Schaerbeek - Famous Inhabitants

Famous Inhabitants

  • Jacques Brel, famous Belgian singer (1929–1978)
  • Paul-Henri Spaak, politician and statesman (1899–1972)
  • René Magritte, surrealist painter (1898–1967)
  • Nicolas Colsaerts, European Tour professional golfer (b. 1982)
  • Paul Deschanel, French statesman and President of France (1855–1922)
  • Michel de Ghelderode, novelist (1898–1962), employed at the Townhall from 1923 to 1946
  • Georges Eekhoud, novelist (1854–1927)
  • Jan Ferguut, novelist (1835–1902)
  • Gustave Strauven, architect (1878–1919), art nouveau
  • Franz Hemelsoet, architect (1875–1947), art nouveau
  • Henri Jacobs, architect (1864–1935), art nouveau
  • Andrée de Jongh, member of the Resistance during World War II (b. 1916)
  • Monique de Bissy, member of the Resistance during World War II (1923–2009)
  • Roger Somville, painter (b. 1923)
  • Jean Roba, comics author, creator of Boule et Bill (1930–2006)
  • Roger Camille, cartoonist (1936–2006)
  • Claude Coppens, pianist and composer (b. 1936)
  • Alain Hutchinson, politician (b. 1949)
  • Raymond van het Groenewoud, musician and singer (b. 1950)
  • Daniel Ducarme, politician (b. 1954)
  • Emilio Ferrera, football player and coach (b. 1967)
  • Maurane (1960-), singer
  • François Schuiten (1956-), comics author (Brüsel...)
  • Agustín Goovaerts, architect (b. 1885)
  • Jan Cornelis Hofman, Post-Impressionist painter, died here in 1966

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