The Most Famous
LINGUISTS from Belgium
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belgian Linguists of all time. This list of famous Belgian Linguists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Claude Piron (1931 - 2008)
With an HPI of 55.43, Claude Piron is the most famous Belgian Linguist. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Claude Piron, also known by the pseudonym Johán Valano, was a Swiss psychologist, Esperantist, translator, and writer. He worked as a translator for the United Nations from 1956 to 1961 and then for the World Health Organization. He was a prolific author of Esperanto works. He spoke Esperanto from childhood and used it in Japan, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, in Africa and Latin America, and in nearly all the countries of Europe.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Belgian linguists born between 1931 and 1931. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Belgian linguists include Claude Piron.
