• Hercule Poirot, Belgian detective
• Johann Tserclaes Tilly, field marshall
• Louis Hennepin, first European to explore the upper Mississippi river
• Pierre Culliford, alias "Peyo", the creator of "The Smurfs"
• Andre Franquin, creator of the "Guust Flater" and "Marsupilami" comic series
• Henri-Marie Lafontaine, winner of the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize
• Christophe Plantin, bookbinder and typography expert
• Dominique Pire, winner of the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize
• Dirk Frimout, the first Belgian astronaut
• Walter Arfeuille, Guinness Record - lifted 281.5kg a distance of 17cm off the ground with his teeth in 1990

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