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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
- 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
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
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
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
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
1961-1970
- Philippe Allaert (* 1961), jazz and fusion musician
- Florence Aubenas (* 1961), French journalist
- Éric Bachelart (* 1961), racing team owner and racing car driver
- Carsten Höller (* 1961), object and installation artist
- Astrid of Belgium (* 1962), princess
- Philippe Lamberts (* 1963), politician
- Michel Weber (* 1963), philosopher
- Marianne Basler (* 1964), French actress of Swiss origin
- Bart Defoort (* 1964), jazz musician
- Nicolas Fiszman (* 1964), jazz and fusion musician
- Christophe Beaucarne (* 1965), cameraman
- David Linx (* 1965), jazz and chanson singer and composer
- Élisa Brune (1966–2018), writer and journalist
- Stéphane De Groodt (born 1966), actor
- Patrick Ouchène (* 1966), singer
- Jeanfrançois Prins (* 1967), jazz musician
- Anne Wolf (* 1967), jazz musician
- Natacha Amal (* 1968), actress
- Frédéric Etherlinck (* 1968), Walloon singer
- Nicolas Thys (* 1968), jazz musician
- Stéphane Galland (* 1969), fusion and jazz musician
- Youri Mulder (* 1969), Dutch football player, coach and sports commentator
- Helena Noguerra (* 1969), singer, actress and writer
- Hubertus Regout (* 1969), actor
- Kitty Crowther (* 1970), author and illustrator of picture books
1971-1980
- François Vincentelli (* 1971), Belgian actor of Corsican origin
- Brian Molko (* 1972), British-American musician
- Laurence Tieleman (* 1972), Italian tennis player
- Lubna Azabal (* 1973), Belgian-Moroccan-Spanish actress
- Stéphane Lémeret (* 1973), journalist and racing car driver
- Stefan Casteleyn (* 1974), squash player
- Julia Koschitz (* 1974), Austrian actress
- Laetitia Calmeyn (* 1975), Roman Catholic theologian
- Vanina Ickx (* 1975), racing driver, daughter of Jacky Ickx
- Julien De Smedt (* 1975), Belgian-Danish architect
- Udo Mechels (* 1976), Flemish singer
- Edna Stern (* 1977), Belgian-Israeli pianist
- Olivier Theyskens (* 1977), fashion designer
- Bülent Akın (* 1978), Belgian-Turkish soccer player
- Joachim Florent (* 1979), jazz musician
1981-1990
- Émilie Heymans (* 1981), Canadian water diver
- Jérémie Renier (* 1981), theater and film actor
- Urko Pardo (* 1983), Spanish-Belgian soccer goalkeeper
- Nicolas Acht (* 1985), conductor, singer, lutenist, harpsichordist and harpist
- Faris Haroun (born 1985), football player
- Stromae (* 1985), musician
- Nico Verdonck (* 1985), racing driver
- Yves Makabu-Makalambay (* 1986), Congolese-Belgian football player
- Axel Bäck (* 1987), Swedish ski racer
- Chloé Graftiaux (1987-2010), sport climber
- Timm Wilke (* 1988), chemist
- Salah Abdeslam (* 1989), French suspected Islamist terrorist of Moroccan origin
- Ibrahim Maaroufi (* 1989), Belgian-Moroccan football player
- Benjamin Mokulu (* 1989), Congolese-Belgian football player
- Umut Gündoğan (* 1990), Belgian-Turkish soccer player
- Omar El Kaddouri (* 1990), Moroccan-Belgian football player
- Jenna Thiam (* 1990), French actress and voice actress
1991-2000
- Arnor Angeli (* 1991), football player
- Grégory Mertens (1991-2015), football player
- Jonas Bloquet (* 1992), actor
- Michy Batshuayi (* 1993), football player
- Lost Frequencies (* 1993), DJ and producer
- Tayfun Aksoy (* 1994), Belgian-Turkish football player
- Joris Kayembe (* 1994), soccer player
- Junior Malanda (1994–2015), football player of Congolese origin
- Nafissatou Thiam (* 1994), heptathlete
- Baptiste Guillaume (* 1995), football player
- Adnan Januzaj (* 1995), football player of Kosovar Albanian origin
- Yumi Lambert (* 1995), model
- Celine Buckens (* 1996), Belgian-British actress
- Andy Kawaya (* 1996), soccer player
- Charly Musonda (* 1996), soccer player of Zambian origin
- Aaron Leya Iseka (born 1997), football player
- Ismail Azzaoui (* 1998), football player of Moroccan origin
- Orel Mangala (* 1998), football player
- Blanche (* 1999), singer
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