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

0301 ARTIST

Philippe Jarbinet

Born 1965

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0302 HISPANIST

Lucien-Paul Thomas

1880 - 1948

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0303 COMPOSER

Jean Rogister

1879 - 1964

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0304 COMPOSER

Herman-François Delange

1715 - 1781

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0305 POLITICIAN

Émile Digneffe

1858 - 1937

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0306 ARCHITECT

Paul Jaspar

1859 - 1945

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0307 POLITICIAN

Jean-Remy de Chestret

1739 - 1809

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0308 POLITICIAN

Georges Truffaut (1901-1942)

1902 - 1942

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0309 FOOTBALL

Miguel Dachelet

Born 1988

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0310 FOOTBALL

Rachid Farssi

Born 1985

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0311 POLITICIAN

Pierre Clerdent

1909 - 2006

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0312 POLITICIAN

Ernest Burnelle

1908 - 1968

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0313 DRIVER

Pierre-Yves Corthals

Born 1975

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0314 COMPOSER

Johannes Mangon

1525 - 1578

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0315 COMPOSER

Philipp Bartholomé Rüfer

1844 - 1919

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0316 PAINTER

Roger David Servais

Born 1942

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0317 WRITER

Bernard Gheur

Born 1945

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0318 PRESS

Georges Troisfontaines

1924 - 2007

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0319 DRIVER

Roger Laurent

1913 - 1997

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0320 PAINTER

Maurice Hagemans

1852 - 1917

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0321 BUSINESS

Jean Hoeufft

1578 - 1651

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0322 CONDUCTOR

Henri Hamal

1744 - 1820

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0323 SCULPTOR

Léopold Harzé

1831 - 1893

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0324 CONCERTMASTER

Henri-Emmanuel Koch

1930 - 2005

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0325 PAINTER

Marcel Lempereur-Haut

1898 - 1986

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0326 WRITER

Henri Simon (écrivain)

1856 - 1939

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0327 PAINTER

Pierre-Michel de Lovinfosse

1745 - 1821

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0328 POLITICIAN

Henry Delvaux de Fenffe

1863 - 1947

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0329 LAWYER

Paul Hoornaert

1888 - 1944

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0330 OFFICER

Jean Antoine de Collaert

1761 - 1816

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0331 CHOREOGRAPHER

Oscar Stoumon

1835 - 1900

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0332 WRITER

Stéphane Jourat

1924 - 1995

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0333 FOOTBALL

Jean Caudron

1895 - 1963

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0334 COMPOSER

Gaston Dethier

1875 - 1958

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0335 POLITICIAN

Charles Grandgagnage

1812 - 1878

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0336 JOURNALIST

Jean Marestan

1874 - 1951

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0337 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Julien Fraipont

1857 - 1910

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0338 COMPOSER

Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville

1870 - 1946

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0339 PAINTER

Yves Zurstrassen

Born 1956

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0340 POLITICIAN

Michel Foret

Born 1948

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0341 BASSIST

Emmanuel Soudieux

1919 - 2006

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0342 HISTORIAN

Maurice Bologne

1900 - 1984

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0343 DRUMMER

Micheline Pelzer

1950 - 2014

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0344 POLITICIAN

Jean-Nicolas Bassenge

1758 - 1811

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0345 PAINTER

Aubin Pasque

1903 - 1981

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0346 OPERA

Adolphe Maréchal

1867 - 1935

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0347 FOOTBALL

Henri Christophe (referee)

1884 - 1968

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0348 POLITICIAN

Paul de Favereau

1856 - 1922

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0349 HISTORIAN

Jacques Follon

1948 - 2003

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0350 WRITER

Jean-Pierre Davidts

Born 1950

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0351 ACADEMIC

Claude Vandeloise

1944 - 2007

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0352 CONDUCTOR

Éric Feldbusch

1922 - 2007

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0353 FOOTBALL

Alexandre Di Gregorio

Born 1980

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0354 LITERARY

Jean Claude Bologne

Born 1956

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0355 PAINTER

Paul Daxhelet

1905 - 1993

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0356 FOOTBALL

Loïs Openda

Born 2000

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0357 PLAYER

Philippe Saive

Born 1971

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0358 POLITICIAN

Jacques Yerna

1923 - 2003

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0359 OFFICER

Philippe Hubert Preudhomme de Borre

1717 - 1789

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0360 PAINTER

Robert Crommelynck

1895 - 1968

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0361 ARTIST

Clarke (dessinateur)

Born 1965

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0362 WRITER

Édouard Remouchamps

1836 - 1900

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0363 WRITER

Léon Thoorens

1921 - 1975

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0364 COMPOSER

Louis Hillier

1850 - 1910

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0365 FASHION DESIGNER

Elvis Pompilio

Born 1961

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0366 ARTIST

Alain Sikorski

Born 1959

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0367 ESSAYIST

Éric Verhaeghe

Born 1968

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0368 CYCLIST

Charles Van Den Born

1874 - 1958

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0369 TRADE UNION

Victoire Cappe

1886 - 1927

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0370 PAINTER

Jacques Charlier

Born 1939

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0371 COMPOSER

Georges Antoine (compositeur)

1892 - 1918

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0372 FOOTBALL

Marc Grosjean

Born 1958

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0373 FILM

Ernest Genval

1884 - 1945

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0374 ARTIST

Jacques Louis Nyst

1942 - 1995

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0375 POLITICIAN

Guy Mathot

1941 - 2005

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0376 ARTIST

Benoît Ers

Born 1971

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0377 COMPOSER

Igor Gehenot

Born 1989

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0378 WATCHMAKER

Hubert Sarton

1748 - 1828

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0379 PHILOSOPHER

Édouard Delruelle

Born 1963

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0380 PHILOSOPHER

Suzanne Mansion

1916 - 1981

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0381 PAINTER

Marthe Massin

1860 - 1931

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0382 ACTOR

Stéphane Audel

1901 - 1984

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0383 PHYSICIST

Amand Lucas

Born 1936

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0384 LIBRARIAN

Henri Michelant

1811 - 1890

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0385 ACTOR

Jean-Michel Balthazar

Born 1967

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0386 PAINTER

Mayou Iserentant

1903 - 1978

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0387 POLITICIAN

Carine Russo

Born 1962

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0388 JOURNALIST

Fernand Demany

1904 - 1977

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0389 WRITER

Daniel Sudermann

1550 - 1631

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0390 SCULPTOR

Stéphane Halleux

Born 1972

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0391 FOOTBALL

Jean Jadot (football)

1928 - 2007

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0392 VIOLIN

Henri Koch (violoniste)

1903 - 1969

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0393 JOURNALIST

Christophe Giltay

Born 1961

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0394 FOOTBALL

Benoît Thans

Born 1964

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0395 SWIMMER

Isabelle Arnould

Born 1970

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0396 COMPOSER

Théophile Bovy

1863 - 1937

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0397 ACTOR

Damien Chapelle

Born 1988

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0398 SKIER

Armand Marchant

Born 1997

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0399 CHEMIST

Jean-Jacques Dony

1759 - 1819

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0400 BASKET

Niels Marnegrave

Born 1987

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0401 SCULPTOR

Achille Chainaye

1862 - 1915

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0402 FOOTBALL

Alain Bettagno

Born 1968

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0403 PIANIST

Vincent Ghadimi

Born 1968

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0404 COMPOSER

Charles Scharrès

1888 - 1957

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0405 CONDUCTOR

Edgar Doneux

1920 - 1984

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0406 PAINTER

Françoise Taylor

1920 - 2007

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0407 FOOTBALL

Jacques Stas

Born 1969

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0408 HISTORIAN

Francis Balace

Born 1944

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0409 PAINTER

Henri Brasseur

1918 - 1981

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0410 COMPOSER

Armand Parent

1863 - 1934

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0411 PAINTER

Henri Daco

1864 - 1932

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0412 MILITAR

Robert de Lynden, baron de Froidcourt

1535 - 1610

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0413 JOURNALIST

Melissa Jiménez (periodista)

Born 1987

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0414 CONDUCTOR

Maurice Corneil de Thoran

1881 - 1953

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0415 PAINTER

François Binjé

1835 - 1900

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0416 WRITER

Antoine Wauters

Born 1981

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0417 HISTORIAN

Léon Halkin

1906 - 1998

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0418 POLITICIAN

Etienne de Sauvage

1789 - 1867

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0419 FOOTBALL

Henri Bierna

1905 - 1944

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0420 FOOTBALL

István Bognár

Born 1991

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0421 HUMOURIST

Véronique Gallo

Born 1976

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0422 PRIEST

Jean Leunis

1532 - 1584

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0423 FOOTBALL

Franco Zennaro

Born 1993

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0424 COMPOSER

Joseph Franck

1825 - 1891

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0425 POLITICIAN

Charles de Fraipont

1883 - 1946

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0426 FOOTBALL

Michaël Wiggers

Born 1980

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0427 PAINTER

Auguste Donnay

1862 - 1921

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0428 SPORT

Émile Lombard (cyclist)

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0429 FENCER

Roger Petit

1912 - 1998

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0430 PLAYWRIGHT

Paul Demasy

1884 - 1974

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0431 CONDUCTOR

Lambert Pietkin

1613 - 1696

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0432 PAINTER

Xavier Wurth

1869 - 1933

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0433 LAWYER

Charles-Amand-Herman-Joseph van den Steen de Jehay

1781 - 1846

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0434 CHEMIST

Didier Stainier

Born 1963

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0435 WRITER

Georges Ista

1874 - 1939

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0436 EQUESTRIAN

André Coumans

1893 - 1958

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0437 SINGER

Sacha Toorop

Born 1970

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0438 PRIEST

Victor-Joseph Doutreloux

1837 - 1901

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0439 PAINTER

Lambert Barnard

1485 - 1567

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0440 JOURNALIST

Jean Jour

1937 - 2016

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0441 SPORT

Victor Fastre

1890 - 1914

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0442 COMPOSER

Désiré Pâque

1867 - 1939

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0443 VIOLIN

Jules Hone

1833 - 1913

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0444 SINGER

Jeronimo

Born 1972

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0445 ARTIST

Francis Méan

Born 1952

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0446 FOOTBALL

Kevin Debaty

Born 1989

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0447 SPORT

Robert Protin

1872 - 1953

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0448 LAWYER

Willy Demeyer

Born 1959

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0449 TEACHER

Claude Javeau

Born 1940

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0450 SINGER

Jean Delvoye

1854 - 1938

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0451 PROFESSEUR

Joël Monzée

Born 1968

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0452 JOURNALIST

Alain Lallemand

Born 1962

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0453 ARTIST

Marc Hardy

Born 1952

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0454 WRITER

Céline Renooz

1840 - 1928

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0455 PAINTER

Adrien de Witte

1850 - 1935

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0456 ANIMATRICE

Nancy Sinatra (animatrice)

Born 1982

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0457 LAWYER

Noël Delfosse

1801 - 1858

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0458 COMICS

Philippe Richelle

Born 1964

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0459 POLITICIAN

Olivier Hamal

Born 1959

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0460 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Collignon

Born 1975

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0461 POLITICIAN

Gérard Nagelmackers

1777 - 1859

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0462 ARCHITECT

Jacques-Barthélemy Renoz

1729 - 1786

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0463 MUSIC

August Gathy

1800 - 1858

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0464 BUSINESS

Bruno Venanzi

Born 1970

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0465 POLITICIAN

Jean-Michel Javaux

Born 1967

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0466 BOXER

Joseph Cornelis

1917 - 2000

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0467 PAINTER

Francine Holley

1919 - 2020

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0468 FOOTBALL

Massimo Moia

Born 1987

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0469 ARCHIVIST

Édouard Poncelet

1865 - 1947

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0470 FOOTBALL

Jean-Marie Houben

Born 1966

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0471 PIANIST

Jean Pâques

1901 - 1974

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0472 ARTIST

Danièle Nyst

1942 - 1998

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0473 ENGINEER

Joseph Jaspar

1823 - 1899

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0474 THEOLOGIAN

Bernard Forthomme

Born 1952

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0475 PAINTER

Philippe Coclers

1660 - 1721

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0476 DESIGNER

Jules-François Crahay

1917 - 1988

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0477 SPORT

Henri Collard

1912 - 1988

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0478 PHYSICIST

Edmond van Aubel

1864 - 1941

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0479 RADIO

Jean-Paul Philippot

Born 1960

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0480 WRITER

Luc Baba

Born 1970

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0481 ROMANIST

Claudine Gothot-Mersch

1932 - 2016

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0482 POLITICIAN

Julie Fernandez Fernandez

Born 1972

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0483 POLITICIAN

Michel-Laurent de Sélys Longchamps

1759 - 1837

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0484 WRITER

Ladislav Švihran

Born 1931

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0485 POET

Georges Linze

1900 - 1993

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0486 ARCHITECT

Julien-Étienne Rémont

1800 - 1883

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0487 SINGER

Jean Jacques Masset

1811 - 1903

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0488 ACTOR

Achille Ridolfi

Born 1979

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0489 WRITER

Joseph Vrindts

1855 - 1940

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0490 WRITER

Gilles-Joseph-Evrard Ramoux

1750 - 1826

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0491 POET

Alexis Klimov

1937 - 2006

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0492 LAWYER

Joseph Forgeur

1802 - 1872

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0493 FOOTBALL

Denis André Dasoul

1983 - 2017

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0494 WRESTLER

Constant le Marin

1884 - 1965

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0495 PAINTER

Albert Lemaître (peintre)

1886 - 1975

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0496 ILLUSTRATOR

François Olislaeger

Born 1978

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0497 MUSIC

Henri-Philippe Gérard

1760 - 1848

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0498 POLITICIAN

Lucie Dejardin

1875 - 1945

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0499 PRIEST

Charles Cartuyvels

1835 - 1907

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0500 PLAYWRIGHT

Adolphe Salvat

1811 - 1876

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0501 PAINTER

Henri-Jean Closon

1888 - 1975

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0502 OBOIST

Guillaume Guidé

1859 - 1917

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0503 SPORT

Max Defourny

Born 1998

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0504 ARCHITECT

Lambert Noppius

1827 - 1889

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0505 POLITICIAN

Xavier Neujean (fils)

1865 - 1940

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0506 PAINTER

Dieudonné Deneux

1749 - 1786

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0507 PAINTER

Élysée Fabry

1882 - 1949

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0508 POLITICIAN

Joseph Bologne (politician)

1871 - 1959

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0509 ARTIST

Stéphan Colman

Born 1961

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0510 COMPOSER

Luc Baiwir

Born 1958

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0511 PAINTER

Edgar Scauflaire

1893 - 1960

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0512 COMPOSER

Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet

1866 - 1945

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0513 PAINTER

José Wolff

1885 - 1964

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0514 VIOLIN

Guillaume Rémy

1856 - 1923

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0515 LAW

Alphonse Borras

Born 1951

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0516 ACADEMIC

Madeleine Tyssens

Born 1930

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0517 FILM

Karim Ouelhaj

Born 1974

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0518 ARTIST

José Parrondo

Born 1965

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0519 ACTOR

Pierre Nisse

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0520 SON

Gilles Hallet

1620 - 1694

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0521 ESSAYIST

Victor Scherrer

Born 1943

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0522 ACTOR

Marcel Cabay

1921 - 1990

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0523 LAWYER

Joseph-Maurice Remouchamps

1877 - 1939

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0524 ENGRAVER

Marie-Lambertine Coclers

1761 - 1815

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0525 ARTIST

Léon Wuidar

Born 1938

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0526 CHEMIST

Jean-Claude Lorquet

Born 1935

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0527 PAINTER

Clélie Lamberty

1930 - 2013

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0528 LINGUIST

Joseph Dejardin

1819 - 1895

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0529 REVOLUTIONARY

Jean-Joseph Charlier

1794 - 1886

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0530 LAWYER

Léon-Éli Troclet

1902 - 1980

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0531 SCREENWRITER

Vincent Pompetti

Born 1977

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0532 BIOLOGIST

Bernard Rentier

Born 1947

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0533 MUSIC

Édouard Dethier

1885 - 1962

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0534 ACTOR

Mélanie Dermont

Born 1983

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0535 FOOTBALL

Henri Govard

1922 - 1975

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0536 SCULPTOR

François-Joseph Dewandre

1758 - 1835

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0537 GEOLOGIST

André Dumont

1847 - 1920

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0538 ACTOR

Didier Toupy

1959 - 2015

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0539 FOOTBALL

Saša Varga

Born 1993

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0540 HISTORIAN

Philippe Jansen

Born 1956

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0541 ACTOR

Egon Di Mateo

Born 1989

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0542 FOOTBALL

Daniel Kimoni

Born 1971

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0543 OFFICER

Émile Dossin de Saint-Georges

1854 - 1936

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0544 SPORT

Dieudonné Jamar

Born 1878

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0545 HISTORIAN

Ulysse Capitaine

1828 - 1871

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0546 FOOTBALL

Victor Houet

Born 1900

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0547 FOOTBALL

Jean-Sébastien Legros

Born 1981

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0548 ARCHITECT

Fernand Bodson

1877 - 1966

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0549 MUSIC

Célestin Deliège

1922 - 2010

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0550 ARCHITECT

Barthélemy Digneffe

1724 - 1784

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0551 SCULPTOR

Arthur Dupagne

1895 - 1961

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0552 PHYSICIAN

François Blondel (Mediziner)

1613 - 1703

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0553 ARTIST

Dominique Bar

Born 1957

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0554 BASKET

Thibaut Petit

Born 1980

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0555 BASKET

Julie Allemand

Born 1996

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0556 ECONOMIST

Albert Corhay

Born 1955

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0557 ARTIST

Fernand Flausch

1948 - 2013

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0558 HISTORIAN

Jacques Stiennon

1920 - 2012

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0559 WRITER

Charles-Nicolas Simonon

1774 - 1847

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0560 SPORT

André Bar

Born 1935

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0561 POLITICIAN

Jacques-Joseph Fabry

1722 - 1798

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0562 PHYSICIST

Jean-Pierre Leburton

Born 1949

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0563 WRITER

Marie Denis

1920 - 2006

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0564 ENVIRONMENTALIST

Michel Jurdant

1933 - 1984

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0565 POLITICIAN

Milou Jeunehomme

1924 - 2001

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0566 CARDIOLOGIST

Henri Kulbertus

1938 - 2018

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0567 PHILOSOPHER

Bernard de Give

1913 - 2020

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0568 CARTOONIST

Pierre Renoy

Born 1954

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0569 FILM

Patrice Bauduinet

Born 1969

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0570 DRIVER

Vincent Radermecker

Born 1967

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0571 ARTIST

Messieurs Delmotte

Born 1967

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0572 PAINTER

Fritz Kuhr

1899 - 1975

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0573 PAINTER

Didier Groffier

1912 - 1979

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0574 POLITICIAN

Jean-Émile Humblet

1920 - 2014

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0575 JOURNALIST

Eddy Przybylski

Born 1953

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0576 BUSINESS

Georges Gutelman

1938 - 2019

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0577 RADIO

Georges Pradez

1939 - 2014

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0578 PHOTOGRAPHER

Philippe Monsel

Born 1948

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0579 EGYPTOLOGIST

Jean Winand

Born 1962

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0580 ECOLOGIST

Jean-Michel Foidart

Born 1949

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0581 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jacques Meuris

1923 - 1993

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0582 POET

Jean-Claude Masson

Born 1950

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0583 ESSAYIST

Robert Georgin

Born 1923

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0584 POLITICIAN

Kattrin Jadin

Born 1980

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0585 PLAYWRIGHT

Jean Groffier

1908 - 1985

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0586 HISTORIAN

Théodore Gobert

1853 - 1933

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0587 ARTIST

Théodore Kœnig

1922 - 1997

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0588 POLITICIAN

Guillaume de Borchgrave d'Altena

1774 - 1845

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0589 PAINTER

Fernand Steven

1895 - 1955

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0590 PAINTER

Adrien Dupagne

1889 - 1980

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0591 FOOTBALL

François D'Onofrio

Born 1990

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0592 SPORT

Jean Breuer (cyclist, born 1919)

1919 - 1986

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0593 PHILOLOGIST

Eugène Monseur

1860 - 1912

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0594 SPORT

Émile Dupont

1887 - 1959

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0595 BUSINESS

Alexis Nihon

1902 - 1980

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0596 POLITICIAN

Stéphane Hazée

Born 1975

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0597 CIVIL SERVICE

Camille Janssen

1837 - 1926

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0598 WRITER

Élise Champagne

1897 - 1983

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0599 CLIMB

Isabelle Dorsimond

Born 1961

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0600 ARTIST

Frank Leclercq

Born 1967

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