Els Witte (born 30 September 1941, Borgerhout) is a Belgian historian.
Robert Van Straelen was born in Borgerhout to Paul Verstraelen, Director of the Belgolaise Bank in Antwerp, and Leopoldina Vinsolest from Borgerhout.
He's been municipal civic office worker in Borgerhout since 2006 and followed Mieke Vogels as president of the Flemish green party Groen!.
A member of the Anderlecht staff arrived at Borgerhout in 1942 with a blank check that was filled in with the record sum of 125,000 Belgian francs in a quarter of an hour.