Born in Etterbeek: •
Jérôme d'Ambrosio (born 1985), racing driver •
Jean Brachet (1909–1998),
biochemist •
Misha Defonseca (Monique De Wael) (born 1937), writer of
Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years •
Pierre Deligne (born 1944),
Fields Medal-winning mathematician •
François Englert (born 1932),
Nobel Prize-winning physicist •
Giani Esposito (1930–1974), actor •
Lara Fabian (born 1970), singer-songwriter •
Annie Fargé (1934–2011), actress •
Marouane Fellaini (born 1987),
football player •
Philippe Francq (born 1961),
cartoonist •
André Franquin (1924–1997), cartoonist, creator of
Gaston and
Marsupilami •
Philippe Geluck (born 1954), cartoonist, creator of
Le Chat •
Georges Grün (born 1962), football player •
Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883–1939),
anthropologist •
Daniel Hulet (1942–2011), cartoonist •
René Kalisky (1936–1981), playwright, novelist, essayist, journalist, and historian • Michel Ledent, also known as
Midam (born 1963), cartoonist •
Roland Lethem (born 1942), filmmaker and writer •
Charles Lambert Manneback (1894–1975), physicist, mining engineer, and mathematician •
Alexandre de Merode (1934–2002), member of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) •
Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), painter and sculptor •
Eliane Morissens (1927–2006), LGBT activist known for protests on employment discrimination •
Fabrice Mvemba (born 1980), football player •
Amélie Nothomb (born 1966), writer •
Charles Picqué (born 1948), politician,
freemason, and mayor of
Saint-Gilles •
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (born 1947), German politician •
Wolfgang Reip (born 1986), racing driver • Georges Remi, also known as
Hergé (1907–1983), cartoonist, creator of
The Adventures of Tintin •
Andre Sapir (born 1950), economist •
Stromae (Paul Van Haver) (born 1985), singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer •
Herman Van Rompuy (born 1947), politician,
Prime Minister, and first permanent
President of the European Council •
Corneille Wellens (1905–1994),
field hockey player •
Hiraç Yagan (born 1989), Belgian-born football player who competed internationally for Armenia
Lived part of their life in Etterbeek: •
Jean Absil (1893–1974), composer and
organist •
Jean-Baptiste Baronian (born 1942), Belgian-Armenian writer •
René Carcan (1925–1993),
engraver and sculptor •
Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934), officer of the
Belgian Navy and leader of the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition •
Luigi Di Maio (born 1986),
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU Special Envoy to Arab Gulf States •
W.F. Hermans (1921–1995), Dutch writer •
Edgar Pierre Jacobs (1904–1987), cartoonist, creator of
Blake and Mortimer •
Gaston Salmon (1878–1917),
épée fencer, Olympic champion
Buried in Etterbeek: •
Moise Tshombe (1919–1969), Congolese politician ==International relations==