
1867 – 1939
librarian
Kenneth Staelens
b. 1991
association football player
Perry Rose
b. 1961
singer-songwriter
Roger Pirenne
1934 – 2023
Catholic priest
Jan Pieter van Bredael
1683 – 1735
painter
Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy
1783 – 1875
geologist
Kevin Packet
b. 1992
association football player
Wout van Aert
b. 1994
sport cyclist
Mandela Keita
b. 2002
association football player
Louis Verstraete
b. 1999
association football player
Michael Velter
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Sébastien Delfosse
b. 1982
sport cyclist
Jean Houzeau de Lehaie
1867 – 1959
botanist
Lyndsey Van Belle
b. 2003
association football player
Ann Devries
b. 1970
tennis player
René Pinchart
1891 – 1970
artistic gymnast