List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium
Daniel Sudermann
Alfred Steux
Alfred Steux was a Belgian road racing cyclist who participated in the 1919 Tour de France and finished ninth. He finished in tenth place in the 1919 Paris–Roubaix.
Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy
Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy was a Belgian geologist. He also wrote on races.
Emmanuel Foulon
Emmanuel Foulon was a Belgian competitor in the sport of archery. Foulon competed in one event, winning the Sur la Perche à la Herse. He is now considered by the International Olympic Committee to have won a gold medal. No scores are known from that competition.
Martin Pierre Marsick
Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, was a Belgian violin player, composer and teacher. His violin was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1705 and has since become known as the Ex Marsick Stradivarius. It was the instrument of David Oistrakh from 1966 to 1974. Marsick's nephew, Armand Marsick, the son of his brother Louis François, was a major violinist of the 20th century.
Louis Mottiat
Louis Mottiat was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Mottiat was born in Bouffioulx, and because of his endurance was nicknamed 'the iron man'. His career was interrupted by World War I. He died in Gilly, aged 82.
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée
Johann Kaspar (Jean-Gaspard) Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée was a leading Bavarian general.
Jan van Dornicke
Jan van Dornicke was a South Netherlandish painter who was born in Doornik in about 1470 and died about 1527. His first name is sometimes spelled "Janssone", and his last name is sometimes spelled "van Doornik" or "van Dornick". He was active in Antwerp from about 1509 to about 1525. His paintings are classified stylistically as Antwerp Mannerism, and he may be the same person as the Master of 1518. This Jan van Dornicke should not be confused with an eighteenth-century Dutch artist who had the same name.
Dieudonné Jamar
Dieudonné Jamar was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Belgian national road race title in 1905.
Henry of Ghent
Henry of Ghent was a scholastic philosopher, known as Doctor Solemnis, and also as Henricus de Gandavo and Henricus Gandavensis.