List of Famous people born in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Count Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch was a German Prince-Bishop of Breslau and an important promoter of music.

Karl August Hanke was an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) during its rule over Germany and served as the fifth and last Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He also served as Gauleiter of Gau Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945 and as Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia. Captured on 6 May 1945, he was shot and killed by Czech partisans on 8 June.

Max Simon was a German SS commander and war criminal during World War II. Simon was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s. He rose through the ranks of the SS, and became a corps commander during World War II. After the war, Simon was convicted for his role in the Marzabotto massacre.

Maciej Bodnar is a Polish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Łukasz Bodnar.

Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He won the great international tournaments of 1851 and 1862, but lost matches to Paul Morphy in 1858, and to Wilhelm Steinitz in 1866. Accordingly, he is generally regarded as having been the world's leading chess player from 1851 to 1858, and leading active player from 1862 to 1866, although the title of World Chess Champion did not yet exist.

Countess Amalie Henriette Charlotte of Solms-Baruth was an Imperial countess of Solms by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage.

Johann Ignaz von Felbiger or John Felbinger (1724-1788) was a minister in the Prussian government and Austrian school reformer, pedagogical writer, and Canon Regular, born January 6, 1724, at Gross-Glogau in Silesia.

Duke Eugen of Württemberg was a German prince and a General of Infantry in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Amalie Therese Louise Wilhelmina Philippine of Württemberg was a Duchess of Württemberg and an ancestor of Greek, Romanian, Yugoslavian and Spanish Royal Families.

David Kalisch was a German playwright and humorist.