People from Belgium

15 people remembered here.

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  Yves Schlirf

  1950 – 2026 · Comic-book bookseller

  The Brussels bookseller who built Kana, steered XIII and Blake et Mortimer, and put Naruto into Francophone hands.

  71 candles · 5 tributes
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  Noël Godin

  1945 – 2026 · Writer

  Entartons les pompeux cornichons: Belgium's anarchist pie thrower who pied the powerful.

  65 candles · 5 tributes
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  Wilfried Wesemael

  1950 – 2026 · Professional road cyclist (1973-1982)

  Tour de Suisse winner who became Aalst's WilFrit, serving fries as hard as he rode.

  61 candles · 7 tributes
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  Roger Cooreman

  1941 – 2026 · Professional cyclist

  Boom cyclist who was fourth in Liège and rode the 1969 Tour for Herman Van Springel.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Pierre Hazette

  1939 – 2026 · Politician and writer

  Teacher of Latin who became Belgium's champion of the school, in parliament and in government.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jozef Deleu

  1937 – 2026 · Poet

  He lived on the border and spent his life building bridges for the Dutch language.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Raoul Vaneigem

  1934 – 2026 · Writer

  Situationist lyricist of everyday revolt whose 1967 Traité helped fire Mai 68.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Léon Ghosez

  1934 – 2026 · Organic chemist

  Louvain chemist who built a school of organic chemistry and trained a generation of scientists.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  James Storme

  1943 – 2026 · Footballer (midfielder/winger)

  Gent's 1964 Cup pioneer who coached with flair and called life a feast.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Marcel Neven

  1943 – 2026 · Politician

  Burgomaster of Visé for nearly thirty years, a teacher, legislator and lifelong champion of local sport.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  Frank Michael

  1947 – 2026 · Singer

  The Seraing crooner who sang of love for fifty years and gave his heart to the fans who filled his halls.

  6 candles · 1 tributes
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  François Englert

  1932 – 2026 · Theoretical physicist

  Hidden child of the Holocaust who showed how the universe gives matter its mass.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Frans Geysen

  1936 – 2026 · Composer

  Flemish composer who found his own path to repetitive music and gave the recorder quartet a modern voice.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Bernard Boileau

  1959 – 2026 · Tennis player

  Eight times Belgian champion whose backhand Yannick Noah called the most beautiful on the circuit.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jacqueline Van Quaille

  1936 – 2026 · Operatic soprano

  Ghent soprano, the diva of Flanders, who sang for 56 years from Tosca to Castafiore.

  3 candles · 1 tributes