Editing Leuven (section)

===Born in Leuven===
*Most [[Duke of Brabant|Dukes of Brabant]] in the 12th and 13th centuries
*[[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France|Maria of Brabant]], [[queen consort]] of [[Kingdom of France|France]] (1256–1321)
*[[Louis Elsevier]], book publisher (1540–1617)
*[[Quentin Matsys]], painter (1466–1530)
*[[Petrus Phalesius the Elder]], publisher (c. 1501/05 – c. 1573/74) 
*[[Petrus van der Aa]], [[jurist]] (1530–1594)
*[[Valerio Profondavalle]], painter (b. 1533)
*[[Adriaan van Roomen]], mathematician (1561–1615)
*[[Charles de Bériot]], violinist (1802–1870)
*[[Eugène Prévinaire]], second governor of the [[National Bank of Belgium]] (1805–1877)
*[[Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck]], [[palaeontologist]] and [[chemist]] (1809–1887)
*[[Jean Stas]], analytical chemist (1813–1891)
*[[Bernardine Hamaekers]], opera singer (1836–1912)
*[[Arthur De Greef (composer)|Arthur De Greef]], pianist and composer (1862–1940)
*[[Jean Hissette]], ophthalmologist (1888–1965)
*[[Jef Scherens]], cyclist, seven-time [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint|track cycling world champion, Men's Sprint]] (1909–1986)
*[[Georges Claes]], cyclist, two-time [[Paris–Roubaix]] winner (1920–1994)
*[[Hortense Clews]], World War II [[Resistance during World War II|Resistance]] worker and [[Concentration Camp]] survivor (1926–2006)
*[[Arthur Berckmans]], comics author (1929–2020)
*[[Mark Eyskens]], politician and former [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. 1933)
*[[Jan Hoet]], curator and art critic (1936–2014)
*[[Louis Tobback]], politician and mayor (b. 1938)
*[[Danny Fabry]], musician (b. 1946)
*[[Emiel Puttemans]], middle- and long-distance runner (b. 1947)
*[[Frank Vandenbroucke (politician)|Frank Vandenbroucke]], politician (b. 1955)
*[[Patrick de Radiguès]], racing driver and sailor (b. 1956)
*[[Roland Liboton]], cyclist, four-time [[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|cyclo-cross world champion]] (b. 1957)
*[[Didier de Radiguès]], racing driver (b. 1958)
*[[William Van Dijck]], athlete, 1987 World Championships bronze medallist in 3000m steeplechase (b. 1961)
*[[Thomas Meuwissen]], violinmaker (b. 1966) 
*[[Bruno Bosteels]], philosopher, known for English translations of [[Alain Badiou]] (b. 1967)
*[[Judith Vanistendael]], comics author, illustrator (b. 1974)
*[[Kim Gevaert]], sprint athlete, Olympic gold medalist in 4×100 relay Beijing 2008 (Silver; Gold after Russian disqualification) (b. 1978)
*[[Jonathan Vandenbroeck]], singer-songwriter, better known as [[Milow]] (b. 1981)
*[[Dries Mertens]], footballer (b. 1987)
*[[Selah Sue]], musician and songwriter (b. 1989)
*[[Sennek]], singer; represented Belgium at the 2018 [[Eurovision Song Contest|Eurovision]] with the song "A Matter of Time" (b. 1990)
*[[Stienes Longin]], racing driver (b. 1991)
*[[Jasper Stuyven]], cyclist (b. 1992)
*[[Laurens Sweeck]], cyclist (b. 1993)
*[[Ben Broeders]], pole vault athlete (b. 1995)
*[[Elise Mertens]], tennis (b. 1995)
*[[Mandela Keita]], footballer (b. 2002)