List of Famous people born in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Lola Kosáryné Réz
Maximilian Hell
Maximilian Hell was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary.
Milan Nemec
Milan Nemec is a former Slovak football player and most recently a manager of Železiarne Podbrezová U19 team. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 2 times.
Ditta Pásztory-Bartók
Ditta Pásztory-Bartók was a Hungarian pianist and the second wife of the composer Béla Bartók. She was the dedicatee of a number of his works, including Out of Doors and the Third Piano Concerto.
Gyula Rochlitz
Gyula Rochlitz was a Hungarian architect.
Farkas Koháry
Gabriela Svobodová
Gabriela Svobodová is a former Czechoslovak cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s until 1984. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and a bronze medal in the same event at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Mária Simonyi
Mária Széchy
Samo Tomášik
Samo Tomášik was a Slovak romantic poet and prosaist.