List of Czechs
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This is a partial list of famous Czech, and Czech intelligible people. This list includes people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry or association with Czech culture.
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[edit] Actors
- See Czech actors
- Lída Baarová
- Gustav Nezval
- Jiří Bartoška
- Vlasta Burian
- Anna Geislerová
- Jiří Grossmann
- Miroslav Horníček
- Rudolf Hrušínský
- Zorka Janů
- Petr Kostka
- Herbert Lom
- Vladimír Menšík
- David Nykl
- Anny Ondra (Anna Ondráková)
- Karel Roden
- Jan Tříska
- Tatiana Vilhelmová
- Eduard Vojan
- Jiří Voskovec
- Jan Werich
- Stella Zázvorková
[edit] Architects and designers
- See Czech architects
- Jan Santini Aichel
- Jakub Bursa
- Josef Chochol
- Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
- Alois Dryák
- Josef Gočár
- František Maxmilián Kaňka
- Jan Kaplický
- Jan Kotěra
- Zdeněk Kovář
- Jakub Krčín
- Jaromír Krejcar
- Josef Mocker
- Štěpánek Netolický
- Josef Niklas
- Milada Petříková-Pavlíková
- Bořek Šípek
[edit] Authors and Poets
- See Czech writers
- Michal Ajvaz
- Jindřich Šimon Baar
- Jan Antonin Bata
- Jan Blahoslav
- Bohuslav z Lobkovic
- Karel Havlíček Borovský
- Otokar Březina
- Karel Čapek
- Jan Čarek
- Svatopluk Čech
- František Čelakovský
- Jakub Deml
- Ivan Diviš
- Jaroslav Durych
- Karel Jaromír Erben
- Jaroslav Foglar
- Ladislav Fuks
- František Gellner
- Jiří Grossmann
- Jaroslav Hašek
- Vladimír Holan
- Miroslav Holub
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Václav Hrabě
- František Hrubín
- Miroslav Ivanov
- Boleslav Jablonský
- Josef Jedlička
- Milena Jesenská
- Alois Jirásek
- Franz Kafka
- Václav Kaplický
- Václav Kliment Klicpera
- Jan Křesadlo
- Karel Kryl
- Milan Kundera
- Karel Hynek Mácha
- Jiří Mahen
- Bohumil Mathesius
- Rudolf Medek
- Ondřej Neff
- Vladimír Neff
- Božena Němcová
- Jan Neruda
- Vítězslav Nezval
- Ota Pavel
- Ferdinand Peroutka
- Eduard Petiška
- Bohuslav Reynek
- John of Rokycan (Jan Rokycana)
- Jan Skácel
- Jaroslav Seifert
- Zdeněk Svěrák
- Michal Šanda
- Josef Škvorecký
- Karel Teige
- Jáchym Topol
- Jan Matzal Troska
- Svatopluk Turek
- Josef Váchal
- Vladislav Vančura
- Michal Viewegh
- Jaroslav Vrchlický
- Jan Werich
- Ivan Wernisch
- Zikmund Winter
- Jiří Wolker
- Jan Zábrana
- Jan Zahradníček
- Vojtech Zamarovský
- Julius Zeyer
[edit] Composers
- See Czech composers
- Jiří Benda
- Karel Bendl
- Vilém Blodek
- Pavel Borkovec
- František Xaver Brixi
- Bohuslav Černohorský
- Alexander Dreyschock
- Jan Ladislav Dusík
- Antonín Dvořák
- Josef Fiala
- Zdeněk Fibich
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster
- Julius Fučík
- Jiří Grossmann
- Alois Hába
- Jan Hammer
- Jan Hanuš
- Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic
- Vladimír Hirsch
- Ilja Hurník
- Leoš Janáček
- Otakar Jeremiáš
- Jaroslav Ježek
- Karel Boleslav Jirák
- Václav Kaprál
- Vítězslava Kaprálová
- Rudolf Karel
- Petr Kotík
- Jan Antonín Koželuh
- Hans Krása
- Ladislav Kubík
- Jan Kubelík
- Rafael Kubelík
- Ernst Krenek
- Bohuslav Martinů
- František Míča
- Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic
- Oskar Morawetz
- Josef Mysliveček
- Oskar Nedbal
- Jan Novák
- Vítězslav Novák
- Jan Jakub Ryba
- František Škroup
- Josef Seger
- Bedřich Smetana
- Johann Stamitz
- Karel Stamitz
- Josef Suk
- Dalibor Cyril Vačkář
- Johann Baptist Vanhal (Jan Křtitel Vaňhal)
- Jaromír Vejvoda
- Jan Vencálek
- Jan Václav Voříšek
- Pavel Vranický (also known as Paul Wranitzky)
- Ladislav Vycpálek
- Jan Zach
- Otakar Zich
- Jan Dismas Zelenka
[edit] Other Musicians
- See Czech musicians
- Dollface Devereaux, DJ
- Gabriela Beňačková, opera singer
- Ema Destinnová, opera singer
- Michaela Fukačová, cellist
- Karel Gott, singer
- Zbyněk Drda, singer
- Maria Jeritza, opera singer
- Jiří Jirmal, guitarist
- Tomas Kalnoky, singer, guitarist and composer
- Markéta Irglová, singer, actress, Oscar prize winner
- Karel Kovařovic, conductor
- Magdalena Kožená, singer
- Antonín Kraft, cellist
- Karel Kryl, songwriter
- Jan Kubelík, violinist
- Daniel Landa, singer
- Aneta Langerová, singer
- Ferdinand Laub, violinist
- Jan Antonín Losy, famous lute player
- Ivan Moravec, pianist
- Eduard Nápravník, conductor
- Jaromír Nohavica, guitarist and songwriter
- Jarmila Novotná, opera singer
- Josef Páleníček, pianist
- Karel Plíhal, guitarist and songwriter
- Libor Pešek, conductor
- Otakar Ševčík, violinist
- Leo Slezak, opera singer
- Jiří Stivín, flute player
- Karel Strakatý, singer
- Vaclav Talich, conductor
- Vilém Tauský, conductor
- Štěpán Rak, guitarist
- Zuzana Růžičková, harpsichordist
- Antonín Vranický (also known as Anton Wrani(t)zky), violinist
- Hana Zagorová, singer
- Ivan Kral, guitarist and singer
[edit] Filmmakers
- František Čáp, film director
- Věra Chytilová, film director
- Miloš Forman, film director
- Jan Hřebejk, film director
- Jaromil Jireš, film director
- Oldřich Lipský, film director, screenwriter
- Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
- Zdeněk Miler, film director
- Ivan Passer, film director
- Jan Pinkava, animator, film director
- Břetislav Pojar, film director
- Alfréd Radok, film and theatre director
- Emil Radok, film director
- Karel Reisz, film director
- Bohdan Sláma, film director
- Ladislav Smoljak, film director
- Jan Švankmajer, film director, animator
- Jan Svěrák, film director, actor
- Jiří Trnka, film director, animator
- Hermína Týrlová, stage designer, cartoonist
- Otakar Vávra, film director
- František Vláčil, film director
- Karel Zeman, film director, animator
[edit] Military
- Josef Bryks, pilot
- Alois Eliáš, army officer
- Josef František, pilot ace
- Radola Gajda, army officer
- Karel Kuttelwascher, general
- František Moravec, military intelligence officer
- František Peřina, pilot
- Prokop the Great, Hussite leader
- Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, field marshal
- Ludvík Svoboda, general, president
- Jan Syrový, general, prime minister
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, warlord during Thirty-Years War
- Jan Žižka, Hussite leader
[edit] Models
- See Czech models
- Jana Defi (1984)
- Eva Herzigová (1973)
- Karolína Kurková (1984)
- Tereza Maxová (1971)
- Petra Němcová (1979)
- Daniela Peštová (1970)
- Pavlína Pořízková (1965)
- Hana Soukupová (1985)
- Alena Šeredová (1978)
- Ivana Trump (1949)
- Veronika Vařeková (1977)
[edit] Painters
- See Czech Painters
- Martina Krupičková
- Mikoláš Aleš
- Petr Brandl
- Václav Brožík
- Ota Bubeníček
- Zdeněk Burian
- Josef Čapek
- Antonin Chittussi
- Alén Diviš
- Emil Filla
- Karel Havlíček
- Václav Hollar
- Stanislav Holý
- Jan Jakub Quirin Jahn
- Josef Lada
- Jan Karpíšek
- František Kaván
- Karel Klíč, inventor of photogravure
- Jiří Kolář
- Jan Konůpek
- Ludvík Kuba
- Otakar Kubín
- Jan Kupecký
- František Kupka
- Martin Mainer
- Julius Edvard Marak
- Josef Mánes
- Mikuláš Medek
- Alfons Mucha
- Josef Navrátil
- Emil Orlik
- František Jakub Prokyš
- Václav Vavřinec Reiner
- Teodor Rotrekl
- Otakar Sedloň
- Antonín Slavíček
- Karel Škréta
- Václav Špála
- Karel Štěch
- Eva Švankmajerová
- Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
- Vladimír Vašíček
- Helena Zmatlíková
- Jan Zrzavý
[edit] Philosophers
- Václav Bělohradský (b. 1944)
- Arnošt Bláha (1879–1960), sociologist
- Egon Bondy (1930–2007)
- Václav Černý (1905–1987)
- Petr Chelčický (c.1390–c.1460)
- Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)
- Ladislav Klíma (1878–1928)
- František Klácel (1808–1882)
- Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)
- Jan Patočka (1907–1977)
- Emanuel Rádl (1873–1942)
- Radovan Richta (1924–1983)
[edit] Photographers
- František Drtikol
- Jaromír Funke
- Josef Koudelka
- Antonin Kratochvil
- Frank Plicka
- Jiří Růžek
- Jan Saudek
- Alexander Seik
- Ladislav Sitenský
- Josef Sudek
- Miroslav Tichý
[edit] Politicians
- See Czechoslovak and Czech politicians
- Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
- Jan Švejnar, US-based, Czech-born economist
- Ivana Bacik, Irish faw professor and politician of Czech descent
- Klement Gottwald, first communist president
- Emil Hácha, president during the German occupation
- Václav Havel, first president after the fall of communism, first president of the independent Czech Republic
- Václav Klaus, former prime minister and current president of the Czech Republic
- Otto Jelinek, former Canadian Federal Cabinet Minister.
- Jan Masaryk, foreign minister
- Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1956–1961)
- Tomáš G. Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia
- Mikuláš of Hus, politician, Hussite
- Emanuel Moravec, collaborator with Nazis
- Antonín Novotný, communist president
- Přemysl Otakar II, King of Bohemia and most powerful man in middle Europe in his era.
- Rudolf II, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
- Ludvík Svoboda, communist president
- Mirek Topolánek, former Prime Minister
- Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas, Václav), known as "Good King Wenceslas" in a Christmas carol
- Antonín Zápotocký, communist president
[edit] Religion
- Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Anežka Česká
- Josef Beran, cardinal
- Petr Chelčický, thinker, religious reformer
- Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
- Saint John Sarkander, priest tortured to death in Olomouc
- Saint John of Nepomuk, known through the central Europe
- Saint John Neumann (John Nepomucene Neumann)
- Tomáš Halík, catholic theologian, sociologist
- Tomáš Špidlík, cardinal, thinker
- František Tomášek, cardinal
- Saint Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia
[edit] Saints
- Saint Adalbert of Prague (Vojtěch in Czech), bishop of Prague, missionary and martyr
- Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Anežka Česká
- Saint John Sarkander, priest tortured to death in Olomouc
- Saint John of Nepomuk, known through the central Europe
- Saint John Neumann (John Nepomucene Neumann)
- Saint Ludmila, princess of Bohemia, grandmother od St.Wenceslas
- Saint Prokop, canon and hermit
- Saint Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia
[edit] Sculptors
- See Czech sculptors
- Franta Bělský
- Břetislav Benda
- František Bílek
- Matthias Bernard Braun
- Ferdinand Maxmilian Brokoff
- Jan Brokoff
- Michael Joseph Brokoff
- Alfréd Hrdlička
- Bohumil Kafka
- Vincenc Makovský
- Josef Václav Myslbek
- Zoja Trofimiuk
- Lea Vivot
- Ladislav Zívr
- Olbram Zoubek
[edit] Scientists
- See Czech Scientists
- Karel Absolon, archaeologist, speleologist
- Josef Augusta, paleontologist, science popularizer
- Jiří Baborovský, chemist
- Jindřich Bačkovský, physicist
- František Běhounek, radiologist, writer, explorer
- Vincent Bochdalek, anatomist
- Johann Böhm, chemist
- Bernard Bolzano, philosopher, mathematician, and theologian
- Otakar Borůvka, mathematician
- Josef Božek engineer
- Václav Cílek, geologist, science popularizer
- Jan Amos Comenius, polyhistorian, educator, inventor of illustrated textbook
- Eduard Čech, mathematician
- František Čelakovský, linguist and writer
- Leander Czerny, biologist
- Václav Prokop Diviš, inventor of the lightning rod
- Josef Dobrovský, philologist and historian
- Karel Fortyn, physician
- František Josef Gerstner, physicist, engineer
- Stanislav Grof, physologist, researcher in transpersonal psychology
- Jan Hajek, scientist
- Jaroslav Hájek, mathematician
- Tadeáš Hájek, physician, astronomer
- Jaroslav Heyrovský, scientist, Nobel Prize
- Václav Hlavatý, mathematician
- Ivan Honl, biologist
- Kamil Hornoch, amateur astronomer
- Bedřich Hrozný, linguist
- Jakub Husnik, inventor and painter
- Jan Janský, discoverer of blood types
- Karl Guthe Jansky, engineer
- Vojtěch Jarník, mathematician
- Konstantin Jireček, historian
- Otto Jirovec, parasitologist and protozoologist
- Břetislav Kafka, parapsychologist
- Vlasta Kálalová, physician, entomologist
- Karel Kavina, botanist
- Jan Kmenta, economist/econometrician
- Luboš Kohoutek, astronomer
- František Koláček, physicist
- Zdenek Kopal, astronomer
- František Křižík, inventor arc lamp
- Bohumil Kučera, physicist
- Jaroslav Kurzweil, mathematician
- Václav Láska, geophysicist, mathematician
- Mathias Lerch, mathematician
- Drahoslav Lím, chemist, inventor hydrogel
- Frank Malina, aeronautical engineer
- Ernst Mach, physicist
- Jan Marek Marci, physician
- Zdeněk Matějka, chemist
- Gregor Mendel, pioneer of genetics
- Antonín Mrkos, astronomer
- František Palacký, historian
- František Patočka, biologist
- Karel Petr, mathematician
- Josef Ladislav Píč, archaeologist
- George Placzek, physicist
- Julius Pokorny, etymologist
- Křišťan of Prachatice, Medieval astronomer and physician
- Petr Pravec, astronomer
- Jan Svatopluk Presl, chemist
- Karel Presl, botanist
- Jiří Procháska, physiologist
- Stanislav Prowazek, zoologist, parasitologist
- Vlastimil Pták, mathematician
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist, first recognised the individuality of fingerprints
- Zdeněk Rejdák, scientist in psychotronics
- Josef Ludvík František Ressel, inventor of the ship's propeller
- Karel Rokytanský, anatomist
- Karel Rychlík, mathematician
- Vojtěch Šafařík, chemist
- Jaroslav Šafránek, physicist
- Bohumil Sekla, biologist
- August Seydler, physicist, astronomer
- Jan Šindel, astronomer
- Josef Škoda, physician
- Ferdinand Stoliczka, paleontologist
- Vincenc Strouhal, physicist
- František Josef Studnička, mathematician
- Antonín Svoboda computer scientist, mathematician
- Olga Taussky-Todd, mathematician
- Jana Tichá, astronomer
- Miloš Tichý, astronomer
- Viktor Trkal, physicist, mathematician
- Ota Šik, economist
- Miloslav Valouch, mathematician
- Petr Vopěnka, mathematician
- Jindřich Wankel, paleontologist
- Otto Wichterle, chemist, inventor of the modern contact lens
- Karel Zahradnik, mathematician
- Rudolf Zahradník, chemist
- František Záviška, physicist
- John Zeleny, physicist, inventor electroscope
- Vladimír Zoubek, geologist
- Petr Zuman, electrochemist
[edit] Linguistics, Anthropology, History
- Josef Vratislav Monse, founder of Moravian history-writing
- Bořivoj Čelovský, historian
- Max Dvořák, art historian
- Eva Hajičová, linguist
- Aleš Hrdlička, medical doctor, anthropologist
- Bedřich Hrozný, philologist and orientalist (decipherer of Hittite)
- Josef Jireček
- Henry Kucera, linguist, cognitive scientist, language software author
- Bohumil Mathesius, translator
- Vilém Mathesius, linguist
- Jan Mukařovský, literary theorist
- Alois Musil, orientalist, explorer
- Antonín Rezek, historian
- František Roubík, historian
- August Sedláček, historian
- Petr Sgall, linguist
- Čeněk Zíbrt, ethnographer, historian
[edit] Sports Personalities
- Milan Baroš, footballer
- Tomáš Berdych, tennis player
- Patrik Berger, footballer
- Radek Bonk, ice hockey player
- Věra Čáslavská, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist
- Petr Čech, footballer
- Roman Čechmánek, ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Drobný, tennis player
- Patrik Eliáš, ice hockey player
- Vašek Klouda, football player
- Tomáš Enge, Grand prix race car driver
- Kurt Epstein, Olympic water polo player
- František Fadrhonc, football manager
- Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player
- Aleš Hemský, ice hockey player
- Bobby Holik, ice hockey player
- Jaromír Jágr, ice hockey player
- Václav Ježek, footballer, football manager
- Eliška Junková, Formula One driver
- Frantisek Kaberle, ice hockey player
- Tomáš Kaberle, ice hockey player
- Gertrude "Traute" Kleinová, 3-time table tennis world champion
- Jan Koller, footballer
- Petr Korda, tennis player
- Aleš Kotalík, ice hockey player
- Jan Koželuh, tennis player
- Karel Koželuh, tennis player
- Richard Krajicek, tennis player
- David Krejci, ice hockey player
- Roman Kreuziger, road bicycle racer
- Pavel Kubina, ice hockey player
- Ivan Lendl, tennis player
- Marek Malík, ice hockey player
- Hana Mandlíková, tennis player
- Josef Masopust, footballer, football manager
- Milan Michálek, ice hockey player
- Martina Navrátilová, tennis player
- Pavel Nedvěd, footballer
- Petr Nedvěd, ice hockey player
- Zdeněk Nehoda, footballer
- Kateřina Neumannová, cross-country skiing
- Jana Novotná, tennis player
- Jiří Novotný, ice hockey player
- Adam Ondra, rock climber
- Frantisek Planicka, football player
- Petr Průcha, ice hockey player
- Tomáš Rosický, footballer
- Martina Sáblíková, speed skater, Olympic gold medalist
- Wilhelm Steinitz, first World Chess Champion
- Roman Šebrle, decathlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Vladimír Šmicer, footballer
- Patrik Štefan, ice hockey player
- Helena Suková, tennis player
- Petr Sýkora, ice hockey player
- Jiří Tlustý, ice hockey player
- Nicole Vaidišová, tennis player
- Aleš Valenta, freestyle skiing, Olympic gold medalist
- Kamila Vodičková, basketball player
- Šárka Záhrobská, alpine skier
- Emil Zátopek, runner, Olympic gold medalist
- Jan Železný, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist
[edit] Entrepreneurs
- Jan Antonín Baťa, industrialist (Bata A.S., Zlin, Bata Tires, Fatra, Kotva, FAB Zlin (film industry)at Kudlov, ZLAS (Aircraft Otrokovice), ZPA Zlin, ChemoSvit, TatraSvit, Zlin Magazine, founded towns of Batovany (Partizanske), Svit, Batov (Otrokovice))
- Tomáš Baťa, industrialist (Bata T&A, Zlin)
- Ignác Šechtl, pioneer of photography (Šechtl and Voseček)
- Emil Škoda, industrialist (Škoda Works)
[edit] Other
- (not classified)
- Karel Barvitius, book and music publisher
- Jiří Buquoy, famous aristocrat
- Josef Florian, book publisher
- Victor Lustig, con artist
- Jaroslav Malina, theatre sceneographer
- Jan Opletal, student, shot by Germans
- Jan Palach, student, political activist, suicide
- Přemek Podlaha, TV personality
- Vladimír Remek, cosmonaut
- Bertha von Suttner, Nobel laureate
- Jan Zajíc, student, political activist, suicide
- Pavel Novotný, adult film star
- Robert Rosenberg, adult film star
- Silvie Tomčalová, aka Silvia Saint, adult film star
- Kateřina Smrzová, Miss Universe 2003 Top 10 finalist
- Lucié Hadasová, Miss Universe 2007 Top 15 finalist
- Eliška Bučková, Miss Universe 2008 Top 15 finalist (Czech Republic placed for the second consecutive time)
- Iveta Lutovská, Miss Universe 2009 Top 10 finalist (Czech Republic placed for the third consecutive time)
[edit] Fictional characters
- Jára Cimrman, fictional character of universal talents
- Josef Švejk, fictional soldier in World War I, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk
[edit] See also
- List of Czech Jews
- List of people by nationality
- List of people on stamps of the Czech Republic (including non-Czech people)
- Jiří (disambiguation)
- Jiřina (disambiguation)