List of personalities of the city of Olomouc
This list contains personalities who were born in Olomouc and those who worked in Olomouc but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Olomouc
Until 1800
- Augustin Olomoucký (1467–1513), humanist, writer and art collector
- Master Friedrich (15th century), surgeon (colleague of Hans Seyff )
- Johann Leisentrit (1527–1586), Roman Catholic clergyman, dean and diocesan administrator, song poet
- Georg Flegel (1566–1638), painter
- Georg Honauer (1572–1597), goldsmith and alchemist
- David Zürn III. (1665-after 1724), sculptor
- Wenzel Render (1669–1733), architect and stonemason
- Carl Aigen (1685–1762), Austrian painter
- Franz Anton von Götzen (1693–1738), large landowner
- Ignaz Kober (1756–1813), organ builder
- Josef Alois Schachtner (1758–1830), Apostolic Field Vicar
- Joseph Chmel (1798–1858), Austrian Augustinian canon, archivist and historian
1801 to 1850
- Anton Schrötter von Kristelli (1802–1875), Austrian chemist and mineralogist
- Franz von Hein , Dr. jur. Austrian Minister of Justice and first President of the Reichrat .
- Rudolf Eitelberger (1817–1885), art historian
- Ludwig Karl Schmarda (1819–1908), Austrian zoologist and explorer
- Heinrich Karl Giesl von Gieslingen (1821–1905), Austrian general
- Jan Balatka (1825–1899), Austrian-American composer
- Conrad Bayer (1828–1897), Austrian chess composer and theorist
- Bohuslav von Widmann (1836–1911), Austrian civil servant and politician
- Ottomar von Volkmer (1839–1901), Austrian chemist, physicist and printing specialist
- Wilhelm Tomaschek (1841–1901), Czech-Austrian geographer and orientalist
- Eduard Decarli (1846–1903), opera singer and actor
- Maximilian Rottauscher von Malata (1846–1921), Austria-Hungary naval officer
- August Hoffmann von Vestenhof (1848–1922), Austrian painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer
- Alexander von Krobatin (1849–1933), Field Marshal General and Minister of War
- Wilhelm Wilhelmi , actually Wilhelm Kümmerer (1850–1928), theater actor
- Albert von Szabel founded the 1st Austrian high-speed typewriter factory in Vienna
1851 to 1900
- Carola Bruch-Sinn (1853–1911), Austrian writer, translator and editor
- Georg von Dormus (1853–1940), Austrian field marshal lieutenant and weapons technician
- Adolf Hölzel (1853–1934), painter
- Robert Primavesi (1854–1926), Austrian entrepreneur, large landowner and member of parliament
- Carl Caufal (1861–1929), Austrian architect
- Rudolph Bischoff (1861–1948), Bohemian-Austrian law and social scientist
- Friedrich von Engel (1867–1941), judge in Vienna
- Berthold Oppenheim (1867–1942), first rabbi of Olomouc
- Ottokar Stauf von der March (1868–1941), writer, critic, journalist and publicist
- Otto Primavesi (1868–1926), Austrian banker, industrialist and patron
- Edmund von Strauss (1869–1919), Austrian composer and conductor
- Friedrich Kühne (1870–1958), Austrian-German actor
- Olga Rudel-Zeynek (1871–1948), Austrian politician
- Julius Brandt (1873–1949), Austrian actor, theater director, film director and screenwriter
- Leo Fall (1873–1925), Austrian composer and conductor
- Josef Jellinek (1874–1938), German writer and journalist
- Wilhelm John (1877–1934), Austrian historian and museum director
- Siegfried Fall (1877–1943), Austrian composer, arranger, pianist and accompanist
- Egon Brecher (1880–1946), actor
- Leo Scheu (1886–1958), Austrian artist, academic painter and graphic artist
- Franz Spunda (1890–1963), Austrian writer and high school teacher
- Paul Engelmann (1891–1965), architect and furniture designer
- Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891–1976), politician
- Egon Kornauth (1891–1959), Austrian composer and conductor
- Peter Eng (1892−?), Austrian caricaturist and animator
- Leo Gotzmann (1893–1945), Austrian lawyer
- Fritz Zweig (1893–1984), conductor, pianist and composer
- Karl Stratil (1894–1963), painter, graphic artist, wood cutter, book illustrator
- Karel Pešek (1895–1970), football and ice hockey player
- Karel Svolinský (1896–1986), painter, graphic artist and book illustrator
- Max Georg von Spallart (1897–?), Theater music director and composer
- Anny Engelmann (1897–1942), Austrian-Czechoslovakian illustrator
- František Čech (1898–1951), puppeteer and puppeteer writer
- Eliška Junková (1900–1994), racing car driver
1901 to 1950
- Franz Karmasin (1901–1970), Slovak State Secretary
- Alfred Bergel (1902–1944), painter
- Robert Scholz (1902–1981), German art historian, art journalist and art editor
- Gustav Jonak (1903–1985), SS-Obersturmbannführer
- Roman Zenzinger (1903–1990), Austrian artist
- Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), American film director, screenwriter, set designer and producer
- Olga Taussky-Todd (1906–1995), mathematician
- Walter Zawadil (1909–1960), German politician
- Rudolf Meckel (1910–1975), politician
- Norbert Aresin (1911–1971), German physician
- Herta Worell (1912–1996), German actress
- Gottfried Eduard Arnold (1914–1989), American physician
- Evžen Rošický (1914–1942), track and field athlete, sports journalist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Josef Humpál (1918–1984), football player and coach
- Gretl Keren Fischer (1919–2013), writer, playwright, literary critic and university professor
- Hans Schmid (1920–1994), Austrian geodesist
- Trude Simonsohn (* 1921), Auschwitz prisoner and social worker
- Jiří Pelikán (1923–1999), publicist
- František Vystrčil (1923–2006), animation filmmaker
- Miloslav Ištvan (1928–1990), composer and music teacher
- Gerold Siedler (* 1933), German physicist and oceanographer
- Walter Tilgner (* 1934), German biologist, nature photographer and sound engineer
- Jiří Fiedler (1935–2014), Czech historian and writer
- Eva Kacírková (* 1937), actress and writer
- Karel Brückner (* 1939), soccer player and coach
- Willi Jaschek (* 1940), German gymnast
- Peter Schmidl (* 1941), Austrian clarinetist
- Pavel Dostál (1943–2005), politician
- Michael Jeannée (* 1943), Austrian tabloid journalist, war correspondent and columnist
- Jiří Kavan (1943-2010), handball player
- Pavel Roman (1943–1972), figure skater
- Franz Josef Wagner (* 1943), German tabloid journalist
- Eva Romanová (* 1946), figure skater
- Pavel Schnabel (* 1946), German filmmaker
- Petr Novotný (* 1947), presenter, humorist, actor and screenwriter
- Emil Viklický (* 1948), composer and pianist
- Jan Vičar (* 1949), composer, musicologist and music teacher
From 1951
- Jiří Paroubek (* 1952), politician
- Iva Procházková (* 1953), Czech-German writer
- Vlastimil Palička (* 1954), football player and coach
- Kamil Krejčí (* 1961), Swiss-Czech actor, director and author
- Radek Drulák (* 1962), football player
- Zora Vesecká (* 1967), actress
- Radoslav Látal (* 1970), football player and coach
- Edvard Kožušník (* 1971), politician
- Jiří Vykoukal (* 1971), ice hockey player
- Petr Bystron (* 1972), German politician
- Tomáš Konečný (* 1973), racing cyclist
- Michal Kovář (* 1973), football player
- David Prinosil (* 1973), German tennis player
- David Juříček (* 1974), handball player
- Petr Pižanowski (* 1974), football goalkeeper
- Ladislav Benýšek (* 1975), ice hockey player
- Soňa Nováková-Dosoudilová (* 1975), volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Tomáš Vychodil (* 1975), football player
- Jan Tomajko (* 1976), ice hockey player
- Marek Heinz (* 1977), soccer player
- Tomáš Oral (* 1977), chess player
- Veronika Vařeková (* 1977), supermodel
- David Kobylík (* 1981), football player
- Jan Vojáček (* 1981), football player
- Martin Vyskočil (* 1982), football player
- Jan Hájek (* 1983), tennis player
- Jaroslav Janiš (* 1983), racing car driver
- Vojtěch schoolmaster (* 1983), football player
- Jiří Hudler (* 1984), ice hockey player
- Marek Jarolím (* 1984), football player
- Petr Lechner (* 1984), cyclist
- Michaela Hrbková (* 1987), handball player
- Erik Janiš (* 1987), racing car driver
- Vojtěch Pikal (* 1987), politician (ČPS)
- Jan Navrátil (* 1990), football player
- Jakub Petr (* 1990), football player
- Miroslav Štěpánek (* 1990), football player
- Tomáš Kalas (* 1993), football player
- Sára Kaňkovská (* 1996), cyclist
- Karolína Muchová (* 1996), tennis player
Well-known residents of Olomouc
- Břetislav I. (around 1005-1055) and Judith von Schweinfurt (around 1003-1058), married and lived here from 1029
- Bruno von Schaumburg (Schauenburg) and Holstein (around 1205–1281), local archbishop and promoter of the German settlement of Moravia in the Middle Ages
- Matthäus Zeidler SJ (1626–1697), 1644 member of the Jesuit order and rector in Brno and Olomouc
- Lukas Glöckel († 1716), Austrian master builder
- Johann Sturmer (1675–1729), sculptor
- Augustin Johann Thomasberger (1676–1734), sculptor
- Philipp Sattler (1695–1738), Austrian sculptor
- Antonín Boll (1721–1792), Czech philosopher and Jesuit, studied here
- Ignác Cornova (1740–1822), Italian priest, historian, educator and poet, studied here
- Josef Ignác Buček (1741-1821), Czech university professor and author of economic works, attended the local grammar school
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer and conductor, was Kapellmeister at the Olomouc Theater in 1883
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), Moravian Augustinian and natural scientist, studied here
- Karel Sabina (1813–1877), Czech radical democrat, publicist, writer and literary critic, was imprisoned in Olomouc
- Anton Cyril Stojan (1851–1923), Archbishop of Olomouc
- Bedřich Václavek (1897–1943), Czech literary critic and theorist, worked at the university library from 1933
- Rudolf Adolph (1900–1984), German writer; Secretary of the local liberal society for contemporary culture until his expulsion in 1945
- Otto F. Babler (1901–1984), Czech writer, publisher and translator
- Ivan Blecha (* 1957), Czech philosopher, head of the institute at the university there