Editing Halle, Belgium (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Avenir de hal.jpg|thumb|Excerpt from ''The Future of Halle'' of the year 1881. Preserved in the [[Ghent University Library]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=L'avenir de Hal : organe du canton|url=https://lib.ugent.be/viewer/archive.ugent.be:0D594076-E9EF-11E9-AD99-BF96755DA7FD#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-4146,-1,14028,7833|access-date=2020-09-28|website=lib.ugent.be}}</ref>]]
* [[Jozef Cardijn]] (1882–1967), founder of the [[Young Christian Workers]] and [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]
* [[Justus Lipsius]] (1547–1606) wrote his first historical work about Halle.
* [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (1342–1404) died in Halle.
* [[Adrien-Francois Servais|Adrien-François Servais]] (1807–1866), composer and cellist. He is commemorated by a statue on Halle's main square. It was created by his son-in-law [[Cyprian Godebski (sculptor)|Cyprian Godebski]], a noted Polish sculptor who taught at the Institute of Imperial Art in St. Petersburg before the Revolution.
* [[Koen Wauters]] (born 1967), singer, television presenter and racing driver