Dirk van Mechelen

Dirk van Mechelen

male, 52 years old
Leuven alumni, Dirk Louis Maria Van Mechelen, flanders, flemish, liberal, Mayor
Dirk Louis Maria Van Mechelen (born August 27, 1957 in Kapellen) is the Flemish minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning. He is...
Hugo van der Goes

Hugo van der Goes

male, deceased (1482)
artists' guild, Early Netherlandish painter, bruges, flemish, Medici, ghent…flanders
Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482) was a Flemish painter. Born in Ghent, he entered the artists' guild there in 1467. He was later elected dean of...
Eddy Wally

Eddy Wally

male, 77 years old
eurotrash, Ertvelde, camp, kitsch, Johnny Hoes, flanders
Eddy Wally is a singer from Ertvelde (Flanders, Belgium), and is the self-proclaimed "Voice Of Europe". He is most known for his songs "Chérie" a...
Panamarenko

Panamarenko

male, 69 years old
sculptor, Henri Van Herwegen, assemblagist, fixed-wing aircraft, icarus, balloon…flanders
Panamarenko (pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, born in Antwerp, February 5, 1940) is a prominent assemblagist in Flemish sculpture. Famous for his...
Katherine Swynford

Katherine Swynford

male, deceased (1403)
Women of medieval England, belgian, From lincolnshire, flanders, flemish, House of Lancaster
Katherine (or Katharine or Catherine) (c. 1350 - May 10 1403), was the daughter of Payne (or Paen) de Roet (or Rouet or Roelt) a Flemish herald...

Gundred

female, deceased (1085)
Norman Chapel, Cluniac Priory, chester, henry vii, Castle Acre, Norfolk, flanders
Gundred, Countess of Surrey (died May 27, 1085) was probably born in Flanders, sister of Gerbod the Fleming, Earl of Chester. Gundred married...
Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator

male, deceased (1594)
Mercator chart, Leuven alumni before 1968, Duchy of Cleves, 's-Hertogenbosch, duchy of Julich, Rupelmonde…flanders
Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in East Flanders in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to parents...
Jacob Jordaens

Jacob Jordaens

male, deceased (1678)
guild of painter, rubens, flanders, flemish, Baroque painter, chiaroscuro
Jacob Jordaens (May 19, 1593 - October 18, 1678), was a Flemish painter, born in Antwerp. Like Rubens, he studied under Adam van Noort. A marriage...
Jacob van Artevelde

Jacob van Artevelde

male, deceased (1345)
angry mob, bruges, Count of Flanders, flanders, flemish, belgian
Jacob van Artevelde (c. 1290 - 1345), also known as the Wise Man and the Brewer of Ghent, Flemish statesman and political leader, was born in Ghent...
Bart Wellens

Bart Wellens

male, 31 years old
flanders, VT4, bicycle racing, Vorselaar, cyclo-cross, Reality Television
Bart Wellens (born August 10 1978 in Vorselaar) is a professional cyclo-cross cyclist from Belgium. He stars in the reality television series...