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| * [[Pierre Alechinsky]], artist | * [[Pierre Alechinsky]], artist | ||
| * [[Plastic Bertrand]], musician | * [[Plastic Bertrand]], musician | ||
| - | * [[Brian Molko]], lead singer of the band Placebo | ||
| * [[Jacques Brel]], musician | * [[Jacques Brel]], musician | ||
| - | * [[Rene Carcan]], artist | ||
| * [[Michel De Ghelderode]], dramatist | * [[Michel De Ghelderode]], dramatist | ||
| - | * [[Marc Didden]], film director | ||
| * [[Gudula|Saint Gudulae of Brussels and Eibingen]], Saint of the city and national saint of Belgium | * [[Gudula|Saint Gudulae of Brussels and Eibingen]], Saint of the city and national saint of Belgium | ||
| * [[Audrey Hepburn]], actress | * [[Audrey Hepburn]], actress | ||
| * [[Hergé]], [[Franco-Belgian comics|comics]] writer | * [[Hergé]], [[Franco-Belgian comics|comics]] writer | ||
| - | * [[René Follet]], [[Franco-Belgian comics|comics]] writer | ||
| * [[Victor Horta]], [[Art Nouveau]] architect | * [[Victor Horta]], [[Art Nouveau]] architect | ||
| - | * [[Jacky Ickx]], racing driver | ||
| - | * [[Paul-Emile Janson]], politician, former Prime Minister of [[Belgium]] | ||
| - | * [[Nicholas Lens]], author/composer | ||
| - | * [[Suzanne Lilar]], essayist, novelist, and playwright, lived in Brussels from 1977-1992 | ||
| * [[René Magritte]], painter | * [[René Magritte]], painter | ||
| * [[Amélie Nothomb]], writer | * [[Amélie Nothomb]], writer | ||
| * [[Peyo]] (Pierre Culliford), illustrator and creator of the [[Smurfs]] | * [[Peyo]] (Pierre Culliford), illustrator and creator of the [[Smurfs]] | ||
| * [[François Schuiten]], [[Franco-Belgian comics|comics]] artist | * [[François Schuiten]], [[Franco-Belgian comics|comics]] artist | ||
| - | * [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], politician, several times Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister of [[Belgium]], former Secretary General of the [[NATO]] | ||
| * [[Toots Thielemans]], jazz musician | * [[Toots Thielemans]], jazz musician | ||
| * [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], actor; nickname: "The Muscles from Brussels" | * [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], actor; nickname: "The Muscles from Brussels" | ||
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| * [[Diane von Furstenberg]], fashion designer | * [[Diane von Furstenberg]], fashion designer | ||
| * [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], writer and first female member of the [[Académie Française]] | * [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], writer and first female member of the [[Académie Française]] | ||
| - | * Olivier Theyskens, fashion designer | + | * [[Olivier Theyskens]], fashion designer |
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Notable people from Brussels
See also: Notable people from Brussels
- Pierre Alechinsky, artist
- Plastic Bertrand, musician
- Jacques Brel, musician
- Michel De Ghelderode, dramatist
- Saint Gudulae of Brussels and Eibingen, Saint of the city and national saint of Belgium
- Audrey Hepburn, actress
- Hergé, comics writer
- Victor Horta, Art Nouveau architect
- René Magritte, painter
- Amélie Nothomb, writer
- Peyo (Pierre Culliford), illustrator and creator of the Smurfs
- François Schuiten, comics artist
- Toots Thielemans, jazz musician
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, actor; nickname: "The Muscles from Brussels"
- Rogier van der Weyden, painter, (1400-1465)
- Barend van Orley, painter, (1488-1541)
- Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer
- Marguerite Yourcenar, writer and first female member of the Académie Française
- Olivier Theyskens, fashion designer
