List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Ronald Van Avermaet
Ronald Van Avermaet is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Ludo Van Staeyen
Ludo Van Staeyen is a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1972 Tour de France.
Edwig Van Hooydonck
Edwig Van Hooydonck is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders twice and Brabantse Pijl four times. He retired from professional cycling because he felt he could no longer compete with other cyclists, who were at the time starting to dope themselves, without himself cheating too. At this time Erythropoietin (EPO) was becoming a widely used doping agent in the sport.
Warre Borgmans
Mark Eyskens
Marc Maria Frans, Viscount Eyskens, known as Mark Eyskens [ˈmɑrk ˈɛi̯skəns] (
listen), is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's Party, now called Christian Democratic and Flemish, and briefly served as Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981.
Tim Declercq
Tim Declercq is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step.. His brother Benjamin is also a professional cyclist.
Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team, professional team. He won a bronze medal in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Gino Van Hooydonck
Oliver Naesen
Oliver Naesen is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team. Considered a specialist of the one-day classics, he won the 2017 Belgian National Road Race Championships, as well as the Bretagne Classic in 2016 and 2018. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Lawrence Naesen.
Alper Uludağ
Alper Uludağ is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Konyaspor. He has been capped by the Turkey U-15 and U-21 squads.