List of Famous people born in Belgium

Roland Lethem

First Name Roland
Last Name Lethem
Born on January 5, 1942 (age 84)

Roland Lethem is a Belgian filmmaker and writer.

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Jean-Pierre Dardenne

First Name Jean-Pierre
Last Name Dardenne
Born on April 21, 1951 (age 75)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Koen Wauters

First Name Koen
Born on September 17, 1967 (age 59)

Koen Maria Gaston Wauters is a Flemish singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver.

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Lodewijk De Witte

First Name Lodewijk
Born on December 12, 1954 (age 71)

Lodewijk (Lode) De Witte is the former governor of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

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Bessora

Sandrine Bessora Nan Nguema

Bessora is a novelist and short story writer. After a career in international finance in Geneva, she studied anthropology and wrote her first novel. Since 1999 Bessora has published a book a year on average, mainly through the publishing group Gallimard. Her books have been translated into several languages.

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Birger Verstraete

First Name Birger
Born on April 16, 1994 (age 32)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Birger Verstraete is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Belgian First Division A side Antwerp, on loan from 1. FC Köln. In 2018–19, he helped Gent reach the final of the 2018–19 Belgian Cup, where they took the lead against Mechelen, before losing 2–1.

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Bernard Tirtiaux

First Name Bernard
Last Name Tirtiaux
Born on April 11, 1951 (age 75)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Peter Piot

First Name Peter
Last Name Piot
Born on February 17, 1949 (age 77)

Peter Karel Piot, Baron Piot, KCMG, FRCP, FMedSci is a Belgian microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. Piot is the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Karel De Gucht

Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht
First Name Karel
Last Name Gucht
Born on January 27, 1954 (age 72)

Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht is a Belgian politician who was the European Commissioner for Trade from February 2010 until 31 October 2014. Previously, he served as Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2009 and as the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response from 2009 to 2010.

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Ludwig Neefs

First Name Ludwig
Last Name Neefs
Born on November 23, 1962 (age 63)
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