cardinal and humanitarian. Founder of the Young Christian Workers. 24) Hergé, (1907–1983) comics artist (The Adventures of Tintin, Quick and Flupke). 25) James Ensor, (1860–1949) painter (Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889). 26) Peter Piot, (1949–) physician. Co-discoverer of the Ebola virus, for which he found a way to contain the epidemic. 27) Jan van Eyck, painter (Ghent Altarpiece, The Arnolfini Portrait). 28) Christoffel Plantijn, printer and publisher. 29) Willy Vandersteen, (1913–1990) comics artist (Suske en Wiske, De Rode Ridder) 30) Hugo Claus, (1929–2008) novelist, poet, playwright and film director (The Sorrow of Belgium). 31) Jan Frans Willems, (1793–1846) writer and activist. Founder of the Flemish movement. 32) Leo Baekeland, (1863–1944) chemist. Inventor of bakelite. 33) Lieven Gevaert, (1868–1935) businessman. Founder of Gevaert & Co (nowadays Agfa-Gevaert). 34) Arno Hintjens, (1949–2022) rock singer (TC Matic). 35) Mark Uytterhoeven, (1957–) TV presenter and sports journalist (Het Huis van Wantrouwen, Morgen Maandag, Alles Kan Beter). 36) Dirk Martens, (1447–1534) printer. 37) Justine Henin-Hardenne, (1982–) tennis player. 38) Raymond Goethals, (1921–2004) association football player and trainer. 39) Ernest Solvay, (1838–1922) chemist, businessman and philanthropist. Inventor of the ammonia-soda process. 40) Paul-Henri Spaak, (1899–1972) Prime Minister (1938–1939) (1946) (1947–1949). President of the United Nations (1946–1947), Secretary General of N.A.T.O. (1957–1961). President of the European Coal and Steel Community (1952–1954). 41) Achiel Van Acker, (1898–1975) Prime Minister (1945–1946) (1946) (1954–1958). 42) Marie Popelin, (1846–1913) activist and feminist. Founder of the women's right movement Ligue belge du droit des femmes. First Belgian woman to receive a law doctorate. 43) Paul Delvaux, (1897–1994) painter. 44) Simon Stevin, mathematician. Described the Decimal system for fractions and did mathematical groundwork for the construction of fortifications. Made windmills more efficient. Was the first to explain the tides using the attraction of the moon, discovered the hydrostatic paradox and proved the inclined plane. 45) Julien Lahaut, politician. 46) Christine Van Broeckhoven, (1953–) molecular biologist. Did research on Alzheimer dementia, bipolar mental disorders and other neurological diseases. 47) Queen Elisabeth, (1876–1965) queen (1909–1934). Established the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation and the Queen Elisabeth Competition. 48) Marc Sleen, (1922–2016) comics artist (The Adventures of Nero, Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke, De Lustige Kapoentjes). 49) Willem Elsschot, (1882–1960) novelist and poet (Het Huwelijk, Villa des Roses, Lijmen/Het Been and Kaas). 50) Paul Van Ostaijen, (1896–1928) poet (Boem Paukeslag!, Melopee). 51) Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, (1796–1862) lawyer and politician. Founder of the Free University of Brussels. 52) Raymond