List of Famous people born in Belgium
Luc Nilis
Luc Gilbert Cyrille Nilis is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He enjoyed a successful career in his native Belgium and, in particular, in the Netherlands with PSV. His playing days came to an end in the 2000–01 season after breaking his leg in a match with his club Aston Villa following a clash with Ipswich Town goalkeeper Richard Wright.
Michel Vermote
Michel Vermote is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in ten Grand Tours between 1987 and 1996.
Michèle Nahum
Yuhan Tan
Yuhan Tan is a male left-handed badminton player and Medical Doctor from Belgium. Born to a Chinese-Indonesian father and a Belgian mother, He is a 10 time Belgian Champion in the men's singles category which makes him the most successful men's singles athlete in Belgian history. In 2008 he was the 2nd youngest men's singles player to qualify for the 2008 Olympics according to the Badminton World Federation criteria. However the Belgian Olympic Committee didn't select him and he was therefore not able to compete. Tan participated, together with his sister Lianne, in the 2012 Summer Olympics and in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Bart De Wever
Bart Albert Liliane De Wever is a Belgian politician. Since 2004 De Wever has been the leader of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), a Belgian political party advocating independence for the Flemish region of Belgium within the European Union; he is also a member of the Chamber of Representatives. He played a prominent role in the 2007 Belgian government formation and presided over his party's victory in the 2010 federal elections when N-VA became the largest party in both Flanders and in Belgium as a whole.
Dominique Pire
Dominique Pire, O.P. was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. On 11 December 1958 Pire delivered his Nobel Lecture entitled "Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace".
Luc Dardenne
Alper Uludağ
Alper Uludağ is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Konyaspor. He has been capped by the Turkey U-15 and U-21 squads.
Gino Van Hooydonck
Françoise Dupuis
Françoise Dupuis is a Belgian politician who was a Minister for the Parti Socialiste. She held the post of President of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region from 2009 to 2014.