List of Famous people born in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

George II of Brieg, was a Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death.

Ruth Closius-Neudeck was a Schutzstaffel (SS) supervisor at a Nazi concentration camp complex from December 1944 until March 1945. She was executed for war crimes.

Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer was a German chemist.

Friedrich von Mellenthin was a German general during World War II. A participant in most of the major campaigns of the war, he became known afterwards for his memoirs Panzer Battles, first published in 1956 and reprinted several times since then.

Frederick August Charles, Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen was a German general of the Napoleonic Wars and nobleman of the house of Hohenlohe.

Henry the Bearded ; c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238), of the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1201 and Duke of Kraków and thus High Duke of all Poland – internally divided – from 1232 until his death.

Maria Clementina Sobieska was a titular queen of England, Scotland and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne. The granddaughter of the Polish king John III Sobieski, she was the mother of Charles Edward Stuart and of Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart.

Hedwig of Legnica was a Polish princess and member of the Piast dynasty, in the Legnica branch. By marriage Hedwig was Duchess of Żagań.