List of people from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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This is a list of notable people associated with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, including rectors, faculty, current and former scientists, and alumni.

Rectors

Name	Tenure
Aloïs Gerlo [nl]	1969-1974
Roger Van Geen	1974-1978
Bart De Schutter	1978-1982
Oscar Steenhaut [nl]	1982-1986
Sylvain Loccufier [nl]	1986-1990
Jean Renneboog	1990-1991
Robert Dejaegere [nl]	1991-1994
Els Witte	1994-2000
Benjamin Van Camp	2000-2008
Paul De Knop [nl]	2008-2016
Caroline Pauwels	2016-2022
Jan Danckaert [nl]	2022-?

Alumni

Scientists and academics

• Diederik Aerts (1953-)
• Leo Apostel (1925-1995)
• Patrick Baert (1961-)
• Jean Bourgain (1954-2018)
• Ingrid Daubechies (1954-)
• Sophie de Schaepdrijver (1961-)
• Willy Gepts (1922-1991)
• Raymond Hamers
• Francis Heylighen (1960-)
• Pattie Maes
• Christine Van Den Wyngaert (1952-)
• Lode Wyns

Artists

• André Delvaux (1926-2002)
• Fabienne Demal (Axelle Red) (1968-)
• Jef Geeraerts (1930-)
• Erik Pevernagie (1939-)
• Sapiyossi

Politicians

• Bert Anciaux (1959-)
• Karel De Gucht (1954-)
• Patrick Dewael (1955-)
• Christian Leysen (1954-)
• Annemie Neyts (1944-)
• Bruno Tobback (1969-)
• Louis Tobback (1938-)
• Johan Vande Lanotte (1955-)
• Frank Vanhecke (1959-)
• Willy Claes (1938- )
• Upakit Pachariyangkun (1961-)

Businesspeople

• Tony Mary (1950-)
• François Narmon

Athletes

• Sébastien Godefroid (1971-), Olympic sailor