Born in Liège
Liège
City in Wallonia, Belgium
Liège as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Belgican classical scholar (1904-1979), Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890), Belgian racing driver): Claire Préaux, César Franck, Patrick Nève and some more.
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Claire Préaux
Belgican classical scholar (1904-1979)
*December 21st, 1904 †March 28th, 1979, Ixelles - Elsene
67 César Franck
Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
*December 10th, 1822 †November 8th, 1890, Paris
62 Maurice Hennequin
French playwright and writer
*December 10th, 1863 †September 3rd, 1926, Montreux
83 Joseph Pholien
Belgian politician (1884-1968)
*December 28th, 1884 †January 4th, 1968, City of Brussels.jpg "Nancy Sinatra")
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79 Joseph Jongen
Belgian organist, composer, and music educator
*December 14th, 1873 †July 12th, 1953, Sart-lez-Spa.png "Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo")
88 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo
Dutch artist of the COBRA movement better known as Corneille (1922-2010)
*July 4th, 1922 †September 5th, 2010, Auvers-sur-Oise
67 Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
Austrian diplomat
*April 20th, 1727 †August 25th, 1794, London
80 Lambert Massart
Classical violinist
*July 19th, 1811 †February 13th, 1892, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin
93 André Goosse
Belgian grammarian (1926-2019)
*April 16th, 1926 †August 4th, 2019, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve.jpg "Lambert Pietkin")
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64 Louis De Geer
Dutch politician, industrialist, gun merchant (1587-1652)
*November 17th, 1587 †June 19th, 1652, Amsterdam 65
Didier Reynders
Belgian politician, currently European Commissioner for Justice
*August 6th, 1958.jpg "Alain Peltier")
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Eugène Ysaÿe
Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
*July 16th, 1858 †May 12th, 1931, City of Brussels
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Gustave de Molinari
Belgian political economist and classical liberal theorist
*March 3rd, 1819 †January 28th, 1912, De Panne 64
Jean-Michel Charlier
Belgian comics artist (1924-1989)
*October 30th, 1924 †July 10th, 1989, Paris 72
André Grétry
Composer from present-day Belgium (1741–1813)
*February 8th, 1741 †September 24th, 1813, Montmorency 86
Alexis Chantraine
Belgian association football player (1901-1987)
*March 16th, 1901 †April 24th, 1987, Liège 74
Adolphe Samuel
Belgian composer, conductor and critic
*July 11th, 1824 †September 11th, 1898, Ghent 70
Gerard de Lairesse
Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands
*September 11th, 1640 †July 28th, 1711, Amsterdam 83
Roger Laurent
Former racing driver and motorcycle racer from Belgium
*February 21st, 1913 †February 6th, 1997, Uccle - Ukkel 56
Daniel Ducarme
Belgian politician (1954-2010)
*March 8th, 1954 †August 28th, 2010, Brussels metropolitan area 68
Marcel Cabay
Belgian actor and radio host (1921-1990)
*December 10th, 1921 †June 7th, 1990, Greenfield Park 81
Armand Marsick
Belgian conductor and composer (1877-1959)
*September 20th, 1877 †April 30th, 1959, La Louvière
67 Alphonse Hasselmans
Belgian-born French harpist, composer and pedagogue
*March 5th, 1845 †May 19th, 1912, Paris 74
Étienne-Gaspard Robert
Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria (1763-1837)
*June 15th, 1763 †July 2nd, 1837, Quartier des BatignollesBirthdays of famous people
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