Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/February/February 21

• 1944: birth of Herman de Coninck, poet and literary critic
• 1946: World War II collaborator José Streel is executed by firing squad
• 1947: birth of Hugo Coveliers, politician
• 1954: birth of Ivo Van Damme, middle distance runner, double silver medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, remembered in the annual Memorial Van Damme athletics meeting in Brussels
• 1957: birth of Stijn Coninx, film director, best known for Daens
• 1986: birth of Prince Amedeo of Belgium