Born in Borgerhout •
Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), known by his pseudonym
Athene, gaming social activist and internet personality •
Guillaume Geefs (1805–1883), sculptor •
Floris Jespers (1889–1965), painter •
Nahima Lanjri (born 1968), politician •
Sister Leontine (1923–2012), pioneer of palliative care •
Milow (Jonathan Vandenbroeck) (born 1981), singer-songwriter •
André Nelis (1935–2012), sailor •
Joris Note (born 1949), writer •
Stan Ockers (1920–1956), cyclist •
Hugues C. Pernath (1931–1975), poet •
Maria Rosseels (1916–2005), journalist and actor •
Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), artist •
Paul van Morckhoven (1910–1990), dramatist and theatre critic •
Robert Van Straelen (born 1934), economist •
Thomas Vinçotte (1850–1925), sculptor •
Eddy Wauters (born 1933), football player
Lived in Borgerhout •
Tom De Cock (born 1983), writer and radio DJ •
Saskia De Coster (born 1976), writer •
Bart Martens (born 1969), politician and a member of the
SP.A •
Alfred Ost, (1884–1945), artist •
Anne Provoost (born 1964), writer •
Wouter Van Besien (born 1972), politician, chairman of the ecologist party
Groen! •
Tom Van Laere (born 1974), musician •
Erik Van Looy (born 1962), film director •
Rik Van Steenbergen (1924–2003), racing cyclist •
Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), president of the
Union of Belgian Composers •
Reuskens van Borgerhout •
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born 1951), artist •
Danny Devos (born 1959), artist ==Gallery==