Zeelandic Flanders - Famous People From Zeelandic Flanders

Famous People From Zeelandic Flanders

• Lodewijk van den Berg, astronaut
• Willem Beukelszoon, inventor of gibbing
• Herman den Blijker, chef cook
• Richard Bukacki, professional cyclist
• Emile Buysse, author
• Honoré Colsen, politician
• Johan Hendrik van Dale, lexicographer
• Dick Dees, politician
• Jan Gerard van Deinse, politician
• Frans Dieleman, geographer
• Jan Eekhout, author
• Thea Fierens, politician
• Omer Gielliet, woodcutter and priest
• Jacques Hamelink, author and poet
• Willem van Hanegem, soccer player and coach
• Sergio Herman, chef cook and co-owner of restaurant "Oud Sluis"
• Ate de Jong, director
• Annabel Kosten, swimmer
• Jan Kuipers, author
• Gert de Meijer, musician
• José de Meijer, politician
• Guido Metsers, sculptor and painter
• Hugo Metsers II, actor
• Theo Middelkamp, professional cyclist
• Jacques de Milliano, physician and co-founder and chairman of Artsen zonder Grenzen in the Netherlands
• Marie Cécile Moerdijk, singer and author
• Jos de Mul, scholar philosophy
• Roelof Nelissen, politician and banker
• Jos de Putter, director
• George van Renesse, pianist and musical conductor
• Jan III van Renesse, strategist and leader of the Flemish troops during the de Guldensporenslag
• Sandra Roelofs, First lady of Georgia (spouse of president Micheil Saakasjvili)
• Franciscus Maria Amandus van Schaeck Mathon, Catholic statesman
• Paul Tingen, schrijver, journalist, musician
• Kees Torn, comedian
• Ad Verbrugge, philosopher
• Annelies Verstand-Bogaert, politician
• Herman Wijffels, Dutch administrator of the World Bank in Washington