List of Famous people born in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Mikhail Abelovich Kaufman was a Russian cinematographer and photographer. He was the younger brother of filmmaker Dziga Vertov and the older brother of cinematographer Boris Kaufman.

Shlomo Goren, was an Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel, a Talmudic scholar and foremost authority on Jewish law (Halakha). He founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces and subsequently as the third Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, after which he established a yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he headed until his death.

Boris Abelevich Kaufman, A.S.C. was a Russian-American cinematographer and the younger brother of filmmakers Dziga Vertov and Mikhail Kaufman.

Avraham Stern, alias Yair was one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun. In September 1940, he founded a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi, called the "Stern Gang" by the British authorities and by the mainstream in the Yishuv Jewish establishment.

Fayge Ilanit was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. She was a granddaughter of Rabbi Shimon Shkop and mother of IDF soldier Uri Ilan.

Rabbi Wolf Gold was a rabbi, Jewish activist, and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence

David Stern was an Israeli businessman and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1979 and 1981.

Isaac Berenblum, was an Israeli biochemist.