List of Famous people born in Belgium
Joris Kayembe
Joris Kayembe Ditu is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Charleroi as a winger.
Maurice Lippens
Count Maurice Robert Josse Marie Ghislain, Count Lippens is a Belgian businessman and banker. He is the grandson of Maurice Lippens (1875) and brother of Leopold Lippens, mayor of Knokke-Heist.
Matthias Casse
Matthias Casse is a Belgian judoka. In 2017, Matthias Casse became junior world champion in Zagreb, the first Belgian male judoka to achieve this since Johan Laats in 1986. That same year, he won his first judo grand prix medal at senior level, winning a bronze medal in The Hague. In 2019 he won the gold medal at the European Games and at the Judo World Masters. After having won the Paris Grand Slam in 2020 he became the no. 1 on the world ranking in his category. In June 2021, he became the first Belgian male judo world champion at the senior level by winning the gold at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Vincent Grass
Vincent Grass is a Belgian actor. He has appeared in a number of both European and American film and television productions, the first being the Belgian television production Siska Van Roosemaal in 1973. Grass played Fiancé in Boris Szulzinger's Mama Dracula (1980) and Doctor Cornelius in the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
Laurent Louis
Laurent Louis is a French-speaking Belgian politician, former member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, and a Holocaust denier. He is known for anti-semitic speeches and actions, Holocaust denial, and for spreading rumors about other public figures.
Chantal Mouffe
Chantal Mouffe is a Belgian political theorist, formerly teaching at University of Westminster.
Timmy Simons
Timmy Simons is a former Belgian professional footballer who last played for Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League. He played as a defensive midfielder, and is known for his tireless work ethic and penalty-taking ability, having scored 48 competitive goals through penalty, missing only 5. In 2012, at age 36, Simons was both the outfield player with the most minutes and the most kilometres in the Bundesliga. Simons' former clubs include Lommel, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven and 1. FC Nürnberg. He has captained both Club Brugge and PSV Eindhoven, and won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2002 while playing for Club Brugge.
Jan Fabre
Jan Fabre is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer.
Maria Del Rio
Maria Del Rio is a Belgian comedian, radio and television presenter of Spanish descent.
Tiesj Benoot
Tiesj Benoot is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM.