List of people from Banská Bystrica

This is a list of notable people from Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.


 * Rudolf Baláž, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica 1990 to 2011
 * Matej Bel, writer, historian
 * Paľo Bielik, film director, actor
 * Ján Botto, poet
 * Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, poet
 * Peter Budaj, ice hockey player
 * Ján Cikker, classical composer
 * Viliam Figuš-Bystrý, classical composer
 * Ján Golian, general
 * Marek Hamšík, football player
 * Michal Handzuš, ice hockey player
 * Judith Hellwig, opera singer
 * László Hudec, architect
 * Adam František Kollár
 * Anastasiya Kuzmina, biathlete, olympic gold medalist
 * Ivan Majeský, ice hockey player
 * Jozef Murgaš, inventor
 * Barbara Nedeljáková, actress
 * Vladimír Országh, ice hockey player
 * Jana Plauchová, writer
 * Hana Ponická, writer, anti-communist dissident
 * Haviva Reik, Jewish soldier
 * Radovan Sloboda (born 1966), Slovak politician
 * Tomáš Surový, ice hockey player
 * Peter Tomka, diplomat and judge
 * Ladislav Záborský, painter
 * Richard Zedník, ice hockey player