List of people from Cheb

This is a list of notable people from Cheb or Eger.

A

• Bernhard Adler (1753–1810), German-Bohemian doctor and founder of the spa town Franzensbad in Egerland
• Hans Hermann Adler (1891–1956), German journalist and professor at the University of Heidelberg
• Pavel Anděl (born 1966), Czech actor, musician, writer, editor and television presenter

B

• Zdenka Becker (born 1951), Czechoslovak-Austrian writer
• Frank Boldt (1942–2006), German historian, Slavic scholar and translator
• Jaromír Bosák (born 1965), Czech sports commentator and journalist
• Johann Georg Franz Braun (before 1638–1670), cantor at St. Nicholas, composer, author of Ave Maria zart
• Bretislav III (–1197), Czech prince and bishop of Prague's Přemyslid dynasty
• Balthasar Brusch (1512–1589), German bookbinder and bookseller, author of the city history and family chronicles
• Kaspar Brusch (1518–1559), German humanist, poet and, historian, went to school in Eger
• Andreas Buberl (1832–1907), German military doctor, spa doctor, honorary citizen of Eger and Franzensbad

C

• Vojtěch Cach (1914–1980), Czech writer and dramatist
• Mikoláš Chadima (born 1952), Czech musician
• Pablo Clain (also known as Pavel Klein and Paul Klein; 1652–1717), German-Czech Jesuit
• Ilona Csáková (born 1970), Czech singer

D

• Albin Dötsch (1872–1922), Austrian politician (SDAP)
• Libor Dvořák (born 1948), Czech journalist and Russian translator

E

• Johannes Sylvius Egranus (Johannes Wildauer; around 1480–1553), German theologian, humanist and reformer, friend of Martin Luther
• Johann Franz Loew von Erlsfeld (1648–1725), German-Bohemian doctor and lawyer, Rector of Charles University, went to Eger to school

F

• Martin Fenin (born 1987), Czech footballer
• Adolf Fischer (born 1925), German family and local historian, went to school in Eger

G

• Peter Glotz (1939–2005), German SPD politician, journalist and media scholar, and member of the German Bundestag
• Heinrich Gradl (1842–1895), German historian and archivist of Eger
• Marcel Grün (born 1946), Czech astronomer and writer in the field of astronomy and astronautics
• Joseph Sebastian Grüner (1780–1864), superintendent and local historian of Eger
• Anton Gschier (1814–1874), Austro-Hungarian politician

H

• Johann Habermann (1516–1590), German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer
• Josef Hecht (1792–1861), Franzensbad spa entrepreneur and politician
• Michael Heuffner (1483–1511), German sculptor and painter
• Karl Huss (1761–1836), executioner, healer and collector

J

• Ladislav Jakl (born 1959), Secretary of the President of the Czech Republic
• Wilhelm Jobst (1912–1947), German physician and Nazi chief conductor

K

• Daniela Kolářová (born 1946), Czech actress
• Andrej Krob (born 1938), Czech theater director and screenwriter

L

• Helmut Lederer (1919–1999), German sculptor and photographer
• Abraham Leuthner (ca. 1639–1701), mason and builder, built the Dominican church and monastery in Cheb

M

• Johann Georg Macasius (1617–1653), German physician
• Adolf Mayerl (1884–1954), German sculptor and ceramic artist
• Nikolaus Medler (1502–1551), German theologian, reformer, and mathematician
• Mira Mladejovska (1895–1969), Czech museum and archive manager
• Michael Müller (1849–1914), German physician and local historian

N

• Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), German baroque architect
• Pavel Nedvěd (born 1972), European Footballer of the Year for 2004
• Johann Brusch von Neiberg (1666–1742), German Roman Catholic lawyer and syndic of Eger

R

• Erich Riedl (born 1933), German CSU politician, member of the German Bundestag

S

• Barbara Schack (1873/4–1958) Sudeten German politician (DSAP)
• Adolf Scherbaum (1909–2000), German trumpeter
• Johann Adam Schertzer (1628–1683), German Protestant theologian
• Kaspar Schlick (ca. 1396–1449), Chancellor of three kings and Chancellor under Emperor Sigismund, a politically important personality of the first half of the 15th century
• Walther Schuster (1930–1992), German organist and composer
• Otmar Seidl (born 1944), German internist, psychoanalyst and sociologist
• Rudolf Serkin (1903–1991), American pianist of Russian-Jewish origin
• Kurt Sieber (born 1936), German politician (FDP)
• Karl Siegl (1851–1943), historian, German city archivist and museum director
• Norbert Singer (born 1939), German automotive engineer responsible for many of Porsche's victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans races
• Rüdiger von Sparneck (~1300–1364/1368), Viscount of Eger
• Hans Stanka (1864–1936), President of the Deutsche Feuerwehr in Böhmen (German fire department in Bohemia)
• Lorenz Johann Adam Köstler von Stromberg (1807–1888), Fountain doctor and honorary citizen of Franzensbad and Eger
• Heribert Sturm (1904–1981), German city archivist and museum director

T

• Adolf Tachezy (1814–1892), Czech businessman, pharmacist and politician, mayor
• Stanislav Tůma (1950–2005), Czech photographer

U

• Josef Ulbrich (1843–1910), Austrian law expert

W

• Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634), Bohemian military leader and politician during the Thirty Years' War
• Johannes Watzal (1887–?), German sculptor
• Josef Weidl (1915–1972), Sudeten German sculptor
• Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss (born 1944), German actress, widow of Bernhard Wicki
• Johannes Widmann (1460–after 1498), German mathematician
• Karl Wilfert (1879–1932), German sculptor
• Adam Wolf (1822–?), Austrian historian
• Gerd Wolf (born 1933), German physicist
• Karl Hermann Wolf (1862–1941), journalist and German national politician

Z

• Hugo Zuckermann (1881–1914), German Jewish writer