List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium
Jeanne Bonaparte
Princess Jeanne Bonaparte was a great-niece of Napoleon I of France, and the only daughter of Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte by his wife Éléonore-Justine Ruflin. She was well known in French society as an artist and sculptor, and was married to Christian de Villeneuve-Esclapon.
Pierre Wigny
Pierre Wigny was a Belgian politician of the Christian Social Party.
Saule
Baptiste Lalieu better known as Saule sometimes stylized SAULE in all capital letters, is a Belgian singer-songwriter who has found recognition and chart success with his single "Dusty Men" followed by his album Géant, that includes French music with Anglo-Saxon rock sound and country music influences. He is signed to the "30 février" record label.
Jean-Claude Pirotte
Jean-Claude Pirotte was a Belgian writer, poet and painter. A French language writer, his 2006 novel, Une adolescence en Gueldre, won the Prix des Deux Magots.
Pierre Nothomb
Pierre, Baron Nothomb was a Belgian writer and right-wing politician. He was well known for his varied and voluminous output of prose and poetry. His works included poetry, essays, novels, biographies marked by their passionate tone, imagination, religious sentiment and attention to the detail.
Charles Moureaux
Eugène Verboeckhoven
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, a Belgian painter, was born at Warneton in West Flanders. He was a painter, a sculptor, an etcher, an engraver, and a lithographer of animals, animated landscapes, and portraits.
César Franck
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life.
Renaud Dehousse
Renaud Dehousse is a Belgian lawyer and professor, born on the 2 June 1960 in Liège, Belgium. He is currently President of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.
Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont
Charles-Nicolas-Alexandre d'Oultremont was Prince-Bishop of Liège from 20 April 1763 to his death in 1771. He was the eighth child of Jean-François-Paul-Emile, Count of Oultremont and of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marie-Isabelle of Bavaria, Countess of Warfusée and Druynen and Baroness of Schagen. He was born, lived and died in the castle of Warfusée.