List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium

Marcel Dupont

First Name Marcel
Last Name Dupont
Born on October 10, 1917
Died on March 6, 2008 (aged 90)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia, Liège

Marcel Dupont was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who finished 5th place in the 1949 Tour de France.

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Will

Born on October 30, 1927
Died on February 18, 2000 (aged 72)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Willy Maltaite, better known by the pseudonym Will, was a Belgian comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition. In the genre known in Francophone countries as bande dessinée, Will is one of the young cartoonists trained by Jijé, who made them live and work with him in his studio in Waterloo. He is considered one of la Bande des Quatre, and a founding member of the Marcinelle school.

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Jacques Lizène

First Name Jacques
Last Name Lizène
Born on November 5, 1946
Died on September 30, 2021 (aged 74)
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Diane Willems

First Name Diane
Last Name Willems
Born on April 18, 1985 (age 41)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Johan Walem

First Name Johan
Born on February 1, 1972 (age 54)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Johan Walem is a Belgian football manager and former player, who currently manages the Cyprus national football team. He previously worked as head coach of the Kortrijk. Walem was considered one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation. He gained 36 caps for the national team, scoring two goals.

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François Gardier

First Name François
Last Name Gardier
Born on March 27, 1903
Died on February 15, 1971 (aged 67)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

François Gardier was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1933 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

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Franck-Olivier Bonnet

First Name Franck-Olivier
Born on June 21, 1946
Died on March 25, 2013 (aged 66)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Francis Lemaire

First Name Francis
Last Name Lemaire
Born on June 9, 1936
Died on March 5, 2013 (aged 76)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Fernand Guiot

First Name Fernand
Born on August 7, 1932
Died on June 26, 2021 (aged 88)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Lambert Massart

First Name Lambert
Last Name Massart
Born on July 19, 1811
Died on February 13, 1892 (aged 80)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Joseph Lambert Massart was a Belgian violinist who has been credited with the origination of the systematic vibrato. He compiled The Art of Working at Kreutzer's Etudes, a supplement that contains 412 fingerings and bowings taken from his time studying with Rodolphe Kreutzer. He was an excellent String quartet player who gave many delightful chamber concerts, having also played Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata in A minor with Franz Liszt on 23 May 1843.

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