List of Famous people born in Bratislava, Slovakia

Johann Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the classical to the romantic musical era.

Martin Skotnický is a Slovak ice dancing coach and former competitor for Czechoslovakia. With his sister, Diana Skotnická, he is the 1970 Winter Universiade champion and a five-time Czechoslovak national champion (1970–74). They placed sixth at the 1973 European Championships.

Jan T. Vilček is a biomedical scientist, educator, inventor and philanthropist. He is a professor in the department of microbiology at the New York University School of Medicine, and chairman and CEO of The Vilcek Foundation. Vilček, a native of Bratislava, Slovakia, received his M.D. degree from Comenius University Medical School, Bratislava in 1957; and his Ph.D. in Virology from the Institute of Virology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1962. In 1964, Vilček, with his wife Marica, defected from Communist Czechoslovakia during a three-day visit to Vienna. In 1965, the Vilčeks immigrated to the United States, and have since lived in New York City. Vilček devoted his scientific career to studies of soluble mediators that regulate the immune system (cytokines), including interferon and tumor necrosis factor (TNF).

Jarmila Wolfe is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player.

Ödön Széchenyi was an Imperial Ottoman pasha. He was the son of István Széchenyi and was in charge of the State Fire Brigade in Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.

Yehuda Zvi Blum is an Israeli professor of law and diplomat. In 1978–1984, Blum served as Israel Ambassador to the United Nations.

Nela Pocisková is a Slovak singer and actress who was the Slovak entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with Kamil Mikulčík. The song Leť tmou was chosen after a national final. They were the first singers to represent Slovakia at the contest since the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 but failed to reach the Eurovision final.

František Havránek was a Czech football manager and former player.

Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of the Georgian national team from 2016 to 2020.

Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd was a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.