50.4671° N, 4.8661° E
NAMUR
Most Famous People Born in Namur, Belgium
- Notable people
- 314
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1930
- Most distinctive
- Composer 2.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Namur during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Namur Is Known For
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Politician is Namur's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (62).
Namur over-indexes on composer — 2.9× the global rate.
Namur under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Namur's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
- Other
Cécile de France
Born 1975
Benoît Poelvoorde
Born 1964
Henri Michaux
1899 - 1984
Félicien Rops
1833 - 1898
Olivier Gourmet
Born 1963
Jacques Arcadelt
1507 - 1568
Charles Michel
Born 1975
Lucas Belvaux
Born 1961
André-Joseph Léonard
Born 1940
Rémy Belvaux
1966 - 2006
Blanche of Namur
1320 - 1363
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien
1813 - 1900
Claude Piron
1931 - 2008
Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg
1186 - 1247
Éric Toussaint
Born 1954
Olivier Rochus
Born 1981
Jacky Munaron
Born 1956
Thierry Hancisse
Born 1962
Thierry Zéno
1950 - 2017
Christophe Rochus
Born 1978
Evelyne Axell
1935 - 1972
Félix Godefroid
1818 - 1897
Antoine Thomas
1644 - 1709
Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
1776 - 1838
Francy Boland
1929 - 2005
The Magician (musician)
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Albert Piette
Born 1960
Charles de Berlaymont
1510 - 1578
Antoine Mahaut
1720 - 1785
Philippe Kirsch
Born 1947
Olivier Kaisen
Born 1983
Henri G. Hers
1923 - 2008
Godfrey I, Count of Namur
1068 - 1139
François Bovesse
1890 - 1944
Nathalie Loriers
Born 1966
Alexandre Delcommune
1855 - 1922
Ludovic Capelle
Born 1976
Jean-Claude Pirotte
1939 - 2014
Sophie Watillon
1965 - 2005
Jacques Lambinon
1936 - 2015
Watriquet de Couvin
Born 1300
Émile Hanse
1892 - 1981
Antoine-Martin Chaumont de La Galaizière
1697 - 1783
Denis Lapière
Born 1958
Adrien Deghelt
Born 1985
Joseph Quinaux
1822 - 1895
Victor Dave
1845 - 1922
Marianne Van Hirtum
1935 - 1988
Guy Sagiv
Born 1994
François-Joseph Dizi
1780 - 1840
Honoré Chavée
1815 - 1877
Edwig Cammaerts
Born 1987
Ludivine Henrion
Born 1984
Marcel Remacle
1926 - 1999
René Barbier (compositeur)
1890 - 1981
Pierre Joseph Célestin François
1759 - 1851
Frédéric Pierre (football)
Born 1974
Grégoire De Mévius
Born 1962
André Jaumotte
1919 - 2016
Paul-Joseph Delcloche
1716 - 1755
Paul Henry (Belgian footballer)
1912 - 1989
Jean-Antoine Romagnesi
1690 - 1742
Netta Duchâteau
1910 - 1994
Julie Taton
Born 1984
Olivier Suray
Born 1971
Félix Rousseau
1887 - 1981
Joseph André
1908 - 1973
Christophe Deborsu
Born 1965
Pierre Jonckheer
Born 1951
Théophile de Giraud
Born 1968
Jean I de Saive
1540 - 1611
Jeanne Dandoy
Born 1974
Frederick of Liege
1119 - 1121
Luigi Agnesi
1833 - 1875
Anne Malherbe Gosselin
Born 1968
Frank Defays
Born 1974
Lindon Selahi
Born 1999
Béatrice Delvaux
Born 1960
François Maniquet
Born 1965
Michel Woitrin
1919 - 2008
Gerald Watelet
Born 1963
José Daras
Born 1948
Victor Putmans
1914 - 1989
Richard Fournaux
Born 1963
Jérémy Burton
Born 1984
Gustave Delchevalerie
1841 - 1899
Théodore de Montpellier
1807 - 1879
Fernand Guiot
Born 1932
Juliette Boulet
Born 1981
J. A. van Aalst
1858 - 1914
Charles-Louis-Joseph-Xavier de la Vallée Poussin
1827 - 1903
Pierre Debauche
1930 - 2017
Alexandra Tondeur
Born 1987
Joseph Grandgagnage
1797 - 1877
Hans Fleming
1545 - 1623
Mathieu Cornet
Born 1990
Nicolas Kummert
Born 1979
Adolphe Borgnet
1804 - 1875
Jeanne de Bellem
1734 - 1790
Géo Bernier
1862 - 1918
Bernard Capelle
1884 - 1961
Jules Borgnet
1817 - 1872
Georges Gilkinet
Born 1971
Frédéric Noirhomme
Born 1981
Jérôme Colin
Born 1974
Denis-Georges Bayar
1690 - 1774
Christophe Simon
Born 1974
Bernadette Mérenne-Schoumaker
Born 1943
Dominique Lambert
Born 1960
Théo Mathy
1924 - 2007
Franz Sales
1540 - 1599
François Persoons
1925 - 1981
Franz Kegeljan
1847 - 1921
Anthony Bowlby
1855 - 1929
Yves Namur
Born 1952
Jeanne Maubourg
1875 - 1953
Vincent Tavier
Born 1962
Michel Camus
1929 - 2003
Maurice Moritz
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Herman de Gaiffier d'Hestroy
1895 - 1960
Marc Trivier
Born 1960
Jean Herbiet
1930 - 2008
Robert Raymond (cyclist)
Born 1930
Fernand Golenvaux
1866 - 1931
Xavier Lelièvre
1805 - 1876
Luc Nefontaine
Born 1959
Philippe Paquet (journaliste, sinologue)
Born 1960
Auguste Mélot
1871 - 1944
Cécile Oumhani
Born 1952
Émile Gilliard
Born 1928
Romain Bogaerts
Born 1993
Denis Bodart
Born 1962
Antoine Barthélemy
1766 - 1832
Philippe Courard
Born 1966
Philippe Close
Born 1971
Camille Leroy (cyclisme)
1892 - 1952
Line Adam
Born 1972
Simon Ligot
Born 1993
Armand Dandoy
1834 - 1898
Hubert Antoine
Born 1971
Louis Kéfer
1842 - 1926
Ludwig August Fallon
1776 - 1828
Jean-Pierre Dopagne
Born 1952
Vincent Zabus
Born 1971
Nadir Sbaa
Born 1982
Édouard de Moreau
1879 - 1952
Frederic Augustus Alexander, Duke of Beaufort-Spontin
1751 - 1817
Marie Warnant
Born 1979
Claude Schmitz
Born 1979
Émile Boisacq
1865 - 1945
Anne Barzin
Born 1975
Jean Chalon (botaniste)
1846 - 1921
Florimond de Brouchoven de Bergeyck
1831 - 1908
André du Bus de Warnaffe
Born 1955
Victor Jourdain
1841 - 1918
René Meurant
1905 - 1977
Jos Hanniken
1912 - 1998
Camille Polfer
1924 - 1983
Edgar Kosma
Born 1979
Nathan Leyder
Born 1997
Nicolas Bosret
1799 - 1876
Sylvestre Sbille
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Caroline Weynants
Born 1977
Hedwige Jeanmart
Born 1968
Isidore Fallon
1780 - 1861
Ernest Mélot
1840 - 1910
Éliane Tillieux
Born 1966
Michel Toussaint
1922 - 2007
Arthur Blavier
1914 - 1991
Caroline Persoons
Born 1965
Luc Perot
1922 - 1985
Henri Maus
1808 - 1893
Jean-Baptiste le Saive der Ältere
1571 - 1624
Albert Marinus
1886 - 1979
Marc Raisière
Born 1963
Hyacinthe Blondeau
1784 - 1854
Pierre Bourguignon (painter)
1630 - 1698
Jean-Charles Luperto
Born 1973
Robert Henrion
1915 - 1997
Cécile Thibaut
Born 1967
Louis-Marie Londot
1924 - 2010
Jean-Paul Duvivier
1931 - 2008
Maurice Denis (homme politique)
1916 - 1978
Hugo Piette
Born 1980
Emílio Carlos Jourdan
1838 - 1900
Charles de Montpellier de Vedrin
1830 - 1914
Francis Detraux
1946 - 2016
Pierre-Yves Dermagne
Born 1980
Cornélis Liégeois
1860 - 1921
Jean Barzin
1947 - 2018
Sébastien Van Aerschot
Born 1986
Denis Mathen
Born 1965
Edmond Doumont
1879 - 1954
Pierre Eloy
1776 - 1855
Armand Wasseige
1812 - 1882
Louis Huart
1880 - 1964
Jean-Baptiste Brabant
1802 - 1872
Gustave Fischweiler
1911 - 1990
Adrien de Montpellier de Vedrin
1871 - 1946
Josué Henry
1869 - 1957
Jean Willame
1932 - 2014
Pierre-Édouard Dechamps
1828 - 1896
Pierre Fallon
1912 - 1985
Jean Baily
Born 1937
Claude Croté
1938 - 2013
Gerard de Namur
Died 1155
Félix Chaudoir
1856 - 1904
Bruno Goosse
Born 1962
Gilles Mouyard
Born 1970
Francis Martin (réalisateur)
Born 1905
Pierre-Yves Berhin
Born 1982
Johannes Gallicus
1415 - 1473
Benjamin Lessennes
Born 1999
Julie Grégoire
Born 1989
Gaëtan Evrard
Born 1959
François Héraly
1856 - 1920
Louis Dewez
1760 - 1834
Louis Rhodius
1888 - 1938
GuiHome
Born 1992
Jules Pirot
1877 - 1955
Henry Verdhurdt
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Jacques Étienne
Born 1949
Arthur Snyers
1865 - 1942
Charles Zoude
1794 - 1860
Jean-Marie Mathot
Born 1948
Frédéric Jomouton
1858 - 1931
Caroline Cassart-Mailleux
Born 1973
Samuel Remy
Born 1973
Léopold Zoude
1771 - 1853
Jacques-Joseph Brassine
1830 - 1899
Pierre Dancot
Born 1971
Stéphan Carpiaux
Born 1964
Sébastien Zoude
1707 - 1779
Fabien Pochet
Born 1975
Pierre Matterne
Born 1980
Marcel de Roover
1890 - 1971
Jules Colbeau
1823 - 1881
Jean-Marie Séverin
Born 1941
Georges Lorand
1860 - 1918
Rascal (dessinateur)
Born 1959
Michel Lebrun (homme politique)
Born 1949
André Genot
1913 - 1978
Gwenaëlle Grovonius
Born 1978
Stéphanie Thoron
Born 1977
Henri Libert
1574 - 1635
Luc Pire
Born 1994
Fastre I de Oisy
1040 - 1092
Zacharie Bababaswe
Born 1964
Valérie Déom
Born 1967
Patrick Bioul
Born 1952
Robert Rinchard
Born 1931
Jean-Louis Close
1983 - 2000
Maurice Cauwe
1905 - 1985
Marie-Rose Cavalier-Bohon
Born 1948
Marie-Claire Lambert
Born 1948
Clément Libertiaux
Born 1998
Véronique Ghenne
Born 1970
Guy Milcamps
Born 1951
Jean Dauvin
1578 - 1651
Marc Delire
Born 1964
Alphonse de Woelmont
1799 - 1856
Jean Dave
1531 - 1595
Jérôme Guery
Born 1980
Frédéric Lani
Born 1977
Martine Dujeux
Born 1972
Charles Wérotte
1795 - 1870
Rudi Jacques
Born 1965
Louise-Marie Danhaive
1923 - 1978
Justin de Labbeville
1817 - 1894
Léon Sasserath
1881 - 1958
Célestin Evrard
1923 - 2012
Jérôme Pimpurniaux
1741 - 1837
Louis de Le Hoye
1786 - 1863
Fernand Pieltain
1893 - 1972
François Dautrebande
1786 - 1862
Alfred Monville
1857 - 1914
Gabriël Hicguet
1866 - 1935
Pierre Joseph du Plat
1691 - 1753
Edmond Piret-Goblet
1829 - 1915
Manuel Falcó y Osorio
1856 - 1927
Olivier Juprelle
Born 1978
Claudine le Comte
Born 1950
Christine de Chimay
Born 1952
Nicolas Jomouton
1816 - 1877
Jean-Louis Carpentier
Born 1947
Jean Baptiste Deffense
1888 - 1969
Philippe Regnart
Born 1806
Florent Bessemans
Born 1940
Isabelle Moinnet - Joiret
Born 1969
Frédéric Sacré
Born 1973
José Van Baelen
Born 1927
Olivier Sanrey
Born 1981
Arnoud de Pret Roose de Calesberg
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Marcel Lefèvre (peintre)
Born 1937
Arnaud Gavroy
Born 1963
Cédric Melotte
Born 1978
Luc Fivet
Born 1965
Jean-Baptiste Jadin
1744 - 1790
Frédéric Castadot
Born 1981
Pierre Marlet
Born 1963