List of Famous people born in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Georg Thomalla was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles.

Janosch is one of the best-known German-language children's book authors and illustrators. He was born in Hindenburg in Upper Silesia to a family of mixed German and Polish origin. He said in an interview that he is Silesian of nationality.

Jakub Świerczok is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for the J1 League club Nagoya Grampus Eight.

Erwin Wilczek was a Polish professional footballer who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Górnik Zabrze and the Poland national team. He started as a forward, after some time he was moved to midfield.

Jan Furtok is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Marcin Held is a Polish mixed martial artist and currently competes in Professional Fighters League. He formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut and Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Held has competed frequently in his home country of Poland and is highly touted by the media, often being regarded as "the prodigy of Polish MMA". He fought in Bellator MMA from 2010 to 2016, challenging for the Bellator Lightweight Championship in 2015.

Piotr Beczała is a Polish operatic tenor.

Peter Sobotta is a retired Polish-born German professional mixed martial artist, who fought in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2004, Sobotta has also formerly competed for KSW.

Willy Fritsch was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s.

Martin Max is a retired German footballer, who played as a striker.