Francina Elsje "Fanny" Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife", and was the most successful athlete at the event.
Groen, founded as Agalev, is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.
Silvestro "Silvio" Proto is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Arnold Bruggink is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Niko Eeckhout is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1992 and 2013. He was the 2005–2006 UCI Europe Tour series and the 2006 Belgian National Cycling Championship Road Race champion, and currently works for the An Post–Chain Reaction Team as a coach.
De Kotmadam is a classic Flemish comedy television series directed by Ronnie Commissaris and Wim Feyearts produced for Belgian television since 1991. The series is written by Jaak Boon and Frans Ceusters. Season 22 will be aired in fall 2015. Season 24 was aired at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023. Season 25 will be the final but its release date is currently unknown.
Cornelis Pieter "Cees" Geel is a Dutch television, radio and film actor. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) and in the film Simon (2004). He won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role in Simon.
Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes "Willy" van der Kuijlen was a Dutch football player and a scout for PSV Eindhoven.
Clem Schouwenaars was a Belgian writer. He grew up in a Roman Catholic family. Two of his brothers and one of his sisters died young, and his only remaining sister was killed during a bombardment in 1943. His mother died in 1960, and some time later his father committed suicide.
Alfred Vierling is a Dutch politician and activist. In the 1980s he was active as a politician in the far-right Centre Party and Centre Democrats. In the 1990s he briefly served as a municipal councillor for the latter and was co-founder of the nationalist Dutch Block. In the 2000s and later he was an activist, writer and video maker and he was involved with and collaborated with groups and individuals, some of which were white nationalists.
Kristel Philemon Charlotte Verbeke is a Flemish singer, actress, host and one of the first members of the girl group K3. After leaving K3 in 2015, she became the group's manager, remaining in this position until 2017. Since leaving K3, Verbeke focused on TV producing and acting.
The Gouden Strop is the annual award for the best crime novel in the Dutch language. The prize has been awarded since 1986. The winner receives € 10,000 and a statuette. Its Belgian equivalent is the Diamanten Kogel.
Axel Dorothée Marc Daeseleire is a Belgian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jan Verplancke in Belgian television series Matroesjka's, and movies such as Team Spirit.
Jacques Vriens is a Dutch children's author and playwright. He is known for his 1999 book Achtste-groepers huilen niet, which was twice adapted into a film. Vriens formerly worked as a schoolteacher and has written for the show Tien torens diep. In 2001 he was appointed to the Order of the Netherlands Lion by Queen Beatrix.
Terug tot Ina Damman is a novel by Dutch author Simon Vestdijk. First published in 1934, it is one of Vestdijk's most popular novels. It is the third installment in the Anton Wachter cycle, a series of eight novels whose protagonist is Anton Wachter, the author's alter ego. His entire existence as an artist, Vestdijk later wrote Theun de Vries, originates in his "Ina Damman experience".
Goedele Maria Gertrude Liekens is a Belgian politician, sexologist, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 1986 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1986. She also currently serving as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the party Open VLD, to which she was elected in 2019.
Gert Tony Hubert Verhulst is a Belgian presenter, entrepreneur, singer,director, actor, screenwriter, composer, film producer, and business magnate. As a prominent figure within the children's entertainment industry in the Benelux, he is regarded as a Flemish cultural icon, known for his influence and contributions to children's entertainment in the Benelux and founder of Studio 100.
Tom Van Landuyt is a Belgian actor and singer probably best known for his role as Tom Smits in the Belgian drama film Ad Fundum. He has also starred in numerous Flemish movies, Television series and on stage. In 2002, he married the Dutch actress Angela Schijf.
Henk Staghouwer is a Dutch administrator and Christian Union politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January to 5 September 2022. From 24 April 2013 to 10 January 2022 he was a member of the provincial executive of Groningen.
Tom Yvo Adrien Waes is a Belgian television presenter, television director, actor, model, and occasional singer. Internationally he is most known for his role in the Netflix series Undercover. In addition, Waes is an ambassador for the non-profit organization Sea Shepherd.
