Editing Charleroi (section)

===Born in Charleroi===
*[[Léon Rosenfeld]] (1904–1974), physicist
*[[Jean-Marie André]], scientist
*[[Alexandre Czerniatynski]], football player, winner of the UEFA cup
*Jules Delhaize, 19th-century grocer and businessman, founder of what would become the [[Delhaize Group]]
*Louis Delhaize, founder of the [[Louis Delhaize Group]]
*[[Jules Destrée]], lawyer and politician, born in [[Marcinelle]], 19th century
*[[Karl Erjavec]], Slovenian lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Slovenia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], born in [[Aiseau]]
*[[Paul Finet]] (1897–1965), Belgian politician, born in [[Montignies-sur-Sambre]]
*[[Albert Frère]], businessman and the richest person in Belgium
*[[Régis Genaux]], football player
*Emile Grumieaux, painter, born in Gosselies
*[[Paul-François Huart-Chapel]], industrialist, 19th century
*[[Jean-Pierre Lecocq]] (1947–1992), molecular biologist and entrepreneur
*[[Georges Lemaître]] (1894–1966), priest and astronomer, 20th century
*[[Fabrice Lig]], music producer, 20th century
*[[Loïc Nottet]], musician
*[[Jean Dupuis]], printer and editor, founder of the Dupuis editions
*[[Pierre Marcolini]], chocolatier
*[[Joseph Maréchal]], Jesuit priest and philosopher, 20th century
*Didier Matrige, painter and draughtsman, 20th century
*[[Joëlle Milquet]], politician, 20th century
*[[Chantal Mouffe]], political theorist, 20th century
*[[François-Joseph Navez]], painter, 18th century
*[[Paul Pastur]], lawyer and politician
*[[Gaston Salmon]] (1878–1917), épée fencer, Olympic champion<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 October 2017|title=La médaille d'or d'un Carolo en vente à Hollywood!|url=http://www.laprovince.be/143182/article/2017-10-23/la-medaille-dor-dun-carolo-en-vente-hollywood|website=Édition digitale de Mons}}</ref>
*[[Marcel Thiry]], poet, 19th century
*[[Jeanne Toussaint]] (1887–1976), jeweller
*[[Raymond Troye]], wartime writer, 20th century
*[[Annette Vande Gorne]], composer
*[[Fernand Verhaegen]], painter and etcher, born in [[Marchienne-au-Pont]], 19th century