List of Famous people born in Charleroi, Belgium

Philippe Lafontaine

First Name Philippe
Last Name Lafontaine
Born on May 24, 1955 (age 69)

Philippe Lafontaine is a Belgian singer and composer.

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Muriel Degauque

First Name Muriel
Last Name Degauque
Born on July 19, 1967
Died on November 9, 2005 (aged 38)

Muriel Degauque was a Belgian woman from Charleroi and a convert to Islam. La Derniere Heure, a Belgian newspaper, claimed on December 1, 2005 that she was a suicide bomber in Iraq. According to Belgian authorities, a Belgian woman committed a suicide car bomb attack on November 9, 2005 against a U.S. military convoy south of Baghdad. The Belgian was the only person killed, but one American soldier was injured.

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Joëlle Milquet

First Name Joëlle
Born on February 17, 1961 (age 63)

Joëlle F.G.M. Milquet is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH).

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Pierre Mathieu

First Name Pierre
Last Name Mathieu
Born on November 27, 1704
Died on January 1, 1778 (aged 73)
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Jules Destrée

Jules Olivier Charles Auguste Jean Joseph Destrée
First Name Jules
Last Name Destrée
Born on August 21, 1863
Died on January 2, 1936 (aged 72)

Jules Destrée was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician. The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. He wrote a Letter to the King in 1912, which is seen as the founding declaration of the Walloon movement. He is famous for his quote "Il n'y a pas de Belges", pointing to the lack of patriotic feelings in Flemings and Walloons, while pleading for some kind of federal state.

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Georgette Berger

First Name Georgette
Born on February 26, 1901
Died on February 26, 1986 (aged 85)

René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art and conceptual art.

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Charles Moureaux

First Name Charles
Last Name Moureaux
Born on June 4, 1902
Died on August 2, 1976 (aged 74)
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Dominique Wilms

Claudine Maria Célina Wilmes
First Name Dominique
Last Name Wilms
Born on June 8, 1930 (age 94)

Dominique Wilms is a Belgian film actress.

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Pol Swings

First Name Pol
Last Name Swings
Born on September 24, 1906
Died on October 28, 1983 (aged 77)

Pol F. Swings was a Belgian astrophysicist who was known for his studies of the composition and structure of stars and comets. He used spectroscopy to identify the elements in astronomical bodies, and, in particular, comets. Swings studied at the University of Liège, where he was professor of spectroscopy and astrophysics from 1932 to 1975. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Chicago in the United States.

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Jules Audent

Jules André Albert Audent
First Name Jules
Last Name Audent
Born on June 6, 1834
Died on October 6, 1910 (aged 76)
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