This is a list of notable people from Brussels.
Patroness of Brussels
Saint Gudulae of Brussels and Eibingen, Saint of the city and national saint of Belgium
Political leaders in Brussels
The Belgian Monarchs
The Belgian Monarchs reside in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. They were all born in Brussels (except for Leopold I).
Leopold I (1790–1865), the first King of the Belgians
Leopold II (1835–1909), the second King of the Belgians
Albert I (1875–1934), the third King of the Belgians
Leopold III (1901–1983), the fourth King of the Belgians
Baudouin (1930–1993), the fifth King of the Belgians
Albert II (born 1934; abdicated 2013), the sixth King of the Belgians
Philippe (born 1960), the seventh King of the Belgians
Minister-Presidents of Brussels
Charles Picqué (P.S.) (1989–1999) Jacques Simonet (M.R.) (1999–2000) François-Xavier de Donnéa (M.R.) (2000–2003) Daniel Ducarme (M.R.) (2003–2004) Jacques Simonet (M.R.) (2004) (replaced Daniel Ducarme who resigned) Charles Picqué (P.S.) (2004–2013) Rudi Vervoort (P.S.) (2013–present)
Governors of Brussels
André Degroeve (1995–1998) Raymonde Dury (1998) (resigned) Véronique Paulus de Châtelet (1998)
Mayors of Brussels
Joseph Van De Meulebroeck (lib.) (1939–1956) Lucien Cooremans (lib.) (1956–1975) Pierre Van Halteren (lib.) (1975–1982) Hervé Brouhon (P.S.) (1977–1983) Freddy Thielemans (P.S.) (1983–1988) Michel Demaret (PSC, now CdH) 1989–1994) François-Xavier de Donnéa (M.R.) (1995–2000) Freddy Thielemans (P.S.) (2001)
Born in Brussels
Following notable people were born in the area today known as the Brussels-Capital Region.
Royals
Mary of Burgundy (1457–1482), Duchess of Burgundy from 1477–1482
Charles VII (1697–1745), Holy Roman Emperor
Charles Eugene (1728–1793), Duke of Württemberg
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Princess Luisa Maria at Clinique Saint Jean in 1995
Princess Laetitia Maria at Clinique Saint Jean in 2003
Politicians
Paul Deschanel (1855–1922), president of France (1920) Antoine Duquesne (1941–2010), Belgian MP and Senator, Member of the European Parliament Pierre Harmel (1911–2009), Prime Minister of Belgium (1965–1966) Marie Janson (1873–1960), politician Paul-Emile Janson (1872–1944), Prime Minister of Belgium (1937–1938) Philippe Lamberts (born 1963), politician Adolphe Max (1869–1939), politician and Mayor of Brussels from 1909 until 1939 Annemie Neyts (born 1944), politician, former president of the Liberal International, president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb (1936–2023), politician Étienne Pinte, French MP and mayor of Versailles Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972), Prime Minister of Belgium (1938–1939, 1946 and 1947–1949), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1946–1957), Secretary-General of NATO (1957–1961) Emile Vandervelde (1866–1938), President from 1900 of the Second International
Artists
Cinema
Chantal Akerman (1950–2015), filmmaker and director
Patrick Bauchau (born 1938), actor
Gérard Corbiau (born 1941), film director
Thierry De Mey (born 1956), film director and composer
Jacques Feyder (1885–1948), screenwriter and international film director, one of the founders of poetic realism in French cinema Fernand Gravey (1904–1970), also known as Fernand Gravet, film actor Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), Anglo-Dutch actress, fashion model, and humanitarian Helena Noguerra (born 1969), actress, singer and television presenter Raymond Rouleau (1904–1981), actor and film director Jean-Claude Van Damme (born 1960), actor, nicknamed "The Muscles from Brussels" Jaco Van Dormael (born 1957 in Ixelles), film director Alexandra Vandernoot (born 1965), actress Agnès Varda (1928–2019), French film director