Belgium
People of this nationality
Frederik Vanderbiest
b. 1977
association football player
Irina Veretennicoff
b. 1944
university teacher
Amandina of Schakkebroek
1872 – 1900
missionary
Jacobus Nozeman
1693 – 1745
composer
Jacob Herreyns I
1643 – 1732
painter
Hector Denis
1842 – 1913
politician
Dieter Kersten
b. 1996
athletics competitor
Jean Van Buggenhout
1905 – 1974
sport cyclist
Paul De Keyser
b. 1957
sport cyclist
Hugo Schiltz
1927 – 2006
columnist
Willy Segers
b. 1958
politician
Georges Troisfontaines
1919 – 2007
comics artist
Kobe
1950 – 2014
sculptor
Eric Van Hove
b. 1975
artist
Kristof Vliegen
b. 1982
tennis player
Albert Michiels
1931 – 1998
athlete
Annette Wademant
1928 – 2017
screenwriter
Heleen Jaques
b. 1988
association football player
Nicaise de Keyser
1813 – 1887
painter
Tomas Van Den Spiegel
b. 1978
basketball player
Jean-Richard Geurts
b. 1957
comics artist
Hans Christiaens
b. 1964
association football player
Erik Arckens
b. 1961
politician
Alexis Saelemaekers
b. 1999
association football player
François Sybille
1906 – 1968
boxer
Paul Crapez
b. 1947
sport cyclist
Michel Hansenne
b. 1940
politician
Maurice Lippens
b. 1943
banker
Daisy de Bock
b. 1974
sport shooter
Rudi Smidts
b. 1963
association football player
Karel Sys
1914 – 1990
boxer
Constant Lavaux
1877 – 1961
amateur wrestler
Georges Pierre Thibaut
1920 – 2018
chess player
César-Mansuète Despretz
1791 – 1863
physicist
Maurice De Coster
1890 – 1950
association football player
Jos De Haes
1920 – 1974
poet
Gerard Portielje
1856 – 1929
painter
Alfred Fettweis
1926 – 2015
electrical engineer
Pierre de Maere
b. 2001
singer
Louis Hymans
1829 – 1884
politician
Clément Robyn
1900 – 2000
association football player
Patrick Defossez
b. 1959
jazz musician
Henri Pousseur
1929 – 2009
composer
Wilfried Nelissen
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Clinton Mata
b. 1992
association football player
Stan Ockers
1920 – 1956
track cyclist
Laurence Alma-Tadema
1865 – 1940
playwright
Noémie Mayombo
b. 1991
basketball player
Grégoire de Mevius
b. 1962
engineer
Adèle Bayer
1814 – 1892
missionary
Olivier Masset-Depasse
b. 1971
film director
Rudy Matthijs
b. 1959
sport cyclist
Dominique Celis
b. 1978
writer
Grégory Habeaux
b. 1982
sport cyclist
Karel van Mander the Younger
1579 – 1623
painter
Benoît Lengelé
b. 1962
physician
Louis Van den Eynde
1881 – 1966
painter
Karel Kesselaers
b. 1959
association football player
Ernest Sterckx
1922 – 1975
sport cyclist
Jürgen Raeymaeckers
b. 1985
association football player
Nico Broeckaert
b. 1960
association football player
Marcel Lecomte
1900 – 1966
poet
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
b. 1983
sport cyclist
Wouter Scheelen
b. 1985
association football player
Pierre Van Halteren
1911 – 2009
politician
Matteo Waem
b. 2000
association football player
Aziz Jahjah
b. 1980
kickboxer
Roberto d'Amico
b. 1967
politician
Hector Heusghem
1890 – 1982
sport cyclist
Polydore Veirman
1881 – 1951
rower
Jef Lowagie
1903 – 1985
sport cyclist
Louis Verbraecken
b. 1891
sport cyclist
Stein Huysegems
b. 1982
association football player
Valérie Courtois
b. 1990
volleyball player
Ahmet Koç
1977 – 2024
politician
Geert Pijnenburg
1896 – 1980
poet
Anne-Marie Huby
b. 1966
journalist
Mike Smet
b. 1991
association football player
Aloys Van de Vyvere
1871 – 1961
politician
Rudy Jocqué
b. 1950
arachnologist
Lennart Mertens
b. 1992
association football player
Jean-Baptist David
1801 – 1866
canon
Bernard Coulie
b. 1959
historian
Olivier Dupuis
1958 – 2026
politician
Steven Creyelman
b. 1972
politician
Georges Malempré
b. 1944
diplomat
Willy Derboven
1939 – 1996
sport cyclist
Gilbert De Smet
1936 – 1987
sport cyclist
Louis D'Haeseleer
1911 – 1988
politician
Frédéric Perrenot de Granvelle
1536 – 1602
politician
Robert van Genechten
1895 – 1945
lawyer
Frans Schollaert
1851 – 1917
politician
André Poppe
b. 1943
sport cyclist
Jacob Wiener
1815 – 1899
sculptor
Claire Préaux
1904 – 1979
classical philologist
Sven Vermant
b. 1973
association football player
Edgar Salvé
1946 – 2026
middle-distance runner
Émile Buisset
1866 – 1925
politician
Henri Devroye
1884 – 1955
sport cyclist
Corina
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