List of Famous people born in Belgium
Philippe Lamberts
Philippe Lamberts is a Belgian politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. He is a member of Ecolo, within the Greens–European Free Alliance.
David van der Poel
David van der Poel is a Belgian-born Dutch road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix.
Xavier Chen
Xavier Chen is a Belgian-born Taiwanese footballer who plays predominantly as a right back. He last played for KV Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League, the top flight of football in Belgium. He began his youth career with Anderlecht. He has also played for KV Kortrijk (2003–2007) and Guizhou Renhe (2013–2015). He is currently a free agent.
Theo Bongonda
Théo Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batomboat is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Genk.
Aaron Leya Iseka
Aaron Leya Iseka is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club FC Metz, on loan from Toulouse
Tom Van Grieken
Tom Jozef Irène Van Grieken is a Belgian politician and author who has served as Leader of Vlaams Belang since October 2014.
Jan Jambon
Jan Jambon is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) who has been serving as Minister-President of Flanders since 2019. He replaced Kris Peeters as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2007. The N-VA was, at that time, partnered with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish party. In June 2010 and May 2014 he was re-elected on an N-VA list.
Youssef Boughanem
Youssef Boughanem is a Moroccan-Belgian Muay Thai kickboxer who is the reigning WBC Muay Thai World Middleweight Champion. He is a former Lumpinee Stadium and Rajadamnern Stadium 160 lb Champion. Boughanem currently trains out of the Petchsaman Gym in Thailand.
Nicolas Lombaerts
Nicolas Robert Christian Lombaerts is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Kévin Borlée
Kevin Borlée is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.