Going a long way back, Adrian of Utrecht (Pope Adrian VI) was a student here in the 16th century. More recently, the current prime minister of Belgium, the former minister of foreign affairs, and the minister of the treasury all studied here and went on to become men of great achievement in Belgium.
遠的來說，最受稱道的是十六世紀出了一位教皇﹘﹘阿特里罕六世；近的方面，現任比利時總理馬爾滕斯、前任外交部長廷德曼斯和財政部長伊斯根斯都是魯汶畢業生，在比國領盡風騷。