People from the Province of Upper Silesia

German actress and chanson singer (born 1943)

Polish triple jumper (1935–2024)

thumb|right|The place in Hindenburg at which the house of Janosch's birth used to stand (now demolished) Janosch (, born as Horst Eckert on 11 March 1931) is a German children's author and illustrator.

Polish actor (1928–2022)

German footballer (1925–1982)

Polish film director, author, journalist and politician (1929-2018)

German writer (1932-2014)

German serial killer (1933–1991)

East German motorcycle racer (1931–1983)

German writer (1930–1990)

Catholic cardinal (1920–2005)

Polish weightlifter

Polish association football player and manager

Polish association football player and manager

German composer (1930-2016)

German child soldier (1932–2011)

Footballer (1927–2018)

German politician (1931–2024)

German actor (1932-1991)

German footballer and manager (1921-2013)

East German pentathlete

German writer (1927–2005)

German handball player and tennis player (1920–2017)

German actor

Israeli film director

Polish footballer (1929-2015)

German opinion journalist (1940–2020)

German politician (1915-2006)

German priest (1941–2023)

German World War II fighter pilot (1921–2004)

German professor (1906–1997)

Danish rabbi

Polish footballer

Association footballer (1919-2007)

German weightlifter (1928-2009)

German association football player

German swimmer

German priest and theologian (1943–2024)

Polish writer

German theologian and priest (1932–2019)