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Hendrik Conscience
Belgian author (1812-1883)

Edward Schillebeeckx
Belgian theologian (1914-2009)
Willem Elsschot
Flemish writer (1882–1960)
Arnold Geulincx
Flemish Cartesian philosopher
Françoise Mallet-Joris
Belgian writer (1930-2016)
Georges Eekhoud
Belgian writer (1854–1927)
Jan Fabre
artist, choreographer, designer, playwright, stage director (born 1958)

Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet, writer (1896–1928)
Suzanne Lilar
Flemish Belgian Francophone writer (1901–1992)
Jan Gruter
Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian (1560-1627)
Anna Bijns
Flemish poet
Jef Geeraerts
Belgian novelist (1930–2015)
Hubert Lampo
Belgian writer and journalist (1920–2006)
André Baillon
Belgian writer (1875-1932)
Franciscus van den Enden
Flemish Jesuit, Neo-Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher and teacher of Baruch de Spinoza (1602-1674)
Paulette Cooper
American journalist and writer
Antoon Sanders
Flemish Catholic priest, theologian, antiquarian and historian (1586–1664)
Lodovico Guicciardini
Italian historian (1521-1589)

Jan Vansina
Belgian historian and anthropologist (1929–2017)

Leo Apostel
Belgian philosopher/professor:Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Ghent University (1925–1995)
Jacques Sternberg
Belgian writer (1923–2006)
Richard Rowlands
Anglo-Dutch antiquary, publisher, humorist and translator (1550–1640)
Emanuel van Meteren
Flemish historian, consul for Low Countries traders in London (1535–1612)
Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire
Belgian writer and politician (1853-1948)

Lawrence Beyerlinck
Belgian theologian (1578–1627)
Marcel Mariën
Belgian artist (1920-1993)

Jan Lambrecht Domien Sleeckx
Belgian notary clerk, teacher, education inspector, journalist, editor, writer, playwright and man of letters (1818–1901)

Léon van der Essen
Belgian historian (1883–1963)
Frans De Cort
Belgian journalist, editor-in-chief and secretary to the Auditor General at the military court (1834-1878)

Jean-Baptiste Gramaye
Dutch historian (1579–1635)
Jan van der Noot
Flemish poet
Ida Simons
Dutch writer
Roger Avermaete
Belgian writer (1893-1988)
Wim Blockmans
Belgian history professor
Willem Ogier
Flemish playwright
Pierre Stockmans
Belgian writer and magistrate
Jan van Nijlen
Belgian poet and writer (1884–1965)
Jean-Baptiste Baronian
Belgian writer

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
Belgian artist (born 1951)

Antonius Thysius the Elder
Dutch theologian
Philip Rubens
Flemish archaeologist, librarian and philologist
Constant-Philippe Serrure
Belgian historian (1805-1872)
Gaspar Gevaerts
Flemish lawyer, neo-Latin poet, philologist, historian and diplomat (1593–1666)
Aline Sax
Belgian children's writer
Lode Wils
Belgian university professor and historian (1929–2024)
Walter Hollenweger
Swiss theologian (1927-2016)

Maria Pypelinckx
mother of the painter Peter Paul Rubens (1538–1608)

Abraham Gorlaeus
Flemish antiquary
Charles Rouen
Belgian general
Cornelis Grapheus
Flemish theologian, poet and town clerk