1. Xavier Malisse (1980)

Tennis Player

Belgian tennis player who turned pro in 1998; by 2013, he was a three-time singles ATP career titleholder and an eight-time doubles ATP career titleholder.

2. Vince Vandorpe ️ (1993)

YouTube Star

Filipino YouTube star who is widely known for his eponymous Vince Vandorpe channel. He has gained popularity there for his reactions, travelogues, and personal acting and modeling reels. 

3. Alissa Tomme (1999)

TikTok Star

Lip sync and sketch comedy content creator who is recognized for sharing short form videos on her alissatomme TikTok account. She has gone on to garner more than 230,000 fans on...

4. Rose Bertram (1994)

Model

Model best known for her appearances in magazines like Sports Illustrated and GQ. In 2017, she founded her own healthy meal delivery service called Chubby in Shape.

5. Stoffel Vandoorne (1992)

Auto Racer

Race car driver who signed on to a full time 2017 McLaren seat. He won the F4 Eurocup 1.6 in 2010 in his first attempt at the race. He has 380,000 followers...

6. Barbara Opsomer (1990)

Pop Singer

Pop music performer who is recognized for the 2017 singles "Je Sors Ce Soir" and "J'ai Encore Rêvé D'elle." She released her music through the record label Warner Music France. 

7. Niels Destadsbader (1988)

Actor

Belgium actor and musician best known for his roles in FC Champion, Amika and The Elves Hill. In 2009 he released his first single "You Are Mine."

8. Hanne Gaby Odiele (1988)

Model

Known for her runway work for the Thakoon, Rodarte, and Marc fashion lines, Odiele is also famous as the face of designer Alberta Ferretti's Philosophy collection. In addition, she appeared...

9. Lowie Vermeersch (1974)

Industrial Designer

Lowie Vermeersch is a Flemish designer part of the third generation of a prominent artistic family. He is the Founder & Creative Director of Granstudio in Turin Italy. Previously he...

10. Glenn Verbauwhede (1985)

Footballer

Glenn Verbauwhede is a Belgian football goalkeeper who currently plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns.

11. Tom Omey (1975)

Belgian Middle-distance Runner

Tom Omey is a retired Belgian athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at three outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

12. Nico F. Declercq (1975)

unknow

Nico Felicien Declercq 27 December 1975) is a Physicist and Mechanical Engineer. He is a Professor with the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and Georgia Tech Lorraine in France....

13. Carl De Keyzer (1958)

Photographer

Carl De Keyzer is a Belgian contemporary photographer. He was nominated to the Magnum Photos agency in 1990 became an associated member in 1992 and a full member in 1994.

14. Laurence Courtois (1976)

Tennis Player

Laurence Courtois is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Courtois won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career.

15. Frederiek Nolf (1987)

Road Bicycle Racer

Nolf was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who died in Doha in his sleep of an apparent heart attack between stages 4 and 5 of the 2009 Tour of...

16. Rob Claeys (1987)

Footballer

Rob Claeys is a Belgium football central defender who currently plays for KV Kortrijk. He joined in 2002 from F. C. Marke. His debut for K. V. Kortrijk A-team was...

17. Hugo Vandenberghe (1942)

Belgian Politician

Hugo Vandenberghe is a Belgian politician and a professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. From 1973 to 1977 Hugo Vandenberghe served as advisor in several cabinets of Minister Leo Tindemans. From...

18. Ingeborg De Meulemeester (1965)

Belgian Politician

Ingeborg De Meulemeester is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010.

19. Sep Vanmarcke (1988)

Racing Cyclist

Sep Vanmarcke is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam Belkin Pro Cycling. He is left-handed.

20. Ferdinand Augustijn Snellaert (1809)

Writer

Augustijn Snellaert was a Flemish writer. He studied medicine at the University of Utrecht and became officer of health in the Dutch army. After his dismissal he graduated in medicine...

21. Robert Gillon (1884)

Belgian Politician

Robert Paul Raymond Gillon was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was a member of the municipal council of Kortrijk member of the provincial council of West Flanders three...

22. Petra Santy (1982)

Canoer

Petra Santy is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m...

23. Laurens Pannecoucke (1988)

Olympic Canoeist

Laurens Pannecoucke is a Belgian sprint canoeist. Pannecoucke is a member of the canoe and kayak team for Bloso Hazewinkel Sports Club in Willebroek and is coached and trained by...

24. Luuk Gruwez (1953)

Belgian Poet

Luuk Gruwez is a Flemish poet. Since 1976 he lives in Hasselt where he worked until 1995 as a teacher. Gruwez was born at Kortrijk. He attended high school there...

25. Koenraad Degroote (1959)

Belgian Politician

Koenraad Degroote is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010. He's mayor of Dentergem...

26. Paul Haghedooren (1959)

Belgian Racing Cyclist

Paul Haghedooren was a Belgian cyclist.

27. Fapy Lafertin (1950)

Jazz Guitarist

Lafertin is a jazz guitarist of Romani ethnicity one of the foremost contemporary exponents of the Belgian-Dutch style of Gypsy jazz. Lafertin was born in the Romani community of Manouches...

28. Johan Neerman (1959)

Belgian Architect

Johan Neerman is a Belgian architect industrial designer and systems thinker. He works with naval architecture appropriate technology transport design cultural concepts and arts systems thinking.

29. Stefaan De Clerck (1951)

Belgian Politician

Stefaan Maria Joris Yolanda De Clerck is a Belgian politician and former Minister of Justice of Belgium. He was Minister of Justice from 1995 until 1998 as well when he...

30. Ann Demeulemeester (1959)

Belgian Fashion Designer

Ann Demeulemeester is a fashion designer whose eponymous label Ann Demeulemeester is mainly showcased at the annual Paris Fashion Week. She is one of Antwerp Six in the fashion industry.

31. Fanny Lecluyse (1992)

Belgian Swimmer Who Competed In

Lecluyse is a Belgian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's 200 metre breaststroke finishing in 19th place overall in the heats failing to qualify for...

32. Piet Huysentruyt (1962)

Television Chef

Piet Huysentruyt is a Belgian TV chef and the author of five bestselling cooking books.

33. Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe (1962)

Horse Rider

Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe was a Belgian-Ukrainian equestrian who competed in the sport of show jumping.

34. Hippolyte Rolin (1804)

Belgian Politician

Hippolyte Rolin was a lawyer and Belgian Minister of Public Works 1848-1850. Hippolyte Rolin was the father of Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns and uncle by marriage of Joseph Hellebaut. Rolin studied at...

35. André Vlerick (Unknow)

Businessman Politician Professor

André Baron Vlerick was a Belgian politician businessman professor and founder of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He graduated in economy at the University of Ghent and was appointed...

36. Maxime Lestienne (1992)

Footballer

Maxime Lestienne is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Club Brugge in the Belgian Pro League.

37. Lorenzo Staelens (1964)

Footballer

Lorenzo Jules Staelens is a retired Belgian footballer and a current manager of the Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge. Having started his career as a defensive midfielder he...

38. Hein Vanhaezebrouck (1964)

Football Coach

Hein Vanhaezebrouck is a Belgian football currently managing K. V. Kortrijk.

39. Piet Vanthemsche (1955)

Belgian Civil Servant

Piet Vanthemsche is a Belgian veterinary surgeon and civil servant. In 2008 he succeeded Noël Devisch as President of the Boerenbond in Leuven.

40. Pol Verschuere (1955)

Road Bicycle Racer

Pol Verschuere was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verschuere won a stage in the 1980 1982 and the 1986 Tour de France.

41. Ernest Louis de Gonzague Vandenpeereboom (1807)

Belgian Politician

Ernest Louis de Gonzague Vandenpeereboom was a Belgian doctor in law industrialist and liberal politician. As a politician he was a member of the municipal council of Kortrijk member of...

42. Sophie de Schaepdrijver (1961)

Belgian Historian

Sophie de Schaepdrijver is a Belgian historian.

43. Hans Vandekerckhove (Unknow)

Painter

Hans Vandekerckhove is a Belgian painter living and working in Ghent.

44. Emmanuel de Bethune (1930)

Mayor Of Kortrijk Belgium

Baron Emmanuel Pierre Marie Ghislain de Bethune was a Belgian politician. He was the Mayor of Kortrijk from 1987 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2000. He went onto...

45. Pieter Desmet (1983)

Belgian Steeplechase Runner

Pieter Desmet is a Belgian steeplechase and long-distance runner. He is a two-time national champion for his category and a member of Atletiek Zuid-West Club in Zwevegem being coached and...

46. Jean-Baptiste Bethune (1821)

Architect Artisan Designer

Jean-Baptiste Bethune was a Belgian architect artisan and designer who played a pivotal role in the Belgian and Catholic Gothic Revival movement. He was called by some the Pugin of...

47. Chaïne Staelens (1980)

Dutch Volleyball Player

Chaïne Staelens is a female volleyball player who plays as a wing-spiker for the Netherlands. She was a member of the Dutch National Women's Team that won the gold medal...

48. Jules Vandenpeereboom (1843)

Belgian Politician

Jules Henri Pierre François Vandenpeereboom was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Vandenpeereboom was born in Kortrijk and educated as a lawyer. He represented Kortrijk in the Belgian Chamber of People's...

49. Leif Hoste (1977)

Road Bicycle Racer

Leif Hoste is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team Accent. jobs-Willems Veranda's.

50. Ozark Henry (1970)

Musician

Piet Goddaer is a Belgian musician better known by his stage name Ozark Henry.