List of Famous people born in Belgium

Willem Wauters is a former Belgian cyclist. He rode in the 2013 Giro d'Italia, where he finished in 158th place.

Philippe Van Leeuw is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He made his feature-length debut in 2009 with The Day God Walked Away. In 2017, he wrote and directed Insyriated, which premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At the 8th Magritte Awards, the film won all six awards it was nominated for, tying the Magritte Awards record for most awards won, including Best Film and Best Director for Van Leeuw.

Dirk, Knight Brossé is a Belgian conductor and composer. He has composed over 200 works, including concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music and symphonic works. Brossé has also composed extensively for stage, cinema, television. His score for the BBC/HBO series Parade's End (2012) was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dirk Brossé is currently Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and of the Ghent Film Festival. John Williams chose him as Principal Conductor of the Star Wars in Concert World Tour. Brossé is also professor of composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. Dirk Brossé has conducted international orchestras, both at home and abroad. Amongst them, the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Vancouver Opera, Opéra National de Lyon, BBC Concert Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Pilharmonic Orchestras of Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Basel, Madrid, Porto, Birmingham, Ulster, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Queensland, St Petersburg, Los Angeles and Boston. In 2008, he made his first appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2010, at the request of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, he wrote The Hallow-e'en Dances. This Halloween-inspired work is especially written for age-old, traditional Chinese instruments. Brossé recently composed Haiku Cycle 1, written for Jessye Norman and based on Haiku by Herman Van Rompuy.

Johan Coenen is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Marlux, Unibet.com, Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator and Differdange–Losch teams.

Luc Colijn is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1981 Tour de France. He currently works as a directeur sportif for Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise.

Luc Leman is a Belgian former cyclist, who was professional from 1974 until 1979. He most notably won a stage of the 1975 Vuelta a España as well as the Nokere Koerse in 1976. He is the brother of cyclist Eric Leman.

Lucien De Vestel was a Belgian architect known for designing the Berlaymont in Brussels.

Solange Berry is a Belgian singer mostly known for representing Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1958.