Allen Mullikin Floyd Tate Goodbye Solo Father of Invention At Any Price Safe Haven David Raynr as Munroe Sweetlife Johnson Ricky Paull Goldin as Andy DeFalco Alex Paez as Hector Estrada Kevin Dillon Ed Rooney Donald Sutherland Brother Thadeus John Heard Brother Timothy Jay Patterson Brother Constance Katharine Ross as Joanna Eberhart Paula Prentiss as Bobbie Markowe Peter Masterson as Walter Eberhart Nanette Newman as Carol van Sant Shenandoah Ann With Jimmy Stewart The Singing Nun Nicole Arlien Mister Buddwing Janet The Longest Hundred Miles Laura Huntington Games Jennifer Montgomery The Graduate Elaine Robinson Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year Actress Laurel Award for Female Supporting Performance Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—BAFTA Film Award for Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Hellfighters Tish Buckman With John Wayne Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Etta Place BAFTA Award for Best Actress also for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Lola With Robert Redford BAFTA Award for Best Actress also for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Fools Anais Appleton Get to Know Your Rabbit Nameless Woman They Only Kill Their Masters Kate Chance and Violence Docteur Constance Weber Limited release The Stepford Wives Joanna Eberhart Saturn Award for Best Actress Voyage of the Damned Mira Houser Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture The Betsy Sally Hardeman The Swarm Helena The Legacy Margaret Walsh With Sam Elliott The Final Countdown Laurel Scott Wrong Is Right Sally Blake Red Headed Stranger Laurie Limited release Conagher Evie Teale Television film with Sam Elliott A Climate for Killing Grace Hines Straight to video Home Before Dark Rose Straight to television Donnie Darko Dr Lilian Thurman Limited release Don t Let Go Charlene Stevens Unreleased Eye of the Dolphin Lucy Limited release Wini George Wini short

Jean Théophile Victor Leclerc radical revolutionist newspaper publisher Victor Schoelcher abolitionist Pierre Seel homosexual concentration camp survivor activist author Séverine feminist Flora Tristan feminist Soldiers edit Jeanne d Arc Chevalier Bayard François Achille Bazaine Jean Baptiste Bernadotte Georges Boulanger Thomas Robert Bugeaud Raymond H A Carter François de Charette Louis II de Bourbon Prince of Condé known as le Grand Condé Gaspard de Coligny François Darlan Louis Nicolas Davout Bob Denard Alfred Dreyfus Charles François Dumouriez Ferdinand Foch Louis Franchet d Espèrey Joseph Gallieni Maurice Gamelin Henri Gouraud Bertrand du Guesclin Joseph Joffre Edmond Jouhaud Jean Baptiste Jourdan Alphonse Juin Marie Pierre Kœnig Jacques de la Palice Charles Leclerc Jean Lannes Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque François Henri de Montmorency duc de Luxembourg Hubert Lyautey Patrice MacMahon Charles Mangin Claude Martin André Masséna Jacques Massu Louis Joseph de Montcalm Simon de Montfort Philippe Morillon Toussaint Guillaume Picquet de la Motte Joachim Murat Michel Ney Robert Nivelle Philippe Pétain Comte de Rochambeau Raoul Salan Maurice Sarrail Nicolas Soult Louis Jules Trochu Henri de Turenne Étienne de Vignolles called La Hire Claude Louis Hector de Villars Maxime Weygand Theologians edit O P Ordo Praedicatorum is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is was a member of Dominican order a Catholic religious order S J Societas Iesu is the abbreviation used to indicate that someone is was a member of the Society of Jesus another Catholic religious order Marie Émile Boismard O P Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Jean Calvin Sebastian Castellio translator of the Bible Pierre Cauchon condemned Joan of Arc Bernard of Clairvaux Jean Claude Yves Congar O P Reginald Garrigou Lagrange O P Pierre Lagrange O P founder of the Ecole Biblique et Archeologique de Jérusalem Hubert Languet Maurice Leenhardt ethnologist theologian François Picquet th century missionary in New France Alexander de Rhodes S J th century missionary to Indochina Pierre Teilhard de Chardin S J Auguste Sabatier Antonin Sertillanges O P founder of the Revue Thomiste Others edit André Charles Boulle cabinet maker Louis Braille blind inventor Charles Cros poet and inventor Jeanne Calment who reached the longest lifespan in human history at years and days Jean René Champion first Free French Forces soldier to enter the city of Paris on its liberation in August Pierre de Coubertin initiator of the modern Olympic Games Jeanne d Arc Joan of Arc commander and Saint Jean Louis David hairdresser Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt Ninon de l Enclos courtesan patron of the arts Cavalier de la Salle explorer Marcel Deprez electrical engineer René Dumont agronomist engineer and sociologist and ecology activist Jules Dumont d Urville Maurice Duverger jurist Jean Baptiste Ebrard founder of Liverpool a chain of department stores in Mexico Gustave Eiffel engineer Pierre Charles L Enfant planned Washington D C Charles Michel de l Épée founder of world s first public school for deaf people Marquis de la Fayette military leader in the American Revolution Arthur de Gobineau diplomat author of An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races Paul Héroult inventor Claude de Jouffroy d Abbans designed the first steamship in René Lalique artist Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds explorer and canal engineer Auguste and Louis Lumière inventors Jean Paul Marat Jacques Mayol freediver Montgolfier brothers balloonists Jean Marie Pelt botanist Élisée Reclus geographer and anarchist César Ritz hotelier Maximilien Robespierre Jean Eugène Robert Houdin magician namesake of "Harry Houdini" Pierre Seel homosexual survivor of the concentration camps activist author Philippe Starck designer Vauban engineer François Henri de la Motte French spy executed for treason in London Eugène François Vidocq French convict turned spy considered the father of modern forensics The Fifth Missile Anything to Survive Samurai Cowboy Jingle All the Way Garbage Day short film Henry Silva as Rafeeq Leslie Nielsen as Mallory Hardy Krüger as Helmut Unger This is a list of notable Belgian people who either are or were Belgian citizens during at least one period of their life were born in Belgium or in the provinces of present day Belgium but who were not or are not Belgian citizens either because Belgium did not exist at the time of their life or because they had or have another citizenship The names of people of this category are italicized The list also comprises fictional characters who are undisputedly Belgians important ones whose citizenship is unknown or not Belgian and with Belgian creators The names of fictional characters of this category are italicized The same person may appear under several headings Contents Artists Businesspeople and economists Criminals Fictional characters Historians Humorists Journalists Military figures Models Monarchs Performing artists Actors and actresses Choreographers Composers Filmmakers Musicians and singers Theater directors Politicians A – C D E – K L M N – R S – U V W – Y Religious figures Saints Theologians and clergymen Resistance activists Scientists Botanists Chemists Geographers Geologists Inventors and engineers Mathematicians Physicists Political scientists and theorists Others Sports Automobile racing Basketball Cycling Fencing Football soccer Golf Judo Motocross Swimming Table tennis Tennis Track and field Triathlon Water polo Other Visual artists Comics Fashion Painters Photographers Sculptors Others Others See also Notes Artists edit Main article List of Belgian architects Xaveer De Geyter born Paul Hankar – Victor Horta – Paul Saintenoy – Gustave Strauven – Henry Van de Velde – Bob Van Reeth Born Jules Wabbes – Hendrik Beyaert Michel de Kemmeter born Nicolas Ancion born Gentil Theodoor Antheunis – Pieter Aspe born Henry Bauchau Jean Marie Berckmans Anton Bergmann – Philipp Blommaert – Louis Paul Boon – Elisa Brune born Herman Brusselmans born Cyriel Buysse – Emile Cammaerts – Ernest Claes – Hugo Claus – Hendrik Conscience – Julio Cortázar Argentinian writer born in Brussels Joanna Courtmans – Fernand Crommelynck Johan Daisne Jacques Danois – Johan Michiel Dautzenberg – Herman de Coninck – Charles De Coster – Julius de Geyter – Michel De Ghelderode – Lodewijk de Koninck – Gilbert Delahaye Patricia de Martelaere Pol de Mont – Filip De Pillecyn – Paul De Wispelaere Christine D Haen Neel Doff – Maria Doolaeghe – Gaston Durnez – Georges Eekhoud Willem Elsschot Jef Geeraerts Guido Gezelle Marnix Gijsen – Maurice Gilliams Jacqueline Harpman Kristien Hemmerechts Stefan Hertmans Henry Kistemaeckers novelist and playwright – Hubert Lampo Tom Lanoye Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck – Camille Lemonnier Suzanne Lilar – essayist novelist and playwright – Rosalie Loveling – Virginie Loveling – Maurice Maeterlinck – Nobel Prize in Literature Marcel Mariën – surrealist Bob Mendes Pierre Mertens Henri Michaux – poet and painter Ivo Michiels Erwin Mortier – novelist essayist poet Alice Nahon Leonard Nolens Amélie Nothomb Pierre Nothomb Paul Nougé – surrealist Octave Pirmez Charles Plisnier Prix Goncourt Sophie Podolski – Anne Provoost Jean Ray pseudonym for Raymundus Joannes de Kremer – Frans Rens – Albrecht Rodenbach Georges Rodenbach – Symbolist poet and novelist Maria Rosseels – Ward Ruyslinck Georges Simenon Jan Lambrecht Domien Sleeckx – Ferdinand Augustijn Snellaert – August Snieders – Jan Renier Snieders – Reimond Stijns – Stijn Streuvels Herman Teirlinck Isidoor Teirlinck – Jotie T Hooft Felix Timmermans Jan van Beers – Jos Vandeloo Walter van den Broeck Karel van de Woestijne Prudens van Duyse – Raoul Vaneigem Peter Frans Van Kerckhoven – Jacob van Maerlant Paul Van Ostaijen Jan Theodoor van Rijswijck – Anton van Wilderode – Emile Verhaeren Peter Verhelst Dimitri Verhulst August Vermeylen – Gerard Walschap Francois Weyergans Jan Frans Willems – Marguerite Yourcenar French novelist born in Belgium Businesspeople and economists edit Albert Frère – self made businessman Alexandre Galopin – – director of the Société Générale de Belgique Alfred Lowenstein – soldier aviator sportsman entrepreneur André Leysen and his sons Christian Leysen and Thomas Leysen Bruno van Pottelsberghe born Édouard Jean Empain Étienne Davignon Eric Ghysels George Arthur Forrest Georges Nagelmackers Georges Jacobs Gerdi Staelens – CEO of Winking Gustave de Molinari – economist Jean Pierre Hansen born – CEO of Electrabel Michel de Kemmeter born Luc Bertrand Lieven Gevaert Marc Coucke Maurice Lippens Philippe van Parijs Philippus Jacobus Brepols – Rob Heyvaert – founder of Capco Silvio Gesell Criminals edit Denis L Feron former CEO of Chemetco who fled the United States to avoid environmental charges Nordine Ben Allal – multiple escapes Madani Bouhouche Pierre Carette – terrorist Marc Dutroux – rapist and serial killer Patrick Haemers Murat Kaplan Hans Van Themsche Robert Jan Verbelen – – Nazi collaborator and murderer of businessman Alexandre Galopin Kim De Gelder Fictional characters edit Dr Evil – main villain in the Austin Powers films Jo Zette and Jocko – Belgian by their creator at least Hergé Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie – a private detective Tintin – reporter Samson en Gert – characters from a popular Flemish television series Suske en Wiske Gaston Lagaffe – cartoon character by André Franquin Spirou et Fantasio – cartoon character by André Franquin Achilles de Flandres – Antagonist in Orson Scott Card s Shadow series Nero from Nero – comic book character by Marc Sleen Adhemar from Nero – comic book character by Marc Sleen Jommeke – comic book character by Jef Nys De Kiekeboes comic book family about Marcel Kiekeboe and his family by Merho De Smurfen van Peyo Philippe Loren villain of the video game Saints Row The Third Historians edit Philippe de Commines Victor Amédée Jacques Marie Coremans – François Louis Ganshof Xavier Mabille Ludo Martens Anne Morelli Henri Pirenne Pierre François Xavier de Ram Jan Vansina Humorists edit Philippe Geluck best known for his comic strip "Le Chat" Noël Godin "l entarteur" aka Monsieur Gloup Gloup Geert Hoste Lieven Scheire Urbain Servranckx Urbanus Wouter Deprez Alex Agnew also the leadsinger of Diablo Blvd Kamagurka Raymond Devos Journalists edit Paul Beliën Jacques Danois Koenraad Elst Cédric Gerbehaye Germaine Van Parys – pioneering female photojournalist Military figures edit Ambiorix – Gaulish warlord Baldwin I of Jerusalem – Crusader King of Jerusalem Baldwin I of Constantinople – Crusader first Latin Emperor Jean Pierre de Beaulieu – Belgian born Austrian General Adrian Carton de Wiart – Belgian born British Lieutenant General Charlemagne founder of the Frankish Empire Charles Martel Duke of the Franks stopped the Muslim expansion at Poitiers Charles V Holy Roman Emperor Clovis I King of the Franks Lieutenant Colonel ret d Count Henry Robert Visart de Bury et de Bocarmé C B E Godfrey of Bouillon – Crusader and first King of Jerusalem Pepin of Herstal Duke of the Franks Pepin the Short first Carolingian King of the Franks Edgard Potier – Pilot during the World War II Jean Schramme mercenary Johann Tserclaes Count of Tilly – Field Marshal Models edit Brigitta Callens Elise Crombez Sylvie De Caluwé Véronique De Kock born in Antwerp Tanja Dexters Lea Haesaert Hannelore Knuts Yumi Lambert Anouck Lepere supermodel born in Antwerp Stephanie Meire Ellen Petri Ingrid Seynhaeve Annelies Törös born in Antwerp Jessica Van Der Steen from Antwerp Ann Van Elsen Hanne Gaby Odiele Monarchs edit Main article List of Belgian monarchs Albert I Albert II Baudouin I Charles V of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Clemens August of Bavaria Archbishop Elector of Cologne Leopold I Leopold II Leopold III Performing artists edit Actors and actresses edit Arend Pinoy Patrick Bauchau Jey Crisfar Jan Decleir André Delvaux Émilie Dequenne Cécile de France Els Dottermans Tim Driesen Marie Gillain Olivier Gourmet Audrey Hepburn Christian Labeau Jacky Lafon Yolande Moreau Ann Petersen Benoît Poelvoorde Natacha Régnier Lyne Renée Jérémie Renier Matthias Schoenaerts Jean Claude Van Damme Philippe Volter Natacha Amal Titus De Voogdt Choreographers edit Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker Composers edit Jean Absil Florent Alpaerts Peter Benoit Gilles Binchois Ivan Caryll Jacob Clemens non Papa Cypriano de Rore Josquin des Prez Guillaume Dufay François Joseph Fétis César Franck Belgian composer who worked in Paris Karel Goeyvaerts Nicolas Gombert François Joseph Gossec André Grétry Joseph Jongen Orlande de Lassus a k a Orlandus Lassus Orlando di Lasso born in the provinces of present day Belgium but before Belgium existed Guillaume Lekeu Jacques Loeillet – baroque composer Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Ghent – baroque composer Charles Loos Wim Mertens Marie Daulne Vidna Obmana – the pseudonym of Dirk Serries Johannes Ockeghem Henri Pousseur Didier van Damme Pieter van Maldere Carl Verbraeken Henri Vieuxtemps Giaches de Wert Adrian Willaert Filmmakers edit See also List of Belgian film directors Chantal Akerman Jean Jacques Andrien Tom Barman Lucas Belvaux born Rémy Belvaux Man Bites Dog Alain Berliner Ma vie en rose Jan Bucquoy Stijn Coninx Carl Colpaert American born in Belgium Gérard Corbiau Jean Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne Robbe De Hert André Delvaux Armand Denis Dominique Deruddere Marc Didden Jacques Feyder Jonas Geirnaert Harry Kümel Roland Lethem Benoît Mariage Henri Storck Erik Van Looy Musicians and singers edit See also List of Belgian bands and artists Salvatore Adamo Italian living in Belgium Geike Arnaert – Hooverphonic Marie Daulne – Zap Mama Natacha Atlas Wouter de Backer – Gotye was born in Belgium now lives in Australia Tom Barman – dEUS Claude Barzotti Roger Jouret – Plastic Bertrand Sarah Bettens – K s Choice Sandy Boets – Xandee Francy Boland jazz pianist arranger André Brasseur Jacques Brel Tina Bride Alex Callier – Hooverphonic Stef Kamil Carlens – Zita Swoon Philippe Catherine Ann Christy André Cluytens Belgian born conductor Annie Cordy Mathieu Crickboom violinist Suzanne Danco soprano Jeanine Deckers – Soeur Sourire a k a The Singing Nun Wim De Craene Arthur De Greef pianist and composer Jean Luc De Meyer – Front Luc De Vos – Gorki Mike Dierickx – Push M I K E Trance DJ and producer Tim Driesen Droon Elmore D Maurice Engelen – Praga Khan Lords of Acid Peter Evrard winner of Idool Belgian edition of Pop Idol Lara Fabian Frédéric François Stéphane Galland Ferre Grignard Piet Goddaer – Ozark Henry Rita Gorr mezzo soprano Arthur Grumiaux violinist David Guetta French disc jockey of Belgian descent on mother s side Hadise Fanny Heldy – opera soprano Philippe Herreweghe – conductor Arno Hintjens – TC Matic Bobby Jaspar Ya Kid K – Technotronic Sandra Kim Dani Klein – Vaya Con Dios Flip Kowlier Sigiswald Kuijken violinist and conductor Philippe Lafontaine Victor Lazlo Fud Leclerc Pierre Leemans conductor and composer Jo Lemaire Jan Leyers – Soulsister Lio Charles Loos Helmut Lotti Maurane Wim Mertens Paul Michiels – Soulsister Brian Molko – Placebo Marc Moulin – Telex Mauro Pawlowski – Evil Superstars dEUS Bart Peeters Belle Perez Frédérique Petrides – née Mayer conductor Pol Plançon basso Pierre Rapsat Axelle Red Django Reinhardt Kate Ryan Liliane Saint Pierre Bobbejaan Schoepen Siouxsie Sioux Belgian father English mother Jonas Steur – Trance DJ and Producer Stromae Toots Thielemans René Thomas Rudy Trouvé Will Tura Luc Van Acker of The Revolting Cocks Urbanus van Anus Tim Vanhamel – Evil Superstars Eagles of Death Metal Millionaire Raymond van het Groenewoud Dirk Verbeuren – Soilwork Peter Verhoyen flutist Eddy Wally Koen Wauters – Clouseau Kris Wauters – Clouseau Anne Wolf pianist Eugène Ysaÿe violinist and composer Brahim Tom Dice Paul Van Haver – Stromae Machiavel Theater directors edit Bruno Belvaux Christian Labeau Stephen Shank Politicians edit A – C edit Frans Ackerman Magda Aelvoet Bert Anciaux Jules Joseph d Anethan Gerolf Annemans Bernard Anselme Marie Arena Auguste Beernaert – Nobel Peace Prize Ivo Belet Ward Beysen Fons Borginon Geert Bourgeois Frederika Brepoels Charles de Broqueville Henri de Brouckere Jules de Burlet Bernard du Bus de Gisignies Philippe Busquin Henri Carton de Wiart Marcel Cheron Willy Claes Philip Claeys Guy Coëme Alexandra Colen André Cools Gerhard Cooreman Hugo Coveliers D edit Rik Daems Michel Daerden André Damseaux José Daras Stefaan De Clerck Willy De Clercq Herman De Croo Armand De Decker Jean Marie Dedecker Magda De Galan Léon Degrelle Karel De Gucht Jean Defraigne Jean Duvieusart Jean Luc Dehaene Jean Maurice Dehousse Véronique De Keyser Leon Delacroix Francis Delpérée Hendrik de Man Rudy Demotte Gérard Deprez Erik Derycke Paul Deschanel Alain Destexhe Mia De Vits Patrick Dewael Filip Dewinter Karel Dillen Koenraad Dillen Elio Di Rupo François Xavier de Donnea Vera Dua Daniel Ducarme Antoine Duquesne Isabelle Durant E – K edit Lamoral Egmont Saïd El Khadraoui Gaston Eyskens Mark Eyskens Michel Foret Richard Fournaux Walthère Frère Orban Jaak Gabriëls Gaston Geens Caroline Gennez Jacques Germeaux Jean Gol Mathieu Grosch Michel Hansenne Pierre Harmel Hervé Hasquin Arthur Haulot Alain Hutchinson Camille Huysmans Paul Emile Janson Henri Jaspar Pierre Jonckheer L edit Henri La Fontaine – Nobel Peace Prize Julien Lahaut – chairman of the Communist Party assassinated Roger Lallemand Auguste Lambermont Karl Heinz Lambertz Renaat Landuyt Raymond Langendries Joseph Lebeau Edmond Leburton Theodore Lefevre Yves Leterme Anne Marie Lizin M edit Nelly Maes Olivier Maingain Philippe Mahoux Jules Malou Jean Claude Marcourt Ludo Martens Wilfried Martens Philippe Maystadt Charles Michel – current prime minister of Belgium Louis Michel Joëlle Milquet Philippe Monfils Philippe Moureaux Felix de Muelenare N – R edit Annemie Neyts Uyttebroeck Jean Baptiste Nothomb Charles Ferdinand Nothomb Laurette Onkelinx Joseph Pholien Charles Picqué Hubert Pierlot Prosper Poullet Jules Renkin Jean Rey Didier Reynders Frédérique Ries Charles Rogier Gustave Rolin Jaequemyns founder of Institut de Droit International adviser to Rama V of Thailand S – U edit Hugo Schiltz – Frans Schollaert Jacques Simonet Miet Smet Paul de Smet de Naeyer Bart Somers Antoinette Spaak Paul Henri Spaak Guy Spitaels Bart Staes Dirk Sterckx Steve Stevaert Frank Swaelen Marc Tarabella George Theunis Bartholemy Théodore de Theux Freddy Thielemans Marianne Thyssen Leo Tindemans Bruno Tobback Louis Tobback Jules de Trooz V edit Achille van Acker Jacob van Artevelde Frans Van Cauwelaert Jean Claude Van Cauwenberghe Johan Vande Lanotte Hugo Vandenberghe Paul Vanden Boeynants Freya Van den Bossche Luc Van den Bossche Frank Vandenbroucke Jules Vandenpeereboom The family Vanderpoorten Arthur Herman and Marleen Marleen Vanderpoorten Emile Vandervelde Frank Vanhecke Johan Van Hecke Pierre Edouard van Humbeeck Anne Van Lancker Dirk Van Mechelen Karel Van Miert Vincent Van Quickenborne Eric Van Rompuy Herman Van Rompuy Jean Pierre Van Rossem Paul Van Zeeland Guy Verhofstadt Inge Vervotte W – Y edit Melchior Wathelet Freddy Willockx Charles Woeste Yvan Ylieff Religious figures edit Saints edit St Damien of Molokai St Gertrude of Nivelles St Gudula from Brussels and Eibingen – National Saint of Belgium and Patroness of Brussels St John Berchmans St Hubertus St Meingold of Huy Theologians and clergymen edit Joseph André priest Righteous among the Nations Pieter Jan Beckx nd Superior General of the Jesuits Jean Bolland – hagiographer Adolf Daens – priest and politician Godfried Danneels – cardinal Victor Auguste Dechamps – cardinal Charles A Didier – General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Jacques Dupuis – Jesuit theologian interreligious dialogue Henry of Ghent – medieval philosopher Pierre Lambert Goossens – cardinal Cornelius Jansen – bishop theologian Jansenism Jean Baptiste Janssens – th Superior General of the Jesuits Gustaaf Joos – cardinal Peter Paul Lefevere – bishop André Mutien Léonard – bishop Leonardus Lessius – Jesuit theologian Joseph Maréchal – philosopher psychologist Désiré Joseph Mercier – cardinal Everard Mercurian th Superior General of the Jesuits Charles de Noyelle th Superior General of the Jesuits Georges Pire – Dominican priest Nobel Peace Prize Edward Poppe – blessed priest Jozef Ernest van Roey – cardinal Blessed John Ruysbroeck – mystic Jan Pieter Schotte – cardinal Brother René Stockman – Superior General of the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity Leo Jozef Suenens – cardinal Ferdinand Verbiest – Jesuit missionary in China Astronomer Resistance activists edit Albert Guérisse – Arthur Haulot – Andrée "Dédée" de Jongh – Marcel Louette – Edgard Potier – Suzanne Spaak – Gabrielle Weidner – Johan Hendrik Weidner – Henri Reynders Dom Bruno – Scientists edit Botanists edit Alfred Cogniaux – Rembert Dodoens – Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier Chemists edit Jean Claude Lorquet – theoretical chemist Ilya Prigogine – theoretical chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry born in Russia Ernest Solvay – chemist Jean Stas – chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont – – chemist and physician Geographers edit Gerardus Mercator – geographer Abraham Ortelius – geographer Geologists edit Alphonse Francois Renard – geologist and petrographer Gaston Briart – geologist Inventors and engineers edit Leo Hendrik Baekeland – inventor of bakelite Robert Cailliau – information and control engineer Zénobe Gramme – electrical engineer Bart Preneel – cryptographer Adolphe Sax – inventor of the saxophone Arthur Vierendeel – engineer and inventor of the Vierendeel truss Alfred Belpaire – steam locomotive engineer Egide Walschaerts – steam locomotive engineer and inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear André Waterkeyn – engineer best known for creating the Atomium Joan Daemen – cryptographer Advanced Encryption Standard AES Rijndael Vincent Rijmen – cryptographer Advanced Encryption Standard AES Rijndael John Joseph Merlin – inventor associated with Cox s timepiece He also invented inline skates in Mathematicians edit François d Aguilon – mathematician and physicist optics Jean Bourgain – mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan – mathematician Ingrid Daubechies – mathematician and physicist Pierre Deligne – mathematician Fields Medal Jan Denef – mathematician Jean Charles de la Faille – mathematician Victor d Hondt lawyer and mathematician Maurice Kraitchik – number theorist and recreational mathematician Constantin Le Paige – mathematician Adolphe Quetelet – mathematician and statistician Simon Stevin – mathematician and engineer André Tacquet – mathematician Antoine Thomas – mathematician and Astronomer in China Joseph Tilly – mathematician Jacques Tits – mathematician Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin – mathematician Adriaan van Roomen – mathematician Physicists edit Georges Lemaître – deviser of the Big Bang Theory Joseph Plateau – physicist Francois Englert Nobel Prize in Physics Political scientists and theorists edit Rik Coolsaet Vincent de Coorebyter Chantal Mouffe Ernest Mandel Abram Leon Others edit Jules Bordet – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Albert Claude – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Christian De Duve – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine born in Britain of Belgian parents Frank De Winne – astronaut Charles Frédéric Dubois and his son Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois – naturalists Dirk Frimout – first Belgian astronaut John of Gaunt st Duke of Lancaster – born in Ghent Adrien de Gerlache – explorer Jan Baptist van Helmont – chemist physiologist and physician Corneille Heymans – Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Albert Hustin – medical doctor the first to practice non direct blood transfusion Paul Jorion – anthropologist sociologist cognitive scientist and enocomist Marc Lacroix – biochemist and cancer researcher Benoît Lengelé – medical doctor the first to perform a partial face transplant Paul Janssen – scientist and founder of Janssen Pharmacuetica Claude Lévi Strauss French scientist born in Belgium Justus Lipsius – classical philologian Michel Louette – ornithologist Paul Otlet – information architect Grégoire de Saint Vincent Louis Joseph Seutin – surgeon Catherine Verfaillie – stem cell researcher Jos Verhulst – scientist philosopher Etienne Vermeersch – philosopher Andreas Vesalius – anatomist Marc Waelkens – archeologist Luce Irigaray – French philosopher born in Belgium Louis De Geer – – born in Liège He is considered the father of Swedish industry Sports edit Automobile racing edit Philippe Adams – Formula One driver Bertrand Baguette – World Series by Renault champion IndyCar driver Georges Berger – Formula One driver Lucien Bianchi – Formula One driver Thierry Boutsen – racing driver Johnny Claes – Formula One driver Jérôme d Ambrosio – Formula One driver currently driving for Virgin Racing Charles de Tornaco – Formula One driver Marc Duez – racing driver François Duval – racing driver Paul Frère – Formula One driver Bertrand Gachot – racing driver Olivier Gendebien – race car driver Christian Goethals – Formula One driver Jan Heylen – Champ Car veteran Jacky Ickx – racing driver Vanina Ickx – daughter of Jacky Le Mans regular Camille Jenatzy – race car driver Arthur Legat – Formula One driver Bas Leinders – racing driver Willy Mairesse – Formula One driver André Milhoux – Formula One driver Patrick Nève – Formula One driver Théodore Pilette – racing driver André Pilette – Formula One driver Teddy Pilette born – Formula One driver Jacques Swaters – Formula One driver Eric van de Poele – Formula One driver Basketball edit Ann Wauters Thomas Van Den Spiegel Cycling edit Including mountain biking and cyclo cross Mario Aerts Benoni Beheyt Tom Boonen Alex Close Eric De Vlaeminck – cyclo cross Roger De Vlaeminck Fred de Bruyne Stijn Devolder Johan Bruyneel Hélène Dutrieu Philippe Gilbert Matthew Gilmore – Australian turned Belgian Willy Lauwers Roland Liboton – cyclo cross Freddy Maertens Romain Maes Filip Meirhaeghe – mountain biker Axel Merckx – son of Eddy Merckx Eddy Merckx – considered by many as the greatest cyclist ever Jean Pierre Monseré Johan Museeuw Sven Nys – cyclo cross Stan Ockers Alberic Schotte Patrick Sercu Andrei Tchmil – Soviet turned Ukrainian turned Belgian Philippe Thys Lucien Van Impe Frank Vandenbroucke Rik Van Looy Rik Van Steenbergen Fencing edit Henri Anspach – épée & foil fencer Olympic champion Paul Anspach épée & foil fencer time Olympic champion Jacques Ochs épée fencer Olympic champion Gaston Salmon épée fencer Olympic champion Football soccer edit Philippe Albert – player Aimé Anthuenis – coach Walter Baseggio – player Christian Benteke player Roberto Bisconti – player Jean Marc Bosman – player Toni Brogno – player Thomas Buffel – player Jan Ceulemans – player coach Lei Clijsters – player coach Rik Coppens – player Thibaut Courtois – goalkeeper Bertrand Crasson – player Koen Daerden – player Gilles De Bilde – player Frank De Bleeckere – referee Glen De Boeck – player coach Kevin De Bruyne – player Mark De Man – player Geert De Vlieger – goalkeeper Filip De Wilde – goalkeeper Steven Defour – player Marc Degryse – player Laurent Delorge – player Mousa Dembélé – player Olivier Deschacht – player Olivier Doll – player Marouane Fellaini – player Régis Genaux – player Eric Gerets – player coach Raymond Goethals – coach Bart Goor – player Michaël Goossens – player Georges Grün – player Alan Haydock – player Eden Hazard – player Oleg Iachtchouk – player Ukrainian turned Belgian Vincent Kompany – player Jonathan Legear – player Philippe Léonard – player Nicolas Lombaerts – player Romelu Lukaku – player Steed Malbranque – player – French player born in Belgium Sandy Martens – player Joseph Mermans – player Vic Mees – player Simon Mignolet – goalkeeper Kevin Mirallas – player Emile Mpenza – player Mbo Mpenza – player Floribert N Galula – player Luis Oliveira – player Tristan Peersman – goalkeeper Jean Marie Pfaff – goalkeeper Luigi Pieroni – player Michel Preud homme – goalkeeper coach Silvio Proto – goalkeeper Cédric Roussel – player Enzo Scifo – player coach Tony Sergeant – player Francis Severeyns – player Timmy Simons – player Wesley Sonck – player Lorenzo Staelens – player Stijn Stijnen – goalkeeper Branko Strupar – player – Croatian turned Belgian Guy Thys – coach Nico Vaesen – goalkeeper Joos Valgaeren – player Gilbert Van Binst – player Daniel Van Buyten – player Constant Vanden Stock – honorary president and former president and player of football club R S C Anderlecht Roger Vanden Stock – president of football club R S C Anderlecht Franky Van Der Elst – player coach Gunter Van Handenhoven – player Paul Van Himst – player coach Wilfried Van Moer – player Jan Van Steenberghe – player Anthony Vanden Borre – player Erwin Vandenbergh – player Yves Vanderhaeghe – player Franky Vercauteren – player coach Gert Verheyen – player Thomas Vermaelen – player Jan Vertonghen – player Eric Viscaal – player Bernard Voorhoof – player Johan Walem – player Josip Weber – player Marc Wilmots – football player and elected senator Axel Witsel – player Golf edit Laetitia Beck – Belgian born Israeli golfer Nicolas Colsaerts – Ryder Cup winner Judo edit Ingrid Berghmans – judoka olympic champion Jean Marie Dedecker – coach

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edit Kathleen Smet – world champion Luc Van Lierde – time world champion and winner Iron Man Marc Herremans – wheelchair champion Water polo edit Gérard Blitz – – swimming and waterpolo time Olympic silver time bronze one in swimming— m backstroke International Swimming Hall of Fame son of Maurice Blitz Gérard Blitz – – water polo player and founder of the Club Med Maurice Blitz – waterpoloist time Olympic silver father of Gérard Blitz Henri Cohen – Olympic silver Other edit Luca Brecel – snooker player Annelies Bredael – rower Raymond Ceulemans – billiards player Frédéric Collignon – table soccer ITSF multi time and currently acting world champion Nathalie Descamps – badminton player Wendy Jans – Snooker player IBSF Women s World Champion Tony Parker – NBA basketball player – French nationality born in Belgium John Raphael rugby union player Jacques Rogge – IOC president Tarec Saffiedine – mixed martial artist Seppe Smits – snowboarder Bart Swings – inline and speed skater Paul Van 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Dirk Bikkembergs Veronique Branquino Liz Claiborne American designer born in Belgium Elise Crombez Ann Demeulemeester Martin Margiela Hanne Gaby Odiele Raf Simons Olivier Strelli Walter Van Beirendonck Dries van Noten Painters edit Main article List of Belgian painters Pierre Alechinsky – Cobra member Joachim Beuckelaer Adriaen Brouwer Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his family including Pieter Brueghel the Younger Jan Brueghel the Elder and Jan Brueghel the Younger Robert Campin Petrus Christus Emile Claus – impressionism Gerard David Philippe de Champaigne Gaspar de Crayer Raoul De Keyser – abstract painter Paul Delvaux – surrealist Jean Delville – symbolist painter Joseph Noiret – painter and poet Gustave De Smet – expressionism Sam Dillemans James Ensor Frans Floris Guy Huygens Albert Demuyser Adriaen Isenbrandt Jacob Jordaens Justus of Ghent Fernand Khnopff – symbolist Georges Emile Lebacq – Impressionist Post Impressionist painter Limbourg brothers – manuscript illuminators Lambert 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creator of the Argentine flag in Federico de Brandsen early military leader Guillermo Brown distinguished admiral Hippolyte de Bouchard privateer and early captain of Argentine Navy Eustaquio Díaz Vélez early military leader Leopoldo Galtieri dictator – Antonio González de Balcarce early military leader Martín Miguel de Güemes early military leader Juan Gregorio de las Heras early military leader Juan Lavalle early military leader Juan Carlos Onganía dictator – Enrique Mosconi petroleum industry promoter José María Paz early military leader Juan Martín de Pueyrredón early military leader Martín Rodríguez early military leader José Rondeau early military leader José de San Martín general liberator of Argentina Chile and Perú from Spain Manuel Savio steel industry promoter Samuel Spiro navy captain Jorge Videla dictator – Politics edit Juan Bautista Alberdi constitutional scholar Leandro Alem founder of the centrist Radical Civic Union Oscar Alende reformist governor Raúl Alfonsín president – Ricardo Alfonsín politician Álvaro Alsogaray conservative economist Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear president – José Arce diplomat Ricardo Balbín prominent leader of the "Unión Cívica Radical" party José Ber Gelbard Peronist economic adviser Hermes Binner Socialist governor of Santa Fé Province the first so elected Hebe de Bonafini head of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Ángel Borlenghi labor leader Leopoldo Bravo politician and diplomat Teodoro Bronzini former Socialist mayor of Mar del Plata the first to head a major Argentine city Dante Caputo diplomat Elisa Carrió politician Domingo Cavallo economist Jorge Cepernic governor Julio Cobos Vice President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa president – Francisco de Narváez politician Guido di Tella diplomat Luis María Drago diplomat Eduardo Duhalde president – Aldo Ferrer economist Rogelio Frigerio economist Arturo Frondizi president – Rubén Giustiniani politician Ernesto "Che" Guevara Marxist revolutionary Arturo Illía president – Juan B Justo founder of the Argentine Socialist Party Alicia Moreau de Justo wife of Juan B Justo and prominent socialist leader Cristina Fernández de Kirchner president since Néstor Kirchner president – Roberto Lavagna economist Estanislao López early pro autonomy leader José López Rega fascist adviser to Pres Perón José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz conservative economist Francisco Manrique politician creator of current national medical and housing funds Carlos Menem president – Lorenzo Miguel labor leader Bartolomé Mitre president – Mariano Moreno independence era leader and reformer Enrique Mosconi promoter of national oil industry Hugo Moyano labor leader Raimundo Ongaro labor leader Alfredo Palacios socialist leader Raúl Prebisch economist Juan Domingo Perón president – – Eva Duarte de Perón influential first lady Isabel Martínez de Perón first lady and president – Juan Pistarini public works minister and vicepresident Facundo Quiroga early pro autonomy leader Bernardino Rivadavia president Julio Roca president – – Dardo Rocha reformist governor and founder of La Plata Juan Manuel de Rosas strongman – José Ignacio Rucci labor leader Carlos Saavedra Lamas diplomat Amadeo Sabattini reformist governor Roque Sáenz Peña president and promulgator of the secret ballot in Argentina Domingo Sarmiento writer educator and president – Daniel Scioli former speedboater later vice president and governor Jorge Enea Spilimbergo poet Marxist theorist and politician Margarita Stolbizer politician Saúl Ubaldini labor leader Justo José de Urquiza first president of the modern era Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield author of civil and commercial codes Hipólito Yrigoyen president – – Religion edit Ángel Abrea General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Enrique Angelelli assassinated Bishop of La Rioja Pope Francis current head of the Catholic Church Mamerto Esquiú friar and activist José Gabriel Funes Jesuit priest and current director of the Vatican Observatory Antonio Gauchito Gil th century healer Claudio Lepratti assassinated priest and anti poverty activist Carlos Mugica assassinated priest and anti poverty activist Ceferino Namuncurá divinities student recently beatified Luis Palau prominent Protestant evangelical preacher Pedro Opeka priest missionary and humanitarian Mario Pantaleo priest healer and humanitarian Mario Rodríguez Cobos Silo spiritual leader writer and activist Royalty edit Princess Catharina Amalia of the Netherlands half Argentine Princess Alexia of the Netherlands half Argentine Princess Ariane of the Netherlands half Argentine Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Máxima Zorreguieta Argentine Sports edit See Category Argentine sportspeople for a complete list Magdalena Aicega field hockey player José Acasuso tennis player Mariano Aguerre polo player Pablo Aimar football player Serena Amato sailor Osvaldo Ardiles football soccer player Luciana Aymar hockey player Carlos Baldomir world champion boxer Georgina Bardach swimmer bronze medal in Summer Olympics Alfio Basile football player and coach Gabriel Batistuta football player Carlos Bianchi football player and coach Carlos Bilardo football player and coach Ringo Bonavena boxer Daniel Brailovski football player midfielder Delfo Cabrera sprinter Ángel Cabrera "El Pato Criollo" golfer Agustín Calleri tennis player Adolfo Cambiaso polo player Esteban Cambiasso football player Mauro Camoranessi football player Guillermo Cañas tennis player Claudio Caniggia football player Juan Carlos Cárdenas football player Bartolomé Castagnola polo player Jorge Castro world champion boxer Martín Castrogiovanni rugby player Fernando Cavenaghi football soccer player Juan Ignacio Chela tennis player Germán Chiaraviglio pole vaulter José Luis Clerc tennis player José Cóceres golfer Juan Martín Coggi world champion boxer Felipe Contepomi rugby player Guillermo Coria tennis player Ignacio Corleto rugby player Hernán Crespo football player Juan Esteban Curuchet cyclist Sebastián Crismanich taekwondo athlete Juan Martín del Potro tennis player Roberto DeVicenzo golfer Angel Di Maria football player Alfredo Di Stéfano football player Carolina Duer world champion boxer Gisela Dulko tennis player Vito Dumas yachting Jonathan Erlich tennis player Carlos "Camau" Espínola sailor Gastón Etlis tennis player Guillermo Falasca boleyball player Miguel Ángel Falasca boleyball player Juan Manuel Fangio Formula One five time world champion race car driver Clarisa Fernández tennis player Susana Ferrari Billinghurst aviator Luis Firpo boxer Juan Antonio Flecha cyclist Andrés Franzoia football player Germán Frers yachting Víctor Galíndez world champion boxer Oscar Gálvez race car driver José Eulogio Gárate football player Alejandra García high jumper José María Gatica boxer Gastón Gaudio tennis player Manu Ginóbili basketball player Griselda González runner Inés Gorrochategui tennis player Estanislao Goya golf player Martín Gramática American football player Esteban Guerrieri race car driver Gabriel Heinze football player María de la Paz Hernández known as "Maripí" hockey player Juan Martín Hernández rugbyer Martín Jaite tennis player highest world ranking Giselle Kañevsky field hockey Olympic bronze Mario Kempes football player Daniela Krukower judoka World Champion under kg Santiago Lange sailor Santos Laciar world champion boxer Mario Ledesma rugbyer Lucas Legnani ten pin bowler Lucas Licht football player Pechito López race car driver Germán Lux football player Enrique Mansilla racing driver Diego Armando Maradona Soccer player Héctor Leonardo Marinaro Soccer player Karina Masotta field hockey player Leonardo Mayer tennis player César Luis Menotti Soccer player and coach José Meolans swimmer Lionel Messi football player Marcos Milinkovic volleyball player Juan Mónaco tennis player Lucas Monteverde polo player Carlos Monzón world champion boxer Claudio Morresi football player David Nalbandián tennis player Andrés Nocioni basketball player José María Núñez Piossek rugby player Fabricio Oberto basketball player Andrea Orlandi sportwooman half Argentine Luciano Orquera rugby player Martín Palermo football player Oscar Panno chess grandmaster Paula Pareto judoka Sergio Parisse rugby player Mercedes María Paz tennis player José Pekerman football player and coach Pascual Pérez first Argentine world boxing champion Ramiro Pez rugbier Walter Pérez cyclist Agustín Pichot captain of Los Pumas the national rugby team Facundo Pieres polo player Gonzalo Pieres Jr polo player Hugo Porta rugby player Mariano Puerta tennis player Carlos Reutemann Formula One race car driver and politician Juan Román Riquelme football player Cristian Rodríguez boxer Cecilia Rognoni grass hockey player Juan Martillo Roldán boxer Andrés Romero golfer Eduardo Romero golfer Gabriela Sabatini tennis player Pitu Salerni María Emilia Salerni tennis player Walter Samuel football player Javier Saviola football player Lionel Scaloni football player Diego Sebastián Schwartzman tennis player Luis Scola basketball player Hugo Sconochini basketball player Noemí Simonetto de Portela athlete silver medal at Summer Olympics Juan Pablo Sorín football player defender Alejandro Spajic volleyball player Osvaldo Suárez olympic marathonist Paola Suárez tennis player Patricia Tarabini tennis player Nicolás Tauber football player Diana Taurasi WNBA basketball player parents are Argentine Carlos Tevez football player David Trezeguet football player half Argentine son of Jorge Trezeguet Jorge Trezeguet football player Esteban Tuero racing driver Fabiana Vallejos women s soccer player Julio Velasco former volleyball coach Juan Sebastián Verón football player Guillermo Vilas tennis player Solange Witteveen high jumper Juan Carlos Zabala sprinter Sciences edit Luis Agote M D devised first safe blood transfusion Juan Bautista Ambrosetti anthropologist and naturalist Florentino Ameghino naturalist Cosme Argerich M D José Antonio Balseiro nuclear physicist Lino Barañao biochemist and current Minister of Science Dan Jacobo Beninson nuclear physicist Jorge Bobone astronomer José Bonaparte paleontologist Eduardo Braun Menéndez physiologist Mario Bunge physicist Hermann Burmeister naturalist Luis Caffarelli mathematician Alberto Calderón mathematician Ramón Carrillo neurosurgeon and first Minister of Health Carlos Ulrrico Cesco astronomer Rodolfo Coria paleontologist Miguel Rolando Covian physiologist Roberto Dabbene ornithologist Salvador Debenedetti archaeologist Pablo de León space scientist René Favaloro surgeon inventor of the coronary bypass surgery Hilario Fernández Long structural engineer and educator Enrique Finochietto surgeon and inventor of numerous surgical tools Richard Gans physicist Mario Garavaglia physicist Ramón Enrique Gaviola astrophysicist Mario Giovinetto geographer Juan Hartmann astronomer Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg geologist and zoologist Bernardo Houssay Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology Luis Huergo engineer Armando Theodoro Hunziker botanist Miguel Itzigsohn astronomer Jakob Laub physicist Luis Federico Leloir Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Domingo Liotta M D cardiologist and inventor of the first purely artificial heart Juan Martín Maldacena physicist José María Mainetti oncologist Julio Isidro Maiztegui epidemiologist Salvador Mazza epidemiologist César Milstein Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Pharmacology Francisco Moreno explorer Julio Navarro astrophysicist Fernando Novas paleontologist Guillermo O Donnell politic scientist Miguel Ondetti pharmaceutical scientist Virpi Niemelä astronomer Raúl Pateras Pescara helicopter pioneer Livio Dante Porta mechanical engineer Jorge Sabato physicist Julio José Gustavo Sardagna neurologist and neurosurgeon Tito Scaiano laser chemist Carlos Segers astronomer Manuel Sadosky computer scientist Luis Santaló mathematician Friedrich Schickendantz naturalist Carlos Varsavsky astrophysicist Miguel Angel Virasoro physicist Juan Vucetich inventor of the modern technique of fingerprinting Abraham Willink entomologist Roberto Zaldívar M D Writers edit Main article List of Argentine writers César Aira Almafuerte Pedro Bonifacio Palacios Juan Argerich Roberto Arlt Hilario Ascasubi Enrique Banchs Roni Bandini Héctor Bianciotti Adolfo Bioy Casares Isidoro Blaisten Jorge Luis Borges Elsa Bornemann Jose Antonio Bottiroli Silvina Bullrich Susana Calandrelli Eugenio Cambaceres Miguel Cané Martín Caparrós Evaristo Carriego Leonardo Castellani Abelardo Castillo Julio Cortázar Estanislao del Campo Haroldo Conti Gabino Coria Peñaloza Roberto Cossa Agustín Cuzzani Marco Denevi Antonio di Benedetto Osvaldo Dragún Esteban Echeverría Samuel Eichelbaum Fogwill Jorge Fondebrider Luis Franco Rodrigo Fresán Silvio Frondizi Griselda Gambaro Juan Gelman Alberto Gerchunoff Oliverio Girondo Angélica Gorodischer Carlos Gorostiza Juana Manuela Gorriti Paul Groussac Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer Beatriz Guido Ricardo Güiraldes Eduardo Gutiérrez