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[1]
* Tomáš Surový, ice hockey player
* Peter Tomka, diplomat and judge
* Ladislav Záborský, painter
* Richard Zedník, ice hockey player

## References

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1. ^ "Poslanci : Zoznam poslancov : Ing. Radovan Sloboda - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky". www.nrsr.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-12-08.