List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Nico Sijmens

First Name Nico
Born on April 1, 1978 (age 48)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

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.

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Jan Zagers

First Name Jan
Last Name Zagers
Born on March 20, 1931
Died on January 19, 2022 (aged 90)
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Bart Verhaeghe

First Name Bart
Last Name Verhaeghe
Born on January 1, 1965 (age 61)

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.

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Meyrem Almaci

First Name Meyrem
Born on February 25, 1976 (age 50)

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.

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Jens Keukeleire

First Name Jens
Last Name Keukeleire
Born on November 23, 1988 (age 37)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Jens Keukeleire is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.

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Koen Van den Heuvel

First Name Koen
Born on August 1, 1964 (age 62)
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Maurice De Waele

First Name Maurice
Last Name Waele
Born on December 27, 1896
Died on February 14, 1952 (aged 55)

Maurice De Waele was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

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Denis Verschueren

First Name Denis
Last Name Verschueren
Born on February 11, 1897
Died on April 18, 1954 (aged 57)

Denis Verschueren was a Belgian racing cyclist.

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Iris

Born on January 19, 1995 (age 31)

Laura van den Bruel, known as Iris or Airis, is a Belgian singer.

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Xandee

Born on December 18, 1978 (age 47)

Xandee is a stage name of Sandy Boets, Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

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