List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Tia Hellebaut is a retired Belgian track and field athlete, as well as a chemist, who started out in her sports career in the heptathlon, and afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outdoors.

Ludwig Wijnants was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

Yannick Eijssen is a retired Belgian cyclist, born in Leuven, Belgium. Eijssen last rode for UCI Continental team Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice. Being considered a great talent in the youth categories, Eijssen started his professional career at UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team. However, on the pro level, Eijssen never lived up to the expectations, and in May 2016, age 26, he announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Koen Lenaerts, Baron Lenaerts is a Belgian jurist and the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union. He is also a Professor of European Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.

Paul Claes is a Flemish scholar, writer, poet and translator.

Ferdi Van Den Haute is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer competing from 1976 to 1987.

Herman Vanspringel, also spelled Herman Van Springel, was a Belgian road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region. He achieved podium finishes in all three of the grand tours with second place in the 1968 Tour de France and 1971 Giro d'Italia, and third place in the 1970 Vuelta a España. He wore the Maillot Jaune during four stages of the 1968 Tour de France and for three stages in 1973.

Liliane Saint-Pierre is a Belgian (Flemish) singer who sings mainly in Dutch.

Gilbert Desmet, nicknamed Smetje van Lichtervelde, is a former Belgian cyclist who was professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for 2 days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for 9 days. Desmet won 101 professional courses, including Paris–Tours, La Flèche Wallonne and Four Days of Dunkirk. His best result in the Tour de France was his 4th place in 1962. He finished second in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix.