List of Famous people born in Belgium

Anne Coesens is a Belgian actress. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris and works in theatre. She also appears in films – her credits include Illegal, Ma vie en rose, Private Lessons, Tomorrow We Move, and Diamant 13. She received the Magritte Award for Best Actress for Illegal which was her fourth film with Olivier Masset-Depasse.

Maggie Celine Louise De Block is a Belgian physician and politician of the Open VLD who has been chairing her party's group in the Chamber of Representatives since 2020.

Ronny Huybrechts is a Belgian professional darts player.

François Bellot is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Reformist Movement (MR) party. He served as the Federal Minister for Mobility and Transport in the Wilmès' caretaker Government from April 17, 2016 to October 1, 2020.

Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction.

Isabelle Jeanne Marie Alice Jacobs, by marriage, Countess Isabelle de Borchgrave d'Altena is a prominent Belgian artist and sculptor, best known for her colorful paintings and intricately painted paper sculptures. She is married to Count Werner de Borchgrave d'Altena.

Yvan Mayeur is a former Belgian politician, former member of the Socialist Party and former mayor of Brussels from 2013 until 2017.

Yari Verschaeren is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Anderlecht and the Belgium national team.

Joëlle F.G.M. Milquet is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH).

Gérard Chaliand is a French expert in geopolitics who has published widely on irregular warfare and military strategy. Chaliand analyses of insurgencies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, mostly based on his field experience with insurgent forces, have appeared in more than 20 books and in numerous newspaper articles. He has worked autonomously throughout his career, unconstrained by the perspectives of national governments and policy institutes. As a result, his work provides an independent perspective on many of the major conflicts characterized the 20th and 21st centuries. He is also a published poet.