List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Lieselot Decroix

First Name Lieselot
Born on May 12, 1987 (age 39)
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Lieselot Decroix is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist. She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team.

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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

First Name Anne
Last Name Keersmaeker
Born on June 11, 1960 (age 66)

Anne Teresa, Baroness De Keersmaeker is a contemporary dance choreographer. The dance company constructed around her, Rosas, was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels from 1992 to 2007.

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Leif Hoste

First Name Leif
Last Name Hoste
Born on July 17, 1977 (age 49)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Leif Hoste is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's. Born in Kortrijk, Hoste's career highlights included winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001, 2006 and 2007 Belgian national time trial championships, and a second-place finish at the 2004, 2006 and 2007 one-day classic Tour of Flanders.

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Jasper De Buyst

First Name Jasper
Last Name Buyst
Born on November 24, 1993 (age 32)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Jasper De Buyst is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal. De Buyst focuses mainly on track cycling, notably the omnium, points race, madison and six-day racing disciplines.

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Barbara Dex

First Name Barbara
Last Name Dex
Born on January 22, 1974 (age 52)

Barbara Maria Karel Deckx, better known by her stage name Barbara Dex, is a Belgian singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Iemand als jij". Dex had qualified via the Belgian national heat, Eurosong 93, held at the Casino Knokke on 6 March. At the Eurovision in Millstreet, she performed seventh, after Greece's entry "Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos" and before Malta's song "This Time". Dex came last, in 25th place.

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Bart Leysen

First Name Bart
Last Name Leysen
Born on February 10, 1969 (age 57)

Bart Leysen is a Belgian retired road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1998 and 1999 Tour de France. He is the father of Senne Leysen.

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Jorik Hendrickx

First Name Jorik
Born on May 18, 1992 (age 34)

Jorik Hendrickx is a Belgian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, a three-time Coupe du Printemps champion, the 2017 International Challenge Cup champion, and a three-time Belgian national champion. He qualified to the final segment at five World Championships and two Winter Olympics, finishing 16th in 2014 and 14th in 2018. He placed in the top ten at five European Championships.

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Ingrid Daubechies

First Name Ingrid
Born on August 17, 1954 (age 72)

Baroness Ingrid Daubechies is a Belgian physicist and mathematician. She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression.

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Kevin Hulsmans

First Name Kevin
Last Name Hulsmans
Born on April 11, 1978 (age 48)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Kevin Hulsmans is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2015.

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Michaël Borremans

First Name Michaël
Last Name Borremans
Born on November 30, 1962 (age 63)

Michaël Borremans is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent. His painting technique draws on 18th-century art as well as the works of Édouard Manet and Degas. The artist also cites the Spanish court painter Diego Velázquez as an important influence. In recent years, he has been using photographs he has made himself or made-to-order sculptures as the basis for his paintings.

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