Category
page 1People from Tienen
Louis Michel
Belgian politician
Xandee
Xandee is a stage name of Sandy Boets (born 18 December 1978 in Tienen), Flemish singer who represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
Beatrice of Nazareth
Flemish Cistercian nun
Fernand Ledoux
French actor, director (1897-1993)
Victor Francen
Belgian actor (1888–1977)
Herman Liebaers
Belgian linguist (1919-2010)
Francis Halzen
American astrophysicist
Rik Boel
Belgian politician and judge (1931–2020)
Joseph Mertens
Belgian archaeologist (1921-2007)
Matthias Vanden Gheyn
Flemish organist, carillonist and composer
Paul Kempeneers
Belgian philologist (1935–2025)

Jappe Claes
actor (born 1952)
Himelin
Saint Himelin (Hymelin, Himelinus) (died Vissenaken, c. 750 AD) was an Irish or Scottish priest who, returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, fell ill when passing through Vissenaken (in present-day part of the municipality Tienen in Belgium).