Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/March/March 19

• 1865: death of Joseph Lebeau (pictured), politician, Prime Minister of Belgium between 1840 and 1841
• 1888: birth of Léon Scieur, cyclist, winner of the 1921 Tour de France
• 1909: birth of Jean Brachet, biochemist, researcher on the role of RNA
• 1923: birth of Gilbert Delahaye, author of the Martine children's books
• 1966: birth of Frank Vaganée, jazz saxophonist
• 1971: birth of Sébastien Godefroid, sailor, silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta