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In reply to the discussion: Belgium? How can Belgium beat the U.S. at anything? [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)22. René Magritte is paper to Van Damme's rock
Audrey Hepburn
Django Reinhardt
Toots Thielemans
Marguerite Yourcenar
Peter Bruegel the elder and son.
Jan Van Eyck
Peter Paul Rubens
Hergé (Tin Tin)
Alphonse Sax
Frans Masereel
James Ensor
Georges Lemaître, inventor of the Big Bang Theory (science, not the tv show)
Jacques Brel
Father Damien (who lived with lepers in Hawaii)
The GREAT 16th c. printer and free speech advocate Christophe Plantin... whose printing shop is still intact.
....just a few who are more famous than Van Damme, unless the only place someone gets information is from the imdb.
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You win the award for "The Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Belgium' in a Serious Screenplay."
Xipe Totec
Jun 2014
#17
Just about everyone there speaks Flemmish (Dutch), Wallonese (French) or English
MrScorpio
Jun 2014
#39
Wikipedia says there are three official national languages, French, Flemish, and German
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jun 2014
#46