Celebrities: Our famous Belgians

They have made names for themselves in the worlds tennis, cinema and even space travel. Discover the Belgian icons who have marked the world of celebrity.

Brussels: Jacques Brel lives on

Benoît Poelvoorde, Namur and Belgian cinema's favourite son!

Eddy Merckx: "The Cannibal"

Justine Henin, ambassador for Belgian tennis and Wallonia

Simenon: Liège in all his novels

Stromae, the little prince of Brussels