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Stefaan De Clerck Stefaan Maria Joris Yolanda De Clerck (; born 12 December 1951) is a Belgian politician and former Minister of Justice of Belgium. He was Minister of Justice from 1995 until 1998 as well, when he resigned following the escape from prison of ...

(born 1951), Belgian politician and former Minister of Justice *

Stefaan Engels Stefaan Engels (born 7 April 1961, Ghent, Belgium), also known as "marathon man", is a Belgian marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance ca ...

(born 1961), Belgian long-distance runner who ran 365 marathons in one year *

Stefaan Maene Stefaan Maene (born 13 May 1972 in Ostend) is a former backstroke, freestyle and medley swimmer from Belgium, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first international medal at the inaugur ...

(born 1972), Belgian swimmer *

Stefaan Simons Stefaan J. R. Simons is a chemical engineer and senior academic employed by the University College London. In 2012, he was appointed Director of the International Energy Policy Institute (IEPI) and the inaugural BHP Billiton Chair of Energy Policy ...

(born c. 1960), British chemical engineer *

Stefaan Tanghe Stefaan Tanghe (born 15 January 1972) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Tanghe made his debut in professional football in the 1997–98 season when playing for Excelsior Moeskroen. He als ...

(born 1972), Belgian footballer *

Stefaan Van Hecke Stefaan Van Hecke is a Belgian (Flemish) politician. He is member of the Belgian Federal Parliament (Chamber of Representatives of Belgium) for the ecological party Groen!. He was first elected in June 2007. He was re-elected in 2010, 2014, an ...

(born 1973), Belgian politician *

Stefaan Verhulst Stefaan G. Verhulst (born 1966) is the co-founder and chief research and development officer of The Governance Laboratory (The GovLab) at New York University. His research and writing considers how advances in technology and science can be harne ...

(born 1966), American technology writer

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