- a native of Flanders.
- a Flemish-speaking Belgian.
- Scottish bacteriologist and physician: discoverer of penicillin 1928; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
- British writer of suspense novels.
- U.S. figure skater.
- a native or inhabitant of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
- Sir Alexander . 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist: discovered lysozyme (1922) and penicillin (1928): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1945
- Ian (Lancaster). 1908–64, English author of spy novels; creator of the secret agent James Bond
- Sir John Ambrose . 1849–1945, English electrical engineer: invented the thermionic valve (1904)
- Renée . born 1959, US operatic soprano and songwriter
