List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium

Ernest Delune

First Name Ernest
Last Name Delune
Born on November 12, 1859
Died on July 12, 1945 (aged 85)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Morgane

Born on June 23, 1975 (age 50)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Morgane is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation in the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest.

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Hubert Pierlot

First Name Hubert
Last Name Pierlot
Born on December 23, 1883
Died on December 13, 1963 (aged 79)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Hubert Marie Eugène Pierlot was a Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium, serving between 1939 and 1945. Pierlot, a lawyer and jurist, served in World War I before entering politics in the 1920s. A member of the Catholic Party, Pierlot became Prime Minister in 1939, shortly before Belgium entered World War II. In this capacity, he headed the Belgian government in exile, first from France and later Britain, while Belgium was under German occupation. During the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940, a violent disagreement broke out between Pierlot and King Leopold III over whether the King should follow the orders of his ministers and go into exile or surrender to the German Army. Pierlot considered Leopold's subsequent surrender a breach of the Constitution and encouraged the parliament to declare Leopold unfit to reign. The confrontation provoked a lasting animosity between Pierlot and other conservatives, who supported the King's position and considered the government's exile to be cowardly.

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Firmin Lambot

First Name Firmin
Last Name Lambot
Born on March 14, 1886
Died on January 19, 1964 (aged 77)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Firmin Lambot was a Belgian bicycle racer who twice won the Tour de France.

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Léon Scieur

First Name Léon
Last Name Scieur
Born on March 19, 1888
Died on October 7, 1969 (aged 81)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Léon Scieur was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1921 Tour de France, along with stages 3 and 10. His first great victory was the 1920 Liège–Bastogne–Liège; he won a stage and finished fourth in the 1919 and 1920 Tours de France.

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Samo

Born on November 30, 0699
Died on January 1, 0658
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Samo founded the first recorded political union of Slavic tribes, known as Samo's Empire, stretching from Silesia to present-day Slovenia, ruling from 623 until his death in 658. According to Fredegarius, the only contemporary source, Samo was a Frankish merchant who unified several Slavic tribes against robber raids and violence by nearby settled Avars, showing such bravery and command skills in battle that he was elected as the "Slavic king". In 631, Samo successfully defended his realm against the Frankish Kingdom in the three-day Battle of Wogastisburg.

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Jacob Campo Weyerman

First Name Jacob
Last Name Weyerman
Born on August 9, 1677
Died on March 9, 1747 (aged 69)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Jacob Campo Weyerman was a painter and writer during the period known as the Dutch Enlightenment. His work encompassed flower and fruit still life paintings, satirical magazines, plays, and biographies of painters. He usually signed his paintings with Campovivo.

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Bruno Renard

First Name Bruno
Last Name Renard
Born on December 30, 1781
Died on June 17, 1861 (aged 79)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia
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Victor Bourgeois

First Name Victor
Last Name Bourgeois
Born on August 29, 1897
Died on July 24, 1962 (aged 64)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Victor Bourgeois was a Belgian architect and urban planner, considered the greatest Belgian modernist architect.

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Jean Duvieusart

First Name Jean
Last Name Duvieusart
Born on April 10, 1900
Died on October 11, 1977 (aged 77)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Jean Pierre Duvieusart was a Belgian Catholic politician of the PSC-CVP who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from June to August in 1950.

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