List of Famous people born in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Maxim Maximovich Litvinov was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet politician.

Joseph L. Greenstein, better known as The Mighty Atom, was a 20th-century strongman.

Albert Bruce Sabin was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–72, he served as the President of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Abraham Zabludovsky was a Mexican architect. He was the brother of the well known journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky.

Wojciech Kowalewski, is a retired Polish football goalkeeper. Kowalewski currently is an assistant goalkeeping coach at Legia Warsaw.

Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov was a Soviet physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones and for the method of surgery named after him, the Ilizarov surgery.

Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II. As Georgy Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky helped plan and execute the Capture of Berlin.

Igor Lewczuk is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Legia Warsaw.

Maria Janion was a Polish scholar, critic, and theoretician of literature, as well as a renowned feminist. She was a Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialising in literary Romanticism.

Szymon Franciszek Hołownia is a Polish journalist, television personality, writer, publicist, politician and humanitarian activist. From 2008 to 2019 he co-hosted Mam talent!, the Polish version of Got Talent, together with Marcin Prokop. He was an independent presidential candidate in 2020 elections, coming in third place in the first round of the elections.