List of Famous people born in Belgium

Gaston Rebry

First Name Gaston
Last Name Rebry
Born on January 29, 1905
Died on July 3, 1953 (aged 48)

Gaston Rebry was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.

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Christian Simenon

First Name Christian
Last Name Simenon
Born on September 21, 1906
Died on October 31, 1947 (aged 41)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Johan Museeuw

First Name Johan
Born on October 13, 1965 (age 60)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Johan Museeuw is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed The Lion of Flanders, he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s.

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Preben Van Hecke

First Name Preben
Born on July 9, 1982 (age 43)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Preben Van Hecke is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Relax–Bodysol, Predictor–Lotto and Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise. He won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2015, out of a two-man breakaway with Jürgen Roelandts.

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Gert Verheyen

First Name Gert
Last Name Verheyen
Born on September 20, 1970 (age 55)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Gert Verheyen is a Belgian retired footballer and manager, who was last in charge of Oostende.

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Roger De Vlaeminck

First Name Roger
Last Name Vlaeminck
Born on August 24, 1947 (age 78)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nicknamed “The Gypsy” because he was born into a family of traveling clothiers, he is known for exploits in the cobbled classic Paris–Roubaix race, but his performances in other “Monument” races gave him a record that few can match. His record in Paris–Roubaix earned him another nickname, “Monsieur Paris–Roubaix”.

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Marleen Temmerman

First Name Marleen
Born on March 24, 1953 (age 73)

Marleen Temmerman is a Belgian gynaecologist, professor and former Senator, currently heading the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Pierre Wolper

First Name Pierre
Last Name Wolper
Born on September 21, 1955 (age 70)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Pierre Wolper is a Belgian computer scientist at the University of Liège. His research interests include verification methods for reactive and concurrent programs, as well as temporal databases. He is the co-recipient of the 2000 Gödel Prize, along with Moshe Y. Vardi, for his work on temporal logic with finite automata. He also received the 2005 Paris Kanellakis Award for this work.

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Willy Claes

First Name Willy
Last Name Claes
Born on November 24, 1938 (age 87)

Willem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes is a Belgian politician who served as the eighth Secretary General of NATO, from 1994 to 1995. Claes was forced to resign from his NATO position after he was found guilty of corruption, which was uncovered during the investigation into André Cools' death. Claes was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party.

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Stijn Devolder

First Name Stijn
Born on August 29, 1979 (age 46)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Stijn Devolder is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for Vlaanderen–T Interim (2002–2003), Discovery Channel (2004–2007), Quick-Step (2008–2010), Vacansoleil–DCM (2011–2012), Trek–Segafredo (2013–2016), Vérandas Willems–Crelan (2017–2018) and Corendon–Circus (2019).

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