List of Famous people born in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic

Petr Čech is a Czech professional footballer who currently has a combined role of a technical/performance advisor and an emergency goalkeeper for English club Chelsea. He also played semi-professional ice hockey as a goaltender for Guildford Phoenix. Described by numerous players, pundits and managers as one of the greatest goalkeepers in European history, he is argued, alongside Peter Schmeichel, to be the greatest goalkeeper in Premier League history.

Karel Gott was a Czech singer and amateur painter, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual Český slavík national music award 42 times, most recently in 2017.

Carola Braunbock (1924–1978) was a Bohemian-born East German stage, television and film actress. She was born to an ethnically German family in the newly created Czechoslovakia.

Barbora Strýcová, formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are world No. 16 in singles and No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles and doubles Grand Slam performances both came at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she reached the singles semifinals and won the women's doubles title alongside Hsieh Su-wei.

Dominik Kahun is a Czech-born German professional ice hockey forward for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres.

Edvard Beneš, was a Czech politician and statesman who was President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and again from 1945 to 1948. He also led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1939 to 1945, during World War II. As President, Beneš faced two major crises which both resulted in his resignation.

Filip Jícha is a former Czech handballer. He most recently played for Spanish handball team FC Barcelona. He also played for the Czech national team. Currently he is the head coach of German handball team THW Kiel.

Tomáš Pekhart is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw. He has represented the Czech Republic at both junior and senior level.

Peter Andreas Grünberg was a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives.

Věra Bílá was a Czech vocalist and musician of Romani ethnicity, who initially gained acclaim performing Romani folk and pop songs. She was the lead singer of the Czech recording act Kale, with whom she performed songs in Romani, Czech, and Slovak. She was highly acclaimed, toured internationally and was often called the "Ella Fitzgerald of Gypsy music" or the "Queen of Romany"