Famous Belgian

The Most Famous Belgian
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Michel Qissi	September 12, 1962	Belgian	Michel Qissi is a Moroccan-Belgian actor known for his role in the martial arts flick ‘Kickboxer.’
Stromae	March 12, 1985	Belgian	Stromae is a Belgian musician, rapper, singer and songwriter
Natacha Van Honacker		Belgian	Natacha Van Honacker is the wife of Belgian soccer player Eden Hazard
Lara Fabian	January 9, 1970	Belgian	Lara Fabian is a renowned singer-songwriter from Belgium, known for having recorded the famous self-titled album
Jean-Claude Van Damme	October 18, 1960	Belgian	Jean-Claude Van Damme is a popular Belgian martial artist, actor and director
Tony Parker	May 17, 1982	Belgian	Tony Parker is a French professional basketball player
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
Rene Magritte	November 21, 1898	Belgian	Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his thought-provoking images that force the observers to think beyond their perceptions of reality
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

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

Christian de Duve was a Belgian cytologist and biochemist known for his discoveries about the internal workings of cells

Jules Bordet was a Belgian microbiologist and immunologist who won the 1919 Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discoveries relating to immunity"

Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer and actor considered a master of the modern chanson

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

Georges Lemaitre was a Belgian scientist and priest

Peter Paul Rubens was a Dutch artist, who rose to become one of the most influential Baroque painters of his generation

Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque painter who was well-known for his works during the 17th century