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List of Czechs
This is a partial list of famous Czech, Czech-speaking/writing people, and people born in Bohemia or the Czech lands.
Note: A number of people on this list can also claim other nationalities; some were Czech-born, but spent the most important part of their lives outside the Czech lands (e.g. Madeleine Albright), others were born in the time of Austrian/Austro-Hungarian Empire and therefore may be listed also as Austrians (e.g. Freud, Mahler etc.).
Actors
Architects
Authors and Poets
Composers
Other Musicians
Filmmakers
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Miloš Forman, film director
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Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst, film director
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Karel Reisz, film director
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Jan Švankmajer, film director, animator
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Jan Svěrák, film director, actor
- Karel Zeman , film director
Painters
Politicians
Sculptors
Scientists
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Bernard Bolzano, philosopher, mathematician, and theologian
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Eduard Cech, mathematician
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Eugene Cernan, astronaut
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Carl Ferdinand Cori, biochemist, Nobel laureate
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Gerty Cori, biochemist, Nobel laureate
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Eduard Čech, mathematician
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Václav Prokop Diviš, inventor of the lightning rod
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Vilém Flusser, philosopher
- Jaroslav Hájek , mathematician
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Jan Heweliusz, astronomer
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Jaroslav Heyrovský, scientist, Nobel laureate
- Václav Hlavatý , mathematician
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Bedřich Hrozný, scientist
- Vojtech Jarnik , mathematician
- Mathias Lerch , mathematician
- Karel Löwner , mathematician
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Gregor Mendel, biologist
- Zdeněk Neubauer , philosopher
- George Placzek , physicist
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Jan Evangelista Purkyně, scientist
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Josef Ludvík František Ressel, inventor of the ship's propeller
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Jan Šindel, astronomer
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Joseph Schumpeter, economist
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Olga Taussky Todd, mathematician
- Petr Vopěnka , mathematician
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Otto Wichterle, scientist, inventor of the modern contact lens
Linguistics, Anthropology, History
Sports Personalities
- Milan Michalek , ice-hockey player
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Milan Baroš, footballer
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Radek Bonk, ice-hockey player
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Věra Čáslavská, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist
- Roman Cechmanek , ice-hockey player
- Jaroslav Drobný , tennis player
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Patrik Eliáš, ice-hockey player
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Martin Erat, ice-hockey player
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Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player
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Martin Havlát, ice-hockey player
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Milan Hejduk, ice-hockey player & 2003-2004 NHL All-Star
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Martina Hingis, tennis player
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Bobby Holik, ice-hockey player
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Jaromír Jágr, ice hockey player
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Eliška Junková, Grand prix race car driver
- Tomáš Kaberle , ice-hockey player
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Jan Koller, footballer
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Petr Korda, tennis player
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Ivan Lendl, tennis player
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Hana Mandlíková, tennis player
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Martina Navrátilová, tennis player
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Petr Nedvěd, ice-hockey player
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Pavel Nedvěd, footballer
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Jana Novotná, tennis player
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Karel Poborský, footballer
- Karel Rachůnek , ice-hockey player
- Martin Prusek , ice-hockey player
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Tomáš Rosický, footballer
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Vladimír Šmicer, footballer
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Patrik Štefan, ice-hockey player
- Helena Suková , tennis player
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Petr Sýkora, ice-hockey player
- Petr Sýkora , ice-hockey player
- Aleš Valenta , freestyle skiing, Olympic gold medalist
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Tomáš Vokoun, ice-hockey player & 2003-2004 NHL All-Star
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Emil Zátopek, runner, Olympic gold medalist
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Jan Železný, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist
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Roman Šebrle, decathlete, Olympic gold medalist
Other
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Joy Adamson, naturalist, author
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Tomáš Baťa, industrialist (Bata Shoes)
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Giacomo Casanova, spent his last years as a librarian for the Czech Count Waldstein
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Josef František, pilot, flying ace
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Eduard Hanslick, critic
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Konrad Henlein, Nazi leader
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Eva Herzigová, model
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Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
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Edmund Husserl, philosopher
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Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds chain
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Karolína Kurková, model
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Victor Lustig, con artist
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Alois Musil, orientalist, explorer
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Petra Němcová, supermodel
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Jan Opletal, student killed by Nazis
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Frank Plicka, photographer
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Ferdinand Porsche, German automobile inventor
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Eugen Sänger, aerospace engineer
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Ignác Šechtl, pioneer of photography
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Nazi leader
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Oskar Schindler, German businessman - "Schindler's List"
- Hana Soukupová , model
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Wilhelm Steinitz, chess player
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Berta von Suttner, Austrian Nobel laureate
- Linda Vojtová , model
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The Good King Wenceslas, 10th century Duke of Christmas Carol fame
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Max Wertheimer, psychologist
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Ernest Nagel (1911-1985), pilosopher
- Hans Kohn , historian
See also
Last updated: 08-17-2005 22:26:30
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