List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Rik Daems
Hendrik Jules Joseph "Rik" Daems is a Belgian painter, wine trader and politician who is currently serving as the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a 70-year-old body bringing together parliamentarians from 47 nations of the Council of Europe. He is a former member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) and member of the city council of Leuven.
Els Dottermans
Els Dottermans is a Belgian actress of stage, film and television.
Kevin De Weert
Kevin De Weert is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In October 2014 it was announced would join LottoNL–Jumbo on a two-year deal from 2015, with the team's directeur sportif Nico Verhoeven describing his role as a domestique for the team's general classification riders in stage races. De Weert retired on his 33rd birthday due to the continuing effects of injuries sustained earlier in his career. In February 2016 he succeeded Carlo Bomans as coach of the Belgian national cycling team.
Wim Vansevenant
Wim Vansevenant is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is the father of fellow racing cyclist Mauri Vansevenant.
Guy Cassiers
Lorenzo Staelens
Lorenzo Jules Staelens is a retired Belgian footballer who was released as a manager in March 2019 by Knokke.
Johan Vansummeren
Johan Vansummeren is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the Relax–Bodysol, Silence–Lotto, Garmin–Sharp and AG2R La Mondiale teams.
Hilde Claes
Bien de Moor
Bien De Moor is a Belgian actress.
Dirk Verhofstadt
Dirk Verhofstadt is a Belgian social liberal (Rawlsian) theorist and younger brother of former Belgian Prime Minister and former ALDE European Parliament Leader Guy Verhofstadt. He has a keen interest in political philosophy, and his philosophical outlook is influenced by Karl Popper, John Stuart Mill, Cesare Beccaria, Thomas Paine, Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum.