Famous People From Zeelandic Flanders
- Lodewijk van den Berg, astronaut
- Willem Beukelszoon, inventor of gibbing
- Herman den Blijker, chef cook
- Richard Bukacki, professional cyclist
- Emile Buysse, author
- Honoré Colsen, politician
- Johan Hendrik van Dale, lexicographer
- Dick Dees, politician
- Jan Gerard van Deinse, politician
- Frans Dieleman, geographer
- Jan Eekhout, author
- Thea Fierens, politician
- Omer Gielliet, woodcutter and priest
- Jacques Hamelink, author and poet
- Willem van Hanegem, soccer player and coach
- Sergio Herman, chef cook and co-owner of restaurant "Oud Sluis"
- Ate de Jong, director
- Annabel Kosten, swimmer
- Jan Kuipers, author
- Gert de Meijer, musician
- José de Meijer, politician
- Guido Metsers, sculptor and painter
- Hugo Metsers II, actor
- Theo Middelkamp, professional cyclist
- Jacques de Milliano, physician and co-founder and chairman of Artsen zonder Grenzen in the Netherlands
- Marie Cécile Moerdijk, singer and author
- Jos de Mul, scholar philosophy
- Roelof Nelissen, politician and banker
- Jos de Putter, director
- George van Renesse, pianist and musical conductor
- Jan III van Renesse, strategist and leader of the Flemish troops during the de Guldensporenslag
- Sandra Roelofs, First lady of Georgia (spouse of president Micheil Saakasjvili)
- Franciscus Maria Amandus van Schaeck Mathon, Catholic statesman
- Paul Tingen, schrijver, journalist, musician
- Kees Torn, comedian
- Ad Verbrugge, philosopher
- Annelies Verstand-Bogaert, politician
- Herman Wijffels, Dutch administrator of the World Bank in Washington
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