List of personalities of the city of Brno
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The following list contains the personalities born and temporarily living in Brno , listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Brno
Until 1800
- Israel Bruna (1400-1480), scholar
- Anton Pilgram (1460–1515), builder and sculptor
- Dominik Andreas I. von Kaunitz (1655–1705), statesman
- Johann Adam I. Andreas (1657–1712), Prince of Liechtenstein
- Georg Joseph Kamel (1661–1706), naturalist, doctor and Jesuit
- Wenzel Franz Karl Košinský von Košín (1673–1731), Bishop of Königgrätz
- Franz Anton Grimm (1710–1784), master builder
- Johann Leopold Köffiller (1743–1814), banker, textile entrepreneur and civil servant
- Vinzenz Joseph von Schrattenbach (1744–1816), Prince-Bishop of Lavant and Bishop of Brno
- Wenzel Schanza (around 1746–1787), clergyman, theologian and university professor
- Johann Alois Schneider (1752-1818), bishop
- Junius Frey (1753–1794), army supplier, alchemist, Freemason, Jacobin and Frankist
- Wenzel Urban von Stuffler (1764–1831), Bishop of Brno
- Hieronymus Franz Seraph Roedlich (1767–1833), Prussian major general
- Vincenz Eduard Milde (1777-1853), educator and bishop
- Johann Baptist Schels (1780–1847), officer, military reporter and writer
- Josef Esch (1784–1854), senior construction director
- Karl Blumauer (1785–1841), theater actor, director and writer
- Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862), statesman
- Leopold Sokrates von Riecke (1790–1876), German physician, professor of surgery and obstetrics
- Karl von Offermann (1792–1869), textile entrepreneur
- Josef Axmann (1793–1873), engraver
- Gustav Adolf von Greisinger (1793–1868), Imperial Austrian Major General, professor and mathematician
- Aloys Isidor Jeitteles (1794–1858), doctor and poet
- Friedrich Riecke (1794–1876), mathematician and forest scientist
- Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794–1865), botanist and gardener
- Johann Mundy (1798–1872), textile magnate and large landowner
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Franz Xaver Lössl (1801–1885), architect
- Josef Eduard Teltscher (1801–1837), painter and lithographer
- Christian d'Elvert (1803-1896), politician
- Aloise Kettel (1803–1867), actress
- Anton Ernst von Schaffgotsch (1804–1870), Bishop of Brno
- Adolf Schöll (1805–1882), archaeologist, librarian, philologist and literary historian
- František Alexandr Zach (1807-1892), military theorist
- Heinrich von Drasche-Wartinberg (1811–1880), industrialist
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865), violinist and composer
- Mathilde Esch (1815–1904), genre painter
- Ferdinand von Hebra (1816–1880), dermatologist
- Ernst Falkbeer (1819–1885), chess master
- Karl Offermann (1820–1894), textile entrepreneur
- Josephine von Wertheimstein (1820–1894), Salonnière
- Max Maretzek (1821–1897), opera director, conductor and composer
- Max von Gomperz (1822–1913), industrialist and banker
- Karl Jelinek (1822–1876), meteorologist
- Theodor Offermann (1822-1892), industrialist
- Julius von Gomperz (1823–1909), industrialist
- Joseph Müller (1825–1895), philologist and historian
- Sophie von Todesco (1825–1895), Salonnière
- Leopold Janauschek (1827–1898), theologian, church historian and researcher
- Karl Schenkl (1827–1900), classical philologist
- Gustav von Schoeller (1830–1912), major entrepreneur and economic functionary
- Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee (1831–1881), ship's doctor, botanist and researcher
- Ottilie Bondy (1832–1921), Austrian women's rights activist
- Theodor Gomperz (1832–1912), philosopher and classical philologist
- Hugo Franz von Brachelli (1834–1892), statistician and university professor
- Philipp Johann von Schoeller (1835–1892), industrialist
- Max Strakosch (1835-1892), music impresario
- Moritz Allé (1837–1913), mathematician, astronomer and university professor
- Rudolf Maria von Rohrer (1838–1914), printer, publisher and politician
- Wilhelmine Neruda (1839–1911), violinist
- Maurus Kinter (1842–1928), Benedictine, archivist
- Moriz Kuhn (1843 – after 1889), physicist, teacher and editor
- Franz Xaver Neruda (1843–1915), composer
- Anton Brenek (1848–1908), sculptor
- Franz von Soxhlet (1848–1926), agricultural chemist
- Marie Therese of Austria-Este (1849–1919), monarch
- Gustav Lindenthal (1850–1935), bridge construction engineer
- Karl Offermann (1850–1908), lawyer and textile entrepreneur
1851 to 1875
- Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851–1914), economist
- Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), musician and composer
- Karl Grobben (1854–1945), zoologist
- Moriz Wlassak (1854–1939), lawyer and legal historian
- Heinrich Singer (1855–1934), canon lawyer and legal historian in Czernowitz, Innsbruck and Prague
- Karl von Brzesowsky (1855–1945), police chief
- Alexander Matthias Beschorner (1856–1935), metal coffin manufacturer and undertaker
- Wilhelm Czermak (1856–1906), ophthalmologist and university professor
- Karl Weinbrenner (1856–1942), architect and university professor
- Hans Molisch (1856–1937), botanist
- Anton Kisa (1857–1907), art historian, archaeologist and museum director
- Sophie Pagay (1857–1937), actress
- Hans Patek (1857–1937), opera singer (tenor)
- Anna Astl-Leonhard (1860–1924), writer
- Stefan Licht (1860–1932), politician
- Franz Fiala (1861–1898), chemist, prehistorian and botanist
- Vladimír Hanačík (1861–1954), 1921 Minister of Finance in the Jan Černý I government
- Georg Holub (1861–1919), painter
- Hans Tichy (1861–1925), painter
- Josef Klein (1862–1927), theater and film actor
- Hans Kadich von Pferd (1864–1909), natural scientist and writer
- Gustav Harpner (1864–1924), lawyer
- Johann Heinrich Rille (1864–1956), dermatologist
- Alfred Roller (1864–1935), set designer, painter and graphic artist
- Karl Gerlich (1865–1933), teacher, naturalist and prehistoric
- Heinrich Kadich von Pferd (1865–1918), councilor, genealogist, administrative officer and heraldist
- Rudolf Wlassak (1865–1930), physiologist and neurologist
- Siegfried Strakosch (1867–1933), industrialist and agricultural specialist
- Wilhelm Auspitzer (1867–1931), journalist and screenwriter
- Paul Count Huyn (1868–1946), Bishop of Brno and Archbishop of Prague
- Tom von Dreger (1868–1948), portrait, history and genre painter
- Matthias Eldersch (1869–1931), politician
- Oscar Bendiener (1870–1940), playwright, journalist, writer and railway official
- Adolf Loos (1870–1933), architect and architectural theorist
- Franz Odehnal (1870–1928), politician
- Rudolf Klein-Rhoden (1871–1936), actor
- Jan Kotěra (1871–1923), architect, designer and graphic artist
- Karl Korschann (1872–1943), sculptor and medalist
- Alois Ludwig (1872–1969), architect
- Leopold Winarsky (1873–1915), politician
- Rudolf Berger (1874–1915), singer
- Hanna O'Donell (1874–1936), writer
- Richard von Schaukal (1874–1942), poet
- Friedrich Stampfer (1874–1957), journalist and politician
- Anton Hanak (1875–1934), sculptor
1876 to 1900
- Leo Greiner (1876–1928), critic, poet, Lenau researcher and translator
- Siegfried Kramer (1877–1914), architect
- Maximilian Schreier (1877–1942), journalist
- Paul Stefan (1879–1943), music historian, writer and critic
- Hubert Dostal (1880–1946), lawyer and member of the Austrian National Council
- Fritz Grünbaum (1880–1941), cabaret artist, operetta and hit writer, director, actor and emcee
- Ernst Königsgarten (1880–1942), privateer and fencer
- August Ségur-Cabanac (1881–1931), politician and civil servant
- Bruno Weigl (1881–1938), music writer and composer
- Alfred Berger (1882–1942), actuary
- Hermann Bock (1882–1969), cave explorer
- Hugo Iltis (1882–1952), botanist and natural historian
- Hans Müller-Einigen (1882–1950), writer, screenwriter and director
- Jakub Obrovský (1882–1949), painter, sculptor, graphic artist and writer
- Ernst Weiß (1882–1940), doctor and writer
- Ernst Grünfeld (1883–1938), economist and social scientist
- Arthur Erich Haas (1884–1941), physicist
- Emil Pirchan (1884–1957), set designer, painter, architect and writer
- Richard Berger (1885–1938), engineer
- Wilhelm Müller-Hofmann (1885–1948), painter, graphic artist and university professor
- Franz Slama (1885–1938), politician
- Oskar Jellinek (1886–1949), writer
- Leopoldine Konstantin (1886–1965), actress
- Paul Weingarten (1886–1948), pianist and music teacher
- Otto Haas (1887–1976), lawyer, paleontologist and university lecturer
- Maria Jeritza (1887–1982), soprano
- Albrecht Viktor Blum (1888–1959), film director, film editor, actor and theater director
- Hans Giebisch (1888–1966), poet, high school professor and literary historian
- Friedrich Pernitza (1888–1976), lawyer and civil servant
- Alfred Jerger (1889–1976), bass baritone
- Vilém Petrželka (1889–1967), composer
- Otto Stransky (1889–1932), operetta, revue and film composer
- Ernst Kopp (1890–1962), architect
- Ernst Lothar (1890–1974), writer, director and theater director
- Ernst Melan (1890–1963), civil engineer and university professor
- Josef Blatný (1891–1980), composer and organist
- Otto Haupt (1891–1966), architect, craftsman and university lecturer
- Josef Reif (1891–1972), writer and poet
- Felix Petyrek (1892–1951), composer and pianist
- Josef Renner (1892–1958), Austrian politician
- Osvald Chlubna (1893–1971), composer
- Karl Folta (1893–1947), politician
- Helmut Gams (1893–1976), botanist
- Lev Blatný (1894–1930), poet, author, theater critic and dramaturge
- Emil Leo (1894–1974), architect and university professor
- Oskar Marion (1894–1986), actor and film production manager
- Friedrich Richter (1894–1984), actor
- Maria Restituta Kafka (Helene Kafka) (1894–1943), Austrian nun, nurse, resistance fighter and martyr of the Catholic Church
- Rudolf Weyrich (1894–1971), German mathematician and university professor
- Otto Heller (1897–1945), writer, journalist and resistance fighter
- Gustav Herdan (1897–1968), lawyer, statistician and linguist
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), composer, conductor and pianist
- Erich Meder (1897–1966), lyricist for Viennese songs and hits
- Rudolf Kratochwill (1898–1974), actuary and insurance manager
- Pavel Haas (1899–1944), composer
- Harry Hermann Spitz (1899–1961), musician, radio editor and orchestra director
- Karel Štěpánek (1899–1981), actor
- Ladislav Vácha (1899–1943), gymnast and Olympic champion
- Elsbeth Weichmann (1900–1988), politician
20th century
1901 to 1925
- Hugo Haas (1901–1968), actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Josef Kranz (1901–1968), architect
- František Halas (1901–1949), poet
- Alfred Karasek (1902–1970), folklorist
- Emanuel Punčochář (1902–1976), conductor and composer
- Pavel Reiman (1902–1976), Germanist, journalist, writer
- Franz Sobek (1903–1975), politician
- Greta Bauer-Schwind (1904–1944), poet
- Wolfgang Bretholz (1904–1969), German and Swiss journalist
- Fritz Klingenbeck (1904–1990), theater director, director, solo dancer, ballet master and author
- Stefan Ochaba (1904–1948), Austrian composer, church musician and choir director
- Bedřich Pokorný (1904–1968), secret service officer
- Oskar Schmal (1904–1976), painter and graphic artist
- Hugo Foltýn (1906–1944), architect and university professor
- Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), mathematician
- František Link (1906–1984), astronomer and educator
- Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), conductor, composer and oboist
- Valter Taub (1907–1982), actor and theater director
- Fritz Stastny (1908–1985), chemical engineer and inventor
- Raimund Kuchar (1909–1968), actor, director and theater director
- Oldřich Mikulášek (1910–1985), poet
- Tina Eilers (1910–1983), actress and voice actress
- Fritz Mareczek (1910–1984), composer and conductor
- Alexander Steinbrecher (1910–1982), composer
- Gustav Košulič (1911–1943), resistance fighter
- Fritz Beer (1911-2006), writer
- Nataša Gollová (1912–1988), actress
- Zdeněk Pluhař (1913–1991), writer
- Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), writer
- Karl Lütgendorf (1914–1981), officer and politician
- Emil Brichta (1915–1997), Lord Mayor of the City of Passau
- Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940), composer
- Jean Klein (1912–1998), French spiritual teacher and writer
- Gertrude Kleinová (1918–1975), table tennis player
- Elisabeth Lafite (1918–2007), editor and publisher
- Ivan Blatný (1919–1990), poet
- Lorenz Eitner (1919–2009), art historian and museum director
- Erich Pillwein (1919–2018), dentist and association president
- Ota Weinberger (1919–2009), legal philosopher and logician
- Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010), writer
- František Graus (1921–1989), historian
- Viktor Sternad (1921–2001), professor of textile technology
- Jiří Sequens (1922–2008), director and screenwriter
- Dinah Babbitt (1923–2009), painter and sculptor
- Zdeněk Janík (* 1923), poet
- Antonín Kratochvil (1924-2004), writer
- Wilhelm Nordin (1924–1993), German naval officer, vice admiral of the People's Navy of the GDR, commander of the officers' college of the People's Navy "Karl Liebknecht" in Stralsund, Prof. Dr. rer. mil., born in Brno
- George J. Schulz (1925–1976), American physicist
- Pavel Štěpán (1925–1998), classical pianist
- Milan Tošnar (1925–2016), hurdler, trainer and sports official
1926 to 1950
- Antonín Bartoněk (1926–2016), classical philologist and mycenaeologist
- Pavel Brázda (1926–2017), painter
- Vlasta Chramostová (1926–2019), actress
- Max Herzog (1926–2012), civil engineer
- Josef Koukl (1926–2010), Bishop of Leitmeritz
- Gideon Singer (1926-2015), actor
- Josef Berg (1927–1971), composer
- Lutz Jahoda (* 1927), actor, entertainer, singer and author
- Ferdinand Havlík (1928–2013), film composer, band leader and jazz musician
- Milan Kundera (* 1929), writer
- Herbert Leger (1929–2007), writer
- Othmar Mága (1929–2020), conductor
- Helmut Hroß (1930–2019), educator and author
- Peter E. Ney (* 1930), American mathematician
- Ernst Tugendhat (* 1930), philosopher
- Karl Walter Ziegler (1930–2019), politician (CDU)
- Pavel Blatný (* 1931), composer
- Hans Czuma (1932-2016), philosopher
- Jan Janák (1932–2008), historian
- Jiří Morava (1932–2012), writer and literary historian
- Gerd Neisser (* 1932), painter
- Ladislav Olejník (* 1932), ice hockey player and coach
- Horst Baier (1933–2017), physician and sociologist
- Paul Hoffmann (* 1933), Roman Catholic theologian
- Petr Pokorný (1933–2020), Czech Protestant theologian and university professor
- Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015), journalist, book author, literary critic and professor
- Radoslav Kvapil (* 1934), pianist and composer
- Gerhard Neumann (1934–2017), Germanist
- Josef Starkbaum (* 1934), balloonist and pilot
- Georg Kostya (1935–2011), radio and television presenter
- Marie Kyselková (1935–2019), actress
- Jaroslav Chundela (1936–1995), actor and (opera) director
- Nina Divíšková (* 1936), actress
- Jaroslav Kovář (1936–2001), painter and etcher
- Zdeněk Mácal (* 1936), conductor
- Milan Uhde (* 1936), writer and politician
- Jaroslav Mareš (* 1937), writer and traveler
- Woody Vasulka (1937-2019), artist
- Jan Blaha (1938–2012), Roman Catholic secret bishop
- Johannes Janota (* 1938), Old Germanist
- Věra Linhartová (* 1938), writer
- Teddy Parker (born 1938), singer
- Carl-Michael Belcredi (* 1939), journalist and reporter
- Petr Weigl (1939–2018), film and opera director
- Jiří Daler (* 1940), cyclist
- Heiner Dörner (* 1940), wind energy scientist and local politician
- Jiří Kratochvil (* 1940), writer
- Milan Zaviačič (1940–2010), doctor
- Wolfgang Ehrenberger (* 1941), information scientist
- Herlinde Rothauer (* 1941), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Rudolf Růžička (* 1941), composer
- Miroslav Verner (* 1941), Egyptologist and archaeologist
- Wolf Weyrich (1941–2019), German chemist and professor at the University of Konstanz
- Rudolf Blahacek (* 1942), cameraman
- Hansjörg Geiger (* 1942), civil servant
- Jindřich Pospíšil (* 1942), cycling ball player
- Miloš Štědroň , composer and musicologist
- Jan Rudolf Chylek (* 1943), architect
- Karel Fajfr (* 1943), figure skating coach
- Lubo Kristek (* 1943), painter, sculptor and action artist
- Peter Kurz (* 1943), politician, member of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Melitta Schachner (* 1943), Professor of Neurobiology
- Rainer Wochele (* 1943), writer
- Claus Helmer (* 1944), actor, director and theater director
- Gunther Trübswasser (* 1944), Austrian politician (Greens)
- Richard Farda (* 1945), ice hockey player
- Jan Pospíšil (* 1945), cycling ball player
- Sylvie Richterová (* 1945), poet, writer and literary theorist
- Michael Czerny (* 1946), cardinal
- Jaroslav Nešetřil (* 1946), mathematician
- Peter Hartman (* 1947), biochemist
- Jan Graubner (* 1948), Archbishop of Olomouc and Metropolitan of the Church Province of Moravia
- Iva Zajíčková (* 1948), track cyclist
- Peter Sís (* 1949), picture book artist and animator
- Petr Cibulka (* 1950), dissident
- Karel Kroupa senior (* 1950), soccer player and manager
- Karel Rechlík (born 1950), painter
- Věra Řeháčková (born 1950), writer
1951 to 1975
- Jiří Kroupa (* 1951), art historian
- Anna Šabatová (* 1951), civil rights activist and dissident
- Peter Graham (* 1952), composer and music teacher
- Dagmar Havlová (* 1953), actress
- Libuše Šafránková (* 1953), actress
- Jiří Ehrenberger (* 1955), ice hockey coach
- Jiří Nečas (1955–2018), artist and linguist
- Petr Duchoň (* 1956), politician
- Ivo Medek (* 1956), composer and music teacher
- Pavel Fajt (* 1957), jazz and rock drummer
- Zdeněk Ščasný (* 1957), football player and coach
- Leoš Kalvoda (* 1958), football player
- Ada Kuchařová (* 1958), orienteer
- Miroslava Šafránková (* 1958), actress
- Radomír Ištvan (* 1959), composer and music teacher
- Igor Sláma (* 1959), cyclist
- Pavel Kříž (* 1961), actor and psychotherapist
- Vlastimil Kročil (* 1961), Bishop of Budweis
- Zuzana Brzobohatá (* 1962), politician
- František Procházka (1962–2012), ice hockey player and coach
- Jan Stejskal (* 1962), soccer player and coach
- Pavel Cagaš (* 1963), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Marek Pivovar (* 1964), writer, director and dramaturge
- Pavel Konzbul (* 1965), Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Brno
- Milan Ohnisko (* 1965), poet and editor
- Robert Twigger (* 1965), poet, writer and adventurer
- Luděk Niedermayer (* 1966), politician
- Pavel Řezníček (born 1966), actor
- Petr Hrdlička (* 1967), marksman
- Milan Chytrý (* 1967), vegetation ecologist
- Simona Monyová (1967–2011), writer
- Pavel Blatný (* 1968), chess master
- Svetlana Heger (* 1968), artist
- Jana Novotná (1968-2017), tennis player
- Lambert Šmíd (* 1968), football player
- Petr Kocman (1970-2009), football player
- Petr Křivánek (* 1970), football player
- Miloslav Kufa (* 1971), football player
- Jaromír Blažek (* 1972), football goalkeeper
- Zdeněk Svoboda (* 1972), football player
- Michael Stavarič (* 1972), writer and translator
- René Wagner (* 1972), football player
- Pavel Buráň (* 1973), track cyclist and European champion
- Magdalena Kožená (* 1973), mezzo-soprano
- Robert Ritter (* 1973), film and theater actor
- Miloš Orson Štědroň (* 1973), composer
- Tomáš Polák (* 1974), chess player
- Pavel Černoch (* 1974), opera singer
- Tereza Tobiášová (* 1974), beach volleyball player
- David Kostelecký (* 1975), marksman
- Pavel Nešťák (* 1975), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Pavel Smutný (* 1975), composer
1976 to 2000
- Michal Kolomazník (* 1976), football player
- Jan Němec (* 1976), grass skier
- Martin Bláha (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Michal Hrazdíra (* 1977), racing cyclist
- Ondřej Liška (* 1977), politician
- Jan Nečas (* 1977), football player
- Zdenka Podkapová (* 1977), photo model
- Kateřina Šedá (* 1977), artist
- Libor Došek (* 1978), football player
- Radek Kalod (* 1978), chess master
- Lukáš Konečný (* 1978), professional boxer
- Milan Pacanda (* 1978), football player
- Adam Svoboda (1978-2019), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Svatoslav Ton (* 1978), high jumper
- Yana Gupta (* 1979), model and actress
- Petr Hubáček (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Jakub Körner (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Michael Vašíček (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Zdeněk Blatný (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Jakub Hrůša (* 1981), conductor
- Dana Mandátová (* 1981), photo model and porn actress (Stacy Silver)
- Jan Polák (* 1981), football player
- Martin Živný (* 1981), football player
- Petr Čoupek (* 1982), football player
- Josef Havel (* 1982), futsal player
- Tomáš Mrázek (* 1982), sport climber
- Martin Štěpánek (* 1982), grass skier
- Carla Cox (* 1984), porn actress
- Jiří Hochmann (* 1986), track and road cyclist
- Mario Holek (* 1986), football player
- Tereza Kerndlová (* 1986), singer
- Lukas Lang (* 1986), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jan Veleba (* 1986), sprinter
- Tomáš Bábek (* 1987), cyclist
- Luboš Kalouda (* 1987), football player
- Tomáš Okleštěk (* 1987), football player
- Lucie Šafářová (* 1987), tennis player
- Markéta Štroblová (* 1988), erotic model and porn actress (Little Caprice)
- Tereza Králová (* 1989), hammer thrower
- Martin Sus (* 1989), football player
- Karel Abraham (* 1990), motorcycle racer
- Michal Březina (* 1990), figure skater
- Lukáš Šembera (* 1992), motorcycle racer
- Adam Ondra (* 1993), sport climber
- Luboš Adamec (* 1994), football player
- Václav Šafránek (* 1994), tennis player
- Barbora Krejčíková (* 1995), tennis player
- Pavel Zacha (* 1997), ice hockey player
Well-known residents of Brno
- Elisabeth Richza of Poland (* 1286 or 1288; † 1335), Queen of Bohemia
- Johann Heinrich von Luxemburg (1322–1375), politician, Margrave of Moravia
- Jobst of Moravia (1351–1411), politician, Margrave of Moravia
- Prokop of Moravia (* around 1355, † 1405), brother of Jobst von Mahren, younger Margrave of Moravia
- Thomas Jordan (1540–1586), physician, Protomedicus of Moravia, fought a syphilis epidemic in Brno
- Philipp Fraundorffer (1663–1702), doctor in Moravia and Brno, member of the academy of scholars “ Leopoldina ”.
- Wilhelm Mundy (1742–1805), pioneer of the Brno textile industry
- Johann Heinrich Offermann (1748–1793), textile manufacturer
- Johann von Herring (1758–1836), entrepreneur and wholesaler
- Victor Heinrich Riecke (1759–1830), pastor and school man, first Protestant pastor of the new parish in Brno
- Philipp Wilhelm von Schoeller (1797–1877), industrialist
- Ernst Johann von Herring-Frankensdorf (1816–1871), entrepreneur and member of the Moravian Parliament
- Alois Boczek (1817–1876), tax officer, journalist, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Josef von Ringelsheim (1820–1893), commanding general in Brno
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), natural scientist and Augustinian monk, worked on the foundations of modern genetics in Brno
- Joseph Czermak (1825–1872), psychiatrist, chief physician at the state insane asylum
- Ernst Mach (1838–1916), physicist, philosopher and science theorist
- Roman Ossipowitsch Jakobson (1896–1982), philologist, linguist and semiotics, professor at Masaryk University
- Wenzel Robert von Kaunitz (1848–1913), German-Czech politician
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), First President of Czechoslovakia
- Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), composer
- Anton Jelinek (1855–1931), city architect, deputy mayor and honorary citizen of Brno
- Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934), engineer and inventor of the Kaplan turbine
- Karel Absolon (1877–1960), prehistorian and speleologist
- Leo Slezak (1873–1946), important tenor, actor
- František Weyr (1879–1951), eminent Czech legal philosopher of normativism, rector of Masaryk University
- Arne Novák (1880–1939), eminent literary historian and literary critic, rector of Masaryk University
- Jiří Mahen (1882–1939), playwright, namesake of the theater
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), architect, built the Villa Tugendhat from 1928–1930
- Marie-Luise Cavallar von Grabensprung (1889–1977), Austrian writer, professor and reciter
- Josef Blatný (1891–1980), composer and organist
- Hans Flesch-Brunningen (1895–1981), writer
- Roman Jakobson (1896–1982), Russian linguist
- Jan Navrátil (1909–1992), cardiac surgeon
- František Kožík (1909–1997), journalist, actor and writer
- Oldřich Mikulášek (1910–1985), poet
- Gustav Brom (1921–1995), jazz big band leader and clarinetist
- Jan Skácel (1922–1989), poet
- Evžen Zámečník (1939–2018), composer, conductor and musician