List of Famous people born in Belgium
Paul Lannoye
Paul Lannoye is a Belgian politician. He was one of the founding members of the Ecolo party and a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004.
Émilie Dequenne
Émilie Dequenne is a Belgian actress. She first gained attention for playing the title character in the film Rosetta (1999), which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She then went on to star in many films such as Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), The Light (2004), The Girl on the Train (2009), Our Children (2012), Not My Type (2014) and This Is Our Land (2017).
Dedryck Boyata
Anga Dedryck Boyata is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for German club Hertha BSC and the Belgium national team.
Frank Ntilikina
Frank Bryan Ntilikina is a Belgian-born French professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Knicks as the eighth overall pick during the 2017 NBA draft. Ntilikina was born in Belgium and grew up in the French city of Strasbourg. He stands 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) tall and plays the point guard position.
Anthony Vaccarello
Anthony Vaccarello is a Belgian fashion designer and currently creative director at Saint Laurent. Prior to this he held the position of creative director at Versus Versace, as well as designing his own eponymous line. In April 2016, Saint Laurent announced the appointment of Vaccarello as creative director.
Charles Michel
Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel is a Belgian politician serving as President of the European Council since 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019.
Plastic Bertrand
Roger François Jouret, better known as Plastic Bertrand, is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1978 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".
Bouli Lanners
Philippe "Bouli" Lanners is a Belgian actor, author and film director. His film The Giants was nominated for twelve Magritte Awards, winning five, including Best Film and Best Director.
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art and conceptual art.
Sophie Wilmès
Sophie Wilmès is a Belgian politician who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since October 2020. She is the country's first female foreign minister, and was over the year from October 2019 the first female prime minister in Belgian history. She is a member of the Reformist Movement.