List of Famous people born in Nitra Region, First Czechoslovak Republic

Matej Tóth is a Slovak race walker. He is the current Olympic champion in the 50 km walk.

Samuel Slovák is a Slovak former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and currently serves as an assistant coach of Slovakia.

Attila Kaszás was a Slovak-born Hungarian actor, singer.

Pál Kadosa was a pianist and Hungarian composer of the post-Bartók generation. His early style was influenced by Hungarian folklore while his later works were more toward Hindemith and expressively forceful idioms. He was born in Levice. He studied at the national Hungarian Royal Academy of Music under Zoltán Székely and Zoltán Kodály. He was appointed to the faculty of the Fodor School in 1927 where he taught until 1943 when he was forced out due to wartime political issues.

Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava. Although he was born in the Nitra District in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, he has lived in Prague since the age of 16.

Árpád Feszty was a Hungarian painter. He was born in the town of Ógyalla. His ancestors were German settlers. He was the fifth child of Silvester Rehrenbeck (1819–1910), an affluent landowner at Ógyalla, and his wife Jozefa (Linzmayer). Silvester was ennobled by the emperor on 21 April 1887, and the family thereafter took the name Martosi Feszty. Feszty mostly painted scenes from Hungarian history and religion.

Jozef Stümpel is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HK MŠK Žiar nad Hronom of the 2. Hokejová liga, the third tier league of Slovak ice hockey.

Ervin Bauer was a Hungarian biologist.