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
Leo Baekeland14 November 1863
Chemist & Inventor
Ilya Prigogine25 January 1917
Physical Chemist
Christian de Duve02 October 1917
Biochemist
Albert Claude24 August 1899
Cell Biologist
Jules Bordet13 June 1870
Microbiologist and Immunologist
Elio Di Rupo18 July 1951
Chemist, Politician
Jan Baptist van Helmont12 January 1579
chemist, scientist
Simon Stevin1548 AD
mathematician, engineer, military personnel
François Englert06 November 1932
Physicist, University teacher, Theoretical
Ingrid Daubechies17 August 1954
Mathematician, Physicist, University teacher
Ferdinand Verbiest09 October 1623
Missionary
Pierre Deligne03 October 1944
Mathematician, University teacher
Adolphe Quetelet22 February 1796
Belgian astronomer
Peter Piot17 February 1949
Microbiologist
Jean Bourgain28 February 1954
Mathematician
Jacques Tits12 August 1930
Mathematician, University teacher, Professor
Ernest Solvay16 April 1838
Chemist
Paul Otlet23 August 1868
Writer, Lawyer, Librarian, Scientist, Inventor,
Pierre-Joseph Redouté10 July 1759
Painter
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq1522 AD
Writer
Joseph Plateau14 October 1801
Mathematician, Physicist, Scientist
Yves Chauvin10 October 1930
French chemist
Jan Baptista van Helmont12 January 1580
Belgian scientist