Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Voivodato de Silesia

Elżbieta Ewa Bieńkowska es una política polaca, perteneciente al partido Plataforma Cívica. Ha sido ministra de Desarrollo Regional de Polonia, ministra de Infraestruturas y Desarrollo y Viceprimera ministra con Donald Tusk. Actualmente es comisaria europea de Mercado Interior, Industria, Emprendimiento y PYMES.

Edward Mikołaj Babiuch fue un político comunista polaco. Fue primer ministro de Polonia en 1980.

Mikołaj Górecki is a Polish composer. He is the son of the composer Henryk Górecki (1933-2010). In 1995 he graduated with honours in composition from the Music Academy in Katowice. In 1996, he received two scholarships from The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. In 2000 he received a doctorate in composition from Indiana University, Bloomington in the United States. In 2001-2002 he lectured at McGill University in Montreal. He currently lives and works in the United States.

Michel André Kervaire was a French mathematician who made significant contributions to topology and algebra.

Heinz Adolf Lowenstam was a German-born, Jewish-American paleoecologist celebrated for his discoveries in biomineralization: that living organisms manufacture substances such as the iron-containing mineral magnetite within their bodies. He is also renowned for his pioneering research on coral reefs and their influence on biologic processes in the geologic record.

Max Rostal fue un violinista polaco nacido en la localidad de Cieszyn y nacionalizado británico posteriormente.