Editing Oudenaarde (section)

==Notable inhabitants==
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* The [[Viscount of Audenaerde]]
* [[Arnold of Soissons]], saint (1040-1087)
* [[Margaret of Parma]], daughter of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and [[Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands|Regent of the Netherlands]] (1522-1586)
* [[Henri-Charles Lambrecht]], bishop, born in Welden.
* [[Johannes van den Driesche]], orientalist and exegete (1550-1616)
* [[Adriaen Brouwer]], painter (1605-1638)
* [[Charles Liedts]], politician (1802-1878) 
* [[Gentil Theodoor Antheunis]], poet (1840-1907)
* [[Reimond Stijns]], writer (1850-1905)
* [[Robert Herberigs]], painter, writer and musician (1886-1974)
* [[Arthur Decabooter]], cyclist, born in Welden (1936-2012)
* [[André Dierickx]], road racing cyclist (b. 1946)
* [[Jotie T'Hooft]], poet (1956-1977)
* [[Bart Kaëll]], singer and TV host (b. 1960)
* [[Eric Van Lancker]], cyclist (b. 1961)
* [[Mario De Clercq]], cyclist, three-time world cyclo-cross champion (b. 1966)
* [[Frank De Bleeckere]], football referee (b. 1966)
* [[Jonathan Page (cyclist)|Jonathan Page]], cyclist, American cyclo-cross champion (b. 1976)
* [[Brigitta Callens]], [[Miss Belgium|Miss Belgium 1999]] (b. 1980)
* [[Charlotte Vandermeersch]], actress (b. 1983)
* [[Stijn Vandenbergh]], cyclist (b. 1984)
* [[Kenny De Ketele]], track cyclist, Madison World Champion (b. 1985)
* [[Jan Bakelants]], cyclist (b. 1986)
* [[Jan Dequeker]], professor, humanitarian and philanthropist (b. 1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00010267|title=KU Leuven who's who - Jan Dequeker}}</ref>