Born in Nivelles on 25/11/1862 and died in Ouchy-Lausanne, Switzerland on 07/09/1918 aged 55. Son of René Adolphe...
Belgian personalities
GeniWal introduces you to a number of Belgian personalities who have left their mark on the country in various fields such as politics, science, the arts and culture.
GOBLET d'ALVIELLA Albert Joseph Belgian Count General and Statesman
Born in Tournai on 26/05/1790 and died in Brussels on 05/05/1873, he was buried on Thursday 8 May 1873 in the Court-Saint-Étienne cemetery. His funeral was held in the cathedral of Saints-Michel-et-Gudule in...
DE BURLET Jules Philippe Marie Mayor of Nivelles and Prime Minister
Born in Ixelles on 10 April 1844, died at his home on Place Saint Paul in Nivelles on 01 March 1897. Son of VILLARD de BURLET Joseph Dieudonné and DUGNIOLLE Louis and Jeanne...
Henri Owen TUDOR, pioneer of electricity
Born on 30 September 1859 in Ferschweiler (Prussia, not far from the Luxembourg border), died on 31 May 1928 in Rosport (Luxembourg), was an engineer, inventor and industrialist. He was the son of John Thomas Tudor, from Llanarth in Great Britain, Wales, and...
ABATTUCCI Pierre Jean
ABATTUCCI Pierre Jean, a Belgian painter and lithographer associated with the Neo-Impressionist movement, was born on 20 May 1871 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, the son of ABATTUCCI Jacques, a confectioner born in Asche, aged 34, and SENDERS Pétronille, born in...
DE PAGE Antoine
Born in Boitsfort on 28 November 1862 and died in The Hague (Den Hage) on 10 June 1925. Medical doctor, surgeon, professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, organiser of the army health service...
DEGLUME Henry Désiré Ghislain Joseph , a little-known painter from Gerpigny.
DEGLUME Henry (Henri) Désiré Ghislain Joseph was born on 28 December 1865 in Gerpinnes, to DEGLUME Emile , blacksmith, farrier and EVRARD Anastasie. He grew up on the corner of Avenue Astrid and...
de BROUCKERE Charles Marie Joseph
Liberal politician, born in Bruges on 18 January 1796 and died in Brussels on 20 April 1860. Son of Charles de BROUCKERE and STOOP Colette, married in Maastricht on 02/09/1819...
BULS Charles
His father, a well-known goldsmith in Brussels, allowed him to study at an athenaeum. A goldsmith like his father, he was self-taught, well-read and a traveller; he crossed Europe, Europe and the Middle East,...
MAGRITTE René François Ghislain
MAGRITTE René François Ghislain, surrealist painter, was born in Lessines on 21/11/1898, the son of MAGRITTE Léopold François Ghislain and Adeline Isabelle Régina BERTINCHAMPS. He was the eldest of three children. From 1916 to 1920, he attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts...
MERCIER Désiré Félicien François Joseph
Désiré Félicien François Joseph MERCIER, born in Braine-l'Alleud on 21 November 1851, fifth child of sons Paul Léon Hubert MERCIER and Marie Barbe CROQUET, died in Brussels on 22 January 1926, ordained a priest on 04/04 1874 by the...
POELAERT Joseph
Joseph POELAERT son of Philippe POELAERT and Isabelle Marie Thérèse Marie STAS was born on 21 March 1817 in Brussels. He lived at no 1028, rue du Marché au Charbon. Married to TOUSSAINT Léonie Marie. Renowned architect...
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta Wilcox
Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta Wilcox born in London on 10 October 1865, son of Rafael Carlos Merry del Val born in San Sebastian on 4 November and died on 29 August 1917 and Sofia Josefa de Zulueta (...
CLOQUETTE Antoine Joseph
Antoine Joseph CLOQUETTE, son of François Joseph CLOQUETTE and Anne Marie RAOUX, was born in Ath on 8 February 1744. After brilliant studies, he enrolled at the Faculty of Douai, and...
de BROUCKERE Charles Marie Joseph Ghislain
Son of Charles de BROUCKERE (born 06 October 1757 in Torhout and died 29 April 1850 in Bruges) and STOOP Charlotte Marie Anne Colette (born 24 September 1767 in Bruges and died...
MASSON Arthur
Etienne Arthur Joseph Ghislain MASSON was born on 22 February 1896 in Rièzes-les Chimay (Rièzes (in Walloon Rieze) is a section of the Belgian town of Chimay. It was a commune in its own right before the...
BOSQUET Gustave Jean Ferdinand
Born on 11 Thermidor IX in Brussels and died in Saint-Gilles-Lez-Brussels on 14 March 1876. Son of Jean-Baptiste BOSQUET (lawyer) and Joséphine DELACROIX. He married Isabelle... on 2 July 1833 in Brussels.
