List of Famous people born in Belgium
Iao Lethem
Oliver Naesen
Oliver Naesen is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team. Considered a specialist of the one-day classics, he won the 2017 Belgian National Road Race Championships, as well as the Bretagne Classic in 2016 and 2018. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Lawrence Naesen.
Chris Lomme
Adeline Dieudonné
Adeline Dieudonné is a Belgian writer. She is best known for her debut novel Real Life (2018), which won numerous literary prizes in the Francophone world, among them:
- Prix du Roman FNAC
- Prix Rossel
- Prix Renaudot des lycéens
- Prix Goncourt―Le Choix de la Belgique
- Prix des Étoiles du Parisien
- Prix Première Plume
- Prix Filigrane
Alice von Hildebrand
Alice M. von Hildebrand, DCSG is a Catholic philosopher, theologian, lecturer, author, and former professor; she is also the second wife of Dietrich von Hildebrand.
Dominique Wilms
Dominique Wilms is a Belgian film actress.
Koen Lenaerts
Koen Lenaerts, Baron Lenaerts is a Belgian jurist and the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union. He is also a Professor of European Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Jean-François Borel
Jean-François Borel is a Belgian microbiologist and immunologist who is considered one of the discoverers of cyclosporin.
Barbara Tausia
Barbara Anelka Tausia is a Belgian choreographer and dancer. She is the wife of French footballer Nicolas Anelka and has followed her husband around Europe as he has changed teams.