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577:, composer, performer, and instrument maker (born 1952)
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661:, creator of animation shorts (born 1982)
555:, counter-tenor and conductor (born 1946)
527:, photographer and journalist (born 1941)
487:, author, poet, and librarian (1912–1978)
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1093:People by populated place in Belgium
1033:, composer and conductor (born 1963)
432:, physiologist and recipient of the
300:, Jesuit and orientalist (1862–1937)
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390:, expressionist painter (1883–1939)
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973:, Canadian sculptor (born 1943)
945:, gynecologist and director of
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426:, writer and poet (1891–1965)
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308:Nobel Prize in Literature
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805:William Damasus Lindanus
801:married in Ghent in 1477
511:, politician (born 1927)
499:, weatherman (1920–2003)
452:, politician (1897–1944)
376:Gustave Van de Woestijne
372:, astronomer (1880–1974)
181:, astronomer (1561–1632)
99:patriot (c. 1340 – 1382)
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561:, conductor (born 1947)
187:, scholar of the Dutch
175:, architect (1560–1627)
41:Before the 19th century
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892:, composer (1828–1908)
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641:Freya Van den Bossche
637:, cyclist (born 1972)
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589:, composer, conductor
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378:, painter (1881–1947)
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314:Théo van Rysselberghe
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841:, writer (1793–1846)
575:Godfried-Willem Raes
388:Frits Van den Berghe
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260:Charles John Seghers
244:of Ghent (1819-1900)
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989:Johan Vande Lanotte
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789:Joos van Wassenhove
559:Philippe Herreweghe
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394:Valerius Geerebaert
304:Maurice Maeterlinck
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81:Jacob van Artevelde
65:Maurice Maeterlinck
995:Herman Brusselmans
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927:Paul van Imschoot
921:Erwin Schrödinger
902:Virginie Loveling
839:Jan Frans Willems
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937:Ghent University
896:Rosalie Loveling
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857:Ghent University
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799:Mary of Burgundy
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519:Ghent University
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