List of Famous people born in Ostend, Belgium

Divock Okoth Origi is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Belgium national team.

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.

Jean, Baron Bourgain was a Belgian mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 in recognition of his work on several core topics of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory and nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical physics.

Marie-José of Belgium was the last Queen of Italy. Her 35-day tenure as queen consort earned her the nickname "the May Queen".

Pieter Ghyllebert is a Belgian road bicycle racer who last rode professionally for UCI Continental team An Post–Chain Reaction.

Andy Cappelle is a Belgian former professional road cyclist.

Johan Jozef Bonny is the 22nd Bishop of Antwerp, Belgium.

James Weddell was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea.

Stive Vermaut was a Belgian cyclist.