List of Famous people born in Wallonia, Belgium

Léon Houa

First Name Léon

Last Name Houa

Born on November 8, 1867

Died on January 31, 1918 (aged 50)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Léon Houa was a Belgian road bicycle racer famous for winning the first three editions of Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1892–1894. The race has come to be known as La Doyenne, and is one of the five 'Monuments' of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest.

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Barthélemy Digneffe

First Name Barthélemy

Last Name Digneffe

Born on October 6, 1724

Died on June 14, 1784 (aged 59)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

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Rogier Michael

First Name Rogier

Last Name Michael

Born on November 30, 1551

Died on November 30, 1699 (aged 148)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Rogier Michael von Bergen was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer and Kapellmeister of the late Renaissance.

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Joseph Tirou

Joseph-Léopold-Ghislain Tirou

First Name Joseph

Last Name Tirou

Born on April 5, 1876

Died on June 17, 1952 (aged 76)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia, Charleroi

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Jean Rossius

First Name Jean

Last Name Rossius

Born on December 27, 1890

Died on May 2, 1966 (aged 75)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Jean Rossius was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won five stages in total in the Tour de France. In the 1914 Tour de France he finished in fourth place in the overall classification, his best finishing.

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Victor Fastre

First Name Victor

Last Name Fastre

Born on May 19, 1890

Died on September 12, 1914 (aged 24)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Victor Fastre was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1909. He was killed in action during World War I.

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Antoine Ansiaux

First Name Antoine

Last Name Ansiaux

Born on January 1, 1764

Died on October 20, 1840 (aged 76)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Jean Joseph Eleonora Antoine Ansiaux (1764–1840) was a Belgian-born historical and portrait painter who worked in France.

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André-Marie Charue

First Name André-Marie

Born on July 1, 1898

Died on December 20, 1977 (aged 79)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

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Philippe Cospéan

First Name Philippe

Last Name Cospéan

Born on February 17, 1571

Died on May 8, 1646 (aged 75)

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

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Patrick Descamps

First Name Patrick

Last Name Descamps

Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Actor

Patrick Descamps is a Belgian actor and stage director.

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