List of Famous people born in Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Leutnant Kurt Wintgens was a German World War I fighter ace. He was the first military fighter pilot to score a victory over an opposing aircraft, while piloting an aircraft armed with a synchronized machine gun. Wintgens was the recipient of the Iron Cross and the Pour le Mérite.

Blessed Alfons Tracki was an Albanian Catholic priest of German origin, who died as a Christian martyr as a result of the religious persecution by the regime of Enver Hoxha in communist Albania.

Baron Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen, better known in English as Baron von Richthofen, was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" = "Silk Road(s)" or "Silk Route(s)" in 1877. He also standardized the practices of chorography and chorology. He was an uncle of the World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, best known as the "Red Baron".

Bernhard Kempa was a German handball player and coach. He was born in Oppeln, Upper Silesia. As a national team player he became world champion in field handball in 1952 and 1955.

Sebastian Schindzielorz is a Polish-born German former footballer who has previously played for VfL Wolfsburg.

Helmuth von Pannwitz was a German general who was a cavalry officer during the First and the Second World Wars. Later he became a Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht, a SS-Obergruppenführer of the Waffen-SS, and Feldataman of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps. In 1947 he was tried for war crimes under Ukase 43 by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, sentenced to death on 16 January 1947 and executed in Lefortovo Prison the same day. He was rehabilitated by a military prosecutor in Moscow in April 1996. In June 2001, however, the reversal of the conviction of Pannwitz was overturned and his conviction was reinstated.

Alfred Zech, also known as Alfred Czech, was a German child soldier who received the Iron Cross, 2nd Class at the age of 12 years.

Bascha Mika is a German journalist and publicist. From 1998 to July 2009 she was editor-in-chief of Die Tageszeitung and has held the same post at Frankfurt Rundschau since April 2014. At Die Tageszeitung, Mika was the only female editor-in-chief of a national newspaper in Germany.

Herbert Weichmann was a German lawyer and politician and First Mayor of Hamburg (1965–1971). In his position as mayor of Hamburg, he served as President of the Bundesrat (1968–1969).

Freiherr Günther Hubertus von Reibnitz was a cavalry officer of the German Empire during the First World War. He joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and was a member of the SS Cavalry Corps.