50.6394° N, 5.5707° E

LIEGE

Most Famous People Born in Liege, Belgium

Notable people
1,054
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1906
Most distinctive
Conductor 5.9×

A former prince-bishopric and Walloon steel capital whose bench is unusually saturated with music and the visual arts — the outsized Conductor count and a thick Composer bench trace the Conservatoire royal de Liège lineage, while the Artist and Painter clusters plus a disproportionate Sculptor count are a Flemish-primitive inheritance refracted through a francophone city. The Architect bump quietly nods at the Meuse-valley building tradition.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Liege during each.

What Liege Is Known For

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Politician is Liege's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (133).

Liege over-indexes on conductor5.9× the global rate.

Liege under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician133
  2. Football85
  3. Painter84
  4. Writer52
  5. Composer51
  6. Artist39
  7. Actor31
  8. Lawyer28
  1. Conductor165.9×
  2. Composer513.7×
  3. Artist393.6×
  4. Painter843.0×
  5. Sculptor202.9×
  6. Architect202.1×
  7. Lawyer281.5×
  8. Writer521.5×
  1. Actor310.6×
  2. Singer150.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Liege's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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1,054 notable people

0001 PAINTER

Jan van Eyck

1390 - 1441

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0002 WRITER

Georges Simenon

1903 - 1989

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0003 MONARCH

Pepin the Short

715 - 768

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0004 COMPOSER

César Franck

1822 - 1890

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0005 PLAYER

Justine Henin

Born 1982

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0006 FOOTBALL

Axel Witsel

Born 1989

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0007 COMPOSER

Eugène Ysaÿe

1858 - 1931

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0008 FOOTBALL

Kevin Mirallas

Born 1987

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0009 COMPOSER

André Grétry

1741 - 1813

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0010 FOOTBALL

Nacer Chadli

Born 1989

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0011 ACTOR

Marie Gillain

Born 1975

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0012 EDITOR

Theodor de Bry

1528 - 1598

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0013 PAINTER

Gerard de Lairesse

1640 - 1711

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0014 FOOTBALL

Zakaria Bakkali

Born 1996

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0015 PAINTER

Corneille Guillaume Beverloo

1922 - 2010

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0016 FOOTBALL

Mehdi Carcela

Born 1989

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0017 COMICS

Jean-Michel Charlier

1924 - 1989

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0018 FOOTBALL

Logan Bailly

Born 1985

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0019 FOOTBALL

Jean-François Gillet

Born 1979

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0020 ECONOMIST

Gustave de Molinari

1819 - 1912

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0021 FILM

Noël Godin

Born 1945

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0022 POLITICIAN

Jean Rey (politician)

1902 - 1983

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0023 COMPOSER

Johannes Ciconia

1370 - 1412

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0024 COMPOSER

Joseph Jongen

1873 - 1953

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0025 PLAYER

Steve Darcis

Born 1984

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0026 FOOTBALL

Guillaume Gillet

Born 1984

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0027 ENTREPRENEUR

Louis De Geer (1587–1652)

1587 - 1652

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0028 PAINTER

Lambert Lombard

1505 - 1566

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0029 BENEDICTINE

William of St-Thierry

1085 - 1148

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0030 DAUGHTER

Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany

1753 - 1789

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0031 FOOTBALL

François Sterchele

1982 - 2008

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0032 POLITICIAN

Didier Reynders

Born 1958

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0033 THEOLOGIAN

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger

1819 - 1883

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0034 FOOTBALL

Jean-Marc Bosman

Born 1964

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0035 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Marcel Detienne

1935 - 2019

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0036 PRODUCER

Francis Goya

Born 1946

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0037 FOOTBALL

Philippe Léonard

Born 1974

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0038 DIPLOMAT

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau

1727 - 1794

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0039 SINGER

Jonatan Cerrada

Born 1985

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0040 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Legear

Born 1987

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0041 PHILOSOPHER

Georges Poulet

1902 - 1991

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0042 POLITICIAN

Walthère Frère-Orban

1812 - 1896

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0043 PHYSICIST

Étienne-Gaspard Robert

1763 - 1837

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0044 CINEMA

Benoît Debie

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0045 MONK

Rupert of Deutz

1070 - 1129

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0046 POLITICIAN

Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier

1769 - 1839

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0047 WRITER

Stanislas-André Steeman

1908 - 1970

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0048 PIANIST

Bobby Jaspar

1926 - 1963

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0049 FOOTBALL

Landry Mulemo

Born 1986

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0050 FOOTBALL

Luigi Pieroni

Born 1980

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0051 ACTOR

Mehdi Dehbi

Born 1985

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0052 FOOTBALL

Önder Turacı

Born 1981

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0053 ARTIST

Eddy Paape

1920 - 2012

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0054 MONK

Bavo of Ghent

589 - 654

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0055 PRIEST

Ratherius

890 - 974

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0056 ARCHITECT

Gustave Serrurier-Bovy

1858 - 1910

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0057 SPORT

Antoine Demoitié

1990 - 2016

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0058 OFFICER

Gérard Leman

1851 - 1920

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0059 COMPOSER

Alphonse Hasselmans

1845 - 1912

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0060 GEOLOGIST

Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy

1783 - 1875

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0061 POLITICIAN

Joseph Pholien

1884 - 1968

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0062 ORGANIST

Bernard Foccroulle

Born 1953

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0063 FOOTBALL

Gaëtan Englebert

Born 1976

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0064 ARTIST

Victor Hubinon

1924 - 1979

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0065 GEOLOGIST

André Dumont

1809 - 1857

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0066 ACADEMIC

Louis de La Vallée-Poussin

1869 - 1938

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0067 REFORMER

Idelette Calvin

1509 - 1549

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0068 BANK

Georges Nagelmackers

1845 - 1905

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0069 COMPOSER

Arnold de Lantins

1420 - 1432

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0070 JUDO

Charline Van Snick

Born 1990

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0071 WRITER

Madeleine Bourdouxhe

1906 - 1996

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0072 COMPOSER

Martin Pierre Marsick

1847 - 1924

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0073 PLAYWRIGHT

Maurice Hennequin

1863 - 1926

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0074 MONK

Alger of Liège

1055 - 1132

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0075 CHRONICLER

Jean Le Bel

1290 - 1370

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0076 CINEMA

Willy Kurant

Born 1934

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0077 FOOTBALL

Deni Milošević

Born 1995

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0078 SCULPTOR

Jean Varin

1607 - 1672

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0079 THEOLOGIAN

Servais-Théodore Pinckaers

1925 - 2008

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0080 PAINTER

Bertholet Flemalle

1614 - 1675

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0081 PAINTER

Armand Rassenfosse

1862 - 1934

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0082 PAINTER

Florent Joseph Marie Willems

1823 - 1905

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0083 COMPOSER

Mateo Romero (composer)

1575 - 1647

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0084 HISTORIAN

Jean-Pierre Delville

Born 1951

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0085 WRITER

Robert Poulet

1893 - 1989

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0086 FOOTBALL

Faycal Rherras

Born 1993

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0087 VIOLIN

Lambert Massart

1811 - 1892

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0088 PAINTER

Léonard Defrance

1735 - 1805

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0089 GUITAR

René Thomas (guitarist)

1927 - 1975

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0090 BASKET

Axel Hervelle

Born 1983

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0091 FOOTBALL

Ibrahima Cissé

Born 1994

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0092 SINGER

Jacques Hustin

1940 - 2009

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0093 WRITER

Jean d'Outremeuse

1338 - 1400

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0094 PLAYER

Jean-Michel Saive

Born 1969

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0095 MUSIC

Johannes de Garlandia (music theorist)

1270 - 1320

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0096 COMPOSER

Henri Gagnebin

1886 - 1977

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0097 SINGER

Nathalie Pâque

Born 1977

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0098 FOOTBALL

Maecky Ngombo

Born 1995

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0099 COMPOSER

César Thomson

1857 - 1931

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0100 PRIEST

Anselm of Havelberg

1099 - 1158

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0101 ACADEMIC

Francis Delpérée

Born 1942

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0102 EXPLORER

Camille Coquilhat

1853 - 1891

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0103 PAINTER

Gerard Douffet

1564 - 1660

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0104 PSYCHOLOGIST

Joseph Delboeuf

1831 - 1896

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0105 SPORT

Christophe Brandt

Born 1977

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0106 ARTIST

Jean-Philippe Stassen

Born 1966

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0107 FOOTBALL

Edmilson Junior

Born 1994

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0108 ECONOMIST

Guy Quaden

Born 1945

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0109 SPORT

Léon Houa

1867 - 1918

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0110 LITERARY

Jacques Dubois (literary theorist)

Born 1933

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0111 LINGUIST

André Goosse

1926 - 2019

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0112 ARTIST

Albert Weinberg

1922 - 2011

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0113 COMPOSER

Hugo de Lantins

Died 1420

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0114 POET

Arthur Haulot

1913 - 2005

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0115 SINOLOGIST

Charles-Joseph de Harlez de Deulin

1832 - 1899

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0116 POLITICIAN

Alain Destexhe

Born 1958

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0117 BLADESMITH

Gilles Demarteau

1722 - 1776

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0118 COMPOSER

Nicolas Champion

1480 - 1533

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0119 FOOTBALL

Christophe Grégoire

Born 1980

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0120 CARICATURIST

Draner

1833 - 1926

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0121 SCULPTOR

Eugène Simonis

1810 - 1882

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0122 FOOTBALL

Sébastien Bruzzese

Born 1989

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0123 MUSIC

Steve Houben

Born 1950

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0124 COMPOSER

Jean de Castro

1540 - 1611

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0125 PLAYWRIGHT

Alfred Hennequin

1842 - 1887

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0126 PRIEST

Wazo of Liège

985 - 1048

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0127 ENTOMOLOGIST

Ernest Candèze

1827 - 1898

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0128 FOOTBALL

Mustapha Oussalah

Born 1982

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0129 CARTOONIST

Michel Kichka

Born 1954

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0130 COMPOSER

Adolphe Samuel

1824 - 1898

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0131 POET

Nicolas Ancion

Born 1971

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0132 ARISTOCRAT

Catharine of Bourbon

1440 - 1469

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0133 LINGUIST

Nicolas Ruwet

1933 - 2001

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0134 CONDUCTOR

Sylvain Dupuis

1856 - 1931

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0135 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Pierre Wolper

Born 1955

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0136 CONDUCTOR

Philippe Pierlot (violist)

Born 1958

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0137 WRITER

Eugène Savitzkaya

Born 1955

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0138 SINGER

Quynh Anh

Born 1987

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0139 POLITICIAN

Pierre Wigny

1905 - 1986

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0140 ARTIST

Nic (dessinateur)

1932 - 1993

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0141 ARTIST

Jean-Claude Servais

Born 1956

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0142 POET

Paul Dermée

1886 - 1951

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0143 WRITER

Monique Watteau

Born 1929

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0144 SURGEON

Jacques Brotchi

Born 1942

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0145 ARTIST

Bruno Gazzotti

Born 1970

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0146 PAINTER

Antoine Ansiaux

1764 - 1840

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0147 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Buatu Mananga

Born 1993

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0148 POLITICIAN

François Perin

1921 - 2013

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0149 PHYSIOLOGIST

Pierre-Hubert Nysten

1771 - 1818

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0150 ZOOLOGIST

Jacques Balthazart

Born 1949

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0151 WRITER

Caroline Lamarche

Born 1955

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0152 BISHOP

Adelmann

1000 - 1061

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0153 FOOTBALL

Pierre-Yves Ngawa

Born 1992

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0154 COMPOSER

Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick

1755 - 1799

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0155 FOOTBALL

Jean Capelle

1913 - 1977

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0156 MUSIC

Jacques Pelzer

1924 - 1994

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0157 MANUFACTURER

Jean Curtius

1551 - 1628

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0158 CONDUCTOR

Léon Jongen

1884 - 1969

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0159 ORGANIST

Lambert Chaumont

1645 - 1712

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0160 PAINTER

Louis Bernard Coclers

1741 - 1817

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0161 ARCHEOLOGIST

Henri Lavachery

1885 - 1972

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0162 POLITICIAN

Fernand Dehousse

1906 - 1976

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0163 MARSHAL

Ferdinand de Marsin

1656 - 1706

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0164 PRIEST

Marie Thérèse Haze

1782 - 1876

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0165 SCULPTOR

Jean de Liège

1330 - 1381

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0166 FOOTBALL

Louis Carré

1925 - 2002

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0167 BIOCHEMIST

Marcel Florkin

1900 - 1979

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0168 FOOTBALL

Leroy Labylle

Born 1991

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0169 LAWYER

Jean Dabin

1889 - 1971

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0170 COMPOSER

Ivan Caryll

1861 - 1921

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0171 FOOTBALL

José Riga

Born 1957

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0172 SOCIOLOGIST

Paul Harsin

1902 - 1983

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0173 PLAYER

Pat DuPré

Born 1954

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0174 POLITICIAN

Daniel Bacquelaine

Born 1952

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0175 POLITICIAN

Jacques Grippa

1913 - 1990

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0176 WRITER

Alain Le Bussy

1947 - 2010

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0177 FOOTBALL

Jérémy Serwy

Born 1991

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0178 POLITICIAN

Anne Delvaux

Born 1970

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0179 BIOLOGIST

Lise Thiry

Born 1921

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0180 COMPOSER

Charles Rosier

1640 - 1725

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0181 COMPOSER

Jean-Théodore Radoux

1835 - 1911

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0182 BOXER

Jean Delarge

1906 - 1977

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0183 ARTIST

Auguste Mambour

1896 - 1968

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0184 SINGER

Blanche Arral

1864 - 1945

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0185 CONDUCTOR

Armand Marsick

1877 - 1959

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0186 FOOTBALL

Jean Nicolay

1937 - 2014

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0187 INVENTOR

Edgard Frankignoul

1882 - 1954

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0188 PSYCHOLOGIST

Georges Thines

1923 - 2016

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0189 POLITICIAN

Henri Moreau de Melen

1902 - 1992

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0190 WRITER

Jacques de Hemricourt

1333 - 1403

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0191 POLITICIAN

Raoul Hedebouw

Born 1977

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0192 SCULPTOR

Louis Jehotte

1803 - 1884

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0193 MATHEMATICIAN

Constantin Le Paige

1852 - 1929

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0194 PHYSICIAN

Hans Delmotte

1917 - 1945

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0195 ACADEMIC

Maurice Wilmotte

1861 - 1942

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0196 OFFICER

François de Casembroot

1817 - 1895

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0197 LAWYER

Renaud Dehousse

Born 1960

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0198 POLITICIAN

Philippe Bodson

1944 - 2020

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0199 FOOTBALL

Alexis Chantraine

1901 - 1987

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0200 POLITICIAN

Daniel Ducarme

1954 - 2010

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0201 WRITER

Alexis Curvers

1906 - 1992

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0202 RELIGIOUS

Ève de Saint-Martin

1190 - 1265

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0203 PAINTER

Marcel-Louis Baugniet

1896 - 1995

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0204 PRINTMAKER

Frédéric Villot

1809 - 1875

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0205 MEDALLIST

Jean Duvivier

1687 - 1761

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0206 ACADEMIC

Julia Bastin

1888 - 1968

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0207 ACTOR

Eva Karera

Born 1979

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0208 OPERA

José Dupuis

1833 - 1900

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0209 EMPRESS

Helena Antonia

1550 - 1595

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0210 DOCTOR

Émile Banning

1836 - 1898

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0211 ARTIST

Paul Jamin (dessinateur)

1911 - 1995

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0212 SINGER

Marie Cabel

1827 - 1885

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0213 FOOTBALL

Franz Elbern

1910 - 2002

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0214 COMPOSER

Balduin Hoyoul

1548 - 1594

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0215 ACADEMIC

Maurice Piron

1914 - 1986

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0216 PLAYER

Kevin Klinkenberg

Born 1990

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0217 ACTOR

Michel Scourneau

Born 1990

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0218 PHILOLOGIST

Claire Préaux

1904 - 1979

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0219 ACTOR

Isabelle Wéry

Born 2013

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0220 ARCHITECT

Julio Dormal

1846 - 1924

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0221 PAINTER

Englebert Fisen

1655 - 1733

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0222 FOOTBALL

Jean Brichaut

1911 - 1962

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0223 POET

Jacques Izoard

1936 - 2008

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0224 ACTOR

Renaud Rutten

Born 1963

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0225 FOOTBALL

Jean Petit (footballer, born 1914)

1914 - 1944

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0226 PAINTER

Niccolò De Simone

Died 1677

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0227 HISTORIAN

Jean Chapeauville

1551 - 1617

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0228 PAINTER

Jean-Guillaume Carlier

1638 - 1675

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0229 CONDUCTOR

Jean-Noël Hamal

1709 - 1778

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0230 ACTOR

Nicolas Herman

Born 1975

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0231 POLITICIAN

Christine Defraigne

Born 1962

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0232 PAINTER

Charles Soubre

1821 - 1895

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0233 SWIMMER

Yoris Grandjean

Born 1989

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0234 OFFICER

Victor Deguise

1855 - 1925

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0235 POLITICIAN

Philippe Monfils

Born 1939

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0236 PAINTER

Luc Lafnet

1899 - 1939

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0237 MUSIC

Jérôme Lejeune (musicologue)

Born 1952

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0238 PAINTER

André Hallet

1890 - 1959

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0239 PHILOSOPHER

Paul Gochet

1932 - 2011

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0240 LAWYER

Carlo Bronne

1901 - 1987

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0241 CONDUCTOR

Léonard de Hodémont

1575 - 1636

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0242 POLITICIAN

Jean-Maurice Dehousse

Born 1936

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0243 LAWYER

Jean-Joseph Raikem

1787 - 1875

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0244 FILM

André Ernotte

1943 - 1999

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0245 PLAYER

Bernard Boileau

Born 1959

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0246 ARCHITECT

Joseph Moutschen

1895 - 1977

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0247 PAINTER

Louis Counet

1652 - 1721

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0248 CONDUCTOR

Étienne Soubre

1813 - 1871

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0249 LINGUIST

Maurice Delbouille

1903 - 1984

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0250 COMPOSER

Jean-Marie Plum

1899 - 1944

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0251 PAINTER

Giacomo Legi

1600 - 1640

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0252 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Benteke

Born 1995

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0253 MAN OF LETTERS

Vera Feyder

Born 1939

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0254 WRITER

Jeanne Cappe

1895 - 1956

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0255 DRIVER

Patrick Nève

1949 - 2017

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0256 PHILOSOPHER

Olivier Lacombe

1904 - 2001

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0257 OFFICER

Charles Tombeur

1867 - 1947

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0258 ASTROPHYSICIST

Michaël Gillon

Born 1974

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0259 PAINTER

Léon Mignon

1847 - 1898

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0260 PHYSICIAN

Albert Brachet

1869 - 1930

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0261 MILITAR

Herman de Lynden

1547 - 1603

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0262 PHILOLOGIST

Charles Bayet

1849 - 1918

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0263 PHYSICIAN

Louis Jacques Bégin

1793 - 1859

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0264 ENGINEER

Gaston du Bousquet

1839 - 1910

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0265 BASKET

Dimitri Lauwers

Born 1975

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0266 MATHEMATICIAN

Edouard Zeckendorf

1901 - 1983

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0267 NAVIGATOR

Michel Malinovsky

1942 - 2010

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0268 PAINTER

Gilles-François Closson

1796 - 1842

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0269 FOOTBALL

Pierre Dalem

1912 - 1993

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0270 PAINTER

Auguste Chauvin

1810 - 1884

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0271 ACTOR

Armand Eloi

Born 1962

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0272 ARTIST

Philippe Foerster

Born 1954

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0273 PAINTER

Walther Damery

1610 - 1678

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0274 FOOTBALL

Henri Depireux

Born 1944

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0275 FILM

Richard Ciupka

Born 1950

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0276 ACTOR

Harry Cleven

Born 1956

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0277 PAINTER

Léon Philippet

1843 - 1906

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0278 FOOTBALL

Hugo Cuypers

Born 1997

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0279 PLAYER

William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle

1879 - 1966

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0280 ENGINEER

Walthère Dewé

1880 - 1944

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0281 WRITER

Mathieu-Lambert Polain

1808 - 1872

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0282 PAINTER

Nicolas Henri Joseph de Fassin

1728 - 1811

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0283 PAINTER

Jules Helbig

1821 - 1906

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0284 FOOTBALL

Maurice Gillis

1897 - 1980

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0285 POLITICIAN

Olivier Chastel

Born 1964

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0286 NOVELIST

Serge Delaive

Born 1965

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0287 ARTIST

Émile Berchmans

1867 - 1947

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0288 PRIEST

Pierre-Herman Dosquet

1691 - 1777

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0289 ATHLETE

Roger Lespagnard

Born 1946

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0290 ACTOR

Ethel Houbiers

Born 1973

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0291 BOTANIST

Suzanne Leclercq

1901 - 1994

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0292 DRIVER

Benjamin Bailly

Born 1990

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0293 ARTIST

Benjamin Mary

1792 - 1846

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0294 FACULTÉ

Nicolas Defrêcheux

1825 - 1874

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0295 ENGRAVER

Michel Natalis

1610 - 1668

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0296 ASTROLOGER

Gustave Lambert Brahy

1894 - 1989

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0297 FILM

Bernard Bellefroid

Born 1978

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0298 PRESENTER

Maureen Louys

Born 1978

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0299 COMPOSER

Berthe di Vito-Delvaux

1915 - 2005

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0300 PAINTER

Théodore-Edmond Plumier

1671 - 1733

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