List of Famous people born in Belgium

Bruno Tobback was the president of the Flemish socialist party Different Socialist Party (SP.A) from 2011 to 2015. He was Minister of Environment and Pensions in the Belgian federal government from 2004 until 2007. He is the son of former minister and current Mayor of Leuven Louis Tobback. He is a Licentiate in Law and a Licentiate in Social and Economic Law. He was a member of the Flemish Parliament from 1995 to 2004.

Isabelle Wéry is a Belgian actress and award-winning writer.

Hendrik Jules Joseph "Rik" Daems is a Belgian painter, wine trader and politician who is currently serving as the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a 70-year-old body bringing together parliamentarians from 47 nations of the Council of Europe. He is a former member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) and member of the city council of Leuven.

Peter Van Rompuy is a Belgian politician. He is the leader of the CD&V in the Flemish Parliament.

Marie-Claire, Baroness Foblets is a Belgian lawyer and anthropologist, who is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Her research interests are interculturalism, migration and minorities.

Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, nicknamed "Van Cau", is a Belgian politician. He is member of the Party of Parti Socialiste (PS). He was the tenth Minister-President of Wallonia from 4 April 2000 until 30 September 2005. He resigned amid the ICDI affair and was replaced by Elio Di Rupo.

Jacques H. Drèze is a Belgian economist noted for his contributions to economic theory, econometrics, and economic policy as well as for his leadership in the economics profession. Drèze was the first President of the European Economic Association in 1986 and was the President of the Econometric Society in 1970.

Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-45 as a payload specialist, making him the first Belgian in space.