List of Famous people born in Belgium

Vincent D. Blondel is a Belgian professor of applied mathematics and current rector of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Blondel's research lies in the area of mathematical control theory and theoretical computer science. He is mostly known for his contributions in computational complexity in control, multi-agent coordination and complex networks.

Olivier D. A. Gh. Maingain is a Belgian francophone politician and former president of DéFI.

Benoît Debie is a Belgian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on features including Irréversible (2002), Enter the Void (2009), The Runaways (2010) and Spring Breakers (2012).

Michel Foret is a Belgian politician and lawyer. A member of the Reformist Movement, he is the current governor of Liège Province since 11 February 2004.

Joseph Adolphe François Thas is a Belgian mathematician, who works on combinatorics, incidence geometry and finite geometries.

Alain Berliner is a Belgian film director best known for the 1997 film Ma vie en rose, which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Golden Globe Awards in 1998. Ma vie en rose is also used as film in England, to teach children about cross-dressing and is a very valuable film for community.

Johan Capiot is a former professional road racing cyclist. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2000.

Baroness Ingrid Daubechies is a Belgian physicist and mathematician. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression.