People
See also: List of people from SilesiaThe population mainly speaks Czech with altered vowels. Some of the native Slavic population speak Lach, which is classed by Ethnologue as a dialect of Czech, although it also shows some similarities to Polish. In Cieszyn Silesia a unique dialect is also spoken, mostly by members of the Polish minority there.
Notable people from Czech Silesia include:
- Martin of Opava (Martinus Polonus) (†1278), chronicler, chaplain of several popes
- Heinrich Franz Boblig von Edelstadt (c. 1612–1698), egregious inquisitor
- Jiří Třanovský (1592–1637), pastor and hymnwriter, the "Luther of the Slavs"
- David Zeisberger (1721-1808), Moravian Missionary in North America and "Apostle to the Indians"
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), biologist, founder of genetics (inheritance laws)
- Hans Kudlich (1823–1917), politician, main figure in the struggle for abolition of serfdom in Austrian Empire
- Paweł Stalmach (1824–1891), journalist and national revivalist
- Vincenc Prasek (1843–1912), historian
- Johann Palisa (1848–1925), astronomer
- Petr Bezruč (1867–1958), poet
- Josef Koždon (1873–1949), politician, leader of Silesian autonomists, proponent of the idea of a distinct Silesian nation ("Slonzaks")
- Helen Zelezny-Scholz (1882–1974), architectural sculptor
- Óndra Łysohorsky (1905–1989), poet, creator of the literary form of the Lach dialect
- Joy Adamson (Friederike Victoria Gessner) (1910–1980), writer
- František Vláčil (1924–1999), film director
- Armin Delong (1925–), scientist
- Věra Chytilová (1929–), film director
- Jaromír Nohavica (1953–), songwriter and poet
- Ivan Lendl (1960–), tennis player, 19 times finalist of Grand Slam tournaments
- Leon Koudelak (1961–) classical guitarist, entered in 2011, the ranker list of "the most famous classical guitarists of all time".
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