Editing Vilvoorde (section)

==Famous inhabitants==
*[[Jancko Douwama]], a Frisian nobleman who fought to free Friesland from Saxon rule, was imprisoned by the [[Emperor Charles V]] in Vilvoorde castle from 1523 until his death in 1533
*[[Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos]] (d. 1523), shortly before becoming the first Lutherans executed by the Roman Catholic Church, were imprisoned in Vilvoorde in 1523
*[[William Tyndale]] (1494–1536), [[England|English]] [[scholar]] and [[Bible]] [[translator]], was strangled and burnt in Vilvoorde, on October 6, 1536, the traditional date, after having been charged with [[heresy]]
*[[Jean-François Portaels]], [[Orientalism|orientalist]] [[Painting|painter]] (1818–1895)
*[[Jean-Luc Dehaene]] (1940–2014), former Belgian Prime Minister, MEP and vice-chair of the [[Convention on the Future of Europe]]
*[[Danny Devos]] (b. 1959), artist working in [[body art]] and [[performance art]]
*[[Francis Heylighen]] (b. 1960), scientist researching complex systems
*[[Pascal Duquenne]] (b. 1970), actor
*[[Yannick Carrasco]] (b. 1993) was raised in Vilvoorde.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2015/10/27/562e9823ca4741f72f8b45de.html|title=Yannick Carrasco, en el nombre de la madre|date=27 October 2015|publisher=Elmundo}}</ref>
*[[Jan Baptist van Helmont]] (1580–1644), pioneer of chemistry
*[[Paul Panda Farnana]] (1888 – 12 May 1930), Congolese intellectual and activist
*[[Amelie Lens]] (b.1990), DJ and producer
*[[Veronique Branquinho]] (1973), fashion designer
*[[Jan Vercauteren]] (b.1999), DJ and producer
*[[Magda Goebbels]] (11 November 1901 - May 1st 1945), Magda was enrolled at the [https://institutdesursulines.be/ Ursuline Convent] in Vilvoorde where she was remembered as "an active and intelligent little girl".