Editing Ghent (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Geertgen Sint-Bavo.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Saint Bavo]], patron saint of Ghent]] [[File:Titian - Portrait of Charles V Seated - WGA22964.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles V]] was born in Ghent in 1500]]
[[File:Johnofgaunt.jpg|thumb|180px|[[John of Gaunt]], born in Ghent in 1340]]

[[File:JacobVAGent.JPG|thumb|180px|Statue of [[Jacob van Artevelde]] on the [[Vrijdagmarkt, Ghent|Vrijdagmarkt]] in Ghent]]
{{See also|List of people from Ghent}}
* [[Frans Ackerman]] ({{Circa|1330}}–1387), Flemish statesmen and military leader.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Ackerman, Francis |volume= 1| page= 148 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charlotte Adigéry]] (born {{Circa|1995}}), Belgian-Caribbean musician
* [[Alexander Agricola]] ({{Circa|1445}}–1506), [[Franco-Flemish]] composer of the [[Renaissance]] 
* [[Leo Baekeland]] (1863–1944), chemist and inventor of [[Bakelite]] 
* [[Saint Bavo]] (589–654), [[patron saint]] of Ghent 
* [[Marthe Boël]] (1877–1956), feminist 
* [[Josse Boutmy]] (1697–1779), composer, organist and harpsichordist 
* [[Cornelius Canis]] ({{Circa|1505}}–1562), composer, music director for the chapel of Charles V
* [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1500–1558), ''Karel V, Charles Quint''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Charles V. (Roman Emperor) |volume= 5|last= Armstrong |first= Edward |author-link= Edward Armstrong (historian) | pages = 899&ndash;905 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Willy De Clercq]] (1927–2011), liberal politician and European Commissioner 
* [[Caspar de Crayer]] (1582–1669), painter
* [[Pedro de Gante]] (ca.1480–1572), Franciscan missionary in [[Mexico]] 
* [[Frans de Potter]] (1834–1904), writer
* [[Emma De Vigne]] (1850–1898), painter 
* [[Paul de Vigne]] (1843–1901), sculptor.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Vigne, Paul de |volume= 28 | page= 61 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[De Vriendt brothers]] Juliaan Joseph (1842–1935), & Albrecht François Lieven (1843–1900), painters.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Vriendt, Juliaen Joseph de and Albrecht François Lieven de |volume= 28 | page= 220 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Charlotte de Witte]] (born 1992), DJ and record producer 
* [[Joseph Guislain]] (1797–1860), physician 
* [[Daniel Heinsius]] (1580–1655), scholar of the Dutch [[Renaissance]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Heinsius Daniel |volume= 13 | page= 215 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Henry of Ghent]] (ca.1217–1293), [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] philosopher.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Henry of Ghent |volume= 13 | page = 298 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Corneille Jean François Heymans]] (1892–1968), physiologist and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] 
* [[Victor Horta]] (1861–1947), [[Art Nouveau]] architect 
* [[John of Gaunt]] (1340–1399), English royal prince, military leader and statesman.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lancaster, John of Gaunt, duke of |volume= 16 |last= Kingsford |first= Charles Lethbridge |author-link= Charles Lethbridge Kingsford | pages = 146&ndash;147 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Suzanne Lilar]] (1901–1992), essayist, novelist, and playwright 
* [[Saint Livinus]] of Ghent (580–657), saint and martyr
* [[Louis XVIII of France]] (1755–1824), was exiled in Ghent in 1815 during the [[Hundred Days]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Louis XVIII. of France |volume= 17 |last= Phillips |first= Catherine Beatrice   | pages = 47&ndash;49 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Pierre Louÿs]] (1870–1925), poet and romantic writer 
* [[Maurice Maeterlinck]] (1862–1949), poet & playwright, won the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Maeterlinck, Maurice |volume= 17 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse| pages = 298&ndash;299 |short= 1}}</ref> 
* [[Hippolyte Metdepenningen]] (1799–1881), lawyer and politician 
* [[Gerard Mortier]] (born 1943), Belgian opera director 
* [[Jacob Obrecht]] (ca.1457–1505), composer of the [[Renaissance]] 
* [[Adolphe Quetelet]] (1796–1874), astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques |volume= 22 | page= 744 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Frans Rens]] (1805–1874), writer 
* [[Gabriel Ríos]] (born 1978), musician
* [[Charles John Seghers]] (1839–1886), [[Jesuit]] clergyman and missionary 
* [[Soulwax]] (formed 1995), electronic/rock band headed by David and Stephen Dewaele
* [[Jacob van Artevelde]] (ca.1290–1345), statesman and political leader.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Artevelde, Jacob van |volume= 2 | page= 669 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Gustave Van de Woestijne]] (1881–1947), painter
* [[Karel van de Woestijne]] (1878–1929), writer 
* [[Hugo van der Goes]] ({{Circa|1440}}–1482), painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Goes, Hugo van der |volume= 12 | page = 181 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jan van Eyck]] ({{Circa|1385}}–1441), painter.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Eyck, Van |volume= 10 |last= Crowe |first= Joseph Archer |author-link= Joseph Archer Crowe | pages = 90&ndash;91; see page 90, para 4 |quote=2. John (Jan) van Eyck (? 1385–1440). |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Geo Verbanck]] (1881–1961), sculptor
*[[Seppe Gebruers]] (born 1990), the first quartertone jazzpianist.
* [[Swen Vincke]] (born 1972), video game director and the head of [[Larian Studios]].
* [[Jan Frans Willems]] (1793–1846), writer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Willems, Jean François |volume= 28 | page = 658 |short= 1}}</ref>
[[File:14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg|thumb|140px|Jacques Rogge, 2014]]


=== Sport ===
* [[Tiesj Benoot]] (born 1994), cyclist 
* [[Kevin De Bruyne]] (born 1991), professional footballer for [[Manchester City]]
* [[Xavier Henry]] (born 1991), [[shooting guard]]/[[small forward]] for the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Los Angeles Lakers]] 
* [[Gaelle Mys]] (born 1991), Olympic gymnast 
* [[Jacques Rogge]] (1942–2021), former president of the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] 
* [[Patrick Sercu]] (1944–2019), Belgian track cyclist 
* [[Cédric Van Branteghem]] (born 1979), athlete 
* [[Bradley Wiggins]] (born 1980), British cyclist