Real people, not pretend fictional detectives.
2006-09-24 05:08:22 · 9 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Belgium
King Albert II (the King of Belgium)
Prince Filip (crown prince)
Princess Mathilde (wife of crown prince)
Princess Elizabeth, Prince Gabriël, Prince Emmanuël (Children of the crown prince)
Princess Astrid, her husband Prince Lorenz, their children: Amadeo, Maria-Laura, Joachim, Luisa-Maria, Laetitia-Maria
Prince Laurent, his wife Princess Claire, their children: Louise, Nicolas and Aemmeric
PM Guy Verhofstad
Tom Boonen (cyclist)
Godfried Daneels (Cardinal)
Herr Seele (Cartoonist)
Boogie Boy
Kim Gevaert (runner)
Tia Hellebaut (jumps on heights)
Gene Thomas (singer)
Koen Wauters (singer, presenter, rally-driver)
Kris Wauters (singer, rally-driver)
Stef Wauters (newsreader)
Martine Tanghe (newsreader)
Véronique de kok (former miss Belgium)
Tanja Dexters (former miss Belgium)
Belle Perez (Singer)
Stefan Everts (motor-racer)
Joël Smets (motor-racer)
Olivier Rochus (tennis player)
Kristof Rochus (tennis player)
Kim Clijsters (tennis player)
Justine Henin (tennis player)
Jan Declair (actor)
Andrea Cronenberghs (actress)
Karen, Kristel, Kathleen = K3 (singers)
Josse Depauw (moviemaker)
Dominique Deruddere (moviemaker)
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2006-09-24 05:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anna-Lisa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Literature
Georges Simenon, writer
Emile Leon Cammaerts, poet
Hugo Claus, poet, dramatist, novelist and film writer
Julio Cortázar, writer
Michel de Ghelderode, dramatist
Henri Pirenne, historian, well-known for his Pirenne Thesis
May Eleanor Sarton, poet and novelist
Felix Timmermans, author
Camille Lemonnier, novelist and founder of the Belgian literary renaissance
Hendrik Conscience, novelist and short-story writer who "taught the people how to read"
Maurice Maeterlinck, author
Guido Gezelle, Roman Catholic priest, teacher and poet
Stijn Streuvels, novelist
Herman Teirlinck, novelist and playwright
Karel van de Woestijne, poet
Margueritte Yourcenar, novelist
Albrecht Rodenbach, poet
Georges Rodenbach, poet and novelist
Ernest Claes, novelist and short-story writer
Art
Rene Magritte, painter and theorist of surrealism
Peter Paul Rubens, painter
John Michael Rysbrack, Flemish sculptor
Jean Bologne, Flemish sculptor
Sir Anton van Dyck, painter
Peter Bruegel the Elder, painter
Paul Delvaux, surrealist painter
Adriaen Brouwer, painter
Jan Fyt, painter and etcher
Jacob Jordaens, painter
Rogier van der Weyden, painter
Baron James Sidney Ensor, painter
Frans Snyders, painter
David Teniers the Younger, painter and engraver
Hieronymus Bosch, painter
Robert Campin, painter
Quentin Matsys, Flemish painter who founded the Antwerp school
Joos van Ghent, Flemish painter
Gerard David, Flemish painter
Hugo van der Goes, Flemish painter
Inventors
Edward de Smedt, chemist and inventor of modern-day road asphalt
Lambert Adolphe Quetelet, mathematician and inventor of the Body Mass Index
Gerardus Mercator, cartographer, mathematician and geographer
Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, inventor of the synthetic resin known as "bakelite"
Joseph Plateau, inventor of the stroboscope
Ernest Solvay, inventor of the Solvey process (ammonia)
Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt, inventor of the two-finger guitar playing technique
Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir, inventor of the internal-combustion engine
Charles Van Depoele, inventor of the electric railway
Zénobe Gramme, inventor of the Gramme dynamo
Constant Loiseau, inventor of the optometer
and there is more on this web site
http://www.famousbelgians.net
but I think for some of them, famous, is exagerating it
2006-09-24 05:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by strawman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edward de Smedt, chemist and inventor of modern-day road asphalt
Lambert Adolphe Quetelet, mathematician and inventor of the Body Mass Index
Gerardus Mercator, cartographer, mathematician and geographer
Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
Leo Hendrik Baekeland, inventor of the synthetic resin known as "bakelite"
Joseph Plateau, inventor of the stroboscope
Ernest Solvay, inventor of the Solvey process (ammonia)
Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt, inventor of the two-finger guitar playing technique
Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir, inventor of the internal-combustion engine
Charles Van Depoele, inventor of the electric railway
Zénobe Gramme, inventor of the Gramme dynamo
Constant Loiseau, inventor of the optometer
Luc Vandevelde, Chairman of Marks and Spencer
Bernard Van Hool, founder of international coachbuilder Van Hool NV
Edward de Smedt, chemist and inventor of modern-day road asphalt
Raymond Ceulemans, 17 times world champion in billiards
Adolphe Quetelet, mathematician and inventor of the Body Mass Index
Toots Thielemans, world famous Jazz musician
Helmut Lotti, international pop singer
The Singing Nun, famous for her US No 1 hit "Dominique"
The following medal winners from Sydney 2000 have also been added : Etienne De Wilde, Matthew Gilmore, Filip Meirhaege, Els Callens, Dominique Van Roost and Ann Simons.
2006-09-24 05:21:24 · answer #3 · answered by LOL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adolphe Sax, Justine Henan-Hardenne, The Belgian royal family...
2006-09-24 05:20:27 · answer #4 · answered by cheekbones3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Muscles From Brussels!
2006-09-24 05:10:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kim Clijsters.
2006-09-24 05:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eddie mercyx the tour de france winner----5 times
2006-09-24 05:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by ziggy0909 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
james ensor. he was a painter. 'they might be giants' wrote a cool, funny song about him.
2006-09-24 05:16:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
erm.. and erm...and then there's erm..... Then theres the guy with the chocolate and the other one with the beer.
probably
2006-09-24 05:21:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋