List of people from Cheb

This is a list of notable people from Cheb or Eger.

A

 * Bernhard Adler (1753–1810), German-Bohemian doctor and founder of the spa town Franzensbad in Egerland
 * Hans Hermann Adler (1891–1956), German journalist and professor at the University of Heidelberg
 * Pavel Anděl (born 1966), Czech actor, musician, writer, editor and television presenter

B

 * Zdenka Becker (born 1951), Czechoslovak-Austrian writer
 * Frank Boldt (1942–2006), German historian, Slavic scholar and translator
 * Jaromír Bosák (born 1965), Czech sports commentator and journalist
 * Johann Georg Franz Braun (before 1638–1670), cantor at St. Nicholas, composer, author of Ave Maria zart
 * Bretislav III (–1197), Czech prince and bishop of Prague's Přemyslid dynasty
 * Balthasar Brusch (1512–1589), German bookbinder and bookseller, author of the city history and family chronicles
 * Kaspar Brusch (1518–1559), German humanist, poet and, historian, went to school in Eger
 * Andreas Buberl (1832–1907), German military doctor, spa doctor, honorary citizen of Eger and Franzensbad

C

 * Vojtěch Cach (1914–1980), Czech writer and dramatist
 * Mikoláš Chadima (born 1952), Czech musician
 * Pablo Clain (also known as Pavel Klein and Paul Klein; 1652–1717), German-Czech Jesuit
 * Ilona Csáková (born 1970), Czech singer

D

 * Albin Dötsch (1872–1922), Austrian politician (SDAP)
 * Libor Dvořák (born 1948), Czech journalist and Russian translator

E

 * Johannes Sylvius Egranus (Johannes Wildauer; around 1480–1553), German theologian, humanist and reformer, friend of Martin Luther
 * Johann Franz Loew von Erlsfeld (1648–1725), German-Bohemian doctor and lawyer, Rector of Charles University, went to Eger to school

F

 * Martin Fenin (born 1987), Czech footballer
 * Adolf Fischer (born 1925), German family and local historian, went to school in Eger

G

 * Peter Glotz (1939–2005), German SPD politician, journalist and media scholar, and member of the German Bundestag
 * Heinrich Gradl (1842–1895), German historian and archivist of Eger
 * Marcel Grün (born 1946), Czech astronomer and writer in the field of astronomy and astronautics
 * Joseph Sebastian Grüner (1780–1864), superintendent and local historian of Eger
 * Anton Gschier (1814–1874), Austro-Hungarian politician

H

 * Johann Habermann (1516–1590), German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer
 * Josef Hecht (1792–1861), Franzensbad spa entrepreneur and politician
 * Michael Heuffner (1483–1511), German sculptor and painter
 * Karl Huss (1761–1836), executioner, healer and collector

J

 * Ladislav Jakl (born 1959), Secretary of the President of the Czech Republic
 * Wilhelm Jobst (1912–1947), German physician and Nazi chief conductor

K

 * Daniela Kolářová (born 1946), Czech actress
 * Andrej Krob (born 1938), Czech theater director and screenwriter

L

 * Helmut Lederer (1919–1999), German sculptor and photographer
 * Abraham Leuthner (ca. 1639–1701), mason and builder, built the Dominican church and monastery in Cheb

M

 * Johann Georg Macasius (1617–1653), German physician
 * Adolf Mayerl (1884–1954), German sculptor and ceramic artist
 * Nikolaus Medler (1502–1551), German theologian, reformer, and mathematician
 * Mira Mladejovska (1895–1969), Czech museum and archive manager
 * Michael Müller (1849–1914), German physician and local historian

N

 * Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), German baroque architect
 * Pavel Nedvěd (born 1972), European Footballer of the Year for 2004
 * Johann Brusch von Neiberg (1666–1742), German Roman Catholic lawyer and syndic of Eger

R

 * Erich Riedl (born 1933), German CSU politician, member of the German Bundestag

S

 * Barbara Schack (1873/4–1958) Sudeten German politician (DSAP)
 * Adolf Scherbaum (1909–2000), German trumpeter
 * Johann Adam Schertzer (1628–1683), German Protestant theologian
 * Kaspar Schlick (ca. 1396–1449), Chancellor of three kings and Chancellor under Emperor Sigismund, a politically important personality of the first half of the 15th century
 * Walther Schuster (1930–1992), German organist and composer
 * Otmar Seidl (born 1944), German internist, psychoanalyst and sociologist
 * Rudolf Serkin (1903–1991), American pianist of Russian-Jewish origin
 * Kurt Sieber (born 1936), German politician (FDP)
 * Karl Siegl (1851–1943), historian, German city archivist and museum director
 * Norbert Singer (born 1939), German automotive engineer responsible for many of Porsche's victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans races
 * Rüdiger von Sparneck (~1300–1364/1368), Viscount of Eger
 * Hans Stanka (1864–1936), President of the Deutsche Feuerwehr in Böhmen (German fire department in Bohemia)
 * Lorenz Johann Adam Köstler von Stromberg (1807–1888), Fountain doctor and honorary citizen of Franzensbad and Eger
 * Heribert Sturm (1904–1981), German city archivist and museum director

T

 * Adolf Tachezy (1814–1892), Czech businessman, pharmacist and politician, mayor
 * Stanislav Tůma (1950–2005), Czech photographer

U

 * Josef Ulbrich (1843–1910), Austrian law expert

W

 * Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634), Bohemian military leader and politician during the Thirty Years' War
 * Johannes Watzal (1887–?), German sculptor
 * Josef Weidl (1915–1972), Sudeten German sculptor
 * Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss (born 1944), German actress, widow of Bernhard Wicki
 * Johannes Widmann (1460–after 1498), German mathematician
 * Karl Wilfert (1879–1932), German sculptor
 * Adam Wolf (1822–?), Austrian historian
 * Gerd Wolf (born 1933), German physicist
 * Karl Hermann Wolf (1862–1941), journalist and German national politician

Z

 * Hugo Zuckermann (1881–1914), German Jewish writer