List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Hans Vanaken
Hans Vanaken is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian First Division A club Club Brugge and the Belgium national team. Vanaken is well known in Belgium for his prolific goal scoring ability despite playing in midfield.
Petra De Sutter
Petra De Sutter is a Belgian gynaecologist and politician representing the Groen party who has been a Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 2020. In this capacity, she oversees Belgium's public administration and public enterprises.
Bachir Boumaaza
Bachir Boumaaza, known by the online pseudonym Athene, is a Belgian internet personality and Twitch streamer. He is best known as a World of Warcraft content creator. He is the founder of Gaming for Good and has been involved in numerous charity gaming events to raise money for charities such as Save the Children.
Alexander De Croo
Alexander De Croo is a Belgian politician and businessman who has served as Prime Minister of Belgium since October 2020.
Dennis Praet
Dennis Praet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City and the Belgium national team.
Alpaslan Öztürk
Alpaslan Öztürk is a footballer who plays for Göztepe.
Dimitri Van den Bergh
Dimitri Van den Bergh is a Belgian darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the current World Matchplay champion, after beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the final, in his first time competing in the Matchplay.
Pascal Duquenne
Pascal Duquenne is a Belgian actor. He shared the prize for a male role in 1996 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Georges in the movie The Eighth Day, with Daniel Auteuil, who played Harry. He lives in Brussels. He has Down syndrome. In 2004, he received the very high civil distinction of Commander in the Order of the Crown (Belgium).
Coone
Koen Bauweraerts, better known by his stage name Coone, is a Belgian hardstyle producer and DJ.
Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens is a Belgian actress and singer probably best known for her role as Elise/Alabama in The Broken Circle Breakdown and as lead detective Hannah Maes in the crime drama Code 37. She has also starred in numerous Flemish movies.