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

Milan Šašik CM was a Slovak-born Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of the Eparchy of Mukacheve.

Dominik Hrušovský was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served outside his homeland during its years of Communist control, largely devoted to the pastoral care of Catholic Slovaks abroad. Late in his career he returned to Slovakia. He was also Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus.

Tomáš Galis is the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Žilina.

Ottokár Prohászka was a Hungarian Roman Catholic theologian and Bishop of Székesfehérvár from 1905 until his death. Prohászka was a prominent anti-Semite, and used literature as an outlet for his hostile opinions.

Jusztinián György Serédi OSB was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate of Hungary. He helped save many thousands of Polish refugees, including thousands of Polish Jews, by helping Henryk Sławik and his associates, like József Antall Senior.

Gergely Czuczor was a Hungarian Benedictine monk, a poet and linguist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Baptized István he took Gergely (Gregory) as his religious name.