On the subject of Belgium

[Forrest]

I've always regarded Belgium as a pretty boring place. Bruges is nice enough and they make some decent chocolate. But my question is this - can anyone name a famous Belgian? I reckon the most famous Belgian was Hercule Poirot, and he wasn't even real!

[anders]

Really Forrest, I thought this 'name a famous Belgian' was a Farage/xenophobic english thing. How about Lukaku, Hazard. Rubens. Eddie Merckz. Mercator. Herge. Van Dyck. Magritte come to mind. Plus a more recent medical scientist but the name escapes me....(that's more a point about my memory than about the memorability of the Belgies).



Tho as now be obvious, I spent a number of holidays in & around Belgium!

[I.J]

Audrey Hepburn is quite famous tbf.

[Shug]

Oscar worthy actor Jean Claude Van Damme

[Jambojim52]

I went to Belgium once do I count?

[HC.]

The guy who wrote Tin Tin was Belgian, I think.

[Forrest]

Really Forrest, I thought this 'name a famous Belgian' was a Farage/xenophobic english thing. How about Lukaku, Hazard. Rubens. Eddie Merckz. Mercator. Herge. Van Dyck. Magritte come to mind. Plus a more recent medical scientist but the name escapes me....(that's more a point about my memory than about the memorability of the Belgies).



Tho as now be obvious, I spent a number of holidays in & around Belgium!

Has this been a national conversation? I'm excluding current sportsmen. I hadn't heard of Merckz until last week when we were talking at work - maybe I'm just from the wrong era for him / ignorant of cycling. Never heard of van Dyck either. Rubens, Magritte, Herge, Mercator - good shouts. I should've got van Damme though.

Audrey Hepburn is one we found out (disbelievingly) last week too.

[anders]

And....Bradley Wiggins!