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After graduating from university, de Posch studied business administration at the Ecole de Commerce Solvay in Brussels from 1978 to 1982. In 1984 he began his professional career at the international energy and services group Tractebel S.A., for whose engineering division he most recently worked as Vice President Far East in Hong Kong. In 1990, Guillaume de Posch moved to McKinsey & Company Belgium before starting his career in European TV media at the Luxembourg-based CLT (Compagnie Luxembourgeoise Telediffusion (now RTL Group) in 1993. The TV manager initially worked as an assistant to the management and took over then responsibility for the CLT's TV activities in French-speaking countries.

From 1997 he was deputy managing director and program manager of the pay-TV company TPS in France. From September 2003 to April 2004, de Posch became the group's chief operating officer. In May 2004, he was appointed CEO of the private TV broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1, succeeding the Swiss lawyer Urs Rohner. Under his leadership, the TV group based in Unterföhring near Munich developed into one of the most profitable private broadcasters in Europe until 2008. At that time, media entrepreneur Haim Saban held the majority share in the company. He was then co-CEO of the Luxembourg RTL Group until the end of 2017.

Ali Bintz was born on 15 January 1929 in Arlon, Belgium. He was an actor, known for De falschen hond (1989), Gwyncilla: Legend of Dark Ages (1986) and Schacko Klak (1989). He died on 1 November 2004 in Niederkorn, Luxembourg.

Jean-Luc Fonck was born on 9 March 1957 in Arlon, Belgium. He is an actor and writer, known for Madame Edouard (2004), Bon appetit! (2000) and Rednex: The End (2012).

Benoît Lamy, born in Arlon in 1945, was one of the few Belgian filmmakers (along with André Delvaux, Harry Kümel and Chantal Akerman ) whose films were known in the 1970s beyond the borders of his native Belgium. Lamy studied film in Brussels and soon became assistant director to filmmakers such as Yves Ciampi or 'Pier Paolo Pasolini' (Oedipus Rex (1967)). He also co-wrote 'Pierre Laroche ''s Il pleut dans ma maison (1969). He was only twenty-five when he made his first short, Margrit Circus (1970), soon followed by Cartoon circus (1972), directed in collaboration with Picha. His next two films, Home Sweet Home (1973) and Ham and Chips (1977) were two comedies, both ingrained in French-speaking Belgium and universal, the first one denouncing the way old people are treated in retirement homes and the second presenting a Romeo and Juliet-like story against a commercial war backdrop. Co-produced by Jacques Perrin (who also acted in 'Home Sweet Home') and played by French actors and actresses in leading roles (Claude Jade, Annie Girardot), the two comedies were distributed in France and were rather successful. Afterwards, Benoît Lamy was less heard of. Not that he had become lazy! On the contrary, he went on making or producing films (through his firm Lamy Films). Simply, their distribution was more restricted. Too bad, because his production remained interesting, especially the two "African" movies he made starring Papa Wemba, Life Is Rosy (1987) and Wild Games (1997) The end of Benoît Lamy was tragic. After coming out of the closet (he had been married to Bonbon who had given him two children), he had chosen to live with a man. Unfortunately, on 15-4-2008, his companion beat him to death. He was sixty-two and would never know the "Home, Sweet Home" he depicted so well in first feature film.

Enzo Baggi was born on 29 October 1997 in Arlon, Belgium.