List of Famous people born in Belgium
Fantine Harduin
Fantine Harduin is a Belgian actress. She is best known for her role as Eve Laurent in the 2017 drama film Happy End, the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. For her role in the film, she was nominated for a Magritte Award for Most Promising Actress.
Olivia Borlée
Olivia Borlée is a retired Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. Her personal best time in the 200 is 22.98 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Brussels. She has a personal best of 11.39 seconds in the 100 metres. She won a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics with teammates Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, and Kim Gevaert in a time of 42.54 seconds, which set a new Belgian record.
Tamino
Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad, known mononymously as Tamino, is a Belgian singer, musician and model. He is of Belgian, Egyptian and Lebanese origin. He is the grandson of renowned Egyptian singer and movie star Muharram Fouad.
Lucien Van Impe
Lucien Van Impe is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France.
Meryame Kitir
Meryame Kitir is a Belgian politician of the Forward party who has been serving as Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy in the De Croo Government since October 2020. She has also been serving on the Genk municipal council since 2019, and previously sat on the Maasmechelen municipal council from 2006 to 2016.
Christian Van Eyken
Christian B.S. Van Eyken is a Belgian politician who represented the Union des Francophones in the Flemish Parliament from 1995 to 2019.
Yves Lampaert
Yves Lampaert is a Belgian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step.
Dylan Borlée
Dylan Borlée is a Belgian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. He holds a personal best of 45.57 seconds for the event. He was the silver medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015. He has also represented Belgium at the World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Relays as part of the national 4×400 metres relay team.
José Riga
José Riga is a Belgian former football player and manager. He is currently the sporting director of URSL Visé.
Urko Rafael Pardo
Urko Rafael Pardo Goas is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Olympias Lympion.