Brakel - Famous Inhabitants

Famous Inhabitants

  • Herman De Croo, politician, former president of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives
  • Robbie McEwen, cyclist, won 12 stages in the Tour de France
  • Peter van Petegem, cyclist, won Paris–Roubaix and the Ronde van Vlaanderen
  • Lietbertus, bishop of Cambrai during the 11th century

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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or inhabitants:

    “What climbs the stair?
    Nothing that common women ponder on
    If you are worth my hope! Neither Content
    Nor satisfied Conscience, but that great family
    Some ancient famous authors misrepresent,
    The Proud Furies each with her torch on high.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates—the inhabitants of marketing zones in the consumer goods society, television audiences and news magazine readerships... vote with money at the cash counter rather than with the ballot paper at the polling booth.”
    —J.G. (James Graham)