1. Veronique Leysen (1986)

TV Actress

Actress and reality star who first made a name for herself playing Roxanne Boisier in the series Spring. She would also go on to play a recurring role in Amika and...

2. Astrid Lia (1970)

Blogger

Blogger who is known for sharing her fashion and beauty related content to her personal website About Astrid. She is also known for sharing additional photos and promotional content to...

3. Steven Defour (1988)

Belgian Footballer

Midfielder who made his professional debut in 2005 with Genk and debuted internationally for Belgium's national team in 2006.

4. Like Mike (1985)

DJ

One half of the brotherly duo known as Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike who were honored with the 2013 International Dance Music Awards Breakthrough DJ award.

5. Jeroen Simaeys (1985)

Footballer

Jeroen Simaeys is a Belgian footballer who plays as Centre Back. He joined Racing Genk on July 30 2011 and has previously played for Club Brugge K. Sint-Truidense V....

6. Marvin Ogunjimi (1987)

Footballer

Marvin Ogunjimi is a Belgian football forward of Nigerian descent who currently plays for Strømsgodset in Norwegian Premier League. He also plays for the Belgian national team.

7. Olivier Cauwenbergh (1987)

Olympic Canoeist

Olivier Cauwenbergh is a Belgian sprint canoeist. Cauwenbergh is a member of Royal Canoe Club Mechelen and thus is coached and trained by Carlos Prendes. Cauwenbergh qualified for the men's...

8. Yani Urdinov (1991)

Macedonian Footballer

Yani Urdinov is a Macedonian-Belgian professional footballer who plays for Widzew Łódź. He is a member of the Macedonian national team. Born in Mechelen Belgium Urdinov played at youth level...

9. Gustaaf Van Cauter (1948)

Former Belgian Racing Cyclist

Gustaaf Van Cauter is a former racing cyclist. He was born in Mechelen Belgium. As of 2010 Van Cauter is President of molecular imaging company Bioscan.

10. Kaat Tilley (1959)

Costume & Make-up

11. Jeannine Meulemans (1951)

Judoka

Jeannine Meulemans was Belgium’s first great international women’s judo champion. She is 10-fold Belgian judo champion who nationally remained unbeaten including in those contests she fought before weight classes were...

12. Jan Denef (1951)

Belgian Mathematician

Jan Denef is a Belgian mathematician. He is Professor of Mathematics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is a specialist of model theory number theory and algebraic geometry. He is...

13. Ferry Carondelet (1473)

Hapsburg Diplomat

Carondelet was a Habsburg diplomat advisor to Margaret of Austria and abbot at Montbenoît. He was the younger brother of Jean Carondelet.

14. Chris Joris (1952)

Belgian Musician

Chris Joris is a Belgian jazz percussionist pianist and composer. He is the son of Jan Joris an opera singer. Joris joined Aksak Maboul in 1977 appeared on their first...

15. Marcel Laurens (1952)

Cyclist

Marcel Laurens is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1983 Tour de France.

16. Bart Somers (1964)

Belgian Politician

Bartolomeus Jozef Lodewijk Rosalia Bart Somers is a Belgian Flemish politician. He is currently the mayor of Mechelen. He obtained a law degree from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

17. Mike Verstraeten (1967)

Footballer

Michaël Johan Stefan Verstraeten ]) is a Belgian politician and a former football player. His former clubs include Germinal Ekeren and R. S. C. Anderlecht. Capped for the Belgium national...

18. Jan Van Esbroeck (1968)

Belgian Politician

Jan Van Esbroeck 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.

19. Marc Hendrickx (1968)

Belgian Politician

Marc Hendrickx is a Flemish politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. He is a municipal councillor of Mechelen since 2001. He was elected as a member of the Flemish...

20. Eddy Casteels (1960)

Professional Coach

Eddy Casteels is a Belgian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Ethias League and EuroChallenge club Antwerp Giants and the Belgium national basketball team. He...

21. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (1960)

Choreographers

Anne Teresa Baroness De Keersmaeker is one of the most prominent choreographers in contemporary dance. The dance company constructed around her Rosas was in residence at La Monnaie in Brussels...

22. Mark Uytterhoeven (1957)

Filipino Actor

Mark Uytterhoeven is a Belgian television presenter and actor. Uytterhoeven appeared in the Belgian Dutch language comedy TV series Alles Kan Beter in which he presented between late 1997 and...

23. Kenny Van Hoevelen (1983)

Footballer

Kenny Van Hoevelen defender. He currently plays for RKC Waalwijk on loan from K. V. Mechelen.

24. Ludwig Neefs (Unknow)

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26. Hans Somers (1978)

Belgian Footballer

Hans Somers is a retired football attacking midfielder from Belgium who played for Lierse SK Trabzonspor and FC Utrecht.

27. Herman de Coninck (1944)

Belgian Writer

Herman de Coninck was a Belgian poet essayist journalist and publisher.

28. Henry Bauchau (1913)

Psychoanalyst Writer

Henry Bauchau was a Belgian psychoanalyst lawyer and author of French prose and poetry. He was the father of actor Patrick Bauchau.

29. Goswin de Stassart (1780)

Belgian Politician

Goswin Joseph Augustin Baron de Stassart was a Dutch-Belgian politician. Stassart studied accounting and economics in Paris. In 1804 he became Auditor in the French State Council in 1805 he...

30. Karel Verleye (1920)

Capuchin Friar Co-founder Colleg

Karel Verleye co-founded the College of Europe in Bruges in 1949 with his good friend Hendrik Brugmans. He was a Capuchin friar for 64 years. In 1945 he became philosophy...

31. Jan Standonck (Unknow)

Dutch Theologian

Jan Standonck was a Flemish priest Scholastic and reformer. He was part of the great movement for reform in the 15th-century French church. His approach was to reform the recruitment...

32. Eugène Dupréel (1879)

Belgian Philosopher

Eugène Dupréel was a Belgian philosopher. He has been professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles from 1907 to 1950 teaching logic metaphysics greek philosophy moral philosophy and sociological theory....

33. Tim Mertens (1986)

Racing Cyclist

Tim Mertens is a former Belgian professional racing cyclist. He got most of his successes on the track. Mertens retired at the end of the 2013 season at the age...

34. Anthony Limbombe (1994)

Belgian Footballer

Anthony Limbombe is a Belgian footballer who plays as a winger for Lierse on loan from Racing Genk.

35. Sven Vermant (1973)

Footballer

Sven Vermant is a retired Belgian football midfielder best known for his spells at Club Brugge and FC Schalke 04.

36. Frank Vaganée (1966)

Jazz Musician

Vaganée is a Belgian jazz saxophonist and composer. He has his own trio with Philippe Aerts recently replaced by Rosario Bonnacorso on the double bass and Dré Pallemaerts on drums....