Famous Belgians

Are or were belgian citizens at least for sometime in their life.

Famous belgians. Jean baptiste django reinhardt invented the technique for playing guitar with two fingers. Belgian roman catholic priest georges lemaître proposed what he called the hypothesis of the primeval atom which would later become known as the big bang theory of the origin of the universe. Ingrid vandebosch born 8 november 1970 is a belgian model and actress who won the elite look of the year award in 1990. Surrealist painter rené magritte was belgian.

Were born in belgium or in the provinces of present day belgium but who were not or are not belgian citizens either because belgium did not exist at the time of their life or because they had or have another citizenship. The greatest belgian end results showed. She is the wife of the retired nascar driver jeff gordon. He was belgian and probably one of the internationally best known belgian celebrities.

Famous belgians in science 14. Once a month we will collate the submissions and update the top 10 list shown below in accordance with your votes. Albert claude was the first scientist to isolate a cancer cell and georges lemaitre provided us with the big bang theory. Leopold ii of belgium dec.

You can decide who are the all time most famous belgians by letting us know who you would put in the top 10. Jacques brel 31 votes 19 1 percent peter paul rubens 31 19 1 percent father damiaan 30 18 5 percent gerardus mercator 18 11 1 percent eddy merckx. Find out more about the greatest belgians including jean claude van damme romelu lukaku eden hazard kevin de bruyne and leopold ii of belgium. The current top 10 famous belgians are.

This is a list of notable belgian people who either. The names of people of this category are italicized. Famous belgian singers and musicians. He founded and served as first governor of new amsterdam a k a.

The nobel prize for peace has been won by belgians three times. Ambiorix gaul chief prince of eburones who resisted the invasion of julius caesar pierre peter minuit 1589 1638 walloon who purchased the island of manhattan from the native americans in 1626.