Borgerhout

People from Borgerhout

Born in Borgerhout

• Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), known by his pseudonym Athene, gaming social activist and internet personality
• Guillaume Geefs (1805-1883), sculptor
• Floris Jespers (1889-1965), painter
• Nahima Lanjri (born 1968), politician
• Paul Lebeau (1908-1982), academic
• Sister Leontine (1923-2012), pioneer of palliative care
• Milow (Jonathan Vandenbroeck) (born 1981), singer-songwriter
• André Nelis (1935-2012), sailor
• Joris Note (born 1949), writer
• Stan Ockers (1920-1956), cyclist
• Hugues C. Pernath (1931-1975), poet
• Maria Rosseels (1916-2005), journalist and actor
• Michel Seuphor (1901-1999), artist
• Robert Van Straelen (born 1934), economist
• Thomas Vinçotte (1850-1925), sculptor
• Eddy Wauters (born 1933), soccer player

(Former) inhabitants of Borgerhout

• Tom De Cock (born 1983), writer and radio–dj
• Saskia De Coster (born 1976), writer
• Bart Martens (born 1969), politician and a member of the SP.A
• Alfred Ost, (1884-1945), artist
• Anne Provoost (born 1964), writer
• Wouter Van Besien (born 1972), politician, chairman of the ecologist party Groen!
• Tom Van Laere (born 1974), musician
• Erik Van Looy (born 1962), film director
• Rik Van Steenbergen (1924-2003), racing cyclist
• Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), president of the Union of Belgian Composers

Gallery

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  Borgerhout: "districtshuis"
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  Town hall until 1890
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  Reuskens of Borgerhout

External links

• Official website