The Most Famous
LAWYERS from Belgium
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belgian Lawyers of all time. This list of famous Belgian Lawyers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Henri La Fontaine (1854 - 1943)
With an HPI of 68.35, Henri La Fontaine is the most famous Belgian Lawyer. His biography has been translated into 54 different languages on wikipedia.
Henri La Fontaine (French pronunciation: [lafɔ̃ˈtɛn]; 22 April 1854 – 14 May 1943), was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1913 because "he was the effective leader of the peace movement in Europe."
2. Koen Lenaerts (1954 - )
With an HPI of 48.45, Koen Lenaerts is the 2nd most famous Belgian Lawyer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Koen Lenaerts, Baron Lenaerts (Dutch: [kun ˈleːnaːrts]; born 20 December 1954 in Mortsel) is a Belgian jurist and the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union. He is also a Professor of European Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as lawyers born between 1854 and 1954. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living lawyers include Koen Lenaerts. The most famous deceased lawyers include Henri La Fontaine. As of April 2022, 1 new lawyers have been added to Pantheon including Koen Lenaerts.
