List of Czechs
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This is a partial list of famous Czech, Czech-speaking/writing people, and people born in Bohemia or the Czech lands. 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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Contents
Actors
- See
- Lída Baarová
- Jiří Bartoška
- Vlasta Burian
- Zorka Janů
- Miroslav Horníček
- Rudolf Hrušínský
- Petr Kostka
- Vladimír Menšík
- Karel Roden
- Jan Tříska
- Tatiana Vilhelmová
- Eduard Vojan
- Jiří Voskovec
- Jan Werich
- Stella Zázvorková
Architects
- See
- Jan Santini Aichel
- Jakub Bursa
- Josef Chochol
- Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer
- Alois Dryák
- Josef Gočár
- František Maxmilián Kaňka
- Jan Kaplický
- Jaromír Krejcar
- Jan Kotěra
- Josef Mocker
- Jakub Krčín
- Štěpánek Netolický
- Josef Niklas
- Milada Petříková-Pavlíková
Authors and Poets
- See
- Jindřich Šimon Baar
- Jan Blahoslav
- Karel Havlíček Borovský
- Otokar Březina
- Karel Čapek
- Svatopluk Čech
- František Ladislav Čelakovský
- Jakub Deml
- Ivan Diviš
- František Doucha
- Karel Jaromír Erben
- Jaroslav Foglar
- Ladislav Fuks
- Jiří Kulhánek
- Jaroslav Hašek
- Vladimír Holan
- Miroslav Holub
- Bohumil Hrabal
- František Hrubín
- Miroslav Ivanov
- Boleslav Jablonský
- Josef Jedlička
- Milena Jesenská
- Alois Jirásek
- Franz Kafka
- Václav Kaplický
- Václav Kliment Klicpera
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Jan Křesadlo
- Milan Kundera
- Bohuslav z Lobkovic
- Karel Hynek Mácha
- Jiří Mahen
- Bohumil Mathesius
- Rudolf Medek
- Ondřej Neff
- Vladimír Neff
- Božena Němcová
- Jan Neruda
- Ferdinand Peroutka
- Eduard Petiška
- Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová
- Bohuslav Reynek
- Jan Rokycana (John of Rokycan)
- Jan Skácel
- Jaroslav Seifert
- Zdeněk Svěrák
- Josef Škvorecký
- Ivan Špaček
- Karel Teige
- Jáchym Topol
- Jan Matzal Troska
- Svatopluk Turek
- Michal Viewegh
- Jan Werich
- Jiří Wolker
- Josef Váchal
- Vladislav Vančura
- Alena Vostrá
- Zikmund Winter
- Jan Zábrana
- Jan Zahradníček
- Vojtech Zamarovský
Composers
- See
- Ralph Benatzky
- Jiří Benda
- Karel Bendl
- Frantisek Brixi
- Vilem Blodek
- Pavel Borkovec
- Bohuslav Černohorský
- Alexander Dreyschock
- Jan Ladislav Dusík
- Antonín Dvořák
- Josef Fiala
- Zdeněk Fibich
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster
- Julius Fučík
- Alois Hába
- Jan Hammer
- Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic
- Ilja Hurník
- Leoš Janáček
- Otakar Jeremiáš
- Jaroslav Ježek
- Karel Boleslav Jirak
- Petr Kotík
- Jan Antonín Koželuh
- Rudolf Karel
- Hans Krása
- Ladislav Kubík
- Jan Kubelik
- Rafael Kubelík
- Ernst Krenek
- Bohuslav Martinů
- Frantisek Mica
- Adam Vaclav Michna
- Josef Mysliveček
- Oskar Nedbal
- Jaromír Nohavica
- Jan Novak
- Vítězslav Novák
- Emil Reznicek
- Jan Jakub Ryba
- František Škroup
- Bedřich Smetana
- Johann Stamitz
- Karel Stamitz
- Josef Suk
- Vilém Tauský
- Dalibor Vackar
- Johann Baptist Vanhal
- Jaromír Vejvoda
- Jan Vencalek
- Jan Václav Voříšek
- Pavel Vranický (also known as Paul Wranitzky)
- Ladislav Vycpalek
- Otakar Zich
- Jan Zach
- Jan Dismas Zelenka
Other Musicians
- See
- Ema Destinnová, opera singer
- Jiří Jirmal, guitarist
- Václav Kaprál, pianist
- Karel Kovařovic, conductor
- Magdalena Kožená, singer
- Jan Kubelík, violinist
- Daniel Landa, guitarist
- Jan Antonin Losy, famous lute player
- Ferdinand Laub, violinist
- Ivan Moravec, pianist
- Eduard Nápravník, conductor
- Josef Páleníček, pianist
- Libor Pešek, conductor
- Otakar Ševčík, violinist
- Leo Slezak, opera singer
- 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
Filmmakers
- See
- Věra Chytilová, film director
- Miloš Forman, film director
- Jaromil Jireš, film director
- Oldřich Lipský, film director, screenwriter
- Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
- Zdeněk Miler, film director
- Ivan Passer, film director
- Břetislav Pojar, film director
- Jan Pinkava, animator, 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
Military
- Alois Eliáš, army officer
- Josef František, pilot ace
- Radola Gajda, army officer
- Prokop the Great, Hussite leader
- Karel Kuttelwascher, general
- Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal
- Ludvík Svoboda, general, president
- Jan Syrový, general, prime minister
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, warlord during Thirty-Years War
- Jan Žižka, Hussite leader
- František Peřina, pilot
Models
- See
- Daniela Peštová (1970)
- Eva Herzigová (1973)
- Karolína Kurková (1984)
- Petra Kvapilova (1984)
- Petra Němcová (1979)
- Pavlína Pořízková (1965)
- Hana Soukupová (1985)
- Ivana Trump (1949)
- Veronika Vařeková (1977)
Painters
- See
- Mikoláš Aleš
- Petr Brandl
- Václav Brožík
- Ota Bubeníček
- Zdeněk Burian
- Josef Čapek
- Alén Diviš
- Emil Filla
- Karel Havlíček
- Václav Hollar
- Stanislav Holý
- Jan Jakub Quirin Jahn
- Josef Lada
- František Kaván
- Karel Klíč
- Jiří Kolář
- Jan Konůpek
- Ludvík Kuba
- Otakar Kubín
- Jan Kupecký
- František Kupka
- Julius Edvard Marak
- Josef Mánes
- Alfons Mucha
- Josef Navrátil
- Emil Orlik
- František Jakub Prokyš
- Václav Vavřinec Reiner
- Teodor Rotrekl
- Karel Škréta
- Antonín Slavíček
- Václav Spála
- Karel Štěch
- Marie Čermínová
- Eva Švankmajerová
- Helena Zmatlíková
- Jan Zrzavý
Philosophers
- See
- Arnošt Bláha (1879 - 1960), sociologist
- Egon Bondy (1930)
- Václav Bělohradský (1944)
- Ladislav Klíma (1878 - 1928)
- Vilém Flusser (1920 – 1991)
- František Klácel (1808 - 1882)
- Jan Patočka (1907 - 1977)
- Radovan Richta (1924 - 1983)
Photographers
- See
- František Drtikol
- Jaromír Funke
- Josef Koudelka
- Frank Plicka
- Jan Saudek
- Josef Sudek
- Alexander Seik
- Ladislav Sitenský
Politicians
- See and
- Edvard Beneš, president
- Klement Gottwald, first communist president
- Konrad Henlein, German autonomist, Nazi leader
- Václav Havel, first president after fall of totality, first president of independent Czech republic
- Václav Klaus, prime minister and current president of Czech republic
- Otto Jelinek, former Canadian Federal Caninet Minister.
- Jan Masaryk, foreign minister
- Tomáš G. Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia
- Emanuel Moravec, collaborator with Nazis
Pornstars
- See
- Dolly Buster
- Jana Cova (1980)
- Aleš Hanák (1977)
- Tommy Hansen (1982)
- Slecna Hatapatova (1943)
- Brandon Manilow (1984)
- Katerina Madarkova (1987)
- Pavel Novotný (1977)
- Zdenka Podkapová (1977)
- Silvia Saint (1976)
- Aneta Šmrhová (1983)
- Susana Spears (1982)
- Monica Sweetheart (1982)
- Johan Volny (1986)
Sculptors
- See
- Božetěch
- Franta Bělský
- Břetislav Benda
- František Bílek
- Matthias Bernard Braun
- Jan Brokoff
- Ferdinand Maxmilian Brokoff
- Michael Joseph Brokoff
- Alfréd Hrdlička
- Bohumil Kafka
- Vincenc Makovský
- Josef Václav Myslbek
- Olbram Zoubek
- Lea Vivot
- Ladislav Zívr
Scientists
- See
- 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
- Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel laureate
- Eduard Čech, mathematician
- František Ladislav 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
- Zaboj Harvalik, physicist
- Jan Hajek, scientist
- Jaroslav Hájek, mathematician
- Tadeáš Hájek, physician, astronomer
- Jaroslav Heyrovský, scientist, Nobel Prize
- Václav Hlavatý, mathematician
- Ivan Honl, biologist
- 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
- Vlasta Kálalová, physician, entomologist
- Karel Kavina, botanist
- František Křižík, inventor arc lamp
- Luboš Kohoutek, astronomer
- František Koláček, physicist
- 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
- Gregor Mendel, biologist
- 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
- Jan Svatopluk Presl, chemist
- Jiří Procháska, physiologist
- Stanislav Prowazek, zoologist, parasitologist
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist, first recognised the individuality of fingerprints
- Karel Presl, botanist
- Vlastimil Pták, mathematician
- Vladimir Remek, cosmonaut
- Josef Ludvík František Ressel, inventor of the ship's propeller
- Karel Rokytanský, anatomist
- Karel Rychlík, mathematician
- Vojtěch Šafařík, chemists
- Jaroslav Šafránek, physicist
- Bohumil Sekla, biologist
- August Seydler, physicist, astronomer
- Jan Šindel, astronomer
- Josef Škoda, physician
- Ivan Šolc, inventor
- Ferdinand Stoliczka, paleontologist
- Vincenc Strouhal, physicist
- František Josef Studnička, mathematician
- Olga Taussky Todd, mathematician
- 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 Záviska, physicist
- John Zeleny, physicist, inventor electroscope
- Vladimír Zoubek, geologist
- Petr Zuman, electrochemist
Linguistics, Anthropology, History
- Bořivoj Čelovský
- Max Dvořák, art historian
- Aleš Hrdlička, linguist
- Josef Jireček
- Bohumil Mathesius
- Vilém Mathesius
- Jan Mukařovský
- Alois Musil, orientalist, explorer
- Antonín Rezek, historian
- František Roubík, historian
- August Sedláček, historian
- Čeněk Zíbrt, ethnographer, historian
Sports Personalities
- Milan Baroš, footballer
- 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
- Tomáš Enge, Grand prix race car driver
- Salo Flohr, chess player
- Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player
- Martina Hingis, tennis player
- Kent Hrbek, baseball player
- Jaromír Jágr, ice hockey player
- Eliška Junková, Grand prix race car driver
- Tomáš Kaberle, ice hockey player
- Jan Koller, footballer
- Petr Korda, tennis player
- Jan Koželuh, tennis player
- Karel Koželuh, tennis player
- Ivan Lendl, tennis player
- Hana Mandlíková, tennis player
- Milan Michalek, ice hockey player
- Martina Navrátilová, tennis player
- Pavel Nedvěd, footballer
- Kateřina Neumannová, cross-country skiing
- Jana Novotná, tennis player
- Ludek Pachman, chess player
- Tomáš Rosický, footballer
- Roman Šebrle, decathlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Vladimír Šmicer, footballer
- Patrik Štefan, ice hockey player
- Helena Suková, tennis player
- Petr Sýkora, ice hockey player
- Nicole Vaidišová, tennis player
- Aleš Valenta, freestyle skiing, Olympic gold medalist
- Kamila Vodichkova, basketball player
- Emil Zátopek, runner, Olympic gold medalist
- Jan Železný, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist
Entrepreneurs
- Tomáš Baťa, industrialist (Bata Shoes)
- Emil Škoda, industrialist (Škoda Works)
- Ignác Šechtl, pioneer of photography (Šechtl and Voseček)
Other
- (not classified)
- Karel Barvitius, book and music publisher
- Jiří Buquoy, famous aristocrat
- Giacomo Casanova, spent his last years as a librarian in Duchcov Castle
- Petr Chelčický, thinker, religious reformer
- Eduard Hanslick, critic
- Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
- Mikuláš of Hus, politician Hussite
- Josef Florian, book publisher
- Victor Lustig, con artist
- Jaroslav Malina, theatre sceneographer
- Saint John of Nepomuk, known through the central Europe
- Saint John Neumann, John Nepomucene Neumann
- Jan Opletal, student shot by Germans
- Jan Palach, student, political activist, suicider
- Přemek Podlaha, TV personality
- Oskar Schindler, German businessman and Nazi, (of the Schindler's List movie fame)
- Bertha von Suttner, Nobel laureate
- Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas), known as "Good King Wenceslas" in a Christmas carol
See also
- List of Czech Jews
- List of people by nationality
- List of people by EU state
- List of people on stamps of the Czech Republic (includind non-Czech people)
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