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  Adolphe Sax
  Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 4, 1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.
  http://wn.com/Adolphe_Sax
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  Albert Claude
  Albert Claude (August 24, 1899 – May 22, 1983) was a Belgian biologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. He studied medicine at the University of Liege (Belgium). During the winter of 1928-29 he worked in Berlin, first at the Institut für Krebsforschung, and then at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology, Dahlem. In the summer of 1929 he joined the Rockefeller Institute. While working at Rockefeller University in the 1930s and 1940s, he used the electron microscope to make images of cells which deepened the scientific understanding of cellular structure and function. He discovered the chloroplasts in the cell.
  http://wn.com/Albert_Claude
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  Albert I of Belgium
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  Albert II of Belgium
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  Amélie Nothomb
  Amélie Nothomb (born Fabienne on August 13, 1967) is a Belgian writer who writes in French.
  http://wn.com/Amélie_Nothomb
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  Andreas Vesalius
  Andreas Vesalius (December 31, 1514 – October 15, 1564) was an anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy.
  http://wn.com/Andreas_Vesalius
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  André Delvaux
  André, Baron Delvaux (21 March 1926 - 4 October 2002) was a Belgian film director and widely regarded as the founder of the Belgian national cinema. Born in Heverlee, he died in Valencia, Spain.
  http://wn.com/André_Delvaux
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  André Franquin
  André Franquin (January 3, 1924 – January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.
  http://wn.com/André_Franquin
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  Anthony van Dyck
  Sir Anthony van Dyck (many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of King Charles I of England and Scotland and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects, displayed outstanding facility as a draftsman, and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching.
  http://wn.com/Anthony_van_Dyck
• Arthur Grumiaux
  Arthur Grumiaux (March 21, 1921–October 16, 1986) was a Belgian violinist who was also proficient in piano.
  http://wn.com/Arthur_Grumiaux
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  Belgae
  The Belgae were a group of tribes living in northern Gaul, on the west bank of the Rhine, in the 3rd century BC, and later also in Britain. They gave their name to the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, and later, to the modern country of Belgium.
  http://wn.com/Belgae
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  Belgians
  Belgians (, , ) are people originating from the Kingdom of Belgium and its historical predecessor states who share a common Belgian culture and Belgian descent. Belgian is not considered an ethnic group as Belgium is made up of two main linguistic and ethnic groups, the Dutch-speaking Flemish and the French-speaking Walloons.
  http://wn.com/Belgians
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  Bernard Hinault
  Cyclist
  http://wn.com/Bernard_Hinault
• Brison D. Gooch
  http://wn.com/Brison_D_Gooch
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  Carl von Ossietzky
  Carl von Ossietzky (3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a radical German pacifist. He was convicted of high treason and espionage in 1931 after publishing details of Germany's alleged violation of the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding an Air force, the predecessor of the Luftwaffe and training pilots in the Soviet Union. In 1990 his daughter, Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm, called for a resumption of proceedings, but the verdict was upheld by the Federal Court of Justice in 1992 in a decision that is final. Ossietzky was controversially awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize.
  http://wn.com/Carl_von_Ossietzky
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  Carolingian Empire
  Carolingian Empire is a historiographical term which has been used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the Carolingian dynasty. This dynasty is seen as the founders of France and Germany. Depending on one's perspective, this Empire can be seen as the later history of the Frankish Realm or the early history of France and of the Holy Roman Empire.
  http://wn.com/Carolingian_Empire
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  Celts
  The Celts ( or , see names of the Celts) were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.
  http://wn.com/Celts
• Christian De Duve
  http://wn.com/Christian_De_Duve
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  Congo Crisis
  The Congo Crisis (1960–1966) was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu. At various points it had the characteristics of anti-colonial struggle, a secessionist war with the province of Katanga, a United Nations peacekeeping operation, and a Cold War proxy battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Crisis caused the death of some 100,000 people. It led to the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, as well as a traumatic setback to the United Nations following the death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in a plane crash as he sought to mediate.
  http://wn.com/Congo_Crisis
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  Constant Permeke
  Constant Permeke (; July 31, 1886 – January 4, 1952) was a Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flemish expressionism.
  http://wn.com/Constant_Permeke
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  Corneille Heymans
  Corneille Jean François Heymans (March 28, 1892, Ghent, Flanders – July 18, 1968, Knokke, Flanders) was a Flemish physiologist. He studied at the prestigious Jesuit College of Sainte Barbe after which he proceeded to the University of Ghent. Heymans also worked with C. F. Higgins at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for showing how blood pressure and oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. He succeeded his father, Jean-François Heymans, at the Ghent University as a professor of pharmacology.
  http://wn.com/Corneille_Heymans
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  César Franck
  César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a Dutch-Belgian-French-German composer, pianist, organist and music teacher whose symphonic, chamber, and keyboard works are "among the most distinguished contributions in the field by any French musician."
  http://wn.com/César_Franck
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  Dalai Lama
  The Dalai Lama (; ) is a Buddhist leader of religious officials of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word Далай "Dalai" meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word བླ་མ ་"Blama" (with a silent b) meaning "chief" or "high priest." "Lama" is a general term referring to Tibetan Buddhist teachers. In religious terms, the Dalai Lama is believed by his devotees to be the rebirth of a long line of tulkus who descend from the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. Traditionally, he is thought of as the latest reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others. The Dalai Lama is often thought to be the director of the Gelug School, but this position belongs officially to the Ganden Tripa, which is a temporary position appointed by the Dalai Lama who, in practice, exerts much influence.
  http://wn.com/Dalai_Lama
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  Eddy Merckx
  Cyclist
  http://wn.com/Eddy_Merckx
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  Edgar P. Jacobs
  Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, (March 30, 1904 - February 20, 1987), better known under his pen name Edgar P. Jacobs, was a Belgian comic book creator (writer and artist), born in Brussels, Belgium. He was one of the founding fathers of the European comics movement, through his collaborations with Hergé and the graphic novel series that made him famous, Blake and Mortimer.
  http://wn.com/Edgar_P_Jacobs
• Ernest Claes
  Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem - 2 September 1968 in Elsene) was a Flemish author.
  http://wn.com/Ernest_Claes
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  Ernest Solvay
  Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay (16 April 1838 – 26 May 1922) was a Belgian chemist, industrialist and philanthropist.
  http://wn.com/Ernest_Solvay
• Ernst Kossmann
  Ernst Heinrich Kossmann (31 January 1922 - 8 November 2003) was a Dutch historian. He was professor of Modern History at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. His magnum opus is The Low Countries. History of the Southern and Northern Netherlands.
  http://wn.com/Ernst_Kossmann
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  Eugène Ysaÿe
  Eugène Ysaÿe (; July 16, 1858 – May 12, 1931) was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar". His brother was pianist and composer Théo Ysaÿe (1865–1918).
  http://wn.com/Eugène_Ysaÿe
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  Franks
  The Franks ( or gens Francorum) were a West Germanic tribal confederation first attested in the third century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a kingdom on Roman-held soil that was acknowledged by the Romans after 357. In the climate of the collapse of imperial authority in the West, the Frankish tribes were united under the Merovingians and conquered all of Gaul except Septimania in the 6th century. The Salian political elite would be one of the most active forces in spreading Christianity over western Europe.
  http://wn.com/Franks
• Front 242
  Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. During their most active period (effectively ending in 1993 with the albums and ) they influenced many electro-industrial and electronic artists.
  http://wn.com/Front_242
• Gaston Lagaffe
  http://wn.com/Gaston_Lagaffe
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  Georges Lemaître
  Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître ( July 17, 1894 – June 20, 1966) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer at the Catholic University of Louvain. He sometimes used the title Abbé or Monseigneur.
  http://wn.com/Georges_Lemaître
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  Gerardus Mercator
  Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a Flemish cartographer. He was born in Rupelmonde in the County of Flanders. He is remembered for the Mercator projection world map, which is named after him. This proved very useful to many later explorers.
  http://wn.com/Gerardus_Mercator
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  Germanic languages
  The Germanic languages are a group of related languages that constitute a branch of the Indo-European (IE) language family. The common ancestor of all the languages in this branch is Proto-Germanic (also known as Common Germanic), spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe. Proto-Germanic, along with all of its descendants, is characterized by a number of unique linguistic features, most famously the consonant change known as Grimm's law. Early varieties of Germanic enter history with the Germanic peoples moving south from northern Europe in the second century BC, to settle in northern central Europe.
  http://wn.com/Germanic_languages
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  Germanic peoples
  The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic in older literature) are a historical ethno-linguistic group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages, which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
  http://wn.com/Germanic_peoples
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  Guy Verhofstadt
  Guy Verhofstadt (; born Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt, 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician who was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the liberal group in Parliament
  http://wn.com/Guy_Verhofstadt
• Harry Kümel
  Harry Kümel (born 27 January 1940 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian film director.
  http://wn.com/Harry_Kümel
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  Hendrik Conscience
  Henri "Hendrik" Conscience (December 3, 1812 Antwerp - September 10, 1883 Elsene) was a Belgian writer. He was a pioneer in writing in Dutch after the secession from the Netherlands in 1830 left Belgium a mostly French speaking country.
  http://wn.com/Hendrik_Conscience
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  Henri Vieuxtemps
  Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (February 17, 1820 – June 6, 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century.
  http://wn.com/Henri_Vieuxtemps
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  Henry van de Velde
  Henry Clemens Van de Velde () (3 April 1863, Antwerp – 25 October 1957) was a Belgian Flemish painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium. Van de Velde spent the most important part of his career in Germany and had a decisive influence on German architecture and design at the beginning of the 20th century.
  http://wn.com/Henry_van_de_Velde
• Hergé
  Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. "Hergé" is the French pronunciation of "RG", his initials reversed. His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003.
  http://wn.com/Hergé
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  Herman Van Rompuy
  Herman Van Rompuy ( ; born 31 October 1947) is the first long term and full time President of the European Council (until the Treaty of Lisbon, the position had rotated among the Prime Ministers of the Member States for six months each, since then in addition they choose a President of their meetings for a 2 1/2 year period, renewable once). A Belgian politician of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party, he served as the 49th Prime Minister of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until his predecessor () succeeded him on 25 November 2009.
  http://wn.com/Herman_Van_Rompuy
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  History of Austria
  The history of Austria covers the history of the current country of Austria and predecessor states, from the Iron Age, through to a sovereign state, annexation by the German Third Reich, partition after the Second World War and later developments until the present day. More information can be found in history of Europe.
  http://wn.com/History_of_Austria
• history of Belgium
  http://wn.com/history_of_Belgium
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  Hubert Lampo
  Hubert Leon Lampo (Antwerp, September 1, 1920–July 12, 2006) was a Flemish writer, one of the founders of magic realism in Flanders. His most famous book is
  http://wn.com/Hubert_Lampo
• Hugo Claus
  Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (; 5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director. He wrote primarily in Dutch, although he also wrote some poetry in English.
  http://wn.com/Hugo_Claus
• Ilya Prigogine
  Ilya, Viscount Prigogine (, Ilya Romanovich Prigozhin) (25 January 1917 – 28 May 2003) was a Russian-born naturalized Belgian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.
  http://wn.com/Ilya_Prigogine
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  Interpol
  Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission in 1923 and adopted its telegraphic address as its common name in 1956.
  http://wn.com/Interpol
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  Jacques Anquetil
  Cyclist
  http://wn.com/Jacques_Anquetil
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  Jacques Brel
  Jacques Romain Georges Brel (; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer-songwriter. Brel composed and recorded his songs almost exclusively in French, although he recorded a number of songs in Dutch.
  http://wn.com/Jacques_Brel
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  James Ensor
  James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (April 13, 1860 – November 19, 1949) was a Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.
  http://wn.com/James_Ensor
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  Jan Decleir
  Jan Decleir (born 14 February 1946), is a prolific Belgian (Flemish) movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium).
  http://wn.com/Jan_Decleir
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  Jan Fabre
  Jan Fabre (born 1958, Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer.
  http://wn.com/Jan_Fabre
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  Jan van Eyck
  Jan van Eyck (or Johannes de Eyck) () (before c. 1395 – before July 9, 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century.
  http://wn.com/Jan_van_Eyck
• Jean Ray (author)
  http://wn.com/Jean_Ray_(author)
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  Justine Henin
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  http://wn.com/Justine_Henin
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  Kim Clijsters
  Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of 20 September 2010, Clijsters is ranked World No. 5
  http://wn.com/Kim_Clijsters
• King of France
  http://wn.com/King_of_France
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  Korean War
  The Korean War (1950–armistice, 1953) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and People's Republic of China (PRC), with air support from the Soviet Union. The war began on 25 June 1950 and an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. The war was a result of the political division of Korea by agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War. The Korean peninsula had been ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. In 1945, following the surrender of Japan, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th Parallel, with United States troops occupying the southern part and Soviet troops occupying the northern part.
  http://wn.com/Korean_War
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  Lambert Lombard
  Lambert Lombard (Liège, 1505 – 1566) was a Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. During his career he worked for Jan Gossaert in Middelburg and trained Frans Floris. In 1532 he became court painter and architect in Liège. A few paintings and many drawings have been preserved.
  http://wn.com/Lambert_Lombard
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  Lance Armstrong
  Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support. He rides for UCI ProTour team .
  http://wn.com/Lance_Armstrong
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  Leo Baekeland
  Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Sint-Martens-Latem (near Ghent), November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic.
  http://wn.com/Leo_Baekeland
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  Leopold I of Belgium
  Leopold I (Leopold George Christian Frederick; ; Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His children included Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. He was also an uncle of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
  http://wn.com/Leopold_I_of_Belgium
• Louis Paul Boon
  Louis Paul Boon (15 March 1912, Aalst, East Flanders - 10 May 1979) was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language. He forsook the literary Dutch of the Netherlands for regional Belgian Dutch words and expressions with which he colored his writing.
  http://wn.com/Louis_Paul_Boon
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  Luc Tuymans
  Luc Tuymans (born 1958) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Tuymans is considered one of the most influential painters working today. His signature figurative paintings transform mediated film, television, and print sources into examinations of history and memory.
  http://wn.com/Luc_Tuymans
• Maria Rosseels
  Maria, Baroness Rosseels (Borgerhout, 23 October 1916-Kalmthout, 18 March 2005), also known with her pen name E. M. Vervliet, was a Belgian Catholic writer. The first years of her life, she lived in the Goedendagstraat in Borgerhout. When Maria was 7 years old, the family moved to Oostmalle, where she already started to write. She went to school at the "Heilig Graf" school for girls in Turnhout.
  http://wn.com/Maria_Rosseels
• Merovingian
  http://wn.com/Merovingian
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  Migration Period
  The Migration Period, also called the Barbarian Invasions or (wandering of the peoples), was a period of human migration that occurred roughly between AD 300 to 700 in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. These movements were catalyzed by profound changes within both the Roman Empire and the so-called 'barbarian frontier'. Migrating peoples during this period included the Huns, Goths, Vandals, Bulgars, Alans, Suebi, Frisians, and Franks, among other Germanic and Slavic tribes.
  http://wn.com/Migration_Period
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  Miguel Indurain
  Cyclist
  http://wn.com/Miguel_Indurain
• Panamarenko
  Panamarenko (pseudonym of Henri Van Herwegen, born in Antwerp, February 5, 1940) is a prominent assemblagist in Belgian sculpture. Famous for his work with airplanes as theme.
  http://wn.com/Panamarenko
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  Paul Delvaux
  Paul Delvaux (September 23, 1897 – July 20, 1994) was a Belgian painter, famous for his surrealist paintings with female nudes.
  http://wn.com/Paul_Delvaux
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  Peyo
  Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992), known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.
  http://wn.com/Peyo
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  Rembert Dodoens
  Rembert Dodoens (29 June 1517 – 10 March 1585) was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus.
  http://wn.com/Rembert_Dodoens
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  René Magritte
  René François Ghislain Magritte[[#Notes|[p]
  http://wn.com/René_Magritte
• Robbe De Hert
  Robbe De Hert (Farnborough, Hampshire, UK, 20 September 1942) is a Belgian film director.
  http://wn.com/Robbe_De_Hert
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  Simon Stevin
  Simon Stevin (1548/49 – 1620) was a Flemish mathematician and engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated various mathematical terms into Dutch, making it one of the few European languages in which the word for mathematics, wiskunde ("the art of what is certain"), was not derived from Greek (via Latin).
  http://wn.com/Simon_Stevin
• Soulwax
  Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock/electro band from Ghent, Belgium. The two are perhaps best known for their influential contributions to the mashup genre under the names Flying Dewaele Brothers and 2 many DJs and the landmark record As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2. The Dewaele Brothers have also released several major albums under the "Soulwax" moniker, including Leave The Story Untold (1996), ''Much Against Everyone's Advice (1998), Any Minute Now (2004), Nite Versions (2005) and Most of the Remixes...'' (2007).
  http://wn.com/Soulwax
• Stijn Coninx
  Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957 in Neerpelt, Belgium) is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium. He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Rits, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel).
  http://wn.com/Stijn_Coninx
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  Stijn Streuvels
  Stijn Streuvels, born Franciscus (Frank) Petrus Maria Lateur, is a Flemish writer. He was born on 3 October 1871 in Heule, Kortrijk, and died in Ingooigem, Anzegem on 15 August 1969 at the age of 98. In 1905 he married Alida Staelens. They had 4 children: Paula (1906), Paul (1909), Dina (1916) and Isa (1922). Since 1980 their house became a museum dedicated to Streuvels.
  http://wn.com/Stijn_Streuvels
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  Toots Thielemans
  Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (b. 29 April 1922, Brussels, Belgium), known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century. In 2009 he became NEA Jazz Master, the highest honour for a jazz musician in the United States.
  http://wn.com/Toots_Thielemans
• Treaty of Verdun
  The Treaty of Verdun (Verdun-sur-Meuse, August 843) was a treaty of the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious, the son and successor of Charlemagne, which divided the territories of the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms.
  http://wn.com/Treaty_of_Verdun
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  Victor Horta
  Victor, Baron Horta (6 January 1861 - 9 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer. John Julius Norwich described him as "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Indeed, Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture; the construction of his Hôtel Tassel in Brussels in 1892-3 means that he is sometimes credited as the first to introduce the style to architecture from the decorative arts. The French architect Hector Guimard was deeply influenced by Horta and further spread the "whiplash" style in France and abroad. In rejecting historical styles and embracing new materials, Horta laid the foundations for modern architecture.
  http://wn.com/Victor_Horta
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  Walloons
  Walloons (; , ; ) are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. The population is of mixed ancestry; asides French, it has Germanic and/or Celtic origin. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of Wallonia. They speak regional languages such as Walloon or Picard.
  http://wn.com/Walloons
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  Willy Vandersteen
  Willy Vandersteen (February 15, 1913 - August 28, 1990) was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide.
  http://wn.com/Willy_Vandersteen
• Yves Leterme
  Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (; born 6 October 1960) is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V;), and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.
  http://wn.com/Yves_Leterme
• Zenobe Gramme
  http://wn.com/Zenobe_Gramme

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  24 Hours of Le Mans
  The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and runs on a circuit containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and driver's ability to be quick, but also to last over a 24 hour period.
  http://wn.com/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
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  Balkbrug
  Balkbrug is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality Hardenberg, about 5 km west of Dedemsvaart.
  http://wn.com/Balkbrug
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  Belgae
  The Belgae were a group of tribes living in northern Gaul, on the west bank of the Rhine, in the 3rd century BC, and later also in Britain. They gave their name to the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, and later, to the modern country of Belgium.
  http://wn.com/Belgae
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  Belgian Congo
  The Belgian Congo (French: Congo Belge, Dutch: ) was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.
  http://wn.com/Belgian_Congo
• Belgian Grand Prix
  The Belgian Grand Prix (Dutch: Grote Prijs van België, French: Grand Prix de Belgique, German: Großer Preis von Belgien) is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship.
  http://wn.com/Belgian_Grand_Prix
• Belgian Lorraine
  http://wn.com/Belgian_Lorraine
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  Belgian Senate
  The Belgian Senate (Dutch: , , ) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament.
  http://wn.com/Belgian_Senate
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  Berkeley, California
  Berkeley ( ) is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington. The eastern city limits coincide with the county line (bordering Contra Costa County), which generally follows the ridge line of the Berkeley Hills. Berkeley is located in northern Alameda County.
  http://wn.com/Berkeley_California
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  Brussels
  Brussels (, pronounced ; , pronounced ), officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region (, Dutch: ), is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It comprises 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels proper, which is the constitutional capital of Belgium, the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish Community.
  http://wn.com/Brussels
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  Brussels Airport
  Brussels Airport (also called Brussel Nationaal/Bruxelles-National (Brussels National)) is an international airport northeast of Brussels, Belgium. The airport is partially in Zaventem and partially in the Diegem area of Machelen.
  http://wn.com/Brussels_Airport
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  Congo Free State
  The Congo Free State was a government privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians through a dummy non-governmental organization, the Association internationale africaine. Leopold was the sole shareholder and chairman, who increasingly used it for rubber, copper and other minerals in the upper Lualaba River basin (though it had been set up on the understanding that its purpose was to uplift the local people and develop the area). The state included the entire area of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo and existed from 1885 to 1908. The Congo Free State eventually earned infamy due to the increasingly brutal mistreatment of the local peoples and plunder of natural resources, leading to its abolition and annexation by the government of Belgium in 1908.
  http://wn.com/Congo_Free_State
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  Council of Europe
  The Council of Europe () is one of the oldest international organisations working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation. It has 47 member states with some 800 million citizens. It is distinct from the European Union (EU) which has common policies, binding laws and only twenty-seven members. The two do however share certain symbols such as their flag.
  http://wn.com/Council_of_Europe
• ESA
  http://wn.com/ESA
• European Commission
  The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.
  http://wn.com/European_Commission
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  European Parliament
  The European Parliament (abbreviated as Europarl or the EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council), it forms the bicameral legislative branch of the EU and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world. The Parliament and Council form the highest legislative body within the EU. The Parliament is composed of 736 MEPs (Member of the European Parliament), who serve the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009).
  http://wn.com/European_Parliament
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  Flanders (Dutch: , ) is the (political) community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Over the course of history, the geographical territory that was called "Flanders" has varied.
  http://wn.com/Flanders
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  Flemish Community
  The term Flemish Community (Dutch: ) has two distinct, though related, meanings:
  http://wn.com/Flemish_Community
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  Intelsat
  Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider. Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), it was an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast services. As of 2007, Intelsat owns and operates a fleet of 51 communications satellites.
  http://wn.com/Intelsat
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  Interpol
  Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission in 1923 and adopted its telegraphic address as its common name in 1956.
  http://wn.com/Interpol
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  Iraq
  Iraq ( or , Arabic: ), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:
  http://wn.com/Iraq
• ITU
  http://wn.com/ITU
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  Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and number of books. The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress, currently James H. Billington.
  http://wn.com/Library_of_Congress
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  Luxembourg
  Luxembourg ( ), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (, , ), is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of over half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi).
  http://wn.com/Luxembourg
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  Morocco
  Morocco (, al-Maġrib; Berber: Amerruk / Murakuc; French: Maroc), officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية, al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya), is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of nearly 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², including the disputed Western Sahara which is mainly under Moroccan administration. Morocco has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait and land borders with three small Spanish-controlled exclaves, Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), Algeria to the east, and Mauritania to the south.
  http://wn.com/Morocco
• NATO
  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO ( ; ), also called the "(North) Atlantic Alliance", is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
  http://wn.com/NATO
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  Netherlands
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  http://wn.com/Netherlands
• port of Antwerp
  http://wn.com/port_of_Antwerp
• port of Zeebrugge
  http://wn.com/port_of_Zeebrugge
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  Quebec
  Quebec or ( ) is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.
  http://wn.com/Quebec
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  Rwanda
  The Republic of Rwanda (, , or in English, or in Kinyarwanda) is a unitary republic of central and eastern Africa. It borders Uganda to the north; Tanzania to the east; Burundi to the south; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Rwanda is landlocked but is noted for its lakes, particularly Lake Kivu, which occupies the floor of the Rift Valley along most of the country's western border. Although close to the equator, the country has a temperate climate due to its high elevation, with the highest point being Mount Karisimbi. The terrain consists of mountains and gently rolling hills, with plains and swamps in the east. Abundant wildlife, including rare mountain gorillas, have led to a fast-growing tourism sector. The largest cities in Rwanda are Kigali, Gitarama, and Butare. Unlike many African countries, Rwanda is home to only one significant ethnic and linguistic group, the Banyarwanda. The country is well known for its native styles of dance, particularly the Intore dance, and for its drummers. Kinyarwanda, English and French are the official languages.
  http://wn.com/Rwanda
• Spa-Francorchamps
  http://wn.com/Spa-Francorchamps
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  The Hague
  The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: ', officially also ') is the third largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 485,818 (as of May 31, 2009) (population of agglomeration: 1,011,459) and an area of approximately 100 km². It is located in the west of the country, in the province of South Holland, of which it is also the provincial capital. The Hague is, like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Almere, part of the Randstad metropolitan area, with 6,659,300 inhabitants.
  http://wn.com/The_Hague
• UNMIK
  http://wn.com/UNMIK
• UPU
  http://wn.com/UPU
• Virga Jesse Basilica
  The Virga-Jesse Basilica in Hasselt, Belgium, stands where a member of the Fraternity of Our Lady built the Clerkenkapel in 1334. This first building was replaced by a church in late Baroque and early Classical Revival style in 1727.
  http://wn.com/Virga_Jesse_Basilica
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  Wallonia
  Wallonia (, , Dutch: , ) is the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium. It makes up 55% of the territory of Belgium and includes about 33% of its population. Walloon Region is the name given to the regional government of Wallonia. Most of Wallonia, along with Brussels, is also governed by the French Community of Belgium, for matters mainly related to culture and education. The small German-speaking minority in the east forms the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which has its own government and parliament for culture-related issues. The demonym for Wallonia is Walloon.
  http://wn.com/Wallonia
• Walloon Region
  http://wn.com/Walloon_Region
• Westvleteren Brewery
  The Westvleteren Brewery (Brouwerij Westvleteren) is a Belgian brewery founded in 1838 inside the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren in the Belgian municipality of Westvleteren, not far from the hops-producing town of Poperinge and the medieval city of Ypres. The brewery and its beers are usually referred to as Westvleteren. The brewery's three beers have acquired an international reputation for taste and quality, as well as the limited availability of the beers which are not brewed to normal commercial demands.
  http://wn.com/Westvleteren_Brewery

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