List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Arno

Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens
Born on May 21, 1949
Died on April 23, 2022 (aged 72)

Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens, better known by his stage name Arno, is a Belgian artist born in Ostend. He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. Since the band split in 1986 he has had a solo career.

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Milow

Born on July 14, 1981 (age 44)

Jonathan Ivo Gilles Vandenbroeck, known professionally as Milow, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. Milow released his debut album, The Bigger Picture, in 2006 on his own label Homerun Records. The fourth single from that album, "You Don't Know," became one of the biggest hit singles of the year in Belgium in 2007, and The Bigger Picture stayed on the Belgian album chart for 110 weeks. However, it was not until his second self-released album Coming of Age in 2008, that Milow achieved major commercial success all over mainland Europe. The album peaked at number three on the German Album Top 50 chart, at number four in the Swiss Album Top 100, and peaked in the top twenty of many European charts. The album reached platinum in Germany and Switzerland, it reached gold in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, and it sold over 500,000 copies in mainland Europe and Canada.

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Sam Bennett

First Name Sam
Last Name Bennett
Born on October 16, 1990 (age 35)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Sam Bennett is an Irish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step. A road sprinter, he turned professional in 2011, and has won eight Grand Tour stages: three stages for Bora–Hansgrohe in the 2018 Giro d'Italia, two stages for Bora–Hansgrohe at the 2019 Vuelta a España, two stages for Deceuninck–Quick-Step at the 2020 Tour de France, where he also won the Points classification, and one stage for Deceuninck–Quick-Step at the 2020 Vuelta a España.

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Axelle Red

Fabienne Demal
First Name Axelle
Born on February 15, 1968 (age 58)

Fabienne Demal, better known by her stage name Axelle Red, is a Belgian singer-songwriter. She has released 11 albums, including Sans plus attendre, À Tâtons, Toujours Moi and Jardin Secret; she is best known for her 1993 single "Sensualité", a hit in France in 1994.

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Lyne Renée

First Name Lyne
Last Name Renée
Born on May 17, 1979 (age 46)

Lyne Renée is a Belgian actress.

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Nina Derwael

First Name Nina
Last Name Derwael
Born on March 26, 2000 (age 26)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Nina Derwael is a Belgian artistic gymnast and Olympian. She is a two-time World champion and a two-time European champion on the uneven bars as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion. She is the first Belgian gymnast to become a world champion.

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Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt
First Name Guy
Last Name Verhofstadt
Born on April 11, 1953 (age 73)

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2009 to 2019, and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009. He was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008 and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was a Member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009.

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Hanne Gaby Odiele

Hanne Termote
First Name Hanne
Last Name Odiele
Born on October 8, 1987 (age 38)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Hanne Gaby Odiele is a Belgian model.

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Kamagurka

Born on May 5, 1956 (age 69)

Luc Zeebroek, better known as Kamagurka, is a Belgian cartoonist, playwright, comic strip artist, painter, comedian, comedic singer and television producer, known for the absurd nature of his work. He created various comic strip characters, but "Bert" is the most well known. He also writes the scenarios for Herr Seele's comic strip, Cowboy Henk.

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Henri Garcin

Antoon Villebrord Maria Albers
First Name Henri
Last Name Garcin
Born on April 11, 1928
Died on June 13, 2022 (aged 94)

Henri Garcin is a Belgian film actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956.

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