Find out more about the greatest Belgian Scientists, including Georges Lemaître, Ilya Prigogine, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Elio Di Rupo and François Englert.
Georges Lemaître17 July 1894
Scientist & Priest
Ilya Prigogine25 January 1917
Physical Chemist
Leo Baekeland14 November 1863
Chemist & Inventor
Christian de Duve02 October 1917
Biochemist
Albert Claude24 August 1899
Cell Biologist
Jules Bordet13 June 1870
Microbiologist and Immunologist
Peter Piot17 February 1949
Microbiologist
Elio Di Rupo18 July 1951
Politician
Pierre Deligne03 October 1944
Mathematician, University teacher
Simon Stevin1548 AD
mathematician, engineer, military personnel
Adolphe Quetelet22 February 1796
Belgian astronomer
Jan Baptist van Helmont12 January 1579
chemist, scientist
François Englert06 November 1932
Physicist, University teacher, Theoretical
Joseph Plateau14 October 1801
Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist
Jacques Tits12 August 1930
Mathematician, University teacher, Professor
Ingrid Daubechies17 August 1954
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher
Ferdinand Verbiest09 October 1623
Missionary
Ernest Solvay16 April 1838
Chemist
Jean Bourgain28 February 1954
Mathematician
Pierre-Joseph Redouté10 July 1759
Painter
Paul Otlet23 August 1868
Writer, Lawyer, Librarian, Scientist, Inventor,
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq1522 AD
Writer
Carolus Clusius01 February 1526
Botanist
Dirk Frimout21 March 1941
Astrophysicist
Yves Chauvin10 October 1930
French chemist
Rembert Dodoens29 June 1517
Physician
Pattie Maes1961 AD
Professor
Julius Nieuwland14 February 1878
Priest
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden19 December 1809
Paleontologist
Pol Swings24 September 1906
Astronomer
Jan Baptista van Helmont12 January 1580
Belgian scientist
Edouard van Beneden05 March 1846
Biologist