List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Frederik Willems
Frederik Willems is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Belisol. His greatest achievement to date is in winning the 2006 Étoile de Bessèges while riding for Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen, with whom he began his career in 2003 and rode until the end of 2006.
Wim Delvoye
Wim Delvoye is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. As the critic Robert Enright wrote in the art magazine Border Crossings, "Delvoye is involved in a way of making art that reorients our understanding of how beauty can be created". Wim Delvoye has an eclectic oeuvre, exposing his interest in a range of themes, from bodily function, and scatology to the function of art in the current market economy, and numerous subjects in between. He lives and works in Brighton, UK.
Georges Ronsse
Georges Ronsse was a two-time national cyclo-cross and two-time world champion road bicycle racer from Belgium, who raced between 1926 and 1938.
Walter Meeuws
Walter Meeuws is a Belgian former footballer and manager.
Jurgen Van de Walle
Jurgen Van de Walle is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. Over his career, Van de Walle competed for the Palmans, Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (twice), Vlaanderen–T Interim, Quick-Step and Lotto–Belisol squads.
Björn Leukemans
Björn Leukemans is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. During 2008 Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone. In 2009 he joined the Vacansoleil team. Leukemans joined Wanty–Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM – folded at the end of the 2013 season. Leukemans retired in 2015.
Kenny De Ketele
Kenny De Ketele is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise. He was the men's Madison World Champion in 2012, with Gijs Van Hoecke.
Jean Kockerols
Jean Kockerols is a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belgium.
Pieter Mertens
Pieter Mertens is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional for four years, spending two years at Chocolade Jacques-T Interim between 2004 and 2005 and then two years at UCI ProTeam Predictor-Lotto between 2006 and 2007.
Patrick Versluys
Patrick Versluys is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France.