List of sons and daughters of Brussels

This list includes - without claiming to be exhaustive - people born in Brussels-Capital and represented with an article in the German-language Wikipedia.

7th to 15th centuries

Margaret of Austria
(1480–1530)

601-1400

Gudula of Brussels and Eibingen († between 680 and 714), patroness of the city and the state of Belgium

1401-1500

Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482), Duchess of Burgundy
Johannes Mauburnus (around 1460–1502), Dutch Augustinian canon, theologian and writer of edification
Philip of Burgundy (1464–1524), Admiral of the Netherlands and Bishop of Utrecht
Margaret of Austria (1480–1530), Austrian princess, regent of the Netherlands
Bernard van Orley (1491 / 1492–1542), Flemish painter

16th Century

Isabella of Austria
(1501–1526)

Aubertus Miraeus
(1573-1640)

1501-1550

Isabella of Austria (1501–1526), Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Pedro de Campaña (1503–1580), Flemish painter
Mary of Hungary (1505–1558), Princess of Castile, Austria and Burgundy and Queen of Bohemia and Hungary
Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), anatomist and is considered the founder of modern anatomy and morphological thinking in medicine
Karl I (1516–1576), Count of Hohenzollern
Leonhard I. von Taxis (≈1522–1612), postmaster general of the 16th / 17th centuries. Century
Ludwig von Boisot (≈1530–1576), Dutch admiral
Heinrich von Brederode (1531–1568), Flemish pioneer for the liberation of the Dutch from Spanish rule
Philips van Marnix (1540–1598), Dutch writer, officer and politician
Joos van Winghe (1542–1603), Flemish history painter

1551-1600

Lamoral von Taxis (1557–1624), postmaster general of the 17th century
Joachim Denich (1560–1633), German legal scholar and university professor
Nicolas Gistou (≈1560–1609), Danish composer
Johannes Miraeus (1560–1611), Roman Catholic Bishop of Antwerp
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638), Brabant genre painter
Franciscus Aguilonius (1567–1617), mathematician and physicist
Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625), Flemish painter
Maria von Eicken (1571–1636), wife of Margrave Eduard Fortunat von Baden
François van Aerssen (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat
Odo van Maelcote (1572–1615), Jesuit, astronomer and mathematician
Aubertus Miraeus (1573–1640), church historian and Roman Catholic clergyman
Jan Jacobs (1575–1650), Flemish goldsmith
Adriaan van de Spiegel (1578–1625), Flemish anatomist, surgeon and botanist
Johan Baptista van Helmont (1580–1644), Flemish universal scientist, doctor, natural scientist and chemist
Herman Hugo (1588-1629), Jesuit
Alexandrine von Taxis (1589–1666), postmaster general of the 17th century
Philipp Alegambe (1592–1652), Jesuit and historian
Leonhard II von Taxis (1594–1628), postmaster general of the 17th century
François Duquesnoy (1597–1643), Flemish sculptor
François Caron (≈1600–1673), General Director of the Dutch East India Company and General Director of the French East India Company

17th century

Jacques d'Arthois
(1613–1686)

Leopold Philipp
(1690–1754)

1601-1650

Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674), French painter
Johann von Goëss (1612–1696), Roman Catholic bishop of Gurk and cardinal
Jacques d'Arthois (1613–1686), Flemish landscape painter
Philippe van Wichel (1614–1675), Dutch-Belgian composer, violinist and zinc player
Charles de Noyelle (1615–1686), Order General of the Societas Jesu
Michiel Sweerts (1618–1664), Flemish painter and etcher
Albert D'Orville (1621–1662), Jesuit, missionary in China and cartographer
Alphonsus de Berghes (1624–1689), Roman Catholic theologian and Archbishop of Mechelen
Gillis van Tilborgh (around 1625–1678), Flemish painter
Lucas Achtschellinck (1626–1699), Flemish landscape painter
Adam Frans van der Meulen (1632–1690), Flemish battle, genre and landscape painter
Karl Eugen (1633–1681), Duke of Arenberg
Francis Van Bossuit (1635–1692), Flemish sculptor
Albert Octave t'Serclaes de Tilly (1646–1715), Spanish councilor and field marshal
Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes van Tilly (1648–1723), Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
Charles Henri de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1649–1723), French nobleman, attorney to the throne for the Duchy of Lorraine and Bar

1651-1700

Eugen Alexander von Thurn and Taxis (1652–1714), postmaster general promoted to prince of the 17th and 18th centuries. Century
Philipp van Dievoet (1654–1738), goldsmith and advisor to King Louis XIV.
Peter van Dievoet (1661–1729), sculptor
Georg Ludwig von Berghes (1662–1743), Prince-Bishop of Liège
Alphonse d'Ève (1666–1727), Flemish singer, composer and choir director
Wilhelm Hyacinth (1666–1743), Prince of Orange and Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Jean Philippe Eugène de Merode-Westerloo (1674–1732), Imperial Field Marshal
Anselm Franz von Thurn und Taxis (1681–1739), prince and postmaster general of the 18th century
Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746), Flemish composer and bandmaster of the Baroque
Leopold Philipp von Arenberg (1690–1754), Imperial Field Marshal
Jan Lauwryn Krafft (1694–1767), engraver, eraser, shape cutter, writer, publisher and singer

Charles VII (1697–1745), Holy Roman Emperor

Clemens August von Bayern (1700–1761), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne

18th century

Marie Camargo
(1710-1770)

Charles Joseph de Ligne
(1735-1814)

Claude-Charles Pierquin
(1798–1863)

1701-1750

Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741), violinist and composer
Hyacinth de La Pegna (1706–1772), French battle and vedute painter
Marie Camargo (1710-1770), French dancer
Joseph Dall'Abaco (1710–1805), Italian musician and composer
Jean-Baptiste Cupis de Camargo (1711–1788), French violinist and composer
Maria Viktoria Pauline von Arenberg (1714–1793), Margravine of Baden-Baden
Charles-Joseph van Helmont (1715–1790), Flemish church musician and composer
Carl Eugen (1728–1793), Duke of Württemberg
Pieter van Maldere (1729–1768), violinist and composer of the pre-classical period
Hendrik van der Noot (1731–1827), lawyer and one of the leaders in the Brabant Revolution
Charles Joseph de Ligne (1735–1814), officer, diplomat and writer
Ludwig Engelbert von Arenberg (1750–1820), Duke of Arenberg

1751-1800

August Maria Raimund zu Arenberg (1753–1833), officer in the French service

Johann Ludwig von Cobenzl (1753–1809), Austrian statesman

François-Dominique Mosselman (1754–1840), Belgian banker and industrialist

Joseph Gehot (1756–1820), violinist and composer

Leone Baptiste Dumonceau (1760–1821), Dutch officer and Marshal of Holland

Peter Joseph Triest (1760–1836), canon of the Roman Catholic Church

Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot (1761–1794), French revolutionary

Jean-Baptiste van Mons (1765–1842), physicist, chemist, botanist, gardener and pomologist

Philippe Joseph Boucqueau (1773–1834), French prefect

François Van Campenhout (1779–1848), opera singer, conductor and composer

Georg Franz August von Buquoy (1781–1851), son of Leopold Albert de Longueval

Emmanuel van der Linden d'Hooghvorst (1781–1866), politician

Jean de Colins (1783-1859), French social philosopher

Alfred I. zu Windisch-Graetz (1787–1862), Austrian field marshal

Amalie Luise von Arenberg (1789–1823), grandmother of Empress Sissi

Konstantin d'Aspre (1789–1850), Austrian general

Philippe Vandermaelen (1795–1869), cartographer and geographer

Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796–1877), painter

Simon Leborne (1797–1866), Belgian-French composer and professor at the Conservatoire de Paris

André Robrechtes (1797–1860), violinist and composer

Léonard Greindl (1798–1875), Lieutenant General and Minister

Claude-Charles Pierquin (1798–1863), French physician, polygraph, Romance philologist and dialectologist

Henri Decaisne (1799–1852), genre painter, portrait painter and history painter

André Jolly (1799–1883), general and member of the Provisional Government

Michel Ghislain Stapleaux (1799–1881), portrait, genre and history painter
Ange François (1800–1867), history, genre and animal painter

19th century

Joseph Decaisne
(1807-1882)

Alphonse Wauters
(1817–1898)

Adolphe van Soust de Borckenfeldt
(1824–1877)

Jules Anspach
(1829–1879)

Leopold II
(1835–1909)

Henri Carton de Wiart
(1869–1951)

Albert I.
(1875-1934)

Victor Boin
(1886–1974)

Yvonne George
(1896-1930)

1801-1820

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (1801–1883), Belgian-Walloon physicist and photography pioneer
Jules Joseph d'Anethan (1803-1888), statesman
Erin Corr (1803–1862), engraver and engraver of Irish descent
August van Dievoet (1803–1865), legal historian, judge and lawyer
Jean Kickx (1803–1864), botanist
Charles Vilain XIIII (1803-1878), politician
Adèle Kindt (1804–1884), history and portrait painter
Eugène de Ligne (1804–1880), politician
Pierre-François Verhulst (1804–1849), mathematician
Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882), French botanist
Jean-Baptiste Singelée (1812–1875), composer, violinist and conductor
Gustave Vaëz (1812–1862), playwright, librettist and translator of opera libretti
Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens (1816–1894), diplomat
Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans (1816–1889), painter
Charles Leickert (1816–1907), painter
Joseph Poelaert (1817–1879), architect
Henri t'Kint de Roodenbeke (1817–1900), politician
Alphonse Wauters (1817–1898), archivist and historian
William III. (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Joseph Stevens (1819–1892), animal painter and etcher
François Stroobant (1819–1916), painter, engraver and illustrator

1821-1840

Alfred van der Smissen (1823–1895), General
Alfred Stevens (1823–1906), painter
Adolphe van Soust de Borckenfeldt (1824–1877), poet and art historian
Engelbert-August von Arenberg (1824–1875), German landlord
Henri Van Seben (1825–1913), genre and landscape painter
Carlos de Haes (1826–1898), Spanish landscape painter and impressionist of Belgian origin
Antoinette de Mérode (1828–1864), Princess of Monaco
Jules Anspach (1829–1879), Mayor of Brussels
Charles Bourseul (1829–1912), French telegraph technician and inventor
Gustave Saintenoy (1832-1892), architect
Jean Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900), composer, violinist, violin teacher and conductor
Henry Campotosto (1833-1910), genre painter
Alphonse Mailly (1833–1918), organist and composer
Leopold II (1835–1909), King of Belgium (1865–1909)
Edmond Picard (1836–1924), lawyer and writer
Guillaume Vogels (1836-1896), painter
Karel Buls (1837-1914), politician
Alfred Cluysenaar (1837–1902), history and portrait painter
Charles Graux (1837–1910), lawyer and politician
Philip of Belgium (1837–1905), Prince of Belgium, Count of Flanders
Charles Woeste (1837–1922), lawyer and politician
Alphonse Asselbergs (1839–1916), landscape painter
Charles Hermans (1839-1924), painter

1841-1860

Edouard Agneessens (1842–1885), portrait painter
Marie Collart (1842–1911), landscape painter
Joseph Devolder (1842–1919), politician
Joseph Hansen (1842–1907), dancer and choreographer
Laura Lafargue (1845–1911), daughter of Jenny and Karl Marx
Adolphe Prins (1845–1919), legal scholar and criminologist
Emile Wauters (1846–1933), painter
Agapit Stevens (1848-1924), painter
Joseph d'Ursel (1848–1903), politician
Adolphe Hamesse (1849–1925), landscape painter
Jean-Baptiste de Pauw (1852–1924), organist, composer and music teacher
Auguste Bourotte (1853–1943), genre painter
Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), lawyer and politician
Léon Frédéric (1856–1940), painter
J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856–1940), Belgian-French writer
Berthe Art (1857–1934), pastel and still life painter
Lucien Frank (1857–1920), landscape painter
Ludovic Moncheur (1857–1940), diplomat
Alice Ronner (1857–1957), painter
George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937), Belgian-British zoologist
Édouard Elle (1859–1911), architect and watercolorist
Paul Costermans (1860–1905), Lieutenant Governor of the Congo Free State

1861-1880

Franz Gailliard (1861–1932), painter, etcher and illustrator
Victor Horta (1861–1947), Art Nouveau architect
Frantz Charlet (1862–1928), painter, etcher and lithographer
Eugène van Dievoet (1862–1937), architect
Emile Brunet (1863–1945), politician
Lucien Emile Francqui (1863–1935), Africa explorer and statesman
Paul Pelseneer (1863-1945), zoologist
Emile Vauthier (1864–1946), portrait painter
Paul Gilson (1865–1942), composer and professor
Paul Chevré (1866-1914), French sculptor
Henry de Groux (1866–1930), painter, lithographer and sculptor
Juliette Wytsman (1866–1925), landscape painter
Victor Gilsoul (1867–1939), landscape painter and etcher
Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French general in the First and Second World Wars
Jean Gouweloos (1868–1943), portrait and nude painter, poster artist and lithographer
Paul Otlet (1868–1944), pioneer of information management and founder of modern documentation science
Baudouin of Belgium (1869-1891), Prince of Belgium
Henri Carton de Wiart (1869–1951), Roman Catholic politician and Prime Minister
Alphonse Demoulin (1869–1947), mathematician
Henri van Dievoet (1869–1931), architect
Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert (1870–1926), opera singer, art critic, writer
Henriette of Belgium (1870–1948), Princess of Belgium
Henri Roorda (1870–1925), Swiss teacher, writer and anarchist
Josephine of Belgium (1872–1958), Princess of Belgium and, by marriage, Princess of Hohenzollern
Paul-Émile Janson (1872–1944), politician and Prime Minister
August Vermeylen (1872–1945), writer, literary critic, art historian and politician
Marie Janson (1873–1960), politician and women's rights activist
Henri Verbrugghen (1873–1934), conductor, violinist and music teacher
Albert I (1875–1934), King of the Belgians
Arnold Cremer (1875–1958), German lawyer, industrialist and politician
Gabriel van Dievoet (1875–1934), painter and Art Nouveau decorator
Jules Sales (* 1875), racing cyclist
Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876–1942), third President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1925 to 1942
Thomas Braun (1876–1961), writer, literary scholar and lawyer
Edgard Tytgat (1879–1957), painter and illustrator
Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1963), British Lieutenant General

1881-1900

Henri Anspach (1882–1979), fencer
Herman d'Oultremont (1882–1943), show jumper
Lazare Lévy (1882–1964), French pianist, music teacher and composer
Camille Gutt (1884–1971), industrialist and politician
Marios Varvoglis (1885–1967), Greek composer
Victor Boin (1886–1974), sports journalist, athlete and sports official
Paul Loicq (1888–1953), ice hockey player, referee and official
Nicolas Eekman (1889–1973), Dutch figurative painter
Jozef Van Bever (1889–1954), track cyclist
Freddy Charlier (1890–1929), ice hockey player and racing car driver
Victor Serge (1890–1947), journalist, writer and radical left revolutionary
Jacques Leclercq (1891–1971), philosopher and theologian
Betty Lambert (1894–1969), member of the Rothschild dynasty, escape helper in World War II
Thierry de Briey (1895–1945), nobleman and show jumper
Jacques Errera (1896–1977), physical chemist
Yvonne George (1896–1930), singer and actress
Henry Robinson (1897–1944), functionary of the Comintern and the Communist Youth International
Germaine van Dievoet (1899–1990), swimmer
Léon Barzin (1900–1999), American conductor and violist of Belgian origin

20th century

1901-1910

Charles of Belgium
(1903–1983)

Carlos Van den Driessche (1901–1972), ice hockey player
Leopold III. (1901–1983), King of the Belgians (1934–1951)
René Moulaert (1901–1965), set designer and film architect
Louisa Ghijs (1902–1985), operetta singer and actress
Charles of Belgium (1903–1983), Prince Regent of Belgium, second son of the Belgian King Albert I.
ELT Mesens (1903–1971), art dealer and critic, musician, painter and writer
Julio Perceval (1903–1963), Argentine composer, organist and music teacher
Charles Spaak (1903–1975), screenwriter and film director
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), writer
Stan Brenders (1904–1969), pianist and orchestra conductor
Pierre Chenal (1904–1990), French film director and screenwriter
EP Jacobs (1904-1987), comic strip artist
Raymond Rouleau (1904–1981), actor and director
Jacques Van Melkebeke (1904–1983), comic book author
Fernand Coppieters (1905–1981), jazz and entertainment musician
Marcel Hastir (1906–2011), painter
Francis Walder (1906-1997), writer
Hergé (1907–1983), comic book author and illustrator
Emmanuelle Cinquin NDS (1908–2008), Belgian-French religious
Gustav René Hocke (1908–1985), German journalist, freelance writer and cultural historian
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009), French ethnologist and anthropologist
Jules Lismonde (1908-2001), painter
Erik Haps (1909–1934), motorcycle racer
Jean Jadot (1909–2009), Archbishop of Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
Jos Moerenhout (1909–1985), composer and conductor
Josane Sigart (1909–1999), tennis player

1911-1920

Julio Cortázar
(1914-1984)

Dov Bar-Nir (1911-2000), Israeli politician
Suzanne Danco (1911-2000), opera singer
Marie-Louise Henry (1911–2006), Franco-German theologian and university professor
Charles van Acker (1912–1998), American racing driver of Belgian origin
Johan Hendrik Weidner (1912–1994), Dutch businessman and diplomat
Christian Kautz (1913–1948), Swiss automobile racing driver
Lotte Koch (1913–2013), German actress
Julio Cortázar (1914–1984), Argentine-French writer
Christl Cranz (1914–2004), German ski racer
Ferdinand Käs (1914–1988), Austrian professional soldier and anti-fascist resistance fighter
Louis Napoléon (1914–1997), French head of the Bonaparte family
Jean Jérôme Hamer (1916–1996), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Georges Berger (1918–1967), racing car driver
Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery (1919-2006), polar explorer
Jacques Maquet (1919–2013), anthropologist and Africanist

1921-1930

Audrey Hepburn
(1929-1993)

FM-2030
(1930-2000)

1921-1925

Henri Segers (1921–1983), jazz and entertainment musician
Gilbert Stork (1921–2017), American chemist
André Willequet (1921–1998), sculptor
Alain de Changy (1922–1994), racing car driver
Jacques Piccard (1922–2008), Swiss oceanographer
Jean “Toots” Thielemans (1922–2016), jazz musician
José Comblin (1923–2011), Belgian-Brazilian clergyman, missionary and Roman Catholic theologian
Alice von Hildebrand (* 1923), Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian
Olivier Gendebien (1924–1998), racing car driver
Georges Hacquin (* 1924), racing car driver
Léon Van Hove (1924–1990), theoretical physicist
Jacky June (1924–2012), jazz musician and band leader
Ralph Miliband (1924–1994), Belgian-British Marxist political scientist
Philippe Washer (1924–2015), tennis player
René Carcan (1925–1993), artist
Micheline Lannoy (* 1925), figure skater
Hubert Nyssen (1925–2011), French publisher, essayist and writer

1926-1930

François Craenhals (1926–2004), cartoonist
Antoine Hacault (1926–2000), Roman Catholic Archbishop in Canada
Xavier de Villepin (1926-2014), French politician
Jacques Swaters (1926–2010), racing car driver and racing team owner
Pierre Alechinsky (* 1927), painter
Joséphine Charlotte (1927–2005), mother of the Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri
Charles de Tornaco (1927–1953), Formula 1 racing driver
Monique van Vooren (1927-2020), actress
Emile Wafflard (1927–1994), billiards player and world champion
Adolphe Gesché (1928–2003), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
Peyo (1928–1992), comic book artist
Antoinette Spaak (* 1928), politician
Gilberte Thirion (1928–2008), Belgian racing driver
Agnès Varda (1928–2019), film director
Gabrielle Vincent (1928–2000), artist, children's book author and illustrator
Jacques Brel (1929–1978), chansonnier and actor
Liz Claiborne (1929–2007), American fashion designer
Jacqueline Harpman (1929–2012), writer and psychoanalyst
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), actress of British-Dutch origin
Francisco Norden (* 1929), Colombian film director, screenwriter and film producer
Maurice Beerblock (1930–1998), actor and director
Francis Coppieters (1930–1990), pianist and arranger
FM-2030 (1930-2000), Iranian-American writer, philosopher, and transhumanist

1931-1940

Jacques Neirynck
(* 1931)

Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
(* 1936)

1931-1935

René Follet (1931–2020), cartoonist
Jacques Neirynck (* 1931), Swiss electrical engineer, consumer advocate and author
Étienne Périer (1931–2020), film director, screenwriter and actor
Henri Simonet (1931–1996), politician
Albert II (* 1934), King of the Belgians
Guy Peellaert (1934–2008), illustrator and cartoonist
Peter Gaspar (1935–2019), American chemist
Simon Leys (1935–2014), sinologist, writer and translator

1936-1940

André Adam (1936-2016), diplomat
Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb (* 1936), politician
Pierre Bartholomée (* 1937), composer, conductor and pianist
Patrick Bauchau (* 1938), actor
Freddie Deronde (1938–2012), jazz bassist
John M. Deutch (* 1938), American government official and director of the CIA
Joël Vandroogenbroeck (1938–2019), rock and jazz musician
Jean Van Hamme (* 1939), author of adventure novels, screenplays and comics
Robert Janssens (* 1939), composer, conductor and music teacher
Alexis Ponnet (* 1939), football referee
Marc Simenon (1939–1999), French screenwriter and director
José van Dam (* 1940), opera singer

1941-1950

Christine Beckers
(* 1943)

Diane von Fürstenberg
(* 1946)

1941-1945

Gérard Corbiau (* 1941), film director
Picha (* 1942), cartoonist, writer and film director of cartoons
Teddy Pilette (* 1942), racing car driver
Christine Beckers (* 1943), racing car driver
Pierre Deligne (* 1944), mathematician
François Mathy (* 1944), show jumper
Christine Ockrent (* 1944), journalist and television presenter
Myriam Alter (* 1945), jazz musician
Claude Bourgoignie (* 1945), racing car driver
Véronique De Keyser (* 1945), psychologist and university professor, MEP
Jacky Ickx (* 1945), Formula 1 and sports car racing driver

1946-1950

Diane von Fürstenberg (* 1946), Belgian-American fashion designer
Pierre Dieudonné (* 1947), automobile racing driver
Michel Weyland (* 1947), comic artist
Jacques Zegers (* 1947), Belgian-Walloon singer, writer, songwriter, actor and journalist
Johan Corthals (* 1948), Celtologist and Indo-Europeanist
Armand De Decker (1948–2019), politician
Daniel Goens (* 1948), racing cyclist
Vincent Grass (born 1949), actor
Michel Herr (* 1949), jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Isabelle Stengers (* 1949), philosopher and science historian
Chantal Akerman (1950–2015), film director, screenwriter and actress
Antoine Compagnon (* 1950), French literary scholar and university professor

1951-1960

Andrei Kosyrew
(* 1951)

Ursula von der Leyen
(* 1958)

Philippe
(* 1960)

1951-1955

Andrei Kozyrev (* 1951), Russian Foreign Minister
Charles Loos (* 1951), jazz pianist and composer
Chantal Maillard (* 1951), Belgian-Spanish author
Bernard de Dryver (* 1952), racing car driver
Jean-Remy von Matt (* 1952), German advertiser
Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (* 1952), jazz musician
Jean-Michel Martin (* 1953), racing car driver
Yolande Moreau (* 1953), comedian and actress
Stephen Desberg (* 1954), comic book author
Isabelle Durant (* 1954), politician
Philippe Geluck (* 1954), artist
Plastic Bertrand (* 1954), new wave musician
Benoît Sokal (* 1954), comic artist and author of computer games
Ivo Van Damme (1954–1976), Flemish athlete
Philippe Van Leeuw (* 1954), cameraman and film director
André Geerts (1955–2010), comic artist, author and cartoonist
Marc Henneaux (* 1955), theoretical physicist
Catherine Jauniaux (* 1955), singer and songwriter
Yves Swolfs (* 1955), comic author and illustrator

1956-1960

Hélène Goudin (* 1956), Swedish politician
Christian Rodembourg (* 1956), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe in Canada
François Schuiten (* 1956), comic artist and comic book scenarist
Magda Seron (* 1956), comic artist
Thierry Boutsen (* 1957), Flemish racing car driver and Formula 1 driver
Ronny Bruckner (1957–2013), entrepreneur
Michel Jadoul (* 1957), chess player
Jean-Philippe Toussaint (* 1957), writer
Philippe Vandevelde (1957–2019), cartoonist
Yslaire (* 1957), comic artist
Crisse (* 1958), comic artist
Ursula von der Leyen (* 1958), German politician (CDU), EU Commission President since December 1, 2019
Joëlle Tuerlinckx (* 1958), video and object artist
Guy Vanhengel (born 1958), politician
Mathias Dewatripont (* 1959), economist
Marc Godfroid (* 1960), jazz musician
Philippe (* 1960), reigning King of the Belgians
Isabelle Spaak (* 1960), writer