List of Famous people born in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Władysław III Spindleshanks, of the Piast Dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland, High Duke of Poland and Duke of Kraków during 1202–1206 and 1228–1231, Duke of Kalisz during 1202–1206, ruler of Lubusz during 1206–1210 and 1218–1225, and ruler over Gniezno during 1216–1217.

Zbigniew Stanisław Wodecki was a Polish singer, musician, composer, actor and TV presenter.

Prince Dominik Rainer Radziwiłł was a Polish aristocrat and officer of the Polish Army.

Anna Leszczyńska née Jabłonowska (1660–1727) was a Polish noblewoman, born into the House of Jablonowski and the mother of King of Poland Stanislaus I Leszczyński.

Orest Subtelny was a Ukrainian-Canadian historian. Born in Kraków, Poland, he received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1973. Since 1982, he was a professor in the departments of history and political science at York University in Toronto.

Prince Eustachy Stanisław Sanguszko was a Polish noble (szlachcic), conservative politician.

Adam Musiał was a Polish football player and later became a football manager.

Abel Korzeniowski is a Polish composer of film and theatre scores.

Małgorzata Szumowska is a Polish film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Kraków.

Jan Amor Tarnowski was a Polish nobleman, knight, military commander, military theoretician, and statesman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527, and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol, where he built the Ternopil Castle and the Ternopil Pond.