List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Gert Verheyen
Gert Verheyen is a Belgian retired footballer and manager, who was last in charge of Oostende.
Jean-François Borel
Jean-François Borel is a Belgian microbiologist and immunologist who is considered one of the discoverers of cyclosporin.
Marie Vinck
Marie Vinck is a Belgian-Flemish actress and voice actress.
Tosh Van der Sande
Tosh Van der Sande is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal. Van der Sande is considered as a classics specialist.
Johan Museeuw
Johan Museeuw is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed The Lion of Flanders, he was particularly successful in the cobbled classics of Flanders and Northern France and was considered one of the best classic races specialists of the 1990s.
Wilfried Peeters
Wilfried Peeters is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Nowadays, he is sportif director of the Quick Step team. During his cycling-career, he was a major help for Johan Museeuw in classics such as the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix.
Liesbet De Vocht
Liesbet De Vocht is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 9th and in the Women's time trial and finishing 23rd in the race. She retired at the end of the 2014 season.
Stijn Steels
Stijn Steels is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step. He is the nephew of former professional cyclist Tom Steels.
Stefan Hertmans
Stefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He was head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2002 for the novel Als op de eerste dag.
Marie-Claire Foblets
Marie-Claire, Baroness Foblets is a Belgian lawyer and anthropologist, who is currently Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Her research interests are interculturalism, migration and minorities.