List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium

Steven Arnold Defour is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for K.V. Mechelen as a midfielder.

Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former professional football goalkeeper who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich. Pfaff was capped 64 times playing for Belgium, and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Frank Ignace Georgette Vandenbroucke is a Belgian-Flemish academic and politician of the Different Socialist Party (SP.A) who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 2020.

Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking of No. 13 in the world. Flipkens has won one WTA singles title, winning the international-level 2012 Tournoi de Quebec, as well as five doubles WTA titles. She also won 13 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one singles title at the WTA Challenger Tour.

Mamadou Obbi Oularé is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Standard Liège. He is the son of former professional Guinean footballer Souleymane Oularé.

Philippe Clement is a Belgian professional football coach and former player who is currently managing Club Brugge in the Belgian First Division A. Born in Antwerp, he also played a defensive midfielder. His former clubs include Beerschot, Genk, Coventry City in England and Club Brugge. Clement played 38 times with Belgium national team and was in the team for the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

Raf Jan Simons is a Belgian fashion designer.

Paul Magnette is a Belgian politician for the Socialist Party, the current mayor of Charleroi and former political science professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was the 13th Minister-President of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017.

Maurice Tempelsman is a Belgian-American businessman and diamond merchant. He was the longtime companion of Jacqueline Onassis, former First Lady of the United States.

Thomas De Gendt is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal. He previously rode for rivals Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Vacansoleil–DCM, and Omega Pharma–Quick-Step.