Editing Izegem (section)

== Notable people ==
* Ancestral town of famed British actor [[Dirk Bogarde]] through paternal grandfather Aimé Van Den Bogaerde.<ref name="BBC Arena - The Private Dirk Bogarde">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Aub-Ii8DRA#t=08m16s | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807032957/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=2Aub-Ii8DRA| archive-date=2010-08-07 | url-status=dead|title=BBC Arena - The Private Dirk Bogarde |publisher=YouTube}}</ref><ref>Coldstream, John ''Dirk Bogarde, the Authorised Biography''. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2004, pages 24-25, 40, 114-115, 392, 451-452, 477.</ref><ref>De Forche, Christian ''De Izegemse roots van Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999)''. Ten Mandere, 2001/1, p. 20-26.</ref>
* [[Johan Bruyneel]], former professional cyclist and director of [[Team RadioShack]] who led [[Lance Armstrong]] during the [[Tour de France]] was born here.
* The band members of [['t Hof van Commerce]], including singer–songwriter [[Flip Kowlier]], are from Izegem.
* [[Bart Staes]], member of the European Parliament, was born in Izegem.
* [[Yves Lampaert]], professional cyclist, was born here in 1991.
* [[Ulla Werbrouck]], judoka, Olympic gold winner at the 1996 Atlanta Games.
* [[Martijn Wydaeghe]], rally co-driver competing alongside [[Thierry Neuville]] at the [[World Rally Championship]].