List of Famous people born in Belgium
Princess Anne d’Orléans
Princess Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Dowager Duchess of Calabria is the widow of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria. She is the third daughter and fifth child of Henri, Count of Paris, Orléanist claimant to the defunct French throne, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza.
Laurens Devos
Laurens Devos is a Belgian table tennis player who was the Paralympic champion in men's singles class 9. He has also won four European titles and most recently, a world title for his country.
Baptiste Guillaume
Baptiste Guillaume is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Valenciennes FC.
Véronique De Kock
Véronique De Kock is a Belgian business owner, television presenter and a former beauty pageant title-holder.
Éliane Tillieux
Eliane Tillieux is a Belgian Socialist politician from Namur (Wallonia) and the first woman to serve as speaker of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Sébastien Pocognoli
Sébastien Pocognoli is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Between 2008 and 2014 he made 13 appearances for the Belgium national team.
Annelien Van Wauwe
Annelien Van Wauwe is a Belgian clarinetist who performs internationally as a soloist. She was educated by Sabine Meyer and other internationally known teachers. She has won numerous international competitions and performs with top international orchestras and as a sought-after soloist at international festivals, but is also active in chamber music with her own ensemble. Several works have been composed especially for her.
She is also a principal teacher for historical and modern clarinet at the Royal Conservatory Antwerp. She lives in Berlin.
Els Callens
Els Callens is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.
Anne Malherbe Gosselin
Anne Malherbe Gosselin is the wife of Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador from January 2007 until May 2017. She was born in Namur, Belgium, as the daughter of Paul Malherbe and Chantal Gosselin. She met Correa while both were attending courses in the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), in Belgium. They later married and, during Correa's presidency, set up residency in Ecuador. After the end of Correa's presidency, the couple moved to Belgium.
Johan Vande Lanotte
Johan Cyrille Corneel Vande Lanotte is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the SP.A, and became its party president on 15 October 2005. He handed down his leadership positions after the SP.A lost in the 2007 general election. Between 5 December 2011 and October 2014, he was Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Economy, Consumer affairs and North Sea in the Di Rupo I Government. With the formation of a new Centre-Right federal government, which excluded his party, Johan Vande Lanotte returned to local politics in October 2014 in Ostend, where he took up his position as alderman for the economy and tourism at Ostend City Council. Since August 2015 Vande Lanotte is the mayor of Ostend.