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René Magritte
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
Orlande de Lassus
Franco-Flemish composer (1532–1594)
César Franck
Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
Dominique Pire
Belgian Dominican friar (1910–1969)
Walloon people
Walloons ( ; ; ; ) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia, Belgium. Walloons primarily speak ''langues d'oïl'' such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Walloons are primarily Roman Catholic, with a historical minority of Protestantism which dates back to the Reformation era.
Léon Degrelle
Belgian journalist, politician, SS soldier, fugitive (1906-1994)
Henri Pirenne
Belgian historian (1862-1935)
Ernest Solvay
Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)
Paul Delvaux
Belgian painter (1897-1994)
Émilie Dequenne
Belgian actress (1981–2025)
Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
Habsburg Austrian Field Marshal, writer and intellectual (1735-1814)
Henri Vieuxtemps
Belgian violinist and composer (1820-1881)
Silvio Gesell
German-Argentine economist (1862–1930)
Félicien Rops
Belgian artist (1833-1898)
Marie Gillain
Belgian actress
Benoît Poelvoorde
Belgian actor
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Belgian serial killer
Theroigne de Mericourt
French revolutionary (1762-1817)
François-Joseph Fétis
Belgian composer (1784-1871)
Antoine Wiertz
Belgian painter (1806-1865)
Johannes Ciconia
Flemish composer and music theorist
Etienne Constantin de Gerlache
Belgian noble, lawyer and politician (1785-1871)
Guillaume Lekeu
Belgian composer (1870-1894)
Princess Claire of Belgium
Belgian princess (born 1974)
Godefroid Kurth
historian, philologist and professor from Belgium (1847-1916)
Bouli Lanners
Belgian actor (born 1965)
Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
Austrian diplomat
Logan Bailly
Belgian association football player
Raoul Vaneigem
Belgian philosopher
Herri met de Bles
painter (1500/1510-1555)
Philippe Buchez
French historian, sociologist, and politician (1796-1865)
Henri Pousseur
Belgian composer (1929-2009)
Jean Vallée
Belgian singer (1941-2014)
Jijé
Joseph Gillain (), better known by his pen name Jijé (; 13 January 1914 – 19 June 1980), was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the Spirou et Fantasio strip (and for having introduced the Fantasio character) and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, Jerry Spring.
André-Joseph Léonard
Bishop of Namur
Alizée Poulicek
Miss Belgium
Paul Émile de Puydt
botanist, writer (1810-1891)
Gilbert Bodart
Belgian footballer
Jean-Marie Klinkenberg
Belgian linguist and semiotician
François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt
Austrian marshal
Victor Rousseau
medallist, sculptor (1865-1954)
Serge Brammertz
prosecutor
Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
Belgian architect (1858-1910)
Albert Frère
Belgian businessman (1926–2018)
Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain
engineer, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist (1852-1929)
François Walthéry
Belgian comics artist
Noël Godin
Belgian actor, anarchist, critic, writer
Robert Triffin
American economist (1911–1993)
Rémy Belvaux
Belgian actor and director (1966-2006)
Rennequin Sualem
Belgian hydraulic engineer
Rita Lejeune
Belgian philologist (1906–2009)
Jacques H. Drèze
Belgian economist (1929–2022)
Pierre Paulus
painter (1881-1959)
Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny
Belgian composer (1762-1842)
Sandrine Corman
Belgian model and broadcaster
Claudine André
Belgian conservationist
Nicolas Bosret
Belgian musician (1799–1876)
Jean-Jacques Andrien
film director
Théo Ysaÿe
Belgian composer, pianist (1865–1918)