1. Jan Maes (2000)

TikTok Star

Belgian social media star known for makeup videos. He rose to fame through the use of his yeet.yeet69 TikTok account. 

2. Laurens De Bock (1992)

Footballer

Belgian international left back who first joined the senior national side in 2014. He came up playing with the U16-U19 and U21 national clubs.

3. Philippe Geubels (1981)

Actor

Belgian comedian known for his appearances on shows like M!LF, Dr. Livingstone, and Geubels and Belgians. He also appeared on season seven of the reality show The Smartest Person in...

4. Caroline Maes (1982)

Tennis Player

Caroline Maes is a former Belgian tennis player. Maes is active in the singles game since 1997 and doubles since 1999. The highest place she ever achieved on the WTA-ranking...

5. Kim Kay (1978)

Belgian Singer

Kim Kay is a Belgian pop singer. She is Flemish however she's known for delivering vocals in French. Kim Kay's arguably most famous work is her dance single Lilali which...

6. Timothy Derijck (1987)

Belgian Footballer

Timothy Derijck is a Belgian footballer. He currently plays as a centre back in the Dutch Eredivisie for FC Utrecht on loan from PSV.

7. Preben Van Hecke (1982)

Road Bicycle Racer

Preben Van Hecke is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise.

8. Jacky Lafon (1946)

Belgian Actor

Jacky Lafon is an actress best known for playing Rita Van Den Bossche in the television series Familie.

9. Guy Verhofstadt (1953)

Belgian Politician

Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who served as the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008.

10. Vanessa Chinitor (1979)

Belgian Singer

Vanessa Chinitor is a Belgian singer best known outside Belgium for her participation in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest.

11. Polydore de Keyser (1832)

Lawyer Lord Mayor Of London

Sir Polydore de Keyser was a lawyer and the first Roman Catholic since the Reformation to be elected Lord Mayor of London. He was born in the Belgian city of...

12. Thomas Kaminski (1992)

Belgian Footballer

Thomas Kaminski is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Anderlecht.

13. Marc Verwilghen (1952)

Belgian Politician

Marc Ernest Elisabeth Robert Juliette Verwilghen born 21 September 1952 in Dendermonde is a Belgian politician. Verwilghen studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Ghent and...

14. Dirk Verhofstadt (1955)

Belgian Philosopher

Dirk Verhofstadt is a Belgian social liberal theorist and brother of former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt. He has a keen interest in political philosophy and his philosophical outlook is...

15. Jan De Vos (1844)

Belgian Politician

Jan Baptist De Vos was mayor of Antwerp from 15 March 1909 until 21 July 1921. He stayed on as mayor after the capture of Antwerp by German forces during...

16. Daniel Veyt (1956)

Footballer

Daniel Veyt is a Belgian former football player. He earned 12 caps for the Belgium national football team and played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup where Belgium finished fourth....

17. Pat Van Den Hauwe (1960)

Footballer

Patrick William Roger Pat Van Den Hauwe is a former professional footballer who made 401 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City Everton Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall. Though...

18. Jan Blommaert (1961)

Belgian Academic

Jan Blommaert is a Belgian sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist Professor of Language Culture and Globalization and Director of the Babylon Center at Tilburg University the Netherlands.

19. Bernice Coppieters (1970)

Ballet Dancer

Bernice Coppieters is a Belgian ballet dancer. In 1991 she joined Jean-Christophe Maillot's Ballets de Monte-Carlo where she has become the star. In recent years Coppieters Maillot's longtime muse has...

20. Frank Magerman (1977)

Footballer

Magerman is a Belgian football defensive midfielder who currently plays for Berchem Sport.

21. Jan van den Broeck (1989)

Middle Distance Runner

Jan van den Broeck is a Belgian middle distance runner.

22. Alwin de Prins (1978)

Swimmer

Alwin de Prins is a former competitive swimmer who represented Luxembourg. Born in Dendermonde Belgium he first represented Luxembourg in 1995 at the European Championships in Vienna. He swam in...

23. Geert De Vlieger (1971)

Footballer

Geert De Vlieger is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper. He started his career in his home country playing for Anderlecht and Beveren before moving to Holland and playing for Willem...

24. Prudens van Duyse (1804)

Writer

Prudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse was a Flemish writer. He started his career a clerk of a notary but afterwards studied law at the University of Ghent where...

25. Gaston Burssens (1896)

Poet

Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens was a Belgian Expressionist poet. He studied in Flanders at the University of Ghent at which during World War I the Germans introduced classes given in...

26. Emmanuel Hiel (1834)

Poet Writer

Emmanuel Hiel was a Flemish-Dutch poet and prose writer. Hiel was born at Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde. During his life he held various jobs from teacher and government official to journalist and bookseller...

27. Siebe Blondelle (1986)

Belgian Footballer

Siebe Blondelle is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Waasland-Beveren.

28. Tim De Meersman (1985)

Footballer

Tim de Meersman is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Sportkring Sint-Niklaas. He formerly played for Germinal Beerschot Vitesse FC Eindhoven ADO Den Haag and FC Dender.

29. Tom Van Mol (1972)

Footballer

Tom Van Mol is a Belgian professional left-footed football player. He used to play as side midfielder but due to his decreasing speed he is fielded as full-back.