Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/January/January 27
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- 1827: birth of Thomas Joseph Lamy, Biblical scholar and orientalist
- 1893: death of Alfred Belpaire, locomotive engineer and inventor of the Belpaire firebox
- 1927: birth of Vic Mees, soccer player, selected 68 times for the Belgium national football team
- 1940: birth of Harry Kümel, film director
- 1954: birth of Karel De Gucht, politician, as of 2006 Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2001: death of Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy