List of Famous people born in South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Nina Divíšková is a Czech actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1967. She is the wife of the film director Jan Kačer. Her sister is ceramist Tamara Divíšková.

Karl Laurenz trained as a lawyer, but worked, for much of his life, as a German journalist and specialist translator. He was executed as a western spy on the guillotine in Dresden. Approximately ten minutes later his lover Elli Barczatis was also executed.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian-born composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and composer of classical music, along with music for Hollywood films, and the first composer of international stature to write Hollywood scores.

Lukáš Rosol is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Doseděl. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014.

Anna Šabatová is a Czech politician, and former ombudsman of the Czech Republic. She was a signatory to Charter 77 and its spokesperson in 1986. Šabatová was awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1998. She received the Czech Medal of Merit in 2002. In 2014, Šabatová was elected as the ombudsman of the Czech Republic, replacing Pavel Varvařovský.

Otto Planetta was an Austrian National Socialist. On 25 July 1934 he murdered Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Chancellor during the unsuccessful July Putsch, four years before the Anschluss. He and the other assassins were members of SS Regiment 89. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering. His ashes are buried at Dornbacher Friedhof in Vienna.

Michal Březina is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2013 European bronze medalist, 2011 Skate America champion, 2009 World Junior silver medalist, and four-time Czech national champion. He is also the winner of the 2014-15 ISU Challenger Series. Michal represented the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Karel Jiri Jan Josef Fajfr is a German figure skating coach based in Oberstdorf and a former pair skater for Czechoslovakia.

Ondřej Hotárek is a Czech-Italian pair skater and coach who began competing for Italy in 2006. He competed with Valentina Marchei until the end of their partnership in 2018. With former partner Stefania Berton, he is the 2013 European bronze medalist, the 2013 Skate Canada International champion, and a three-time Italian national champion. Berton/Hotárek are the first Italian pair skaters to win European and Grand Prix medals.

Dagmar Havlová is a Czech actress. She married Václav Havel, then Czech President, on 4 January 1997. She has one daughter, Nina Veškrnová, from a previous marriage to Radvít Novák (1975–1980).