LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.bruxelles.be/

Population:
1,122,000 (2000 estimate)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Brussels

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Dexia	1996
Fortis NV	1990
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert	1902

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert I	Royalty	8-Apr-1875	17-Feb-1934	King of Belgium, 1909-34
Albert II	Royalty	6-Jun-1934		King of Belgium, 1993-2013
Patrick Bauchau	Actor	6-Dec-1938		Sydney on The Pretender
Philippe de Champaigne	Painter	26-May-1602	12-Aug-1674	Prolific French Baroque painter
Liz Claiborne	Fashion Designer	31-Mar-1929	26-Jun-2007	Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Julio Cortázar	Author	26-Aug-1914	12-Feb-1984	Argentine fantasy short story writer
Arnaud De Borchgrave	Journalist	26-Oct-1926	15-Feb-2015	Washington Times, Insight magazine
John Deutch	Government	27-Jul-1938		CIA Director, 1995-96
Marc Dutroux	Criminal	6-Nov-1956		Child murderer
Jan Baptist van Helmont	Chemist	12-Jan-1580	30-Dec-1644	Recognized discrete gases
Audrey Hepburn	Actor	4-May-1929	20-Jan-1993	My Fair Lady
India Knight	Author	14-Dec-1965		My Life on a Plate
Henri La Fontaine	Activist	22-Apr-1854	14-May-1943	Belgian activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Claude Laydu	Actor	10-Mar-1927	29-Jul-2011	Diary of a Country Priest
Leopold II	Royalty	9-Apr-1835	17-Dec-1909	King of Belgium, 1865-1909
Leopold III	Royalty	3-Nov-1901	25-Sep-1983	Abdicated King of Belgium
Claude Lévi-Strauss	Anthropologist	28-Nov-1908	1-Nov-2009	French anthropologist
Margaret of Austria	Royalty	10-Jan-1480	1-Dec-1530	Duchess of Savoy, Dutch Regent
Ralph Miliband	Scholar	7-Jan-1924	21-May-1994	Parliamentary Socialism
Brian Molko	Musician	10-Dec-1972		Frontman of Placebo
Bernard van Orley	Painter	1492	6-Jan-1542	Flemish Renaissance painter
Jérémie Renier	Actor	6-Jan-1981		L'Enfant
Helene Reynolds	Actor	8-Jul-1914	28-Mar-1990	Moontide
Toots Thielemans	Jazz Musician	29-Apr-1922	22-Aug-2016	Blues harmonica player
Andreas Vesalius	Doctor	31-Dec-1514	Jun-1564	De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Diane von Furstenberg	Fashion Designer	31-Dec-1946		Fashion designer
Marguerite Yourcenar	Novelist	8-Jun-1903	17-Dec-1987	Mémoires d'Hadrien

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jules Bordet	Scientist	13-Jun-1870	6-Apr-1961	Researched antibodies and antigens
Georges Boulanger	Military	29-Apr-1837	30-Sep-1891	French general-turned-politician
Pieter Brueghel	Painter	c. 1520	c. 1569	Fanciful Flemish painter
Gerald Bull	Inventor	8-Mar-1928	22-Mar-1990	Supergun builder
Edith Cavell	Victim	4-Dec-1865	12-Oct-1915	British nurse, shot by the Germans
Albert Claude	Scientist	23-Aug-1899	22-May-1983	Microstructure of the cell
Jacques-Louis David	Painter	30-Aug-1748	29-Dec-1825	French Neoclassical painter
Michel de Ghelderode	Playwright	3-Apr-1898	1-Apr-1962	Surrealistic Belgian playwright
André van Hasselt	Poet	5-Jan-1806	1-Dec-1874	Quatre Incarnations du Christ
Hergé	Cartoonist	23-May-1907	3-Mar-1983	Tintin
Victor Horta	Architect	6-Jan-1861	9-Sep-1947	Art Nouveau architect
Alexandre Kojève	Philosopher	28-Apr-1902	4-Jun-1968	Hegelian philosopher, Europeanist
Joseph Luns	Politician	28-Aug-1911	17-Jul-2002	Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71
René Magritte	Painter	21-Nov-1898	15-Aug-1967	Ceci n'est pas une pipe
Bernard van Orley	Painter	1492	6-Jan-1542	Flemish Renaissance painter
Georges Pire	Religion	10-Feb-1910	30-Jan-1969	Activist monk, Nobel Prize recipient
Ilya Prigogine	Chemist	25-Jan-1917	28-May-2003	Theory of dissipative structures
Giacomo Puccini	Composer	22-Dec-1858	29-Nov-1924	Madame Butterfly
Paul-Henri Spaak	Head of State	25-Jan-1899	31-Jul-1972	Belgian Prime Minister, NATO chief
David Teniers the Younger	Painter	15-Dec-1610	25-Apr-1690	Flemish scene painter
Rogier van der Weyden	Painter	c. 1400	18-Jun-1464	Flemish Renaissance painter
Manfred Wörner	Diplomat	24-Sep-1934	13-Aug-1994	NATO Secretary General, 1988-94
Meles Zenawi	Head of State	8-May-1955	20-Aug-2012	Prime Minister of Ethiopia

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