List of Famous people born in Belgium

Paul Van Himst is a Belgian former football player and a football manager who played as a forward, most notably for R.S.C. Anderlecht.

Ketty Nivyabandi is a Burundian poet and human rights activist living in exile in Canada. She was born in Belgium and grew up in Bujumbura, Burundi, where she studied International Relations and worked as a journalist. Her French-language poetry has appeared in literary magazines such as World Literature Today and Words Without Borders, and in anthologies including We Have Crossed Many Rivers: New Poetry from Africa (2012) and Margaret Busby's New Daughters of Africa (2019). In 2012 Nivyabandi represented Burundi in the London Poetry Parnassus as part of the Summer Olympics.

Nico Mattan is a Belgian former road racing cyclist. His greatest achievement in cycling was winning the Gent–Wevelgem classic in 2005.

Wouter Vrancken is a former Belgian defensive midfielder in association football. He is currently managing Mechelen.

Jean-Claude Marcourt has been, since 2009, the Vice-Minister-President and Minister of Economy and Foreign Affairs of the Walloon government, and Vice-Minister-President and Minister of Higher Education of the Government of the French Community. He is member of the Belgian Francophone Socialist Party (PS).

Ahmed Laaouej is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives elected through the Parti Socialiste. He is the mayor of the commune of Koekelberg and Head of the PS parliamentary group in the House of Representatives.

Chris Peers is a Belgian former professional cyclist.

Jarl Salomein is a Belgian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally for Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise between 2011 and 2017.