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2042:(1922–2016), Belgian jazz artist well known for his guitar, harmonica play and also for his highly accomplished professional whistling. He made his big breakthrough when he went on European tour with Benny Goodman in 1950. He moved to America in 1952 (and became a US citizen the same year) where he is extremely well known, especially among the jazz community. Quincy Jones said this about him in 1995: "I can say without hesitation that Toots is one of the greatest musicians of our time. On his instrument he ranks with the best that jazz has ever produced. He goes for the heart and makes you cry. We have worked together more times than I can count and he always keeps me coming back for more". Toots hates his favourite instrument, the harmonica, being called a 'miscellaneous instrument'. Indeed, the late Clifford Brown said: "Toots, the way you play the harmonica they should not call it a miscellaneous instrument". His successes include harmonica solo contributions to film scores for Midnight Cowboy, The Getaway, Sugarland Express, Cinderella Liberty, Turks Fruit (Turkish Delight), Jean de Florette and others. In 1962, he had a massive hit with ' 1927:(1885–1960), Belgian-born violinist and conductor. He made his American debut with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Since 1940, Defauw was director and conductor of the Orchestra of the Symphonic Concerts of Montreal. During the following years he conducted the major American Orchestras: the Boston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, with the Chicago Symphony he was Musical Director and Conductor for four years. The Grand Rapids Symphony, and the Chicago Youth Orchestra, he was visiting conductor of orchestral activities at Northwestern University in 1955. Just before his death, he retired as director of the Gary Symphony Orchestra in 124:. However, the term Belgian-American is here used in a very liberal way: It includes not only Americans of Belgian descent and Belgians who took American citizenship (Belgian-Americans in the strictest sense), but also Americans born in Belgium, Belgians born in the USA, Belgians who lived for a considerable period of time in the United States and vice versa. All, however, would describe themselves as Belgian-Americans. A brief bio beside each entry helps to clarify in which of these categories each individual falls. 1579: 24: 2430:(1944–), legendary Belgian-born motocross racer. His name is almost synonymous with the sport of motocross. He won five 500cc Motocross World Championships and tallied a record 36 500cc Grand Prix victories. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1994, becoming only the seventh motorcyclist in the Hall. In 1999, he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. 2126:
for the United States Department of State. She was Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2002 to 2009. Slaughter was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia by her American father and Belgian mother. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton
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in 1980 where she majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and received a certificate in European cultural studies. She received her M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations from Oxford in 1982 and 1992, respectively, and her law degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1985.
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newsletters, which, in the 1930s chronicled the activities of women musicians from the ancient Egyptian times to the then present and were published in New York and circulated internationally. Petrides's accomplishments were followed and reviewed by leading critics and writers such as
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on June 29, 1873. On November 28, 1886, while resting in a deserted cabin in the Alaskan foothills, Bishop Seghers was shot through the heart. His body was borne back to a grief-stricken people and his remains rest under the high altar in the Cathedral at
1652:(1858–1928), Brooklyn-born son of Belgian immigrants. Goethals was the first recorded Belgian-American graduate of West Point (where he is buried) and was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to build the Panama Canal, which he accomplished under budget in 1914. 2065:(1808–1864), U.S. Congressman from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term, 1861—1863; his mother, Rosalie Eugenia Stier, was the daughter of a wealthy Belgian aristocrat, Baron Henri Joseph Stier (1743–1821) and his wife Marie Louise Peeters 2183:(1795–1855), Belgian-born US Catholic bishop; served as the second Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago, 1849-1853; in 1853, he was transferred to Natchez, Mississippi and became bishop of the Diocese of Natchez, where he served until his death 2091:; Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1633 and founder of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638; by tradition he purchased the island of Manhattan from the Native Americans (Algonquins), on May 24, 1626 1868:(1863–1944), Belgium-born American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic; in 1978, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 2289:(1863–1944), Belgium-born American chemist who invented Velox photographic paper (1893) and Bakelite (1907), an inexpensive, nonflammable, versatile, and popular plastic; in 1978, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame 2186:
Adrien-Joseph Croquet, born in Braine l'Alleud; sent in 1859 to Oregon; 1860-1898: recorded tribal births, deaths, and confirmations at the Grand Ronde Reservation. His work constitutes the most complete genealogical
1772:(1898–1985), film director and producer; born Henri Léopold de Fiennes; by right a Belgian marquis, a hereditary title held by his paternal grandfather, who had been charged by his King 1621:
To be included in this list, the person must have a Knowledge article showing they are Belgian American or must have references showing they are Belgian American and are notable.
2157:(French: Récollets) and an explorer of the interior of North America; discovered Niagara Falls, Hannibal, Missouri and was the first to place the name 'Chicago' on a map (1683) 2147:(1801–1873), Belgian-born Roman Catholic priest who became the most trusted of the white men among the Native Americans of the Western United States in the mid-19th century 2608: 2110: 2803: 144: 1062: 1456: 2808: 88: 41: 60: 2036:
who, in the New York Times of July 3, 1970, describes Petrides as "a prime mover in New York's cultural affairs since the mid-1930s".
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to acquire the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands for Belgium; failing to do so, he settled in San Francisco instead of returning home.
2332:(1912–2006), influential American ophthalmologist, regarded by many in the profession as "the father of modern retinal surgery" 1639:(1922–1977), Flemish-American artist, photographer, painter, sculptor, writer, tapestry creator, and, earlier in life, a gypsy 531: 2818: 2264:(1911–1993), Belgian-born economist best known for his critique of the Bretton Woods system, later known as Triffin's Dilemma 930: 2773: 2467: 567: 74: 2763: 2720: 1608: 421: 180: 1967:, an all-women's chamber orchestra, which existed from 1932 to 1943, premiered works by new American composers, such as 1523: 56: 107: 2783: 137: 2813: 1846: 1363: 1336: 775: 414: 2768: 2699: 2657: 2656:
Jane Weiner LePage (1931–2008) Women composers, conductors, musicians of the 20th century, volume ii pps.191-220
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Francis Deblauwe (1961–), Belgian-American Mesopotamian archaeologist and culture-heritage expert known for the
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to attempt the establishment. It was the first sanatorium in the Adirondacks to admit black patients
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in 1950. Ms. Petrides was also editor and publisher of the ground-breaking
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in the 1930s, and founded the Student Symphony Society in
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in 1962; founded the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra in
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Howard Taubman, Irving Kolodin, 1717:(1930–2021), businessman and diplomat 2769:The Belgian-American Club of Chicago 2498:, whose grandfather immigrated from 46:adding citations to reliable sources 17: 2103:(1631–1691), Mayor of New York City 13: 2809:American people of Belgian descent 2721:"Anne-Marie Slaughter - Biography" 2555:(1903–1987), Belgian-born novelist 1788:(1961–), actress and voice actress 1704:who was the longtime companion to 1656: 14: 2830: 2742: 2205:opened in 1897, for treatment of 2083:(1589–1638), Belgium-born in the 1689:in 1940 to escape persecution by 2197:-born second Catholic bishop of 2077:(1961–), politician and lobbyist 2040:Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans 1836:(2002–), actress, Belgian father 1633:(1964–), theatrical set designer 1578: 1577: 22: 2779:Peninsula Belgian American Club 2580:(1846–1902), Union army soldier 2231:-born sixth Catholic bishop of 1721: 1710:First Lady of the United States 33:needs additional citations for 2713: 2692: 2671: 2650: 2629: 2488:(1963–), ice hockey goaltender 2424:(1940–2003), basketball player 2418:(1970–), professional wrestler 2050: 1878: 1824:(1978–), actor and voice actor 1782:(1969–), actor and voice actor 532:Dominican Americans (Dominica) 1: 2590: 2543:(1959–), editor and publisher 2280: 1997:West Side Orchestral Concerts 1915:(1954–), Belgian-born pianist 1909:(1975–), Belgian-born drummer 1886:(July 28, 1983–), television 2819:Lists of people by ethnicity 2683:University of Arkansas Press 2641:University of Arkansas Press 2559:Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson 2470:(1909–1983), baseball player 2442:(1927–2003), baseball player 1900: 1859: 1754:(1931–), actor and filmmaker 7: 2239: 2137: 2124:Director of Policy Planning 1643: 57:"List of Belgian Americans" 10: 2835: 2512: 2508:(1958–), basketball player 2452:Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau 2393:(1981–), singer-songwriter 2354: 2342:George Washington Goethals 2247:Iraq War & Archaeology 1872:Charles Joseph Van Depoele 1840: 1706:Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1650:George Washington Goethals 1624: 1457:Trinidadian and Tobagonian 120:This is a list of notable 2397: 2181:James Oliver Van de Velde 2774:Famous Belgian Americans 2571: 2476:(1979–), baseball player 2436:(1988–), baseball player 2063:Charles Benedict Calvert 2814:Lists of Belgian people 2759:Flemish-American heroes 2677:Jan Bell Groh (1936- ) 2635:Jan Bell Groh (1936- ) 2338:(1880–1974), astronomer 2318:Julius Arthur Nieuwland 1963:, Petrides founded the 1818:(1985–), actress, model 1794:(1930–2005), cartoonist 2494:(1976–), professional 2406:(1975–), figure skater 2201:(1891-1921). 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