List of Famous people born in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

Jan Veselý is a Czech professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.13 m, he can play both the power forward and center positions. He was selected sixth overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards. Veselý is a Three-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection.

Harald Hauptmann was a German archaeologist known for his excavation work in east and southeast Turkey. He also studied of pre-Islamic Pakistan. He was a professor at the University of Heidelberg and a foreign-member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Jiří Pavlenka is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Werder Bremen.

Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style.

Jiří Drahoš is a Czech physical chemist and politician who has been the Senator of Prague 4 since October 2018. Previously, Drahoš served as President of the Czech Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2017, and was a candidate in the 2018 Czech presidential election.

Ondřej Zdráhala is a Czech handball player for Wisła Płock and the Czech national team.

Ota Filip was a Czech novelist and journalist. He wrote in both German and Czech.

Lore Lorentz was a German Kabarett artist and standup comedian.

Martin Galia is a Czech handball player for NMC Górnik Zabrze and the Czech national team.

Vlastimil Brodský was a respected Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema.