30 Notable alumni of University College Ghent
Updated: May 27, 2026 EliteDegrees
University College Ghent is ranked #2,071 in the world and #12 in Belgium by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from University College Ghent sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University College Ghent won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jean Noté
1858-1922 (aged 64)
opera singer
Jean-Baptiste Noté was a Belgian operatic baritone. He graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Ghent in 1884 with first prizes in singing and lyrical declamation. He made his professional opera debut in 1885 at the Opéra de Lille as Lord Enrico Ashton in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. From 1887–1889 he was committed to the Théatre Royal in Antwerp. He...
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2. Karel Miry
1823-1889 (aged 66)
composer
conductor
musicologist
politician
Karel Miry was a Belgian composer. He was one of the first Belgian composers to write operas to librettos in Dutch and is known as the composer of the music for De Vlaamse Leeuw, the national anthem of Flanders, for which Hippoliet van Peene wrote the lyrics.
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3. Anna De Weert
1867-1950 (aged 83)
visual artist
painter
prose writer
essayist
Anna De Weert, née Cogen; Anna Virginie Caroline De Weert, also known as Anna De Weert-Cogen was a Belgian painter, prose writer and essayist. She is mainly known for landscapes painted in the Impressionist style referred to as Luminism which emphasizes light effects. She also made a number of designs for book illustrations. As a writer she wrote mainly essays...
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4. Geo Verbanck
1881-1961 (aged 80)
sculptor
visual artist
medalist
Geo Verbanck (28 February 1881 – 12 December 1961) was a Belgian sculptor and medalist.
5. Max Pinckers
1988-. (aged 38)
photographer
Max Pinckers is a Belgian photographer based in Brussels.
6. Florimond Van Duyse
1843-1910 (aged 67)
ethnomusicologist
composer
musicologist
poet
lawyer
Florimond Van Duyse was a Belgian lawyer, composer and musicologist.
7. Gerda Dendooven
1962-. (aged 64)
illustrator
videographer
actor
creator
scenographer
Gerda Dendooven is a Belgian illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Uil, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Boekenpauw on several occasions.
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8. Charel Cambré
1968-. (aged 58)
animation director
comics artist
Charel Cambré is a Flemish Belgian comics artist and author.
9. François-Auguste Gevaert
1828-1908 (aged 80)
theorist
writer
academic musician
musicologist
composer
François-Auguste Gevaert was a Belgian musicologist and composer.
10. Walter De Buck
1934-2014 (aged 80)
singer
sculptor
Walter De Buck was a Belgian singer, sculptor and the founder of the modern Gentse Feesten (Ghent Festival).
11. Aimée de Jongh
1988-. (aged 38)
comics artist
illustrator
animator
draftsperson
Aimée de Jongh is a graphic novelist and animator, whose books have been published in more than 30 countries. She has won numerous international awards for her graphic novels and was nominated for three Eisner Awards for Days of Sand and Sixty Years in Winter. Her books have received the Prix Saint-Michel, the Atomium Comic Strip Prizes and the International...
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12. Gustave Van de Woestijne
1881-1947 (aged 66)
visual artist
painter
Gustave Van de Woestijne was a Belgian expressionist painter.
13. Dirk Braeckman
1958-. (aged 68)
visual artist
creator
photographer
theatrical director
Dirk Braeckman is a Belgian photographer who lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. The artist studied photography and film at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent from 1977 until 1981.
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14. Jan Frans De Boever
1872-1949 (aged 77)
painter
Jan Frans De Boever was a Belgian Symbolist painter, known for his paintings of voluptuous nude women in morbid contexts. Skeletons, death and eroticism flood his oeuvre. He made illustrations in gouache for Charles Baudelaire's famous Les Fleurs du mal for the Ghent collector and art patron Léon Speltinckx with 157 gouaches. While he was a successful artist during most...
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15. Alfred Bastien
1873-1955 (aged 82)
visual artist
painter
teacher
draftsperson
Alfred Théodore Joseph Bastien was a Belgian artist, academic, and soldier.
16. Joseph Paelinck
1781-1839 (aged 58)
painter
Joseph Paelinck, was a painter from the Southern Netherlands.
17. Constant Permeke
1886-1952 (aged 66)
painter
sculptor
artist
draftsperson
visual artist
Constant Permeke was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish Expressionism.
18. George Minne
1866-1941 (aged 75)
painter
sculptor
designer
draftsperson
George Minne (born Georgius Joannes Leonardus Minne; 30 August 1866 – 18 February 1941) was a Belgian artist and sculptor famous for his idealized depictions of man's inner spiritual conflicts, including the "Kneeling Youth" sculpture series. A contemporary of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, Minne's work shows many similarities in both form and subject matter to the Viennese Secessionists, the...
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19. Raoul Servais
1928-2023 (aged 95)
film director
comics artist
director
animator
university teacher
Raoul Servais was a Belgian filmmaker, animator and comics artist.
20. Valerius de Saedeleer
1867-1941 (aged 74)
visual artist
painter
Valerius de Saedeleer or Valerius De Saedeleer was a Belgian landscape painter, whose works are informed by a Symbolist and mystic-religious sensitivity and the traditions of 16th-century Flemish landscape painting. He was one of the main figures in the so-called first School of Latem which in the first decade of the 20th century introduced modernist trends in Belgian painting and...
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21. Gustave De Smet
1877-1943 (aged 66)
painter
draftsperson
printmaker
Gustave Franciscus De Smet, also known as Gustaaf De Smet and Gust De Smet was a Belgian painter and printmaker. Together with Constant Permeke and Frits Van den Berghe, he was one of the founders of Flemish Expressionism. The works of the Flemish expressionists bear a stylistic relationship to German expressionism through their use of distorted forms, coloration and dynamic...
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22. Cilou Annys
1991-. (aged 35)
model
beauty pageant contestant
Cilou Annys is a Belgian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Belgium 2010 on 10 January 2010. She is also Miss West Flanders. Annys, the 80th Miss Belgium, accepted the crown from Zeynep Sever, Miss Belgium 2009.
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23. Frits Van den Berghe
1883-1939 (aged 56)
editorial cartoonist
printmaker
painter
watercolorist
illustrator
Frits Van den Berghe was a Belgian expressionist and surrealist painter and illustrator.
24. Constant Montald
1862-1944 (aged 82)
muralist
teacher
painter
sculptor
draftsperson
Constant Montald was a Belgian painter, muralist, and teacher.
25. Felix van Groeningen
1977-. (aged 49)
theatrical director
film producer
performing artist
scenographer
film director
Felix van Groeningen is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He is most known for the drama film The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012), for which he was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
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26. Philippe Herreweghe
1947-. (aged 79)
choir director
conductor
composer
Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster.
27. Jonas Geirnaert
1982-. (aged 44)
comics artist
cabaret performer
animator
penciller
actor
Jonas Geirnaert is a Belgian animator. He studied animation at the KASK in Ghent. In May 2004, he won the Short Film Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with his animated short Flatlife (11 min). The first minute of the film was the only portion with sound because it was a student project that was unfinished at the time...
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28. Lukas Dhont
1991-. (aged 35)
film director
screenwriter
Lukas Dhont is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His debut feature film, Girl, premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or and the Queer Palm awards. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019. His second feature film, Close, premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where he shared the...
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29. Walter Hus
1959-. (aged 67)
musician
pianist
creator
performing artist
composer
Walter Hus is a Belgian composer and musician.
30. Dirk Brossé
1960-. (aged 66)
film score composer
conductor
composer
university teacher
musicologist
Dirk, Knight Brossé is a Belgian conductor and composer. He has composed over 200 works, including concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music and symphonic works. Brossé has also composed extensively for stage, cinema, television. His score for the BBC/HBO series Parade's End (2012) was nominated for an Emmy Award. Dirk Brossé is currently music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia...
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