Notable Residents
References to these notable citizens of Ostend can be found here: Oostendse biografieën (in Dutch)
- Louise of Orléans, first queen of the Belgians
- Lilian Baels, princess
- Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert, Prime Minister of Belgium and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Alfred Belpaire, locomotive engineer
- Gerard Brackx, tourism
- Cesar De Paepe, syndicalist
- James Ensor, painter
- Etienne Elias, painter
- Marvin Gaye, singer
- Hubert Minnebo, sculptor
- Arno Hintjens, lead-singer of TC Matic
- Karel Jonckheere, writer
- Mimi Lamote (b. Ostend, 27 April 1964), businesswoman
- Stefaan Maene, backstroke swimmer
- Marie-José of Belgium, princess, then last queen of Italy
- August Michiels, sculpturer, painter, engraver
- Constant Permeke, expressionist painter
- Raoul Servais, filmmaker
- Gustaaf Sorel, painter
- Leon Spilliaert, painter
- Henri Storck, author, film-maker, and maker of documentaries
- Robert Triffin, economist
- Johan Vande Lanotte, politician
- Robert Van De Walle, judoka
- Bart van den Bossche, singer, actor, and radio/TV presenter
- Peter Van Heirseele, aka Herr Seele, cartoonist (Cowboy Henk), painter and performer
- Rudolf Vanmoerkerke
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