List of Famous people born in Belgium
Robert Dekeyser
Robert Dekeyser is a Belgian-German entrepreneur and former football goalkeeper. He is the founder of DEDON, a Germany-based manufacturer of outdoor furniture with distribution in more than 80 countries. An outdoor enthusiast, Dekeyser is also the founder of DEDON ISLAND, a luxury resort in the Philippines.
Georges-Louis Bouchez
Georges-Louis Bouchez (GLB), is a Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senator and leader of Mouvement réformateur.
Koen Casteels
Koen Casteels is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Belgium national team.
Anthony Limbombe
Anthony Limbombe Ekango is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Nantes and the Belgium national side. He can also play as a forward.
Renaud Emond
Renaud Emond is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Nantes.
Bart Moeyaert
Bart Boudewijn Peter Moeyaert is a Belgian writer.
Noël Godin
Noël Godin is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with pies. After bombarding Gates, Godin allegedly said, "My work is done here."
Roger Decock
Roger Decock was a Belgian road bicycle racer who won the Paris–Nice in 1951 and the Tour of Flanders in 1952.
Antoinette Spaak
Antoinette Spaak was a Belgian politician and leading figure within Francophone politics in the country. She was born into a noted political family and entered politics as part of the regionalist Democratic Front of Francophones in 1972. She held the presidency of the FDF from 1977 to 1982 and later advocated conciliation between Francophone centrist political parties. This brought the FDF into an electoral coalition ahead of the 1999 election and paved the way for its absorption into the Reformist Movement in 2002. Spaak held various political offices in Belgium and the European Communities until retiring from politics in 2009.
Enzo Scifo
Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo is a retired Belgian football midfielder who is regarded as one of Belgium's greatest ever footballers. He has also managed the Belgium national under-21 football team and several Belgian club sides. He played for clubs in Belgium, France and Italy, where he won several domestic titles. At international level, he was a member of the Belgian national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cups, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so.