List of Famous people born in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Karin Stoiber, née Rudolf (born 6 July 1943, in Buchau, Reichsgau Sudetenland, Nazi Germany was the First Lady of Bavaria from 1993 to 2007.

Rudolf Serkin was a Bohemian-born American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century.

Walter Serner was a German-language writer and essayist. His manifesto Letzte Lockerung was an important text of Dadaism.

Eduard Prokosch was an Austrian historical linguist who specialized in Indo-European and, specifically, Proto-Germanic studies. He was the father of Frederic Prokosch.

Johann Böhm is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria from 1974 to 2003 and was President of the Landtag of Bavaria from 1994 to 2003.

Josef Stingl was a German politician who served as the longstanding president of the Bundesanstalt für Arbeit from 1968 to 1984. By that time he had already established himself as a national politician as a member of the CDU and, after he relocated to Munich, the CSU). From 1953 to 1968, he served as a member of the Bundestag. There, he took a particular interest in pensions and labour law.