List of Famous people born in Belgium
Wine Dierickx
Wine Dierickx is a Flemish actress. She is a member of the 2001 founded independent Dutch-Flemish theatre group Wunderbaum, that have performed shows in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, United States, Iran, Scandinavia and Brazil. Dierickx also appeared in more than twenty films since 2002.
Filip Anthuenis
Filip Anthuenis is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.
Lorenzo Staelens
Lorenzo Jules Staelens is a retired Belgian footballer who was released as a manager in March 2019 by Knokke.
Gaston Roelants
Gaston, Baron Roelants, a Belgian former elite steeplechaser and cross country runner. He won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles in the 3000 m steeplechase and twice broke the world record.
Hilde Van Mieghem
Hilde Van Mieghem is a Belgian actress.
Rudolf Cranz
Heinz-Rudolf "Rudi" Cranz was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Thérèse Hargot
Paul De Keersmaeker
Paul, Baron De Keersmaeker is a Belgian businessman, politician and Chairman of PA Europe.
Kevin De Weert
Kevin De Weert is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In October 2014 it was announced would join LottoNL–Jumbo on a two-year deal from 2015, with the team's directeur sportif Nico Verhoeven describing his role as a domestique for the team's general classification riders in stage races. De Weert retired on his 33rd birthday due to the continuing effects of injuries sustained earlier in his career. In February 2016 he succeeded Carlo Bomans as coach of the Belgian national cycling team.
Frank De Winne
Frank, Viscount De Winne is a Belgian Air Component officer and an ESA astronaut. He is Belgium's second person in space. He was the first ESA astronaut to command a space mission when he served as commander of ISS Expedition 21. ESA astronaut de Winne serves currently as Head of the European Astronaut Centre of the European Space Agency in Cologne/Germany (Köln).