List of people from Liège

The following list contains the Liège -born, and the temporary living personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. The list is not exhaustive.

Born in Liège personalities

To 1750

  • Alger of Liège (1060-1131), writer
  • William of Saint -Thierry (1075/1080-1148), Church writers
  • Jacques de Hemricourt (1333-1403), writer
  • Jean d' Outremeuse (1338-1400), cleric
  • Lambert Lombard (1505-1566), Renaissance painter and architect and humanist
  • John Mangon (1525-1578), Succentor, composer and conductor pin
  • Theodor de Bry (1528-1598), goldsmith, engraver and publisher
  • Daniel Sudermann (1550-1631), writer
  • Léonard de Hodémont (1575-1639), composer
  • Mathieu rosemary (1575-1647), composer
  • Erasmus Quellinus I. (1584-1640), sculptor
  • Louis De Geer (1587-1652), businessman and industrialist
  • François Blondel (1613-1703), bath and spa physician
  • Pietkin Lambert (1613-1696), composer and organist
  • Bertholet Flémal (1614-1675), painter
  • Gerard de Lairesse ( 1640/41-1711 ), painter, etcher and mezzotint engraver
  • Carl Rosier (1640-1725), composer and violinist
  • Ferdinand de Marsin (1656-1706), General, Marshal of France and diplomat
  • Jean -Noël Hamal (1709-1778), composer
  • André- Joseph Blavier (1713-1782), composer and conductor
  • Gilles Demarteau (1722-1776), engraver, etcher and art publisher
  • Florimond Claude of Mercy- Argenteau (1727-1794), diplomat
  • André- Ernest- Modeste Grétry (1741-1813), composer
  • Hubert Sarton (1748-1828), clockmaker

1751-1800

  • Dieudonné -Pascal Pieltain (1754-1833), composer and violinist
  • Antoine -Frédéric Gresnick (1755-1799), composer
  • Maria Theresa Haze (1782-1876), nun
  • Peter Martin Pirquet Cesenatico (1781-1861), kk Feldzeugmeister

1801-1850

  • Noël Joseph Auguste Delfosse (1801-1858), politician
  • André Hubert Dumont (1809-1857), geologist
  • Lambert Massart (1811-1892), violinist
  • August Adolf Chauvin (1810-1884), history and genre painter, director of the Academy of Fine Arts Liege
  • Franz von Chauvin (1812-1898), royal Prussian Major General
  • Walthère Frère Orban (1812-1896), statesman
  • Hermann Ariovistus from Fürth (1815-1888), lawyer
  • Heinrich Denzinger (1819-1883), theologian
  • Hubert Léonard (1819-1890), violinist and composer
  • Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912), economist
  • Franz Josef Denzinger (1821-1894), architect and church builder
  • César Franck (1822-1890), composer and organist
  • Florent Willems (1823-1905), painter
  • Adolphe Samuel (1824-1898), composer, music critic, music educator and conductor
  • Gustave Léon pastor (1832-1922), a metallurgical engineer and industrialist
  • Draner ( Jules Jean Georges Renard ) ( 1833-1926 ), draftsman, caricaturist and costume designer
  • Émile Dupont (1834-1912), politician
  • Julius van der Zypen (1842-1907), engineer and industrialist
  • Lucien Louis de Koninck (1844-1921), Chemist
  • Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912), harpist, composer and educator
  • Georges Nagelmackers (1845-1905), tourism operators

1851-1900

  • Friedrich Ferdinand Mattonet (1851-1908), German businessman
  • Paul de Favereau (1856-1922), politician
  • Digneffe Émile (1858-1937), politician
  • Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931), composer and violinist
  • Maurice Wilmotte (1861-1942), linguist and medievalist
  • Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934), printmaker, book illustrator and painter
  • Maurice Hennequin (1863-1926), writer
  • Blanche Arral (1864-1945), opera singer
  • Léon Houa (1867-1918), cyclist
  • Louis de La Vallée- Poussin (1869-1938), orientalist
  • Joseph -Jean Goulet (1870-1951), violinist, conductor and music teacher
  • Julius Pirson (1870-1959), Romance
  • Robert Protin (1872-1953), cyclist
  • Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), composer and organist
  • Gaston Dethier (1875-1958), organist and composer
  • Armand Marsick (1877-1959), violinist, composer and conductor
  • Joseph Lemaire (1882-1966), insurance manager
  • Léon Jongen (1884-1969), composer, pianist and conductor
  • Joseph Pholien (1884-1968), politician
  • Gagnebin Henri (1886-1977), composer
  • Jacques Breuer (1892-1971), archaeologist
  • Cassian Lohest (1894-1951), politician
  • Georges de Moens Fernig (1899-1978), Minister and Manager
  • Paul Firket (1899-1942), Catholic priest and Nazi victims

1901-1950

  • Edouard Zeckendorf (1901-1983), amateur mathematician
  • Henri Moreau de Melen (1902-1992), army officer and politician
  • Georges Poulet (1902-1991), linguist and literary scholar
  • Jean Rey (1902-1983), politician
  • Georges Simenon (1903-1989), writer
  • Pierre Wigny (1905-1986), politician
  • Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1906-1996), writer
  • Ernest Burn Elle (1908-1968), politician
  • Pierre Clerdent (1909-2006), politician
  • Franz Elbern (1910-2002), football player
  • Haulot Arthur (1913-2005), journalist, humanist and poet
  • Roger Laurent (1913-1997), racing driver
  • Hans Delmotte (1917-1945), SS doctor
  • Emmanuel Soudieux (1919-2006), jazz bassist
  • Léon Bataille (1920-2004), television journalist
  • Eddy Paape (1920-2012), cartoonist
  • Kid Dussart (* 1921), Boxer
  • François Perin (1921-2013), politician and university professor
  • Anoul Léopold (1922-1990), football player
  • Albert Weinberg (1922-2011), author of comics
  • Georges THINES (* 1923), psychologist and writer
  • Jean -Michel Charlier (1924-1989), comic scriptwriter
  • Victor Hubinon (1924-1979), cartoonist
  • Stéphane Jourat (1924-1995), writer
  • Jacques Pelzer (1924-1994), jazz saxophonist and flautist
  • Servais -Théodore Pinckaers (1925-2008), moral theologian
  • André Goosse (* 1926), linguist and grammarian
  • Bobby Jaspar (1926-1963), jazz musician
  • René Thomas (1927-1975), jazz guitarist
  • Nicolas Broca (1932-1993), cartoonist
  • Jean -Maurice Dehousse (* 1936), politician
  • Violetta Villas (1938-2011), chanson and pop singer
  • Philippe Monfils (* 1939), politician
  • Jacques Hustin (1940-2009), singer and painter
  • Jacques Brotchi ( b. 1942 ), a neurosurgeon and politician.
  • Delpérée Francis ( b. 1942 ), legal scholar and Senator
  • Noël Godin ( born 1945 ), author, critic and pie thrower
  • Paul -François Vranken (* 1947), champagne producers
  • Patrick Neve ( born in 1949 ), race car driver
  • Steve Houben ( born 1950 ), jazz saxophonist, composer and flautist

1951

  • Bernard Foccroulle ( born 1953 ), composer, organist and opera director
  • Hervé Regout (* 1954), race car driver
  • Daniel Ducarme (1954-2010), politician
  • Marc Grosjean (born 1958 ), football player and coach
  • Philippe Pierlot (* 1958), viol player and conductor
  • Didier Reynders (born 1958 ), politician
  • Alain Sikorski ( born 1959 ), cartoonist
  • Jean -Michel Saive (born 1969 ), table tennis pro
  • Roland Forthomme, (born 1970 ), Belgian Carambolagespieler
  • Philippe Saive (born 1971 ), table tennis players
  • Eric Deflandre (born 1973 ), football player
  • François Jozic (born 1973 ), entrepreneur
  • Philippe Léonard ( born 1974 ), football player
  • Marie Gillain ( born 1975 ), actress
  • Gaëtan Englebert (born 1976 ), football player
  • Christophe Brandt ( born 1977 ), cyclist
  • Jean -François Gillet ( born 1979 ), football goalkeeper
  • Jean -Claude Lebeau ( b. 1979 ), cyclist
  • Christophe Grégoire ( born 1980 ), football player
  • Luigi Pieroni ( born 1980 ), football player
  • Önder Turacı ( b. 1981 ), football player
  • Justine Henin ( b. 1982 ), tennis player
  • François Sterchele (1982-2008), football player
  • Axel Hervelle ( b. 1983 ), basketball player
  • Steve Darcis ( born 1984 ), tennis player
  • Guillaume Gillet ( born 1984 ), football player
  • Logan Bailly ( born 1985 ), football goalkeeper
  • Jonatan Cerrada ( born 1985 ), pop singer
  • Déborah François ( * 1987), actress
  • Jonathan Legear (* 1987), football player
  • Kevin Mirallas (* 1987), football player
  • Sébastien Pocognoli (* 1987), football player
  • Nacer Chadli (* 1989), football player
  • Mehdi Carcela -Gonzalez (* 1989), football player
  • Axel Witsel (* 1989), football player
  • Benjamin Bailly (* 1990), race car driver
  • Antoine Demoitié (* 1990), cyclist

Famous residents of Liege

  • Notger of Liege, Bishop of Liege ( 10th century )
  • Conrad of Urach, a canon of the cathedral of Liege ( 12th century )
  • Engelbert III. von der Mark, Bishop of Liege ( 14th century)
  • William I of the Mark, Regent of Liege ( 15th century )
  • Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Liège (16th century)
  • Georgius Macropedius, headmaster (16th century)
  • John Sleidanus, jurist and diplomat (16th century)
  • Ferdinand of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Liège (17th century)
  • René François Walther de Sluze, canon of Liege (17th century)
  • Philippe -Charles Schmerling (1790-1836), physician and paleontologist
  • Étienne de Gerlache Constantin, Council on Court of Appeal in Liège (19th Century )
  • Jean Théodore Lacordaire, a professor at the University of Liège (19th Century )
  • Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau, statesman and lawyer (19th Century )
  • Laurent -Guillaume de Koninck, a professor at the University of Liège (19th Century )
  • Eugène Charles Catalan, a professor at the University of Liège (19th Century )
  • Godefroid Kurth, professor at the University of Liège ( 19-20. Century)
  • Mathieu Crickboom, professor at the Conservatoire of Liège ( 20th century)
  • Pierre Harmel, a professor at the University of Liège ( 20th century)
  • Henri Pousseur, head of the Liège Conservatory
  • Gary Hartstein, doctor lives in Liege
  • List ( people by location )
  • Person (Liège )
Marie Thérèse Haze Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger Florent Joseph Marie Willems Henri Gagnebin Jean Rey (politician) Arthur Haulot Jean-Michel Charlier Jean-Maurice Dehousse Jean-Michel Saive Éric Deflandre Johannes Sleidanus Philippe-Charles Schmerling Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck
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