List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Peter Terrin is a Belgian novelist, and a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature. He is the author of several novels and two collections of short stories.

Dominique Cornu is a Belgian retired road and track cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline.

Ivo van Hove is a Belgian theatre director known as the artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam in the Netherlands and for his Off-Broadway avant-garde experimental theatre productions. On Broadway, he has directed productions of A View from the Bridge, The Crucible, Network, and West Side Story.

Jan Bakelants is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.

Peter Karel Alexander Vanvelthoven is a Belgian politician and member of the SP.A. He is the son of politician Louis Vanvelthoven. He became the Federal Minister for Employment, charged with the Informatisation of the State, in 2005 after Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget Johan Vande Lanotte left the Federal Government to become the President of the Different Socialist Party (SP.A).

Paul Wellens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1978, he won the combativity award in the Tour de France.

Filip Anthuenis is a Belgian politician and a member of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007.