List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Nico Sijmens
Nico Sijmens is a retired Belgian road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2014. Sijmens rodes for the Vlaanderen–T Interim, Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner, Cofidis and Wanty–Groupe Gobert teams over his career.
Jan Zagers
Bart Verhaeghe
Bart Verhaeghe, is a Belgian entrepreneur. He became president of Club Brugge in 2011 and one year later he became the majority shareholder. He is also chairman of project developer UPLACE and former vice-chairman of the Royal Belgian Football Association. He also co-founded the independent think tank Itinera in 2006. He is chairman of the Board of Directors at Itinera.
Meyrem Almaci
Meyrem Almaci is a Turkish-Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the ecological party Groen. On 10 June 2007, she was elected into the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the first time. In 2010, she was re-elected. Since 2014 she's also the president of Groen. She is the leader of Groen in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
Jens Keukeleire
Jens Keukeleire is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.
Koen Van den Heuvel
Maurice De Waele
Maurice De Waele was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
Denis Verschueren
Denis Verschueren was a Belgian racing cyclist.
Iris
Laura van den Bruel, known as Iris or Airis, is a Belgian singer.
Xandee
Xandee is a stage name of Sandy Boets, Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.