List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Roger Joseph Vangheluwe is the former Bishop of Bruges. He gained notoriety after admitting to having sexually abused two nephews over the course of a 15-year period while serving first as a priest and then as bishop, though the admission came after the statute of limitations for the crimes had expired, leaving him beyond the reach of state prosecution.

Dimitri Claeys is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka Assos. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.

Rik Van Linden is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France. He also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours. He also won the classic cycle race Paris–Tours twice.

Marc Sergeant is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After Sergeant stopped his cycling career, he became team manager at Lotto–Soudal.

Gery Verlinden is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Belgian national road race title in 1979.

Francis De Greef is a retired Belgian road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2015 for the Lotto–Belisol and Wanty–Groupe Gobert teams.

James Vanlandschoot is a Belgian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2015.

Michel Van Aerde was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Aerde became national champion in 1961, and won two stages in the Tour de France, in 1960 and 1961.

Jozef Spruyt also written Joseph Spruyt is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His profession was a metal worker and his sporting career began with Lierse B.C. Spruyt was a professional from 1965 to 1975. Spruyt won three stage wins in the Tour de France; one in 1969, one in 1970 and one in 1974. He also wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day in the 1967 Tour de France. Other highlights from his career include winning Brabantse Pijl and the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen.