Belgium

Belgian comics writer and artist, creator of the iconic 'The Adventures of Tintin' series and pioneer of the 'ligne claire' drawing style

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

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

King of the Belgians who navigated the tumultuous period of World War II and was known for his passions as a photographer and naturalist

Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who invented the saxophone, saxhorn, and redesigned the bass clarinet

Belgian lawyer, politician, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate renowned for his leadership in the international peace movement and advocacy for women's rights

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

Fifth King of the Belgians who reigned for 42 years and was the last Belgian sovereign of the Congo before its 1960 independence

Flemish cartographer and geographer known for creating the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and a founder of the Netherlandish school of cartography

Influential Belgian politician and diplomat, known as 'Mr. Europe' for his leadership in founding the European Union and his service as Prime Minister of Belgium and NATO Secretary General

Belgian American inventor and chemist known as "The Father of the Plastics Industry" for inventing Velox photographic paper and Bakelite