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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg | 1960 | n/a | Belgian | actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Van_Damme |
| Esther Perel | Esther Perel | 1958 | n/a | Belgian | psychotherapist of Polish-Jewish descent who has explored the tension between the need for security (love, belonging and closeness) and the need for freedom (erotic desire, adventure and distance) in human relationships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Perel |
| Isi Leibler | Isi Leibler | 1934 | 2021 | Belgian | international Jewish activist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isi_Leibler |
| Chantal Akerman | Chantal Anne Akerman | 1950 | 2015 | Belgian | film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chantal_Akerman |
| Abraham Leon | Abraham (Abram) Leon | 1918 | 1944 | Belgian | Jewish Trotskyist party leader and theorist, who was murdered in 1944 by the Nazis at the Auschwitz death camp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Leon |
| Ernest Mandel | Ernest Ezra Mandel | 1923 | 1995 | Belgian | Marxian economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist, and Holocaust survivor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Mandel |
| Diane von Fürstenberg | Diane von Fürstenberg | 1946 | n/a | Belgian | fashion designer best known for her wrap dress | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_von_Fürstenberg |
| François Englert | François, Baron Englert | 1932 | n/a | Belgian | theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel prize laureate | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Englert |
| Robert Rothschild | Baron Robert Rothschild | 1911 | 1998 | Belgian | diplomat | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rothschild |
| Paul M. G. Lévy | Paul Michel Gabriel, Baron Lévy | 1910 | 2002 | Belgian | journalist and professor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._G._Lévy |
| Karl Gotch | Charles Istaz | 1924 | 2007 | Belgian | professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch |
| Maurice Tempelsman | Maurice Tempelsman | 1929 | n/a | Belgian | businessman and diamond merchant | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Tempelsman |
| Virginie Efira | Virginie Efira | 1977 | n/a | Belgian | actress and television presenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginie_Efira |
| Jean Gol | Jean Gol | 1942 | 1995 | Belgian | politician for the liberal Walloon party Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Gol |
| Pierre Alechinsky | Pierre Alechinsky | 1927 | n/a | Belgian | artist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Alechinsky |
| Zora Arkus-Duntov | Zora Arkus-Duntov | 1909 | 1996 | Belgian | engineer whose work on the Chevrolet Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Arkus-Duntov |
| George Koltanowski | George Koltanowski | 1903 | 2000 | Belgian | chess player, promoter, and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Koltanowski |
| Arnaud de Borchgrave | Arnaud Charles Paul Marie Philippe de Borchgrave | 1926 | 2015 | Belgian | journalist who specialized in international politics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_de_Borchgrave |
| Sophie Wilmès | Sophie Wilmès | 1975 | n/a | Belgian | politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilmès |
| Bob Mendes | David Mendes | 1928 | 2021 | Belgian | accountant and writer of detective stories | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Mendes |
| Michael Freilich | Michael Freilich | 1980 | n/a | Belgian | journalist and politician for the Flemish nationalist and conservative New Flemish Alliance party | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Freilich |
| Henry Geldzahler | Henry Geldzahler | 1935 | 1994 | Belgian | curator of contemporary art in the late 20th century, as well as a historian and critic of modern art | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Geldzahler |
| Raymond van het Groenewoud | Raymond van het Groenewoud | 1950 | n/a | Belgian | musician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_van_het_Groenewoud |
| Henry Spira | Henry Spira | 1927 | 1998 | Belgian | animal rights advocate, regarded by some as one of the most effective animal advocates of the 20th century | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spira |
| Mischaël Modrikamen | Mischaël Modrikamen | 1966 | n/a | Belgian | right wing politician and lawyer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischaël_Modrikamen |
| Jean-Claude van Itallie | Jean-Claude van Itallie | 1936 | 2021 | Belgian | playwright, performer, and theatre workshop teacher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_van_Itallie |
| Léon Rosenfeld | Léon Rosenfeld | 1904 | 1974 | Belgian | physicist and Marxist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Rosenfeld |
| Régine Zylberberg | Régine Zylberberg | 1929 | n/a | Belgian | singer and nightclub impresario | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Régine_Zylberberg |
| Alexandre Horowitz | Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz | 1904 | 1982 | Belgian | mechanical engineer and inventor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Horowitz |
| Olivier Strelli | Olivier Strelli born Nissim Israel | null | null | Belgian | fashion designer, who put Belgium on the fashion map | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Strelli |
| Marcel Liebman | Marcel Liebman | 1929 | 1986 | Belgian | Marxist historian of political sociology and theory, active at the Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Liebman |
| Nico Gunzburg | Nico Gunzburg | 1882 | 1984 | Belgian | lawyer, criminologist and centenarian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Gunzburg |
| Paul Anspach | Paul Eugène Albert Anspach | 1882 | 1981 | Belgian | épée and foil fencer who competed in four consecutive Olympics (1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Anspach |
| Leopold Flam | Leopold Flam | 1912 | 1995 | Belgian | philosopher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Flam |
| Jonathan Zaccaï | Jonathan Zaccaï | 1970 | n/a | Belgian | actor, film director and screenwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Zaccaï |
| Jacques Ochs | Jacques Ochs | 1883 | 1971 | Belgian | Jewish artist and Olympic épée (champion), saber, and foil fencer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ochs |
| Blanche (singer) | Ellie Blanche Delvaux | 1999 | n/a | Belgian | singer and songwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_(singer) |
| John Raphael (sportsman) | John Edward Raphael | 1882 | 1917 | Belgian | sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union and played first-class cricket with Surrey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Raphael_(sportsman) |
| Camille Gutt | Camille Gutt | 1884 | 1971 | Belgian | economist, politician, and industrialist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Gutt |
| Gérard Blitz (swimmer) | Gérard Blitz | 1901 | 1979 | Belgian | Olympic swimmer and water polo player who competed at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gérard_Blitz_(swimmer) |
| Myriam Sarachik | Myriam Paula Sarachik | 1933 | 2021 | Belgian | experimental physicist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriam_Sarachik |
| Gaston Salmon | Gaston Joseph Clement Marie Salmon | 1878 | 1918 | Belgian | épée, foil, and sabre fencer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Salmon |
| Amélie Rorty | Amélie Oksenberg Rorty | 1932 | 2020 | Belgian | philosopher known for her work in the philosophy of mind (in particular on the emotions), history of philosophy (especially Aristotle, Spinoza | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amélie_Rorty |
| Gérard Blitz (entrepreneur) | Gérard Blitz | 1912 | 1990 | Belgian | entrepreneur and Yogi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gérard_Blitz_(entrepreneur) |
| Maurice Kraitchik | Maurice Borisovich Kraitchik | 1882 | 1957 | Belgian | mathematician and populariser | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Kraitchik |
| Maurice Blitz | Maurice Blitz | 1891 | 1975 | Belgian | Olympic water polo player during the 1920s | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Blitz |
| Henri Anspach | Henri Lucien Ernest Eugène Anspach | 1882 | 1979 | Belgian | épée and foil fencer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Anspach |
| Adolphe Samuel | Adolphe-Abraham Samuel | 1824 | 1898 | Belgian | music critic, conductor and composer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Samuel |
| Mala Zimetbaum | Malka Zimetbaum | 1918 | 1944 | Belgian | woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the resistance she displayed at her execution following her being recaptured | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala_Zimetbaum |
| Alfred Loewenstein | Alfred Léonard Loewenstein | 1877 | 1928 | Belgian | financier | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Loewenstein |
| Edouard Zeckendorf | Edouard Zeckendorf | 1901 | 1983 | Belgian | doctor, army officer and mathematician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edouard_Zeckendorf |
| Clara de Hirsch | Clara de Hirsch | 1833 | 1899 | Belgian | businesswoman and philanthropist of the Bischoffsheim family | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_de_Hirsch |
| Henri Kichka | Henri Kichka | 1926 | 2020 | Belgian | writer and Holocaust survivor who was one of the leading figures in Holocaust education in Belgium | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Kichka |
| Henri Cohen (water polo) | Henri Cohen | 1930 | n/a | Belgian | sportsman who specialized in water polo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cohen_(water_polo) |
| Ohad Moskowitz | Ohad Moskowitz | 1974 | n/a | Belgian | Orthodox Jewish vocalist who is one of the superstars of the contemporary Jewish religious music scene | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohad_Moskowitz |
| Edna Stern | Edna Stern | 1977 | n/a | Belgian | pianist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Stern |
| Marcel Stellman | Marcel Leopold Stellman | 1925 | 2021 | Belgian | born British record producer and lyricist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Stellman |
| Bettina Le Beau | Bettina Le Beau | 1932 | 2015 | Belgian | actress known for her film, radio and television appearances in the UK. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettina_Le_Beau |
| Marcel Tolkowsky | Marcel Tolkowsky | 1899 | 1991 | Belgian | member of a Jewish family of diamond cutters from Poland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Tolkowsky |
| Virgile Vandeput | Virgile Vandeput | 1994 | n/a | Belgian | alpine skier who competes for Israel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgile_Vandeput |
| Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim | Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim | 1808 | 1883 | Belgian | banker, businessman and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan-Raphaël_Bischoffsheim |
| Boruch Israel Dyner | Boruch Israël Dyner | 1903 | 1979 | Belgian | chess master | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boruch_Israel_Dyner |
| René Kalisky | René Kalisky | 1936 | 1981 | Belgian | writer of Polish-Jewish descent who is best known for the plays he wrote in the last 12 years of his life | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Kalisky |
| Charles S. Lieber | Charles Saul Lieber | 1931 | 2009 | Belgian | clinical nutritionist who established that excess alcohol consumption can cause cirrhosis of the liver even in subjects who have an adequate diet, contradicting then-current scientific opinion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Lieber |
| Daniel Sternefeld | Daniel Sternefeld | 1905 | 1986 | Belgian | composer and conductor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sternefeld |
| Jacques Brotchi | Jacques, Baron Brotchi | 1942 | n/a | Belgian | professor of neurosurgery and a politician from the MR. He was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Brotchi |
| Paul Sobol | Paul Sobol | 1926 | 2020 | Belgian | survivor of the Holocaust who was active in Holocaust education in Belgium | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sobol |
| Vera Feyder | Vera Feyder | 1939 | n/a | Belgian | writer and comedian living in France | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Feyder |
| Samy Szlingerbaum | Samy Szlingerbaum | 1950 | 1986 | Belgian | screenwriter, actor and film director | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_Szlingerbaum |
| Stéphane Ginsburgh | Stéphane Ginsburgh | 1969 | n/a | Belgian | pianist of Austrian origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Ginsburgh |
| Shay (rapper) | Vanessa Lesnicki | 1990 | n/a | Belgian | francophone rapper | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_(rapper) |
| Georges Montefiore-Levi | Georges Montefiore-Levi | 1832 | 1906 | Belgian | politician, industrialist and inventor of Jewish extraction who created the first phosphorus bronze | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Montefiore-Levi |
| Léo Errera | Abraham Léo Errera | 1858 | 1905 | Belgian | botanist, known for his research in the field of plant physiology | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léo_Errera |
| Victor Guidalevitch | Victor Issay Guidalevitch | 1892 | 1962 | Belgian | engineer of Russian origin who became an amateur photographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Guidalevitch |
| Simon Kornblit | Simon Kornblit | 1933 | 2010 | Belgian | studio executive and actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Kornblit |
| Nat Neujean | Nathanael Neujean | 1923 | 2018 | Belgian | sculptor from Antwerp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Neujean |
| Isabelle Errera | Isabella or Isabelle Alice Errera, née Goldschmidt | 1869 | 1929 | Belgian | art historian specializing in textiles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Errera |
| Hugo Chaim Adler | Hugo Chaim Adler | 1894 | 1955 | Belgian | cantor, composer, and choir conductor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Chaim_Adler |
| David Shentow | David Shentow | 1925 | 2017 | Belgian | Holocaust survivor and educator, featured in Canadian films, books and articles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shentow |
| Georges Gutelman | Georges Gutelman | 1938 | 2019 | Belgian | engineer and businessman who specialized in aviation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Gutelman |
| Menachem Banitt | Menachem Banitt | null | null | Belgian | scholar of French medieval culture and language and an internationally acclaimed expert on Rashi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Banitt |
| Eriek Verpale | Eric Verpaele | 1952 | 2015 | Belgian | writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriek_Verpale |
| Ronny Bruckner | Ronny Bruckner | 1957 | 2013 | Belgian | businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronny_Bruckner |
| Werner Lambersy | Werner Lambersy | 1941 | 2021 | Belgian | poet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Lambersy |
| Jean Henri Simon | Jean Henri Simon | 1752 | 1834 | Belgian | engraver and soldier | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Simon |
| Louis Frank (lawyer) | Louis Frank | 1864 | 1917 | Belgian | lawyer, philosopher and pioneer of the Belgian feminist movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Frank_(lawyer) |
| Maxime Steinberg | Maxime Steinberg | 1936 | 2010 | Belgian | historian and teacher who wrote extensively on the Holocaust in Belgium | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_Steinberg |
| Claude-Anne Lopez | Claude-Anne Lopez | 1920 | 2012 | Belgian | writer and scholar who specialized in studies of Benjamin Franklin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Anne_Lopez |
| Louis Bernheim | Lieutenant-General Louis Bernheim | 1861 | 1931 | Belgian | career soldier and general, best-known for his service during World War I. He is also notable as one of Belgium's highest ranking soldiers of Jewish origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bernheim |
| Geneviève Janssen-Pevtschin | Geneviève Janssen-Pevtschin | 1915 | 2011 | Belgian | lawyer and the first woman magistrate in Belgium | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneviève_Janssen-Pevtschin |
| Saul Akkemay | Saul Akkemay | 1964 | n/a | Belgian | freelance publicist and columnist, of German-Jewish paternal descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Akkemay |
| Moïse Rahmani | Moïse Rahmani | 1944 | 2016 | Belgian | Sephardic author, editor, and publisher of Los Muestros (Ladino-French-English language) magazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moïse_Rahmani |
| Simone Gad | Simone Zypora Gad | 1947 | 2021 | Belgian | artist and actress | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Gad |
| Anna Jaffé | Anna Jaffé | 1845 | 1942 | Belgian | art collector | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Jaffé |
| Shmuel Tolkowsky | Shmuel Tolkowsky | 1886 | 1965 | Belgian | agronomist, Zionist and Israeli diplomat | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmuel_Tolkowsky |
| Marcel Engelmann | Marcel Engelmann | 1895 | unknown | Belgian | chess master | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Engelmann |
| Serge Strosberg | Serge Strosberg | 1966 | n/a | Belgian | painter living in SOHO, NYC since 2008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Strosberg |
| Ferdinand Bischoffsheim | Ferdinand Raphaël Bischoffsheim | 1837 | 1909 | Belgian | banker and politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Bischoffsheim |
| Romi Goldmuntz | Romi Goldmuntz | 1882 | 1960 | Belgian | businessman who played an essential role in the survival of the diamond business in Antwerp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romi_Goldmuntz |
| Lehman Kahn | Lehman Kahn | 1827 | 1915 | Belgian | Jewish educationist and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Kahn |
| Theodore Hauman | Theodore Hauman | 1808 | 1878 | Belgian | violinist and teacher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hauman |
| Amélie Rosseneu | Amélie Rosseneu | 1988 | n/a | Belgian | judoka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amélie_Rosseneu |
| Icek Glogowski | Icek (Jacques) Glogowski, nicknamed 'le gros Jacques' | null | null | Belgian | Jew of Polish origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icek_Glogowski |