Belgium

Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator, known as a founder of the Latin American Boom who influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers

Belgian writer, author of the Jules Maigret detective series, known for publishing around 400 novels and selling over 500 million copies

Belgian inventor, musician, and instrument maker who invented the saxophone and redesigned the bass clarinet, among other musical innovations

Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of structuralism and structural anthropology

King of the Belgians and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State

French artist, film director, screenwriter, and photographer known for her innovative contributions to cinema and visual arts

Belgian surrealist artist known for his thought-provoking depictions of everyday objects in dreamlike settings, influencing pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art

Belgian-born French novelist and essayist, first woman elected to the Académie Française, and winner of the Prix Femina and Erasmus Prize

Belgian singer, actor, and composer known as a master of the modern chanson, who generated a large, devoted following worldwide

King of the Belgians who earned the title "Knight King" for his courageous leadership during World War I

Belgian Nobel Prize-winning immunologist and microbiologist who made fundamental discoveries about immunity and bacterial infections

Belgian Symbolist poet, writer, and playwright who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times