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

Belgian-French Romantic composer, celebrated organist, and influential music teacher known for works like the Symphony in D Minor and Sonata in A major

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

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

Belgian architect, designer, teacher, and urban planner, recognized as a founder of the Art Nouveau movement and a precursor of modern architecture

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

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

Belgian astrophysicist and Catholic priest who first proposed the expanding universe and the Big Bang theory

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