Belgium
People of this nationality
Alexander De Croo
b. 1975
politician
Johannes Goropius Becanus
1519 – 1572
linguist
Felix Standaert
1922 – 2006
diplomat
Freddy Willockx
1947 – 2024
politician
Joseph De Combe
1901 – 1965
swimmer
Jasmien Biebauw
b. 1990
volleyball player
Roger De Clercq
1930 – 2014
cyclo-cross cyclist
Luc Donckerwolke
b. 1965
designer
Jacob van der Heyden
1573 – 1645
painter
Jean de Wouters
1905 – 1973
engineer
Pierre Caille
1911 – 1996
ceramicist
Aldo Taillieu
b. 2006
sport cyclist
Henri Joseph Thomas
1878 – 1972
painter
Willem Bossaerts
b. 1941
volleyball player
Fabrice Silvagni
b. 1966
association football player
Gilles-Arnaud Bailly
b. 2005
tennis player
Robert Weyn
b. 1940
association football player
Christian Benteke
b. 1990
association football player
Michael Freilich
b. 1980
journalist
Laura Gonzales-Escallon
b. 1990
golfer
Ivo Belet
b. 1959
journalist
Émile Vercken
b. 1903
field hockey player
Jean Kockerols
b. 1958
Catholic priest
Arthur D'Anvers
1898 – 1966
rower
Armand Seghers
1926 – 2005
association football player
Karen Damen
b. 1974
singer
Nicolas Colsaerts
b. 1982
golfer
Harry Kümel
b. 1940
film director
Jacobus de Kerle
1531 – 1591
composer
Jan Bucquoy
b. 1945
film director
Odile Defraye
1888 – 1965
sport cyclist
Melchior Wathelet
b. 1949
politician
Zico Waeytens
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Jacob de Punder
1527 – 1570
painter
Hilde Quintens
b. 1964
sport cyclist
Jo Planckaert
b. 1970
sport cyclist
Gus Viseur
1915 – 1974
jazz musician
Danny Daelman
b. 1969
sport cyclist
René Vanderwilt
1934 – 2022
association football player
Dirk Thys van den Audenaerde
b. 1934
ichthyologist
Koen Wauters
b. 1967
singer
Fanny Heldy
1888 – 1973
opera singer
Preben De Man
b. 1996
association football player
Lydia Chagoll
1931 – 2020
choreographer
Thomas De Corte
b. 1988
association football player
Nick Wauters
b. 1953
screenwriter
Elisabeth Hermans
opera singer
Tachina Peeters
b. 1997
gymnast
Landry Mulemo
b. 1986
association football player
Dennis Praet
b. 1994
association football player
Peter Joos
b. 1961
fencer
Sofie Pintens
b. 1974
short-track speed skater
Barthold Kuijken
b. 1949
musician
Tom Van Imschoot
b. 1981
association football player
Nele Jansegers
b. 1965
politician
Joseph Jules Descamps
1820 – 1892
politician
Fouad Ahidar
b. 1973
politician
Annelies Van Parys
b. 1975
composer
Timothy Castagne
b. 1995
association football player
Wim Verheyden
b. 1967
politician
Wouter Van Mechelen
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Jacques Nihoul
1937 – 2021
engineer
Jean-Philippe Stassen
b. 1966
comics artist
Stallone Limbombe
b. 1991
association football player
Robert Bayot
1915 – 1964
fencer
Veronique Dehant
b. 1959
geophysicist
Marie-Thérèse Naessens
b. 1939
sport cyclist
Jan Goossens
b. 1930
university teacher
Jean-Pierre Vande Velde
b. 1955
association football player
Joseph Paelinck
1781 – 1839
painter
Hubert Detremmerie
1930 – 2008
banker
Rocco Granata
b. 1938
record producer
Jules Buyssens
1872 – 1958
landscape architect
Xavier Hanotte
b. 1960
translator
Ingeborg De Meulemeester
b. 1965
politician
Willem Usselincx
1567 – 1647
explorer
Lucien Hoffman
1891 – 1951
sculptor
Jef Neve
b. 1977
pianist
Gerard Horenbout
1465 – 1541
painter
Johan Verstrepen
b. 1967
sport cyclist
Ronny Coutteure
1951 – 2000
actor
Jan van Beers
1821 – 1888
poet
Louis Rousseaux
b. 1900
equestrian
Emmanuel Hiel
1834 – 1899
poet
Marceau Mairesse
1945 – 2026
politician
Francis Bonaert
1914 – 2012
architect
Sandra Stals
b. 1975
athletics competitor
Léon Morel
1892 – 1970
colonial administrator
Stijn Celis
b. 1964
choreographer
Marc Goossens
b. 1958
sport cyclist
Didier Bellens
1955 – 2016
businessperson
Jacob Regnart
1540 – 1599
composer
Vladimir Chuchelov
b. 1969
chess player
Alexandre Gendebien
1789 – 1869
politician
Guillaume Van Strydonck
1861 – 1937
painter
Davidi Kitai
b. 1979
poker player
Gustave Hansotte
1827 – 1886
architect
Alexis Curvers
1906 – 1992
writer
Julien Ries
1920 – 2013
university teacher
Gustave Cohen
1879 – 1958
schoolchild