Notable Alumni of Catholic University of Louvain [Sorted List]

1. Valérie De Bue

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Valérie De Bue is a Belgian politician of the Reformist Movement serving as president of the Senate since 2024. She was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2003 to 2014, a member of the Parliament of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017, and a member of the government of Wallonia from 2017 to 2024.

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2. Nicolas Cleynaerts

1493-1542 (aged 49)

writer lexicographer grammarian orientalist

Nicolas Cleynaerts was a Flemish grammarian and traveler. He was born in Diest, in the Duchy of Brabant.

3. Jean-Pierre Delville

1951-. (aged 75)

university teacher Catholic priest theologian historian Catholic bishop

Jean-Pierre Delville is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Liège since 2013. His earlier career was devoted to church history and teaching, which he always combined with pastoral activity. He has been associated with the Community of Sant'Egidio since 1978.

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4. Emmanuel Dungia

1948-2006 (aged 58)

diplomat politician

Emmanuel Dungia was a diplomat of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and author of the political book: Mobutu and the money of Zaïre: the revelations of a diplomat, former Secret Services agent (Mobutu et l’argent du Zaïre: les révélations d'un diplomate, ex-agent des Services secrets). The latter includes the report prepared for the International Monetary Fund by Erwin Blumenthal,...

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5. Georges Dallemagne

1958-. (aged 68)

politician physician

Georges J.F.M.G. Dallemagne, is a Belgian politician and doctor.

6. Carlos Aldunate Lyon

1916-2018 (aged 102)

teacher writer Catholic priest

Carlos Aldunate Lyon was a Chilean Catholic Jesuit priest, teacher, writer, and promoter of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Chile, as well as one of the teachers of Pope Francis.

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7. Willem van Enckevoirt

1464-1534 (aged 70)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

William of Enckevoirt, also spelled as Enckenvoirt was a Dutch Cardinal, bishop of Tortosa from 1524 to 1524, and bishop of Utrecht from 1529 to 1534.

8. Alain Maron

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Alain Maron is a politician from Belgium. Since 2019, he has been a minister for the cabinet of the Brussels-Capital Region.

9. Gérard Deprez

1943-. (aged 83)

politician

Gérard M.J. Deprez is a Belgian politician. He was the president of the Walloon Christian Social Party (PSC) from 1981 to 1996. In 1998 he left the PSC and founded the Citizens' Movement for Change (MCC). He was a Member of the European Parliament representing the French Community of Belgium for six terms from 1984 to 2009 and again from...

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10. Vincent Blondel

1965-. (aged 61)

rector of UCLouvain engineer politician mathematician

Vincent Daniel Blondel is a Belgian professor of applied mathematics and former rector of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Blondel's research lies in the area of mathematical control theory and theoretical computer science. He is mostly known for his contributions in computational complexity in control, multi-agent coordination and complex...

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11. Francisco de Enzinas

1518-1552 (aged 34)

university teacher Bible translator translator

Francisco de Enzinas, also known by the humanist name Francis Dryander (from the Greek drus, which can be translated encina in Spanish), was a classical scholar, translator, author, Protestant reformer and apologist of Spanish origin.

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12. Justine Kasa-Vubu

1951-. (aged 75)

politician minister

Justine M'Poyo Kasa-Vubu is a Congolese politician and leader of a small political party, the Movement of the Congolese Democrats (Mouvement des démocrates congolais), for whom she stood as a presidential candidate in the 2006 elections.

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13. Gilles de Kerchove

1956-. (aged 70)

jurist politician

Gilles de Kerchove d'Ousselghem is a Belgian senior European Union official. He was director in the general directorate of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union from 1995 to 2007; he has since been appointed as EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator, succeeding Gijs de Vries.

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14. Albert Yuma

1955-. (aged 71)

businessperson

Albert Yuma Mulimbi is a Congolese businessman, economist and former chairman at the state-owned mining company Gecamines. An International Labour Organization dignitary, he is the chairman of the Congolese Employers Federation, Democratic Republic of the Congo's biggest business lobby group.

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15. Pablo da Silveira

1962-. (aged 64)

writer

Pablo da Silveira García is a Uruguayan writer, lecturer, philosopher, and politician of the National Party, who served as Minister of Education and Culture from 2020 to 2025.

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16. Leonardus Lessius

1554-1623 (aged 69)

Catholic priest theologian

Lenaert Leys, better known as Leonardus Lessius was a Brabant jurist, theologian, economist from the Jesuit order.

17. Léonard Misonne

1870-1943 (aged 73)

photographer

Léonard Misonne was a Belgian pictorialist photographer. He is known for his landscapes and street scenes with atmospheric skies.

18. José Aldunate

1917-2019 (aged 102)

priest human rights defender Catholic priest

José Aldunate Lyon was a Society of Jesus and Chilean teacher, worker, priest and human rights activist during the military dictatorship. He was awarded the National Prize for Human Rights in 2016.

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19. Bashar Warda

1969-. (aged 57)

university teacher Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Bashar Matti Warda is an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic cleric and the current Archbishop of Erbil (in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq).

20. Jorge Volio Jiménez

1882-1955 (aged 73)

military personnel Catholic priest politician

Jorge Volio Jiménez was a Costa Rican priest, soldier and politician.

21. François-Xavier de Donnea

1941-. (aged 85)

university teacher politician

François Xavier Gustave Marie Joseph Corneille Hubert, Knight de Donnea de Hamoir is a Belgian politician and a former mayor of the City of Brussels and Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region. He is also a former member of the Olivaint Conference of Belgium.

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22. Ana Miranda Paz

1971-. (aged 55)

jurist lawyer politician

Ana Maria Miranda Paz is a Galician politician of the Galician Nationalist Bloc. She has served thrice in the European Parliament.

23. Évariste Boshab

1956-. (aged 70)

politician minister

Évariste Boshab Mabudj-ma-Bilenge is a Congolese politician who is currently Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of the Interior and Security and a former President of the National Assembly.

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24. Philippe Goffin

1967-. (aged 59)

politician

Philippe Goffin is a Belgian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence from 30 November 2019 to 1 October 2020.

25. Alain Hubert

1953-. (aged 73)

mountain guide explorer engineer

Alain Hubert is a Belgian explorer. He is a certified mountain and polar guide, a civil engineer, and the founder President of the International Polar Foundation. With the Foundation and its private partners, he built and financed the construction of the scientific research station ‘Princess Elisabeth’. This station is the first ‘Zero Emissions’ station in Antarctica, designed under the spirit...

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26. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

1957-. (aged 69)

climatologist university teacher

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele de Strihou is a Belgian academic climatologist. He is a professor of Environmental Sciences at the UCLouvain (Belgium). As a previous vice-chair of the IPCC, Van Yp (as he is called by his peers) is one of the forerunners of climate change mitigation through strong decrease of fossil fuel consumption.

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27. Charles Picqué

1948-. (aged 78)

actor politician

Charles Picqué is a Belgian politician. He is a former Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region.

28. Bernard Clerfayt

1961-. (aged 65)

university teacher politician

Bernard Clerfayt is a Belgian politician. He has been the mayor of Schaerbeek since 2001 and is currently vice-president of the Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF). As is common in Belgium, he holds a dual mandate and has also been a member of the federal Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 2007.

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29. Isabelle Durant

1954-. (aged 72)

politician nurse

Isabelle Annie J. Durant is a Belgian politician of the Ecolo party who served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2017 to 2021 and as acting Secretary-General of the organisation from 2021 to 2022.

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30. François Bellot

1954-. (aged 72)

engineer politician

François Bellot is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Reformist Movement (MR) party. He served as the Federal Minister for Mobility and Transport in the Wilmès' caretaker Government from April 17, 2016, to October 1, 2020.

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31. Vera Songwe

1968-. (aged 58)

businessperson economist

Vera Songwe is an economist and banking executive from Cameroon who worked for the World Bank from 1998 to 2015, and in 2015–2017 served as Western and Central Africa's regional director for the International Finance Corporation. She was the first woman to head the UN's Economic Commission for Africa at the level of Under-Secretary-General. Songwe currently serves as a non-resident...

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32. Joseph Maréchal

1878-1944 (aged 66)

Catholic priest philosopher psychologist theologian

Joseph Maréchal, SJ was a Belgian Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian and psychologist. He taught at the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the University of Leuven and was the founder of the school of thought called transcendental Thomism, which attempted to merge the theological and philosophical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas with that of Immanuel Kant.

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33. Marie Peltier

1980-. (aged 46)

teacher essayist

Marie Peltier is a Belgian author. She teaches at the Institut supérieur de pédagogie Galilée in Brussels.

34. Anastase Murekezi

1952-. (aged 74)

politician minister

Anastase Murekezi is a Rwandan politician. He studied in Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare (GSOB) and went on to the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium to study agriculture. He was the Minister of Public Service and Labor until 23 July 2014 when he became Prime Minister of Rwanda, serving until 2017. From 2017-2020, he served as Ombudsman of Rwanda.

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35. Johannes Sturm

1507-1589 (aged 82)

scholar educator pedagogue theologian

Johannes Sturm was a German educator and Protestant reformer, who was influential in the design of the gymnasium system of secondary education.

36. Fernando Sebastián Aguilar

1929-2019 (aged 90)

Latin Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of cardinal in a consistory on February 22, 2014.

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37. Charles-Jean de la Vallée Poussin

1866-1962 (aged 96)

mathematician university teacher

Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallée Poussin was a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem.

38. Marcel Claude

1957-. (aged 69)

writer academic economist political activist

Marcel Henri Claude Reyes is a Chilean economist, academic, and political activist. He was an independent candidate to become President of Chile in the 2013 Chilean presidential election, and has been endorsed by the Humanist Party.

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39. Pierre-Yves Jeholet

1968-. (aged 58)

journalist politician

Pierre-Yves Jeholet is a Belgian politician of the Reformist Movement. Since 2024, he has served as vice president of the government of Wallonia and as minister of economy and employment. From 2019 to 2024, he served as minister-president of the French Community. He served as group leader of the Reformist Movement in the Parliament of Wallonia from 2014 to 2017,...

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40. Pierre-Yves Dermagne

1980-. (aged 46)

lawyer politician

Pierre-Yves Dermagne is a Belgian politician who served as Minister of Economy and Employment in the De Croo Government led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo between 2020 and 2025. He is affiliated with the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste). He was elected to the Belgian Federal Parliament in the 2024 Belgian federal election.

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41. Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro

1944-2016 (aged 72)

politician

António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001.

42. David Clarinval

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

David Clarinval is a Belgian politician of the Reformist Movement who has been serving as Minister of Labour and Economy in the De Wever government since February 2025. Additionally he was serving as Minister of Agriculture since October 2020 in both the De Croo government and the De Wever government. Before that he served as Minister of the Middle Class,...

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43. Olivier De Schutter

1968-. (aged 58)

university teacher legal scholar jurist human rights lawyer international law scholar

Olivier De Schutter is a Belgian legal scholar specialising in economic and social rights, with a specific focus on the role of social rights in the fight against poverty and their status in European integration: he coined the term "the Social Constitution of Europe" to describe the role of the European Social Charter on the European continent. He served as...

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44. Francis Xavier Morgan

1857-1935 (aged 78)

priest

Francis Xavier Morgan C. O. was a Spanish and British Catholic priest of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. He served for most of his priesthood at the Birmingham Oratory in Edgbaston. Decades after his death, Morgan has become famous as the teacher, legal guardian, and father figure to the fantasy author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien.

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45. Alexia Bertrand

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Alexia Bertrand is a Belgian politician serving as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2024. Since 2025, she has served as group leader of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. She is the daughter of Luc Bertrand.

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46. Rembert Dodoens

1517-1585 (aged 68)

university teacher physicist illustrator physician botanist

Rembert Dodoens was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus. He has been called the father of botany. The standard author abbreviation Dodoens is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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47. Bernard Lietaer

1942-2019 (aged 77)

university teacher economist writer

Bernard Lietaer was a Belgian civil engineer, economist, author, and educator. He studied monetary systems and promoted the idea that communities can benefit from creating their own local or complementary currency, which circulate parallel with national currencies.

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48. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

1942-. (aged 84)

researcher virologist

Jean-Jacques Muyembe is a Congolese microbiologist. He is the general director of Institut National pour la Recherche Biomedicale of DR Congo. He was part of team at the Yambuku Catholic Mission Hospital that investigated the first Ebola outbreak, and was part of the effort that discovered Ebola as a new disease, although his exact role is still subject to controversy....

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49. Karl-Heinz Lambertz

1952-. (aged 74)

actor lawyer politician

Karl-Heinz Lambertz is a Belgian politician holding a master's degree in law from the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) with an additional specialisation in German law (University of Heidelberg). Lambertz was president of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) from 12 July 2017 until 12 February 2020 after serving a 2+1⁄2-year term as first vice-president. He is also president of...

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50. Jean-Luc Crucke

1962-. (aged 64)

jurist lawyer politician

Jean-Luc Crucke is a Belgian politician of Les Engagés who has been serving as the Minister of Mobility and Climate in the De Wever Government since February 2025. He previously was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2024 until 2015, having previously served from 2007 to 2009. From 2017 to 2022, he was a minister in the government...

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51. Serge Brammertz

1962-. (aged 64)

lawyer judge politician

Serge Brammertz is a Belgian prosecutor, academic and jurist. He serves as the chief prosecutor for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) since 2016. He also served as the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 2008 until its closure in 2017.

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52. Joëlle Milquet

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Joëlle F.G.M. Milquet is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH).

53. Vladimír Dlouhý

1953-. (aged 73)

pedagogue economist politician

Vladimír Dlouhý is a Czech economist and politician.

54. Gregorio Rosa Chávez

1942-. (aged 84)

theologian Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Gregorio Rosa Chávez is a Salvadoran Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador from 1982 to 2022. He was a close collaborator of St. Óscar Romero.

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55. Wilfrid Napier

1941-. (aged 85)

friar Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M. is a South African Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Durban from 1992 to 2021. He was made a cardinal in 2001. He served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992 and is a member of the Order of Friars Minor.

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56. Anne Malherbe Gosselin

1968-. (aged 58)

physical education teacher

Anne Malherbe Gosselin is a Belgian-Ecuadorian teacher who served as First Lady of Ecuador from 15 January 2007 to 24 May 2017, as the wife of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. She was born in Namur, Belgium, and is the daughter of Paul Malherbe and Chantal Gosselin. She met Correa while both were attending courses in the University of Louvain (UCLouvain)...

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57. Jean Bricmont

1952-. (aged 74)

essayist philosopher physicist

Jean Bricmont is a Belgian theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), he works on renormalization group and nonlinear differential equations. Since 2004, Bricmont is a member of the Division of Sciences of the Royal Academy of Belgium.

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58. Maxime Prévot

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Maxime Patrick Robert Albert Prévot is a Belgian politician of the Les Engagés party who has been serving as a Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Development Cooperation in the De Wever Government since February 2025. He previously served as the mayor of Namur from 2012 to 2025.

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59. Albert Claude

1898-1983 (aged 85)

chemist biologist university teacher cell biologist biochemist

Albert Claude was a Belgian-American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. His elementary education started in a comprehensive primary school at Longlier, his birthplace. He served in the British Intelligence Service during the First World War, and got imprisoned in concentration camps...

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60. Guy Ullens

1935-2025 (aged 90)

art collector patron of the arts philanthropist businessperson

Baron Guy François Édouard Marie Ullens de Schooten Whettnall was a Belgian art collector, philanthropist, and businessperson.

61. Gemma Frisius

1508-1555 (aged 47)

cartographer university teacher globe maker mathematician publisher

Gemma Frisius was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. Gemma's rings, an astronomical instrument, are named after him. Along with Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, Frisius is often considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish...

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62. Jan Ingenhousz

1730-1799 (aged 69)

chemist botanist biologist physiologist physicist

Jan Ingenhousz FRS was a Dutch-British physiologist, biologist and chemist.

63. Mostafa Mohaqeq Damad

1945-. (aged 81)

theologian university teacher akhoond writer philosopher

Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad is an Iranian Shia cleric and scholar.

64. Denise Maerker

1965-. (aged 61)

journalist lawyer

Denise Maerker Salmón is a Mexican journalist who anchored the flagship En punto, the nightly newscast for Televisa from 2016 to 2023, and has served on the company's Board of Directors since April 2022.

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65. Ferran Soriano

1967-. (aged 59)

businessperson

Ferran Soriano Compte is a Spanish businessman who is the chief executive officer of Premier League club Manchester City. He also operates in the same role for Major League Soccer's New York City, and the A-League's Melbourne City. Between 2003 and 2008, he was the vice-president and General Manager of Barcelona.

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66. Christian de Duve

1917-2013 (aged 96)

chemist biologist university teacher biochemist physiologist

Christian René Marie Joseph, Viscount de Duve was a Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist. He made serendipitous discoveries of two cell organelles, peroxisomes and lysosomes, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Albert Claude and George E. Palade ("for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell"). In addition...

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67. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia

1900-1970 (aged 70)

diplomat politician

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia was a Costa Rican physician and politician who served as the 29th President of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944. The founder of Calderonism, he had previously represented San José in the Constitutional Congress from 1934 to 1940.

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68. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

1956-. (aged 70)

banker economist entrepreneur

Lorenzo Bini Smaghi is an Italian economist and banker who was a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2005 to 2011. He has been chairman of Société Générale since 2015.

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69. Édouard Ngirente

1973-. (aged 53)

minister economist politician

Édouard Ngirente is a Rwandan economist and politician. He is the former Prime Minister of Rwanda, from 30 August 2017 to 25 July 2025, having been appointed by the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame.

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70. Dyab Abou Jahjah

1971-. (aged 55)

political activist politician

Dyab Abou Jahjah is a Lebanese political activist and writer. He is the co-founder of Hind Rajab Foundation and its parent organization, the March 30 Movement, as well as the former leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement that supports the interests of Muslim immigrants in Europe.

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71. Philippe Lamberts

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Philippe Lamberts is a Belgian politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. He is a member of Ecolo, within the Greens–European Free Alliance.

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72. Stéphanie, Grand Duchess Consort of Luxembourg

1984-. (aged 42)

consort aristocrat

Stéphanie is Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Guillaume V. She became engaged to the then Hereditary Grand Duke on 26 April 2012 and married him, in a civil ceremony, on 19 October 2012, followed by a religious service the next day. The couple have two sons, Prince Charles and Prince François.

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73. Queen Mathilde of Belgium

1973-. (aged 53)

consort speech and language therapist

Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz is Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Philippe.

74. Abdul Qadeer Khan

1936-2021 (aged 85)

scientist theoretical physicist physicist engineer academic

Abdul Qadeer Khan NI & BAR, HI, FPAS was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program".

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75. Jan Baptist van Helmont

1577-1644 (aged 67)

alchemist physiologist physicist writer scientist

Jan Baptist van Helmont was a chemist, physiologist, and physician from Brussels. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and the rise of iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry". Van Helmont is remembered today largely for his 5-year willow tree experiment, his introduction of the word "gas" (from the Greek word chaos) into...

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76. Chantal Mouffe

1943-. (aged 83)

philosopher political scientist university teacher women's rights activist

Chantal Mouffe is a Belgian political theorist, teaching at University of Westminster. She is best known for her and Ernesto Laclau's contribution to the development of the so-called Essex School of discourse analysis. She is a strong critic of deliberative democracy and advocates a conflict-oriented model of radical democracy.

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77. André-Joseph Léonard

1940-. (aged 86)

Catholic bishop writer Catholic priest university teacher theologian

André-Joseph Léonard is a Belgian Catholic retired prelate who served as the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and Primate of Belgium from 2010 to 2015. He previously served as Bishop of Namur from 1991 until 2010 under the name André-Mutien Léonard.

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78. Oliver Paasch

1971-. (aged 55)

lawyer politician

Oliver Paasch is a Belgian politician of the German-speaking Pro Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft party and the incumbent Minister-president of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

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79. Philippe Maystadt

1948-2017 (aged 69)

jurist lawyer university teacher financier politician

Philippe M.P.J. Maystadt was a Belgian politician who served as Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Finance, and Deputy Prime Minister. He was President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2000 to 2011.

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80. Melchior Wathelet, Jr

1977-. (aged 49)

jurist lawyer politician

Melchior Wathelet is a Belgian politician, Secretary of State of Environment, Energy, Mobility and Institutional Reforms, and member of the Centre démocrate humaniste (cdH). His father is Melchior Wathelet. He followed part of his secondary education in Dutch at a school in Bilzen, Limburg. After a degree in law from the Catholic University of Louvain and a Master of European...

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81. Paul Janssen

1926-2003 (aged 77)

physician

Paul Adriaan Jan, Baron Janssen was a Belgian physician. He was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company with over 20,000 employees which became a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

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82. Henri Carton de Wiart

1869-1951 (aged 82)

writer politician

Henry Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton de Wiart was a Belgian writer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 16 December 1921.

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83. Michel Weber

1963-. (aged 63)

university teacher philosopher

Michel Weber is a Belgian philosopher. He is best known as an interpreter and advocate of the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, and has come to prominence as the architect and organizer of an overlapping array of international scholarly societies and publication projects devoted to Whitehead and the global relevance of process philosophy.

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84. Yves Sente

1964-. (aged 62)

writer comics writer editor screenwriter

Yves Sente is a Belgian comic book editor and author. He is known as a writer for XIII, Blake and Mortimer and Thorgal.

85. Philippe Van Parijs

1951-. (aged 75)

author economist philosopher university teacher

Philippe Van Parijs is a Belgian political philosopher and political economist, best known as a proponent and main defender of the concept of an unconditional basic income and for the first systematic treatment of linguistic justice.

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86. Pierre Harmel

1911-2009 (aged 98)

lawyer diplomat university teacher politician

Pierre Charles José Marie, Count Harmel was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat. Harmel served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1965 to 1966, leading a centre-left cabinet.

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87. Jean-Baptiste Janssens

1889-1964 (aged 75)

teacher Catholic priest canon law jurist regular cleric theologian

Jean-Baptiste Janssens SJ was a Belgian Catholic priest who was the 27th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was born in Mechelen, Belgium.

88. Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada

1956-. (aged 70)

journalist

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada, is a member of the Belgian royal family. She is the half-aunt of King Philippe of Belgium and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Princess Marie-Esméralda is a journalist, author, documentary-maker, environmental activist and a campaigner for the rights of women and indigenous people.

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89. Georges-Louis Bouchez

1986-. (aged 40)

politician

Georges-Louis Bouchez is a Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senator and leader of the Reformist Movement, a liberal French-speaking party in Belgium. He is also the owner and chairman of the Challenger Pro League football club Royal Francs Borains.

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90. Typh Barrow

1987-. (aged 39)

pianist singer singer-songwriter

Typh Barrow is a Belgian singer, songwriter, jurist, composer and pianist who was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her style is a mixture of pop and soul music with jazz and blues accents.

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91. Étienne Davignon, 1st Count Davignon

1932-. (aged 94)

author top official businessperson diplomat

Étienne, Count Davignon is a Belgian former diplomat, top civil servant, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission.

92. Sophie Wilmès

1975-. (aged 51)

politician economist

Sophie Wilmès is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2019 to 2020. She later served as minister of foreign affairs from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Reformist Movement, she is the first woman to hold either position.

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93. Daniel Olesker

1952-. (aged 74)

politician economist

Daniel Olesker is an Uruguayan politician of the Socialist Party – Broad Front. He served as Minister of Social Development from 2011 to 2015 and as Minister of Public Health between 2010 and 2011. Since February 15, 2020, he has served as Senator of the Republic.

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94. Fernando Llort Choussy

1949-2018 (aged 69)

ceramicist painter printmaker

Fernando Llort Choussy was a Salvadoran artist, often dubbed "El Salvador's National Artist" by the Foundation for Self Sufficiency in Central America (now called EcoViva).

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95. Rafael Correa

1963-. (aged 63)

politician economist

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as the 45th president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017, Correa is a democratic socialist and his administration focused on the implementation of left-wing policies. Internationally, he served as president pro tempore of the UNASUR....

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96. Santos Gutiérrez

1820-1872 (aged 52)

politician

José Santos Gutiérrez Prieto, was a Colombian statesman and soldier, who became president of the Sovereign State of Boyacá, and later elected as president of the United States of Colombia for the term of 1868-1870.

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97. Gustavo Petro

1960-. (aged 66)

partisan politician writer environmentalist economist

Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego ODB ODSC Odie is a Colombian politician and economist who has served as the 35th president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he became the first left-wing president in the recent history of Colombia.

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98. Carlos Larraín

1942-. (aged 84)

lawyer politician

Carlos Aníbal Larraín Peña is a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of National Renewal (RN).

99. Ricardo Cifuentes

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Ricardo Óscar Cifuentes Lillo is a Chilean professor and politician.

100. Stephen Brislin

1956-. (aged 70)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Stephen Brislin is a South African Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Johannesburg since 2025. He was previously Archbishop of Cape Town from 2010 to 2024. He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023.

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