Famous Belgian Men

The Most Famous Belgian Men
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Stromae	March 12, 1985	Belgian	Stromae is a Belgian musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
Hergé	May 22, 1907	Belgian	Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name Herge, was a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator, who created the iconic Tintin comic strip
Kevin De Bruyne	June 28, 1991	Belgian	Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgian footballer who plays for the English Premier League team ‘Manchester City’ as well as the Belgian national team.
Eden Hazard	January 7, 1991	Belgian	Eden Hazard is a Belgian professional footballer
Adrian Willaert	1490	Belgian	Adrian Willaert was a renowned Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance era and one of the most influential composers of the period
Leo Baekeland	November 14, 1863	Belgian, American	Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist well-known for his discovery of photographic paper Velox and polymeric plastic Bakelite.
Johannes Ockeghem	1410	Belgian	Johannes Ockeghem was a prized composer, choirmaster and singer in Europe during the early 15th century
Eddy Merckx	June 17, 1945	Belgian	Eddy Merckx is a former professional bicycle racer from Belgium
Adolphe Sax	November 6, 1814	Belgian	Adolphe Sax was the inventor of Saxophone
Plastic Bertrand	February 24, 1954	Belgian	Plastic Bertrand is a musician, songwriter and a well-known television personality from Belgium

Ilya Prigogine was a Russian-born Belgian physical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1977

Gerardus Mercator was a famous Flemish cartographer during the Renaissance period

Dominique Pire was a Belgian cleric and educator known for his work in helping refugees in post-World War II Europe

Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name Herge, was a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator, who created the iconic Tintin comic strip

Eddy Merckx is a former professional bicycle racer from Belgium

Plastic Bertrand is a musician, songwriter and a well-known television personality from Belgium

Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist well-known for his discovery of photographic paper Velox and polymeric plastic Bakelite.

Adolphe Sax was the inventor of Saxophone

Leopold II was the second King of the Belgians and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State

Andreas Vesalius was a 16th century Flemish physician, widely referred to as the founding father of the modern human anatomy