List of Famous people born in Belgium

Matthew Gilmore is a Belgian-Australian retired track cyclist, who mostly competed and was most successful on track for Belgium. Although Gilmore was born in and represented Belgium, he is the son of Australian racing cyclist Graeme Gilmore and competed with an Australian licence earlier in his career, changing to Belgium on 15 June 1998. Gilmore is also the nephew of British racing cyclist Tom Simpson.

Hervé Jamar is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Reformist Movement (MR). He is mayor of Hannut from 1995 to 2014. He became Belgium's Minister of Budget in 2014 but resigned in 2015 in order to become Governor of the Province of Liège.

Henri "Rik" Hoevenaers was a Belgian road cyclist who won three medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics, including a silver in the individual time trial, a silver in the team time trial, and a bronze in the team pursuit. He also won the road race at the 1925 World Championships. Hoevenaers turned professional in 1926. His father Josef and son Jos were also professional cyclists.

Frans Melckenbeeck is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Ief Verbrugghe is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He rode his entire career on the Lotto–Domo team, and rode in four editions of the Giro d'Italia. He did not achieve any professional wins.

Antoine Houbrechts is a retired Belgian road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1965 and 1981. He won the 1967 Volta a Portugal and 1968 Vuelta a Andalucía, and rode the Tour de France in 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1975.

Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş is a Belgian retired footballer who is last known to have played as a midfielder or attacker for Adanaspor.

Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist best known for his paintings which explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II is a recurring theme in his work. He is a key figure of the generation of European figurative painters who gained renown at a time when many believed the medium had lost its relevance due to the new digital age.

Davidi Kitai is a Belgian professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event for $244,583, becoming the first Belgian to win a WSOP bracelet. He also has won 2 other bracelets and has an EPT title and a WPT title under his belt, along with numerous other big scores and titles.