François Englert, who completed a PhD in physics at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1959[..]"

Yes, even if most people have only ever heard of Higgs the 2013 Nobel Prize was shared between Englert and Higgs.

Yes, even if most people have only ever heard of ULB as the place where FOSDEM happens it is also Englert's alma mater.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2013/englert/lectu...

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/science/francois-englert-...

Always a bit of a shame that the “Higgs” Boson stuck as the name, dropping Englert (and Brout).