List of Belgians
Notable people born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium(The same person may appear under several headings)
Actors/Actresses
- Jan Decleir
- Audrey Hepburn
- Ann Petersen
- Luc Philips
- Jean Claude van Damme
- Dora van der Groen
Architects
- Paul Hankar
- Victor Horta
- Henri Van De Velde
Authors
- Louis Paul Boon
- Cyriel Buysse
- Ernest Claes
- Hugo Claus
- Hendrik Conscience
- Fernand Crommelynck
- Charles De Coster
- Michel De Ghelderode
- Willem Elsschot
- Guido Gezelle
- Camille Lemonnier
- Suzanne Lilar (1901-1992), essayist, novelist, and playwright
- Jacob van Maerlant
- Maurice Maeterlinck - Nobel Prize in Literature 1911
- Marcel Mariën - surrealist
- Henri Michaux, poet and painter
- Paul Nougé - surrealist
- Georges Rodenbach, Symbolist poet and novelist
- Georges Simenon
- Stijn Streuvels
- Herman Teirlinck
- Felix Timmermans
- Karel van de Woestijne
- Paul Van Ostayen
- Emile Verhaeren
- Marguerite Yourcenar
Choreographers
- Maurice Béjart
- Ann Theresa de Keersmaker
Composers
- Peter Benoit
- Gilles Binchois
- Jacob Clemens non Papa
- Cypriano de Rore
- Josquin des Prez
- François Joseph Fétis
- César Franck
- Karel Goeyvaerts
- Nicolas Gombert
- François Joseph Gossec
- André Grétry
- Joseph Jongen
- Léon Jongen
- Orlande de Lassus (Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso)
- Guillaume Lekeu
- Jacob Obrecht
- Johannes Ockeghem
- Henri Pousseur
- Henri Vieuxtemps
- Giaches de Wert
- Adrian Willaert
Fashion
- Dries Van Noten
- Dirk Bikkembergs
- Ann Demeulemeester
- Martin Margiela
- Walter Van Beirendonck
- Dries Van Noten
- Dirk Van Saene
- Marina Yee
Fictional characters
- Milo Perrier - the character based on Hercule Poirot in the film, Murder By Death
- Hercule Poirot
- Tintin
Filmmakers
- Stijn Coninckx
- Robbe De Hert
- André Delvaux
- Raoul Servais - maker of animated films
Military Figures
Resistance Workers
- Henri Gaillot
- Albert Guerisse (1911-1989)
- Andrée "Dédée" de Jongh (born 1916)
- Georges Piron (1888-1943)
- Edgard Potier (1903-1944)
- Suzanne Spaak, (c.1905-1944)
- Gabrielle Weidner (1914-1945)
- Johan Hendrik Weidner (1912-1994)
Monarchs
- Albert I of Belgium
- Albert II of Belgium
- Baudouin I of Belgium
- Leopold I of Belgium
- Leopold II of Belgium
- Leopold III of Belgium
- See also: List of Belgian monarchs
Musicians, singers
- Natacha Atlas
- Tom Barman
- Plastic Bertrand (real name: Roger Jouret)
- Jacques Brel
- Charles Cluytens - conductor
- Suzanne Danco - soprano
- Lara Fabian
- Rita Gorr - mezzo soprano
- Arthur Grumiaux - violinist
- Philippe Herreweghe - conductor
- Sigiswald Kuijken - violinist and conductor
- Helmut Lotti
- Axelle Red
- Django Reinhardt
- Toots Thielemans
- Will Tura
- Eugène Ysaÿe - violinist and composer
Painters
- Pierre Alechinsky - Cobra member
- Boucicaut Master - manuscript illuminator
- Pieter Brueghel the Elder
- Robert Campin
- Petrus Christus
- Emile Claus - impressionism
- Gerard David
- Philippe de Champaigne
- Gaspar De Crayer
- Raoul De Keyser - abstract painter
- Paul Delvaux - surrealist
- Gustave De Smet - expressionism
- James Ensor
- Jacob Jordaens
- Justus of Ghent
- Fernand Khnopff - symbolist
- Limbourg brothers - manuscript illuminators
- Rene Magritte - surrealist
- Hans Memling
- Kwinten Metsys (also known as Quentin Matsys/Quentin Massys)
- Constant Permeke - expressionist
- Pieter Pourbus
- Roger Raveel
- Félicien Rops
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Victor Servranckx - cubist
- Franz Snyders
- Leon Spilliaert
- David Teniers the Younger
- Luc Tuymans
- Frits Van den Berghe - expressionist
- Hugo van der Goes
- Rogier van der Weyden (also known as Rog(i)er de la Pasture)
- Gustave Van de Woestijne
- Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antoon van Dyck)
- Jan van Eyck
- Eugeen Van Mieghem
- Bernard van Orley
- Theo van Rysselberghe - neo-impressionist
- Antoine Joseph Wiertz
Politicians
- Auguste Beernaert - Nobel Peace Prize 1908
- Willy Claes
- Hendrik De Man
- Gaston Eyskens
- Pierre Harmel
- Henri La Fontaine - Nobel Peace Prize 1913
- Wilfried Martens
- Paul-Henri Spaak
- Jacob van Artevelde
- Emile Vandervelde
- Paul Van Zeeland
- Guy Verhofstadt
Scientists
- Leo Hendrik Baekeland
- Jules Bordet - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919
- Robert Cailliau - was involved in developing the first hypertext markup system for the WWW
- Albert Claude - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974
- Christian De Duve - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974
- Adrien de Gerlache
- Zénobe Gramme
- Corneille Heymans - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938
- Georges Lemaître
- Justus Lipsius
- Gerardus Mercator
- Abraham Ortelius
- Henri Pirenne
- Joseph Plateau
- Ilya Prigogine - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977
- Adolphe Quetelet
- Gregory of Saint-Vincent
- Ernest Solvay
- Jean Stas
- Simon Stevin
- Andreas Vesalius
Sculptors
- François Duquesnoy
- Constantin Meunier
- George Minne
- Rik Wouters
Sportsmen and -women
- Brigitte Becue - swimmer
- Ingrid Berghmans - judoka
- Thierry Boutsen - racing driver
- Jan Ceulemans - football player
- Raymond Ceulemans - billiards player
- Kim Clijsters - tennis player
- Fred Deburghgraeve - swimmer
- Stefan Everts - motorcrosser
- Olivier Gendebien - race car driver
- Justine Henin-Hardenne - tennis player
- Jacky Ickx - racing driver
- Eddy Merckx - cyclist
- Johan Museeuw - cyclist
- Jean-Marie Pfaff - football goalkeeper
- Michel Preud'homme - football goalkeeper
- Emiel Puttemans - athlete
- Gaston Roelants - athlete
- Jacques Rogge - IOC president
- Jean-Michel Saive - table tennis player
- Enzo Scifo - football player
- Patrick Sercu - cyclist
- Paul Van Asbroeck - marksman
- Ivo Van Damme - athlete
- Gella Vandecaveye - judoka
- Robert Van De Walle - judoka
- Paul Van Himst - football player
- Hubert Van Innis - archer
- Rik Van Looy - cyclist
- Rik Van Steenbergen - cyclist
- Bart Veldkamp - speed skater
- Ulla Werbrouck - judoka
Theologians, clergymen
- Jean Bolland - hagiographer
- Father Damien (Pater Damiaan)
- Cornelius Jansen - theologian
- Georges Pire - Dominican priest, Nobel Peace Prize 1958
- Blessed John Ruysbroeck - mystic
Visual artists
- Guillaume Bijl
- Marcel Broodthaers
- Carl De Keyzer - photographer
- Wim Delvoye
- Jan Fabre
- Panamarenko
Others
- Gilbert Delahaye
- Jacques Dupuis
- Silvio Gesell
- Hergé (Georges Remi) - comics artist
- Hermann Huppen - cartoonist
- Gerard Mortier
- Marcel Marlier
- Adolphe Sax - inventor of the saxophone
- Egide Walschaerts - engineer / inventor
Sub-lists
Links
- A Website on famous Flemish people: http://noosphere.cc/flanders.html
- Famous Belgians
