List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium

Eden Hazard

Eden Michael Hazard
First Name Eden
Last Name Hazard
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Eden Michael Hazard is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Belgium national team. He is known for his creativity, speed, dribbling and passing.

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Adolphe Sax

First Name Adolphe
Last Name Sax
Born on November 6, 1814
Died on February 4, 1894 (aged 79)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who created the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba. He played the flute and clarinet.

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Thorgan Hazard

Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard
First Name Thorgan
Born on March 29, 1993 (age 31)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Thorgan Ganael Francis Hazard is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for German club Borussia Dortmund and the Belgium national team. He is the younger brother of Eden and older brother of Kylian Hazard.

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Cécile de France

First Name Cécile
Born on July 17, 1975 (age 49)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Cécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) and Irène (2002), she gained international attention for her lead roles in High Tension (2003) and Hereafter (2010).

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Axel Witsel

Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel
First Name Axel
Last Name Witsel
Born on January 12, 1989 (age 35)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for German club Borussia Dortmund. During his play for the Belgium national team, he came into the first team as a right-winger, and can also play attacking midfielder, though his natural position is as a central midfielder.

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Mehdi Dehbi

First Name Mehdi
Last Name Dehbi
Born on December 5, 1985 (age 39)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Mehdi Dehbi is a Belgian actor and theatre director, known for his roles in La Folle Histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy, L'Infiltré (2011), Le Fils de l'Autre, Mary Queen of Scots (2013), and A Most Wanted Man (2014). In 2020, he played the title role in the Netflix series Messiah.

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Mario Barravecchia

First Name Mario
Last Name Barravecchia
Born on November 16, 1976 (age 48)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Mario Barravecchia, or simply Mario, is an Italo-Belgian who was the finalist of the first edition of French TV reality show Star Academy. His first single "On se ressemble", was a hit in France and Belgium.

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Marc Wilmots

First Name Marc
Last Name Wilmots
Born on February 22, 1969 (age 55)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Marc Robert Wilmots is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed the Iran national team. During his club career as attacking midfielder, he won trophies with KV Mechelen, Standard Liège and Schalke 04. He also represented the Belgium national team.

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Nacer Chadli

First Name Nacer
Born on August 2, 1989 (age 35)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Nacer Chadli is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for İstanbul Başakşehir and the Belgium national team.

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Loïc Nottet

First Name Loïc
Born on April 10, 1996 (age 28)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Loïc Nottet is a Belgian singer, songwriter and dancer. He began his career as a singer in the third season of The Voice Belgique in 2014 and represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 which was held in Vienna, Austria, where he placed fourth with his original song "Rhythm Inside".

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