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

Wilhelm August Ritter von Hartel was an Austrian philologist specializing in classical studies.

Petr Pravec is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets, born in Třinec, Czech Republic.

Ignaz Schustala was a Czech entrepreneur, and the founder of the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft, which later became Tatra.

Petr Samec is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker for several Czech clubs.

Vítězslav Mácha is a Czech wrestler. He was born in Krmelin. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1972, competing for Czechoslovakia. He won a gold medal at the 1974 and 1977 World Wrestling Championships.

Luděk Čajka was a Czechoslovak professional ice hockey defenceman.

Radim Jančura is a Czech businessman. He is the founder, sole owner and managing director of Student Agency and a board member of its subsidiary RegioJet.

Josef Mattauch was a nuclear physicist and chemist. He was known for the development of the Mattauch-Herzog double-focusing mass spectrometer, for his work on the investigation of isotopic abundances using mass spectrometry, and the determination of atomic weights. Much of his career was spent at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry.

Nikola Ogrodníková is a Czech athlete specialising in the javelin throw. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships.