List of Famous people born in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

John Christian of Brieg, was a Duke of Brzeg–Legnica–Wołów.

Maria Helene Françoise Izabel Gräfin von Maltzan, Freiin zu Wartenberg und Penzlin was an aristocrat who, as part of the German Resistance against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, saved the lives of many Jewish people in Berlin.

Martin Opitz von Boberfeld was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime.

Przemysł I, a member of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1239 until his death, from 1241 with his brother Bolesław the Pious as co-ruler. He was able to re-acquire large parts of Greater Poland, ruling as Duke of Poznań and Gniezno from 1247 and, upon several inheritance conflicts with his brother, as Duke of Poznań and Kalisz from 1249, sole Duke of Greater Poland from 1250, and Duke of Poznań from 1253 until his death.

Margaret of Münsterberg was a German regent: Duchess of Anhalt by marriage to Prince Ernest I, she ruled the principality as a regent for her underage sons from 1516.

Günther Jerschke (1921–1997) was a German actor.

Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia was a member of the House of Hohenzollern, great-grandson of Frederick William III of Prussia.

Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods. Having worked with IG Farben during World War II, his citizenship came into question following the war, causing him to ultimately flee to Argentina, where he acted as adviser to the Ministry of Industry.

Paul Löbe was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as President of the Reichstag.

Ruth Lommel (1918–2012) was a German stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor Ludwig Manfred Lommel. Her brother Ulli Lommel also became an actor, while another brother Manuel Lommel is a cinematographer.