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List of Belgians

This is a list of notable Belgian people who either:

  • are or were Belgian citizens at least for sometime in their life,
  • were born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but who were not or are not Belgian citizens (either because Belgium did not exist at the time of their life or because they had or have another citizenship). The names of people of this category are italicized.

The list also comprises

  • fictional characters who are undisputedly Belgians
  • important ones whose citizenship is unknown, or not Belgian and with Belgian creators. The names of fictional characters of this category are italicized.

The same person may appear under several headings.

Artists

Main article: List of Belgian architects
See also: List of Belgian women artists

Businesspeople and economists

Criminals

Fictional characters

Historians

Humorists

Journalists

  • Paul Beliën
  • Jacques Danois
  • Koenraad Elst
  • Cédric Gerbehaye
  • Germaine Van Parys (1893–1983) – pioneering female photojournalist

Military figures

Models

Monarchs

Main article: List of Belgian monarchs

Performing artists

Actors and actresses

Choreographers

Composers

Filmmakers

See also: List of Belgian film directors

Musicians and singers

See also: List of Belgian bands and artists

Theater directors

Politicians

A – C

D

E – K

L

M

N – R

S – U

V

W – Y

Religious figures

Saints

Theologians and clergymen

Resistance activists

Scientists

Astronauts

Botanists

  • Alfred Cogniaux (1841–1916)
  • Rembert Dodoens (1517–1585)
  • Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier
  • Annick Wilmotte (graduated 1982), polar microbiologist

Chemists

Geographers

  • Gerardus Mercator
  • Abraham Ortelius

Geologists

Inventors and engineers

Mathematicians

Medical scientists

Philosophers

Physicists

  • Robert Brout
  • Francois Englert – Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
  • Jean-Pierre Leburton
  • Georges Lemaître – deviser of the Big Bang Theory
  • Joseph Plateau
  • Daniel Zajfman (born 1959) – Israeli physicist; president of the Weizmann Institute

Political scientists and theorists

Social scientists

  • Paul Jorion – anthropologist, sociologist, cognitive scientist, and economist
  • Claude Lévi-Strauss – French social scientist born in Belgium
  • Renee Rabinowitz – psychologist and lawyer

Others

Sports

Automobile racing

Basketball

  • Julie Allemand
  • Marjorie Carpréaux
  • Antonia Delaere
  • Emma Meesseman
  • Hanne Mestdagh
  • Kim Mestdagh
  • Thomas Van Den Spiegel
  • Willy Steveniers
  • Julie Vanloo
  • Ann Wauters
  • Maxime De Zeeuw

Cycling

Including mountain biking and cyclo-cross

Fencing

Football (soccer)

Golf

  • Laetitia Beck (born 1992) – Belgian-born Israeli golfer
  • Nicolas Colsaerts – Ryder Cup winner
  • Thomas Pieters – European Tour winner

Judo

Motocross

  • René Baeten – 1958 500cc motocross World Champion
  • Marnicq Bervoets – top motocross competitor from the 1990s
  • Sven Breugelmans – 2005 MX3-GP World Champion
  • Roger De Coster – five-time 500cc Motocross World Champion
  • Harry Everts – three-time Motocross World Champion, father of Stefan Everts
  • Stefan Everts – ten-time Motocross World Champion
  • Eric Geboers – five-time Motocross World Champion
  • Sylvain Geboers – motocross des Nations winner
  • Georges Jobé – five-time Motocross World Champion
  • André Malherbe – three-time Motocross World Champion
  • Jacky Martens – 1991 500cc World Champion
  • Gaston Rahier – three-time 125cc Motocross World Champion
  • Steve Ramon – two-time Motocross World Champion
  • Joël Robert – six-time 250cc Motocross World Champion
  • Joël Smets – three time 500cc Motocross World Champion

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Track and field

Triathlon

  • Marc Herremans – wheelchair champion
  • Claire Michel
  • Kathleen Smet – 2005 world champion
  • Marino Vanhoenacker
  • Frederik Van Lierde – world champion Iron Man 2013
  • Luc Van Lierde – two-time world champion and winner Iron Man
  • Benny Vansteelant – four-time world champion duathlon standard and long distance

Water polo

Other

Visual artists

Comics

See also: List of comic creators § Belgium

Fashion

Painters

Main article: List of Belgian painters

Photographers

Sculptors

Others

Others

  • Arturo Alfandari – diplomat, creator of the language Neo
  • Menachem Banitt – expert in medieval French language and culture
  • Edgard Colle – chess player
  • Sabine Dardenne – victim of child molester Marc Dutroux
  • Jeanne de Bellem – political activist during the Brabant revolution
  • Thierry de Duve – art critic and theorist
  • Michel de Kemmeter (born 1964)
  • Henri Kichka (1926–2020) – writer and Holocaust survivor
  • Paul de Man – deconstructionist literary critic and theorist
  • Joanna DeRoover – oldest documented living person in Belgium at the time of her death
  • Piet Huysentruyt – chef and bestselling author
  • Jean-Denis Lejeune – founder of Child Focus
  • Claude Lelièvre – commissioner for children rights, French-speaking community
  • Jean-Baptiste Moëns – "father of philately"
  • Peter Piot – Director of UNAIDS
  • Sybille de Selys Longchamps
  • Vanden Geyhn et Van Aerschodt – bell and carillon founders
  • Pierre Wynants – chef

See also

Notes

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  2. ^ "Charles Michel profile: Youngest Belgian PM since 1845". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Teen racing driver Max Verstappen is officially Belgian, not Dutch". www.dutchnews.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the Clash between Sport and Politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1-903900-88-3. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Knick who's barely 19: Ntilikina is enjoying the moment". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Spur's Parker becomes famous Belgian in NBA Finals". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
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