Memorials & famous biographies

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

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

Romani-Belgian/French jazz guitarist and composer, hailed as one of Europe's first major jazz talents and a founder of gypsy jazz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

British actress and humanitarian, known as a film and fashion star and an EGOT winner, who dedicated her later life to philanthropy