Writer Andrej Sládkovič lived and worked in Radvaň from 1856 until his death in 1872.
Andrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič, 30 March 1820, in Krupina (Korpona) – 20 April 1872, in Radvaň near Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist and translator.
•
He became subsequently a pastor in Hrochoť (Horhát) (1847) and from 1856 until his death in Radvaň nad Hronom.
In 1914, after seven years of pastoral service in Csallóközaranyos, and shorter spells in Diósjenő (1909) and Diósförgepatony (Orechová Potôň; March 1910–May 1910), Kóczán was relocated to Csilizradvány (Čiližská Radvaň).
The 1606 Peace of Zsitvatorok was signed in Žitavská Tôňa, a small settlement near or identical with Žitava, which is now part of Radvaň nad Dunajom.