List of Famous people born in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Maximilian Hell was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary.

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 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 was a Hungarian architect.

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.

Samo Tomášik was a Slovak romantic poet and prosaist.