De Grootste Belg

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De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian) was a vote conducted by Belgian TV broadcast Canvas, to determine who is the Greatest Belgian of all time. It could be considered as a Flemish list, considering that Walloon broadcast RTBF also held a vote, Le plus grand belge. Nominees needed to have lived between 50 BC and now, between the borders of present day Belgium. This is because Belgium only gained its independence since 1830, while a lot of historical people from, for example, the Spanish Netherlands, are considered to be "Belgians".

[edit] Top 10

  1. Father Damien (1840-1889)
  2. Paul Janssen (1926-2003)
  3. Eddy Merckx (1945-)
  4. Ambiorix (1st century BC)
  5. Adolf Daens (1839-1907)
  6. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
  7. Jacques Brel (1929-1978)
  8. Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
  9. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
  10. Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883)

[edit] Top 11-50

  1. Desiderius Erasmus
  2. Adolphe Sax
  3. Jan Decleir
  4. Kim Clijsters
  5. Victor Horta
  6. Baudouin of Belgium
  7. Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  8. Rene Magritte
  9. Guido Gezelle
  10. Toots Thielemans
  11. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
  12. Louis Paul Boon
  13. Jozef Cardijn
  14. Hergé
  15. James Ensor
  16. Peter Piot
  17. Jan Van Eyck
  18. Christoffel Plantijn
  19. Willy Vandersteen
  20. Hugo Claus
  21. Jan-Frans Willems
  22. Leo Baekeland
  23. Lieven Gevaert
  24. Arno Hintjens
  25. Mark Uytterhoeven
  26. Dirk Martens
  27. Justine Henin-Hardenne
  28. Raymond Goethals
  29. Ernest Solvay
  30. Paul-Henri Spaak
  31. Achiel Van Acker
  32. Marie Popelin
  33. Paul Delvaux
  34. Simon Stevin
  35. Julien Lahaut
  36. Christine Van Broeckhoven
  37. Elisabeth of Belgium
  38. Marc Sleen
  39. Willem Elsschot
  40. Paul Van Ostaijen
  41. Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
  42. Raymond Ceulemans
  43. Jean-Marie Pfaff
  44. Georges Pire
  45. Isabelle Gatti de Gamond
  46. Philip III, Duke of Burgundy
  47. Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery
  48. Edward Anseele
  49. Pascal Vyncke
  50. Christian de Duve
  51. Georges Lemaître
  52. Rembert Dodoens
  53. John Cockerill
  54. Ilya Prigogine
  55. Tom Barman
  56. Django Reinhardt
  57. Gaston Eyskens
  58. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
  59. Camille Huysmans
  60. Anthony Van Dyck
  61. Briek Schotte
  62. Henry Van de Velde
  63. Rik Coppens
  64. Hadewijch
  65. Ingrid Berghmans
  66. Orlandus Lassus
  67. Georges Simenon
  68. Rik Van Looy
  69. Ferdinand Verbiest
  70. Dries Van Noten
  71. Cyriel Buysse
  72. Hans Memling
  73. Jeanne Brabants
  74. Tom Lanoye
  75. Rik Van Steenbergen
  76. Adolphe Quetelet
  77. Gaston Roelants
  78. Jan van Ruusbroec
  79. Paul Van Himst
  80. Emile Vandervelde
  81. Amélie Nothomb
  82. Frans Van Cauwelaert
  83. Constant Vanden Stock
  84. Gabrielle Petit
  85. Marc Van Montagu
  86. Auguste Beernaert
  87. Marcel Broodthaers
  88. Maurice Maeterlinck
  89. Pedro de Gante
  90. Philippe Herreweghe
  91. Rogier van der Weyden
  92. Fernand Khnopff
  93. César Franck
  94. Gerard Mortier
  95. Pierre Wynants
  96. Henri Pirenne
  97. Pierre Deligne
  98. Raoul Servais
  99. Emile Francqui
  100. Charles Rogier
  101. Hugo Van der Goes

[edit] External links


Countries' Greatest People TV series

(in order of airing)
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