List of Famous people born in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Hans-Joachim Bohlmann
Hans-Joachim Bohlmann was a German serial vandal who primarily targeted artworks at public exhibitions. Between 1977 and 2006, he damaged over 50 paintings worth more than 270 million Deutsche Marks by such artists as Rubens, Rembrandt and Dürer.
Paweł Fajdek
Paweł Fajdek is a Polish hammer thrower with personal best 83.93 metres. He is a four-time World Champion in the event.
Alfred Pringsheim
Alfred Pringsheim was a German mathematician and patron of the arts. He was born in Ohlau, Prussian Silesia and died in Zürich, Switzerland.
Kurt Pätzold
Kurt Pätzold was a German Marxist historian.
Hans Kloss
Hans Kloss was a German artist and graphic designer. He is best known for his large paintings combining medieval and modern styles.
Andreas Hönisch
Father Andreas Hönisch SJM was the founder and Superior General of Servi Jesu et Mariae, and co-founder of the Katholische Pfadfinderschaft Europas.
Monika Sozanska
Monika Sozanska is a Polish- German épée fencer. She has won several medals at the German Championships. Sozanska competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Piotr Farfał
Piotr Grzegorz Farfał is a Polish rightwing politician of the League of Polish Families and former President of the Polish national TV network TVP.
Nicolaus Reusner
Nicolaus Reusner was a German jurist and publisher. He was born into a family of wealthy German landowners in Löwenberg, Silesia, who had recently moved there from Transylvania. Several members of his family became famous in the fields of law and medicine in the 16th century, including his brothers Bartholomäus von Reusner, Elias Reusner and Jeremias von Reusner (law). Reusner studied in Wittenberg and Leipzig, under Modestinus Pistoris, and Leonhard Badehorn. In Leipzig, imperial personal physician Georg Wirth (1524–1613) persuaded him to abandon medicine and study law.
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner was a German actor, film director and theatre director.