List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium
Zakaria Bakkali
Zakaria Bakkali is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Beerschot on loan from R.S.C. Anderlecht and the Belgium national football team as a winger.
Philippe Maystadt
Philippe M.P.J. Maystadt was a Belgian politician who served as Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Finance, and Deputy Prime Minister. He was President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2000 to 2011.
Jean-Luc Couchard
Jean-Luc Couchard is a Belgian actor.
Georges Nagelmackers
Georges Lambert Casimir Nagelmackers was the founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the company known for the Orient Express trains.
Mehdi Carcela-González
Mehdi François Carcela-González is a Belgian-born Moroccan professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Standard Liège and the Morocco national team.
Jacky Morael
Jacky Morael was a Belgian politician.
Clinton Mata
Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenço is a professional footballer who plays for Club Brugge as a right back.
Jacqueline Galant
Jacqueline Galant is a Belgian politician from the Mouvement Réformateur. She was the Minister of Mobility, responsible for Belgocontrol and the National Railway Company of Belgium, in the federal Belgian Michel Government from 11 October 2014 until she resigned on 15 April 2016 in the wake of the 2016 Brussels bombings. She remains the mayor of Jurbise.
Alfred Gadenne
Alfred Gadenne was a Belgian politician for the Centre démocrate humaniste and mayor of Mouscron in Hainaut until his death in September 2017.
Georges-Louis Bouchez
Georges-Louis Bouchez (GLB), is a Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senator and leader of Mouvement réformateur.