Historické osobnosti
- Adalbert Johanny – pharmacist and politician
- Alois Anderka – saviour of the city from the Prussians
- Archduke Rudolf – founder of the Vítkovice Ironworks
- Bruno von Schauenburg – the founder of Ostrava
- Camillo Sitte – a visionary of modern Ostrava
- Ernst Wilhelm Knippel – the ‘court’ painter of Ostrava and Vítkovice
- Felix Neumann – the creator of architectural gems
- Ignát Vondráček – entrepreneur and patriot
- Jan Prokeš – Ostrava’s finest mayor
- Jan Grmela – the ‘creator’ of Mariánské Hory
- Konstantin Grünwald – the first Czech mayor of Ostrava
- Paul Kupelwieser – a manager supreme
- Petr Bezruč – the miners’ bard
- Salomon Rothschild – a driving force in Ostrava’s history
- Vilém Jičínský – mining expert and patriot
