Project: Belgium/People

Notable Belgians

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1 Current Head of State and Head of Government
- 1.1 The Belgian Monarchy
2 Belgian Notables
3 Top Unconnected Belgian Branches

Current Head of State and Head of Government

Notable	Born	Title	In Office	Photo	Status
King Philippe	1960	King of the Belgians	2013		Connected
Alexander De Croo	1975	Prime Minister	2020		Not Connected

The Belgian Monarchy

The Belgian monarchy was established in 1831, a year after Belgium gained its independence in 1830. The first King of the Belgians was Leopold I, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who took the constitutional oath on 21 July 1831.

Since its establishment, there have been seven Belgian monarchs. The incumbent, Philippe, ascended the throne on 21 July 2013, following the abdication of his father Albert II. The monarch serves as the country’s head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces.

Belgian Notables

Profiles of notables (people that have a page on Wikipedia) are likely to receive a higher than average amount of visitors, and it's fun to find out how you are connected to them. Improving and sourcing these profiles, extending their family and connecting them to the main tree is an excellent way to contribute to the Belgian WikiBranch! Make sure to have a look at the guidelines of the Notables Project before you start.

Historical figures

Notable	Born	Died	Claim to Fame	Status
Charlemage	747	814	King of the Franks (768-814) King of the Lombards (774-814) Holy Roman Emperor (800-814)	Connected
Mutien-Marie Wiaux	1841	1917	Teacher honored as a Saint by the Catholic Church	Not Connected
Paul Hymans	1865	1941	Second president of the League of Nations	Connected

Authors

Notable	Born	Died	Claim to Fame	Status
Jan Frans Willems	1793	1846	Writer considered "The Father of the Flemish Movement"	Not Connected
Hendrik Conscience	1812	1883	Romanticist author known for The Lion of Flanders	Not Connected
Arnold Sauwen	1857		Poet	Connected
Maurice Maeterlinck	1862	1949	Nobel Prize Winning Poet	Connected

Artists

Notable	Born	Died	Claim to Fame	! scope="col" \| Status
Jules Lagae	1862	1931	Sculptor and Medalist	Not Connected
Marie Howet	1897	1984	Expressionist Painter and Illustrator	Not Connected
René Magritte	1898	1967	Surrealist Artist	Not Connected
Hergé	1907	1983	Comic-book Artist who created The Adventures of Tintin	Not Connected

Entertainers

Notable	Born	Died	Claim to Fame	! scope="col" \| Status
Audrey Hepburn	1929	1993	Academy Award Winning Actress	Connected
Sister Luc Gabriel	1933	1985	The Singing Nun	Not Connected
Jean-Claude Van Damme	1960	LIVING	Martial Artist and Actor	Not Connected

Scientist and Inventors

Notable	Born	Died	Claim to Fame	Status
Adolph Sax	1814	1894	Inventor of the Saxaphone	Not Connected
Corneille Heymans	1892	1968	Nobel Prize winning physiologist	Not Connected
Georges Lemaitre	1894	1966	Physicist who hypothesized the Big Bang Theory	Not Connected