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CHARLEROI
Most Famous People Born in Charleroi, Belgium
- Notable people
- 345
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1936
- Most distinctive
- Architect 3.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Charleroi during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Charleroi Is Known For
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Politician is Charleroi's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (75).
Charleroi over-indexes on architect — 3.3× the global rate.
Charleroi under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Charleroi's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Music
- Film & TV
- Other
Georges Lemaître
1894 - 1966
Chantal Mouffe
Born 1943
Joseph Maréchal
1878 - 1944
Silvio Proto
Born 1983
Loïc Nottet
Born 1996
Théo Bongonda
Born 1995
Alexandre Czerniatynski
Born 1960
Mélanie De Biasio
Born 1978
François-Joseph Navez
1787 - 1869
Léon Rosenfeld
1904 - 1974
Jules Destrée
1863 - 1936
Dupa
1945 - 2000
Victor Bourgeois
1897 - 1962
Régis Genaux
1973 - 2008
André Souris
1899 - 1970
Dominique Wilms
Born 1930
Hervé Hasquin
Born 1942
Grégory Dufer
Born 1981
Toni Brogno
Born 1973
Pol Swings
1906 - 1983
Joëlle Milquet
Born 1961
Pierre Marcolini
Born 1964
Léonard Misonne
1870 - 1943
Marcel Thiry
1897 - 1977
Thierry Michel
Born 1952
Pierre Michael
1932 - 2001
Marc Wilmet
1938 - 2018
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
Born 1944
Jacob Campo Weyerman
1677 - 1747
Guillaume Hubert
Born 1994
Éloi Meulenberg
1912 - 1989
Jacques Brichant
1930 - 2011
Xavier Hanotte
Born 1960
Paul Finet
1897 - 1965
Achille Chavée
1906 - 1969
Monica Swinn
Born 1948
Loris Brogno
Born 1992
Hector Heusghem
1890 - 1982
Marcel Paquet
1947 - 2014
Felice Mazzu
Born 1966
Solange Berry
Born 1932
Henry George (cyclist)
1891 - 1976
Fernand Verhaegen
1883 - 1975
Franz (auteur)
1948 - 2003
Dorian Dessoleil
Born 1992
Louis Heusghem
1882 - 1939
Charles Delporte (artist)
1928 - 2012
Charles Meunier
1903 - 1971
Philippe d'Avilla
Born 1973
Georgette Berger
1901 - 1986
Jacques Duquesne (footballer)
Born 1940
Enzo Wouters
Born 1996
Pierre Neuville
Born 1943
Pierre Bourgeois
1898 - 1976
José-André Lacour
1919 - 2005
Fernand Le Borne
1862 - 1929
Marisabel Lomba
Born 1974
Eudore Pirmez
1830 - 1890
Gaston Salmon
1878 - 1918
Paul Melchior (professeur)
1925 - 2004
Richard Miller
Born 1954
Nestor Cambier
1879 - 1957
Fernand Quinet
1898 - 1971
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Born 1971
Claude Rolin
Born 1957
Richard De Smet
1916 - 1997
Fabrice Lig
Born 1972
Yanis Papassarantis
Born 1988
Mischaël Modrikamen
Born 1966
Paolino Bertaccini
Born 1997
Michel Hatzigeorgiou
Born 1961
Philippe Destatte
Born 1954
Alphonse Darville
1910 - 1990
Isabelle Kabatu
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JeanJass
Born 1988
Bruno Destrée
1867 - 1919
Jeff Bodart
1962 - 2008
Maurice Culot
Born 1937
S. G. Sender
1930 - 2009
Jean-Marie André
Born 1944
Jean Van Lierde
1926 - 2006
Maurice Frère
1890 - 1970
Berthe Bady
1872 - 1921
Françoise Gillard
Born 1973
Charles Szymkowicz
Born 1948
Karen Minier
Born 1973
Marthe Guillain
1890 - 1974
Philippe Henry
Born 1971
Michel Coulon
Born 1947
Mig Quinet
1906 - 2001
Ismael Debjani
Born 1990
Annette Vande Gorne
Born 1946
Vittorio Villano
Born 1988
Ben Genaux
1911 - 1996
Raoul-Marc Jennar
Born 1946
Dante Brogno
Born 1966
Sophie Verbeeck
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Marc Richir
1943 - 2015
Charles Jacobs (football)
1948 - 2013
Jean-Claude Bernardet
Born 1936
Alexandre Teklak
Born 1975
Prosper Teughels
1889 - 1942
Pol Vandromme
1927 - 2009
Christian Panier
Born 1951
Charles Pire
1941 - 2012
Marcel Delmotte
1901 - 1984
René Pedroli
1914 - 1986
Marcel Leborgne
1898 - 1978
Peter Randa
1911 - 1979
Jean-Jacques Desandrouin
1682 - 1761
Jean-Marie Defossez
Born 1971
Patrick Delperdange
Born 1960
Jacques Bertrand (chansonnier)
1817 - 1884
Joseph Huts
1913 - 1995
Sergio Salma
Born 1960
Pietro Perdichizzi
Born 1992
Serge Gennaux
Born 1938
Paul Pastur
1866 - 1938
Martin Maes
Born 1997
Paul Louka
1936 - 2011
Robert Wangermée
1920 - 2019
Élie Baussart
1887 - 1965
Walter Dalgal
Born 1954
Jules Hiernaux
1881 - 1944
Jacques Van Gompel
Born 1947
Olivier Grenson
Born 1962
Remy van den Abeele
1918 - 2006
Françoise Nimal
Born 1967
Guy-Marc Hinant
Born 1960
Dominique David (auteur)
Born 1960
Daniel Simon
Born 1952
Bernard Perpète
1961 - 2006
Pierre Carette
Born 1952
Gilberte Dumont
1910 - 1989
Yves Bossut
Born 1941
Emir Kir
Born 1968
Étienne Knoops
Born 1934
Johan Muyle
Born 1956
Léon Jomaux
1922 - 1980
Henry de Dorlodot
1855 - 1929
Paul Lebeau (jésuite)
1925 - 2012
François-Joseph-Théodore Desandrouin
1740 - 1802
Henri Bertrand (cyclist)
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Guillaume Kerbusch
Born 1988
Yvan Delsarte
1929 - 2019
Jean-Luc Fauconnier
Born 1941
Maurice-Aurélien Arnould
1914 - 2001
Oscar Behogne
1900 - 1970
William Dunker
Born 1959
Anne Alexandre (actrice)
1920 - 2010
Guillaume Dumont
1787 - 1855
Émile Lempereur
1909 - 2009
Gérald Frère
Born 1951
Tony Marlow
Born 1954
Jean-Michel Zecca
Born 1968
Rémi Bertrand
Born 1982
Albert Hublet
1896 - 1973
Sébastien Dubois (historien)
Born 1977
Carmela Locantore
Born 1957
Jacques Dofny
1923 - 1994
Véronique Cornet
1968 - 2015
Jean-Luc Wauthier
1950 - 2015
Vital Loraux
1925 - 2013
Jules Audent
1834 - 1910
Jeanne Toussaint
1887 - 1976
Jacques Culot
Born 1933
Jacques Henrard
1920 - 2008
Jean Dupuis
1875 - 1952
Fernand Mayence
1879 - 1959
Axel Gryspeerdt
Born 1944
Maurice Gilbert
Born 1934
André Stassart
Born 1937
Fanny Jandrain
Born 1985
Damien Spleeters
Born 1986
Jacques Depelsenaire
1923 - 2009
Daniel Charneux
Born 1955
Jean-Jacques Viseur
Born 1946
Marcel Havrenne
1912 - 1957
Didier Matrige
1961 - 2008
Özlem Özen
Born 1978
Édouard Michel du Faing d'Aigremont
1855 - 1931
Joël Riguelle
Born 1954
Mehdi Khchab
Born 1991
Émile Souply
1933 - 2013
René-Pierre Hasquin
1919 - 2015
Pierre Rion
Born 1959
Grégory Lazitch
Born 1992
Lapuss
Born 1979
Simon Brigode
1902 - 1978
Guy Tavernier
1924 - 1996
Éric Massin
Born 1963
Gabrielle Borile
Born 1953
Edgard Zunz
1874 - 1939
Elliot Jenicot
Born 1962
Daniel Guldemont
Born 1953
Éric Loutte
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Jean Levie
1885 - 1965
François de Brigode
Born 1962
Charles Dupuis (éditeur)
1918 - 2002
Valter Catarra
1961 - 2018
Jean-Pol Spaute
1943 - 2009
Adrien Nocent
1913 - 1996
Yvan Dailly
1916 - 1983
Roger Hanotiau
1927 - 2018
Léo Souris
1911 - 1990
Jean-Marie Stanislas Desandrouin
1738 - 1821
Yvon Vandycke
1942 - 2000
Steven Godfroid
Born 1990
Michel Lambiotte
1921 - 2013
Émile Buisset
1869 - 1925
Philippe Charlier (homme politique)
Born 1951
Adhémar Hennaut
1899 - 1977
Jonathan Bourdon
Born 1981
Louis Delune
1876 - 1940
Edmond Yernaux
1894 - 1977
Jean-Baptiste Decrolière
1839 - 1899
Jules Bufquin des Essarts
1849 - 1914
Sylvain Vouillemin
1910 - 1995
Adrien Quertinmont
Born 1993
Mochélan
Born 1983
Ernest Drion du Chapois
1869 - 1942
Georget Bertoncello
1943 - 2019
André Colasse
Born 1943
Paul-François Huart-Chapel
1770 - 1850
Léon Guiannotte
1891 - 1976
Cyprien Devilers
Born 1974
Joseph Tirou
1876 - 1952
Frans C. Lemaire
Born 1927
Éric André
1955 - 2005
Hicham Imane
Born 1975
Charles Dupret
1812 - 1902
Anthony Dufrane
Born 1977
Patrick Moriau
1951 - 2013
Raymond Troye
1908 - 2003
Pierre Mathieu
1704 - 1778
Charly Konstantinidis
Born 1985
Xavier Desgain
Born 1960
Christine Massy
Born 1979
Serdar Kilic
Born 1979
Ferdinand Davaux
1878 - 1918
Loïc Pestiaux
Born 1991
Marie Meuret-Philippot
1887 - 1939
Jean-Luc Votano
Born 1982
Pierre Salik
Born 1930
Fernand Dresse
1916 - 1993
Barbara Tausia
Born 1977
Georges Huercano-Hidalgo
Born 1962
Nicolas Tzanetatos
Born 1981
Julie Patte
Born 1976
Antoine Tanzilli
Born 1980
Auguste Cador
1822 - 1904
Basile Parent
1807 - 1866
Yves Binon
Born 1964
Adam Devreux
Born 1969
Claude Hubaux
1920 - 1979
Jacques Hubert
1940 - 2000
Jean Caeluwaert
1846 - 1918
Maurice Dehu
Born 1952
Graziana Trotta
Born 1984
Marie-Françoise Nicaise
Born 1958
Martha Orlanda
1890 - 1945
André Baudson
1927 - 1998
Francesco Biondo Dalla Casapiccola
Born 1963
Damien Miceli
Born 1984
Ferdinand Puissant
1785 - 1833
Marcel Gaillard (Belgian footballer)
1927 - 1976
Willy Longueville
Born 1910
Laurent Henquet
Born 1958
Alain Adriaens
Born 1949
Robert Dussart
1921 - 2011
Édouard Falony
1861 - 1939
Paul Timmermans
Born 1952
Manuel Roland
Born 1978
Alisson De Clercq
Born 1982
Philippe Dubois (chimiste)
Born 1965
Christine Poulin
Born 1962
Léon Furnémont
1861 - 1927
Pietro Pittalis
Born 1958
Gil Gilles
Born 1950
Georgina Mongruel
1861 - 1953
Jacques De Grave
1942 - 2010
Mario Fasano
Born 1973
Théophile Finet
1837 - 1910
Georges Butaud
1868 - 1926
Eugène Van Walleghem
1882 - 1964
Jean-Baptiste Cornez
1902 - 1955
Franz Janssens
1914 - 1985
Lodovico Sonego
Born 1956
Marc Harmegnies
Born 1947
Fernand Lechat
1895 - 1959
Eugène-François de Dorlodot
1783 - 1869
Pierre Lambillotte
1852 - 1919
Paul de Strexhe
1913 - 1999
Albert Philippot
1899 - 1974
Valentin Tincler
1898 - 1942
Pierre-Olivier Rollin
Born 1970
Yigin Osman
Born 1971
Quentin Crommen
Born 1991
Jacques Mathieu
1684 - 1747
André Bricout (homme politique)
1918 - 2003