List of Famous people born in Belgium
Kristof Vandewalle
Kristof Vandewalle is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2015 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Trek Factory Racing teams. While a member of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step squad, he won two successive World Team Time Trial Championships and two consecutive Belgian National Time Trial Championships.
Jan Benda
Jan Benda is a German ice hockey coach and retired player. He appeared in a total of nine National Hockey League games for the Washington Capitals and participated in three Olympic Winter Games with the German national team.
Wilfried Wesemael
Wilfried Wesemael is a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1979 Tour de Suisse. He also competed in the individual and team pursuit events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Annemie Schaus
Geert Van Bondt
Geert Van Bondt is a retired Belgian cyclist.
Dirk Van Mechelen
Dirk Louis Maria Van Mechelen was the Flemish minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning. He is a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats.
Herman Frison
Herman Frison is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer and current assistant manager at Lotto-Soudal. During the 1987 Tour de France he managed to go on a solo attack during a relatively short stage that took place entirely within West Germany. Stage 4 was only about 80km long and went from Stuttgart to Pforzheim, but Frison managed to stay away from the peloton and win the stage by about a minute and a half ahead of the main field.
Conner Rousseau
Conner Rousseau is a Belgian politician who is the chairman of the social-democratic Flemish Vooruit party.
Bert Roesems
Bert Roesems, was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.