List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium
Marie Gillain
Marie Gillain O.M.W. is a Belgian actress.
Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck was a pretender to the English throne. Warbeck claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he alive, would have been the rightful claimant to the throne, assuming that his elder brother Edward V was dead, and that he was legitimate – a contentious point.
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Virginie Hocq
Virginie Hocq is a Belgian actress and comedian.
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal. Gilbert is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour.
Fiona Ferro
Fiona Ferro is a French professional tennis player born in Belgium.
Adrien Truffert
Adrien Truffert is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Rennes. Born in Belgium, he represents the France U21 national team.
Timothy Castagne
Timothy Castagne is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leicester City and the Belgian national team. Mainly a right-back, he can also comfortably play left back.
Anna Boch
Anna Rosalie Boch was a Belgian painter, born in Saint-Vaast, Hainaut. Anna Boch died in Ixelles in 1936 and is interred there in the Ixelles Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium.
Charlie Dupont
Charlie Dupont is a Belgian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre.