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 Expatriate Online - Your Bookmark to Belgium
The list has proved invaluable to many people across the world and is now the most comprehensive listing of well-known and famous Belgians (dead or alive) available on the World Wide Web.
For the complete list of Famous Belgians, do not hesitate to visit the website.
Being a Belgian living abroad is not easy, not least because you are constantly challenged to name some Famous Belgians (five examples normally shuts them up).
www.expatriate-online.com /moving/belgium/culture/famous.cfm   (226 words)

  
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Well, to redress the balance, here is my list of Famous Belgians.
In England, there is a joke that goes: "Can you name 5 Famous Belgians?" and the answer is "Yes, of course, there was.....er....er..
Click here for Jacques Brel's biography (in French)
members.lycos.co.uk /flanderer/famous.html   (81 words)

  
 List of Belgians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There is an informal British parlour game, semi-jocular, which challenges the participants to come up with the names of "10 famous Belgians", implicitly asserting that Belgian nationals are far less likely to be notable in the United Kingdom than those of other countries.
This is a list of Belgian people, and more precisely of notable people who either:
See also: List of Belgian bands and artists.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Belgians   (909 words)

  
 Famous Belgians - Uncyclopedia
People on the Famous Belgians list each receive a complementary trip to the salad bar at Wendy's on the last Thursday of each month that doesn't have an "R" in its name, making it perhaps the most desirable, exclusive, and swanky list in the world.
Second only in difficulty to solving the Rubik's Cube via Mitosis, the sport of naming famous Belgians (also known as quiffing) is universally acknowledged by experts to be "quite hard." Each year, an international championship tournament known as the Le Tournoi D'Appellation Belge Célèbre is held in The Hague, drawing thousands of French protesters.
Contrary to popular belief, there are actually many famous Belgians.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Famous_Belgians   (302 words)

  
 MemeFirst: Famous Belgians
If it is the more common definition of something or someone who is widely or well known then that list of Belgians cannot really be said to contain "famous" people.
You've had your fun over the years playing the "Name five famous Belgians" game, no doubt badly on purpose, but now you no longer have an excuse: Here's 259 famous Belgians (with helpful hints as to the source of their fame, as if you needed reminding).
I think part of the problem/reason that the list is too big is that it includes all of the Belgian monarchs and prime ministers, many of whom probably had an impact on the Belgian people, but are not well known in the world at large.
www.memefirst.com /001021.html   (747 words)

  
 Famous Belgians
Belgians have been shaping the world in many areas.
Yet, this tends to be the first question most Belgians get asked when they venture abroad.
Since Belgium's independence in 1830 and before, Belgians have been influencing and promoting the arts, science, sport, religion, peace, music, literature and industry.
www.famousbelgians.net   (482 words)

  
 Eupedia : Belgium Guide - Famous Belgian people
Belgians were often at the center of European politics.
The following list includes people born in what is now Belgium, regardless of which country it belonged to at the time.
Leopold II is remembered for constructing numerous public buildings around Belgium, but also for was his responsibility in the death of an estimated 5-21 million Africans during his ruthless enterprise to extract rubber and ivory.
www.eupedia.com /belgium/famous_people.shtml   (512 words)

  
 Thierry De Pauw's Home Page
more) is not the most famous Belgian (abroad) and that
There's also another guy claiming to be the first Belgian having wandered in space.
Before starting to be popular in France, he used to pretend to be a meteorologist on Belgian television and for many years he was
www.math.ucl.ac.be /membres/depauw/elsewhere.html   (382 words)

  
 Famous Belgians - The Complete List
This list is by no means complete and I am finding more Famous Belgians every week.
, novelist and founder of the Belgian literary renaissance
If you know of any that are not on the list, please send me a brief
www.famousbelgians.net /alphabetical.htm   (1192 words)

  
 One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval - Motorbase
One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval's excellent Monte Caro result was no fluke, says Mark Walton.
One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval
One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval - Motorbase
www.motorbase.com /article/by-id/574874253   (50 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Famous Belgians
This is a list of Belgian people, and more precisely of notable people who (1) were Belgian citizens at least during one period of their life, or (2) are Belgian citizens, as well as of notable people (3) born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but...
The list also comprises (4) fictional characters who are undisputedly Belgians, and (5) important ones whose citizenship is unknown or not Belgian and with Belgian creators.
Murder by Death is a movie directed by Robert Moore and written by Neil Simon that was released in 1976.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Famous-Belgians   (7777 words)

  
 One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval - Motorbase
One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval
One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval - Motorbase
One For Your List of Famous Belgians - Francois Duval's excellent Monte Caro result was no fluke, says Mark Walton.
www.motorbase.com /article/by-id/574874253   (58 words)

  
 Famous Belgians
Nothing is more likely to get my blood boiling than someone asking me "I bet you can't name me 5 famous Belgians".
They will tell you that Belgium is famous for its products, rather than its people, and therefore they will tend to be more enthusiastic about Belgian beer and chocolates.
In most cases, people have heard of the names but will swear to you that they are either French or Dutch.
www.famousbelgians.net   (58 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Famous Belgians
This is a list of Belgian people, and more precisely of notable people who (1) were Belgian citizens at least during one period of their life, or (2) are Belgian citizens, as well as of notable people (3) born in Belgium or in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but...
The list also comprises (4) fictional characters who are undisputedly Belgians, and (5) important ones whose citizenship is unknown or not Belgian and with Belgian creators.
A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Famous-Belgians   (7831 words)

  
 List of French people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of people by nationality: Belgians, Catalans, Monegasque people, Quebecois, Swiss
This list includes persons of French ethnic origins, which includes factors such as language, nationality and culture.
The French (French: les Français), or the French people, are an ethnic group of mixed Celtic, Germanic and Italic origins which make up the majority of the inhabitants of France in Western Europe.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Famous_French_People   (1244 words)

  
 Famous Belgians
In most cases, people have heard of the names but will swear to you that they are either French or Dutch.
Father Damien is well-known in America for his work in a leper colony on the island of Molokai in Hawaii where he eventually died of the disease.
They will tell you that Belgium is famous for its products, rather than its people, and therefore they will tend to be more enthusiastic about Belgian beer and chocolates.
www.famousbelgians.net   (482 words)

  
 Famous Belgians - Kings
if you want to have a look at the complete list of FAMOUS BELGIANS in alphabetical order.
This list is by no means complete and I am finding more Famous Belgians every week.
If you know of any that are not on the list, please send me a brief
www.famousbelgians.net /kings.htm   (98 words)

  
 Famous Belgians - Kings
if you want to have a look at the complete list of FAMOUS BELGIANS in alphabetical order.
This list is by no means complete and I am finding more Famous Belgians every week.
If you know of any that are not on the list, please send me a brief
www.famousbelgians.net /kings.htm   (98 words)

  
 Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georges Lemaître is a famous Belgian cosmologist credited with proposing the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe in 1927.
The former is a mix of directly elected senior politicians and representatives of the communities and regions; while the latter represents all Belgians over the age of eighteen in a proportional voting system.
Belgians have a reputation for loving waffles and French fries, both originally from Belgium; the national food is steak (or mussels) with French fries.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belgium   (3912 words)

  
 Belgium - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
Both the Dutch spoken in Belgium and the Belgian French have minor differences in vocabulary and semantic nuances from the varieties spoken in France and the Netherlands.
Belgium has produced famous romantic, expressionist and surrealist painters; these include Egide Wappers, James Ensor, Constant Permeke and René Magritte.
Belgians have a reputation for loving waffles and French fries, actually both originally from Belgium; the national food is steak (or mussels) with French fries and lettuce.
www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Belgium   (4556 words)

  
 Brussels Discourse @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks)
In Belgian French pronunciation as well as in Dutch, the "k" eventually disappeared and "z" became "s", as reflected in the current Dutch spelling (((French)) /bʀy.ˌsel/ ; Dutch /ˈbry.s(ɘ)l/ or /ˈbrɘ.s(ɘ)l/).
On July 21, 1831, Léopold I, the first King of the Belgians, ascended the throne, undertaking the destruction of the city walls and the construction of many buildings.
The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual, while the majority of its residents speak French (see the linguistic history of Brussels in this article: linguistic situation section).
www.greatartworks.com /encyclopedia/Brussels   (1426 words)

  
 Famous Belgians - Prime Ministers and other Politicians
This list is by no means complete and I am finding more Famous Belgians every week.
Famous Belgians- Prime Ministers and other Politicians
Here is a complete record of all of them, right back from 1831 until the present day.
www.famousbelgians.net /politicians.htm   (164 words)

  
 List of French people
This is a list of famous French or French-speaking/writing people.
See also: List of people by nationality - List of Monegasque people Catalans Swiss Belgians Franco-Belgian comics List of Quebecois
Tony Parker -- Belgian born French citizen NBA player
www.freeglossary.com /Famous_French_People   (800 words)

  
 Wikinfo List of French people
This is a partial list of famous French or French-speaking/writing people
See also: List of people by nationality - List of Monegasque people, Catalans, Swiss, Belgians, Franco-Belgian comics
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=List_of_French_people   (848 words)

  
 List of French people : Famous french people
List of French people : Famous french people
See also: List of people by nationality - List of Monegasque people, Catalans, Swiss, Belgians
Paul Touvier -- Frenchman convicted of war crimes against humanity
www.wordlookup.net /fa/famous-french-people.html   (664 words)

  
 List of French people : Famous french people
See also: List of people by nationality- List of Monegasque people, Catalans, Swiss, Belgians
List of French people : Famous french people
Authors - See also: List of French language poets
www.free-web-template.org /fa/famous-french-people.html   (617 words)

  
 List of French people
This is a list of famous French or French-speaking/writing people.
See also: List of people bynationality - List of Monegasque people, Catalans, Swiss, Belgians, Franco-Belgian comics, List of Quebecois
www.therfcc.org /list-of-french-people-168147.html   (729 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of French people Article
This is a list of famous French or French-speaking/writing people.
See also: List of people by nationality- List of Monegasque people, Catalans, Swiss, Belgians, Franco-Belgian comics, List of Quebecois
www.ipedia.com /ipedia/l/li/list_of_french_people.html   (895 words)

  
 List of French people
This is a partial list of famous French or French-speaking/writing people
See also: List of people by nationality- List of Monegasque people, Catalans, Swiss, Belgians, Franco-Belgian comics
www.portaljuice.com /list_of_french_people.html   (811 words)

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