One of the most famous people born in Liberec is without question Vlasta Burian {1891-1962), who is remembered by several generations of fans as " the king of comedians" because of many theatre and film roles.

The names most connected with early capitalism and the development of industry in the Liberec area are Liebieg and Ginzkey. Johann Liebieg, head of the famous Liberec family, came to the town as a draper`s journeyman in 1818 and gradually built up one of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Other well-known factory owners were the Ginzkeys, who also came from a relatively poor background (Ignaz Ginzkey was head of that family, he was born in 1818). In 1927 their factory in Vratislavice nad Nisou produced the biggest handmade carpet in the world for Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

Today, several Liberec institutions carry the name of František Xaver Šaldy, one of the founders of Czech modernism, who was born in a house on Sokolské ulice ( no. 354).

Vratislavice nad Nisou was also the birth place, in 1875, of the car designer Ferdinand Porsche, he created the famous "people`s car" VW Beetle. His name is also the brand name of the fastest cars. He died in 1951.

Karel Vacek and Jaroslav Řídký are famous musicians. Vacek was born in 1902 in a romantic house, number 232 on Perlová ulice. His songs are still played today, for example: "Gypsy you beauty", "Hey mother" (Hej Panímámo), "Four pairs of white horses". Jaroslav Řídký (1897-1956), composer and member of the Czech Philarmonic, comes from the area Františkov.

Composer Josef Proksch (1794-1864) was the most famous of many Germans born in this area. Despite going blind in childhood, due to extreme diligence he became an outstanding music teacher (one of his pupils was Bedřich Smetana). The composer Kamillo Horno (1860-1941) also entered into European cultural life, as did ballet theorist Harald Kreutzberg (1902-1968).