Guillaume Hoorickx otherwise Willem Hoorickx (12 April 1900 – 31 October 1983) was a Belgian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics. During World War II, he worked as an agent for Victor Sukolov in the Red Orchestra network. He was imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.

He was also an artist, under the name Bill Orix.Adrian M. Darmon, 2003: Around Jewish Art: A Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, and Photographers. Carnot, p. 269Witt Library of the Courtauld Institute (ed.): A checklist of Painters (1200–1994). Routledge 2014, p. 235 A collection of his works is held by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique: Guillaume Hoorickx, dit Bill Orix

See also People of the Red Orchestra

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