Editing Aalst, Belgium (section)

==Notable inhabitants==
[[File:Johannes Wierix (Attr.) – Portrait of Pieter Coecke van Aelst.jpg|thumb|150px|Johannes Wierix – Portrait of Pieter Coecke van Aelst]]
* [[Jo Bogaert]] (born 1956), Belgian new beat DJ
* [[Louis Paul Boon]] (1912–1979), writer and journalist
* [[Franz Cumont]] (1868–1947), archeologist, historian, and philologist
* [[Adolf Daens]] (1839–1907), priest and politician
* [[Mark De Bie]] (born 1939), television writer
* [[Pieter De Bruyne]] (1931–1987), designer and interior architect
* [[Valerius De Saedeleer]] (1867–1941), painter
* [[Geert De Vlieger]] (born 1971), football goalkeeper
* [[Louis D'Haeseleer]] (1911–1988), politician
* [[Remco Evenepoel]] (born 2000), professional cyclist
* [[Bert Kruismans]], (born 1966), stand-up comedian
* [[Herman Le Compte]] (1929–2008), physician, gerontologist
* [[Bernard Le Grelle]] (born 1948), investigative journalist, political adviser, author
* [[Luc Luycx]] (born 1958), designer of the common side of the [[euro coins]]
* [[Dirk Martens]] ({{circa|1446}}{{snd}}1534), the first book printer in the Southern Netherlands
* [[Monika Triest]] (born 1941) founder of [[women's studies]] programs at the [[University of Cincinnati]] and [[University of Amsterdam]]
* [[Ilse Uyttersprot]] (1967–2020), mayor of Aalst
* [[Pieter Coecke van Aelst]] (1502–1550), painter, sculptor and architect
* [[Luc Van den Bossche]] (born 1947), socialist politician
* [[Peter Van Der Heyden]] (born 1976), Belgian and international footballer
* [[Patrick Van Goethem]] (born 1969), [[countertenor]]
* [[Gonda Van Steen]] (born 1964), classical scholar
* [[Dimitri Verhulst]] (born 1972), writer and poet
* [[Sébastien Verhulst]] (1907–1944), Belgian international footballer
* [[Wilfried Wesemael]] (born 1950), cyclist