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This is a partial list of famous Czech people. This list includes people born in Czech lands, people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry or association with Czech culture.

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Actors

  1. See Czech actors

  2. Lída Baarová

  3. Jiří Bartoška

  4. Vlasta Burian

  5. Anna Geislerová

  6. Nataša Gollová

  7. Jiří Grossmann

  8. Miroslav Horníček

  9. Rudolf Hrušínský

  10. Zorka Janů

  11. Petr Kostka

  12. Herbert Lom

  13. Adina Mandlová

  14. Vladimír Menšík

  15. Gustav Nezval

  16. David Nykl

  17. Anny Ondra (Anna Ondráková)

  18. Karel Roden

  19. Libuše Šafránková

  20. Jan Tříska

  21. Tatiana Vilhelmová

  22. Eduard Vojan

  23. Jiří Voskovec

  24. Clint Walker

  25. Jan Werich

  26. Stella Zázvorková

Architects and designers

Authors and poets

  1. See Czech writers

  2. Michal Ajvaz

  3. Jindřich Šimon Baar

  4. Jan Blahoslav

  5. Karel Havlíček Borovský

  6. Alois Bohdan Brixius

  7. Max Brod

  8. Otokar Březina

  9. Karel Čapek

  10. Svatopluk Čech

  11. František Čelakovský

  12. Cosmas of Prague

  13. Jakub Deml

  14. Ivan Diviš

  15. Jaroslav Durych

  16. Viktor Dyk

  17. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  18. Karel Jaromír Erben

  19. Jaroslav Foglar

  20. Julius Fučík

  21. Ladislav Fuks

  22. František Gellner

  23. Jaroslav Hašek

  24. Vladimír Holan

  25. Miroslav Holub

  26. Bohumil Hrabal

  27. Václav Hrabě

  28. František Hrubín

  29. Petr Hruška

  30. Josefa Humpalová–Zeman

  31. Miroslav Ivanov

  32. Boleslav Jablonský

  33. Josef Jedlička

  34. Milena Jesenská

  35. Alois Jirásek

  36. Franz Kafka

  37. Václav Kaplický

  38. Egon Kisch

  39. Václav Kliment Klicpera

  40. Pavel Kohout

  41. Václav Kosmák

  42. Karl Kraus

  43. Jan Křesadlo

  44. Karel Kryl

  45. Milan Kundera

  46. František Langer

  47. Bohuslav z Lobkovic

  48. Arnošt Lustig

  49. Karel Hynek Mácha

  50. Petr Maděra

  51. Jiří Mahen

  52. Rudolf Medek

  53. Ondřej Neff

  54. Vladimír Neff

  55. Božena Němcová

  56. Jan Neruda

  57. Vítězslav Nezval

  58. Ota Pavel

  59. Ferdinand Peroutka

  60. Eduard Petiška

  61. Otfried Preussler

  62. Bohuslav Reynek

  63. Rainer Maria Rilke

  64. John of Rokycan (Jan Rokycana)

  65. Karel Sabina

  66. Jaroslav Seifert

  67. Jan Skácel

  68. Josef Škvorecký

  69. Adalbert Stifter

  70. Tom Stoppard

  71. Zdeněk Svěrák

  72. Karel Teige

  73. Jáchym Topol

  74. Jan Matzal Troska

  75. Josef Kajetán Tyl

  76. Miloš Urban

  77. Josef Váchal

  78. Vladislav Vančura

  79. Michal Viewegh

  80. Jiří Šlitr

  81. Jiří Suchý

  82. Jaroslav Vrchlický

  83. Franz Werfel

  84. Jan Werich

  85. Ivan Wernisch

  86. Zikmund Winter

  87. Jiří Wolker

  88. Jan Zábrana

  89. Jan Zahradníček

  90. Vojtech Zamarovský

  91. Julius Zeyer

Composers

  1. See Czech composers

  2. Ralph Benatzky

  3. František Benda

  4. Jiří Antonín Benda

  5. Karel Bendl

  6. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

  7. Vilém Blodek

  8. Pavel Borkovec

  9. František Xaver Brixi

  10. Bohuslav Černohorský

  11. Alexander Dreyschock

  12. František Xaver Dušek

  13. Jan Ladislav Dusík

  14. Antonín Dvořák

  15. Josef Fiala

  16. Zdeněk Fibich

  17. Josef Bohuslav Foerster

  18. Vladimír Franz

  19. Julius Fučík

  20. Pavel Haas

  21. Alois Hába

  22. Jan Hammer

  23. Jan Hanuš

  24. Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic

  25. Ilja Hurník

  26. Leoš Janáček

  27. Otakar Jeremiáš

  28. Jaroslav Ježek

  29. Karel Boleslav Jirák

  30. Vojtěch Jírovec (also known as Adalbert Gyrowetz)

  31. Václav Kaprál

  32. Vítězslava Kaprálová

  33. Rudolf Karel

  34. Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  35. Petr Kotík

  36. Jan Antonín Koželuh

  37. Leopold Koželuh

  38. Hans Krása (Jewish)

  39. Ernst Krenek

  40. Jan Křtitel Krumpholtz

  41. Jan Kubelík

  42. Rafael Kubelík

  43. Ladislav Kubík

  44. Jan Křtitel Kuchař (also known as Johann Baptist Kucharz)

  45. Jiří Ignác Linek

  46. Gustav Mahler (Jewish)

  47. Bohuslav Martinů

  48. František Míča

  49. Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic

  50. Oskar Morawetz

  51. Josef Mysliveček

  52. Oskar Nedbal

  53. Jan Novák

  54. Vítězslav Novák

  55. Antonín Rejcha

  56. František Xaver Richter (Franz Xaver Richter)

  57. Jan Jakub Ryba

  58. Ervín Schulhoff (Jewish)

  59. Josef Seger

  60. František Škroup

  61. Bedřich Smetana

  62. Anton Stamitz (Cz. Stamic) (half-German)

  63. Karel Stamitz (Cz. Stamic) (half-German)

  64. Johann Stamitz (Cz. Stamic)

  65. Josef Suk

  66. Karel Svoboda

  67. Viktor Ullmann

  68. Dalibor Cyril Vačkář

  69. Jaromír Vejvoda

  70. Jan Václav Voříšek

  71. Pavel Vranický (also known as Paul Wranitzky)

  72. Ladislav Vycpálek

  73. Johann Baptist Wanhal (Jan Ignatius Vaňhal)

  74. Jan Zach

  75. Jan Dismas Zelenka

  76. Otakar Zich

Other musicians

  1. See Czech musicians

  2. Karel Ančerl, conductor

  3. Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

  4. Gabriela Beňačková, opera singer

  5. Victoria Blyth, singer

  6. Alfred Brendel, pianist

  7. Ema Destinnová, opera singer

  8. Ewa Farna, pop singer

  9. Michaela Fukačová, cellist

  10. Karel Gott, singer

  11. Alice Herz-Sommer, pianist

  12. Maria Jeritza, opera singer

  13. Jiří Jirmal, guitarist

  14. Markéta Irglová, singer, actress, Oscar prize winner

  15. Mikolas Josef, pop singer

  16. Gabriela Gunčíková, pop singer

  17. Martina Bárta, pop singer

  18. Marta Jandová, pop singer

  19. Vaclav Noid Barta, pop singer

  20. Tomas Kalnoky, singer, guitarist and composer

  21. Karel Kovařovic, conductor

  22. Magdalena Kožená, opera singer

  23. Antonín Kraft, cellist

  24. Ivan Kral, guitarist and singer

  25. Karel Kryl, songwriter

  26. Jan Kubelík, violinist

  27. Daniel Landa, singer

  28. Aneta Langerová, singer

  29. Ferdinand Laub, violinist

  30. Jan Antonín Losy, lute player

  31. Waldemar Matuška, singer-songwriter and actor

  32. Ivan Moravec, pianist

  33. Ignaz Moscheles, pianist

  34. Eduard Nápravník, conductor

  35. Václav Neumann, conductor

  36. Jaromír Nohavica, guitarist and songwriter

  37. Jarmila Novotná, opera singer

  38. Josef Páleníček, pianist

  39. Libor Pešek, conductor

  40. Karel Plíhal, guitarist and songwriter

  41. David Popper, cellist

  42. Friederike Proch Benesch, pianist and composer

  43. Rudolf Serkin, pianist

  44. Otakar Ševčík, violinist

  45. Leo Slezak, opera singer

  46. Jiří Stivín, flute player

  47. Karel Strakatý, singer

  48. Vaclav Talich, conductor

  49. Vilém Tauský, conductor

  50. Štěpán Rak, guitarist

  51. Zuzana Růžičková, harpsichordist

  52. Miroslav Vitouš, jazzman

  53. Antonín Vranický (also known as Anton ), violinist

  54. Hana Zagorová, singer

  55. Wojciech Żywny, pianist

Filmmakers

  1. See Czech Film Directors

  2. František Čáp, film director

  3. Věra Chytilová, film director

  4. Miloš Forman, film director

  5. Karl Freund, film director

  6. Jan Hřebejk, film director

  7. Jaromil Jireš, film director

  8. Elmar Klos, film director

  9. Oldřich Lipský, film director, screenwriter

  10. Jiří Menzel, film director, actor

  11. Zdeněk Miler, film director

  12. Georg Wilhelm Pabst, film director

  13. Ivan Passer, film director

  14. Jan Pinkava, animator, film director

  15. Břetislav Pojar, film director

  16. Alfréd Radok, film and theatre director

  17. Emil Radok, film director

  18. Karel Reisz, film director

  19. Bohdan Sláma, film director

  20. Ladislav Smoljak, film director

  21. Jan Švankmajer, film director, animator

  22. Jan Svěrák, film director, actor

  23. Jan Tománek, film director, artist and writer

  24. Jiří Trnka, film director, animator

  25. Zdeněk Troška, film director, screenwriter

  26. Hermína Týrlová, stage designer, cartoonist

  27. Otakar Vávra, film director

  28. František Vláčil, film director

  29. Karel Zeman, film director, animator

Military

Models

  1. See Czech models

  2. Tereza Fajksová (born 1989)

  3. Eva Herzigová (born 1973)

  4. Karolína Kurková (born 1984)

  5. Tereza Maxová (born 1971)

  6. Petra Němcová (born 1979)

  7. Daniela Peštová (born 1970)

  8. Pavlína Pořízková (born 1965)

  9. Alena Šeredová (born 1978)

  10. Hana Soukupová (born 1985)

  11. Ivana Trump (1949-2022)

  12. Veronika Vařeková (born 1977)

Painters

  1. See Czech Painters

  2. Mikoláš Aleš

  3. Petr Brandl

  4. Václav Brožík

  5. Ota Bubeníček

  6. Zdeněk Burian

  7. Josef Čapek

  8. Antonin Chittussi

  9. Alén Diviš

  10. Emil Filla

  11. Václav Hollar

  12. Stanislav Holý

  13. Jan Jakub Quirin Jahn

  14. Ludmila Janovská

  15. František Kaván

  16. Karel Klíč, inventor of photogravure

  17. Jiří Kolář

  18. Jan Konůpek

  19. Ludvík Kuba

  20. Alfred Kubin

  21. Otakar Kubín

  22. Jan Kupecký

  23. František Kupka

  24. Josef Lada

  25. Martin Mainer

  26. Josef Mánes

  27. Julius Edvard Marak

  28. Mikuláš Medek

  29. Anton Raphael Mengs

  30. Alfons Mucha

  31. Josef Navrátil

  32. Emil Orlik

  33. Jaro Procházka

  34. Václav Vavřinec Reiner

  35. Teodor Rotrekl

  36. Jan Preisler

  37. Otakar Sedloň

  38. Karel Škréta

  39. Antonín Slavíček

  40. Václav Špála

  41. Eva Švankmajerová

  42. Theodoric of Prague

  43. Toyen (Marie Čermínová)

  44. Vladimír Vašíček

  45. Helena Zmatlíková

  46. Jan Zrzavý

Philosophers

  1. See Czech philosophers

  2. Václav Bělohradský (born 1944)

  3. Arnošt Bláha (1879–1960), sociologist

  4. Egon Bondy (1930–2007)

  5. Václav Černý (1905–1987)

  6. Petr Chelčický (c.1390–c.1460)

  7. Herbert Feigl (1902–1988)

  8. Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)

  9. Ernest Gellner (1925–1995)

  10. Edmund Husserl (1859–1938)

  11. Jerome of Prague (1379–1416)

  12. Karl Kautsky (1854–1938)

  13. Hans Kelsen (1881–1973)

  14. František Klácel (1808–1882)

  15. Ladislav Klíma (1878–1928)

  16. Jan Amos Komenský (1592–1670)

  17. Karel Kosík (1926–2003)

  18. Jan Patočka (1907–1977)

  19. Emanuel Rádl (1873–1942)

  20. Radovan Richta (1924–1983)

Photographers

  1. See Czech photographers

  2. Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák

  3. František Drtikol

  4. Jaromír Funke

  5. Josef Koudelka

  6. Antonin Kratochvil

  7. Frank Plicka

  8. Jan Saudek

  9. Alexander Seik

  10. Ladislav Sitenský

  11. Josef Sudek

  12. Miroslav Tichý

Politicians

Religion

Saints

Sculptors

  1. See Czech sculptors

  2. Franta Bělský

  3. Břetislav Benda

  4. František Bílek

  5. Matthias Bernard Braun

  6. Ferdinand Maxmilian Brokoff

  7. Jan Brokoff

  8. Michael Joseph Brokoff

  9. Alfréd Hrdlička

  10. Bohumil Kafka

  11. Vincenc Makovský

  12. Josef Václav Myslbek

  13. Zoja Trofimiuk

  14. Lea Vivot

  15. Vladimir Winkler

  16. Ladislav Zívr

  17. Olbram Zoubek

Scientists

  1. See Czech Scientists

  2. Karel Absolon, archaeologist and speleologist

  3. Josef Augusta, paleontologist and popularizer of science

  4. Jiří Baborovský, chemist

  5. Jindřich Bačkovský, physicist

  6. Jan Bašta, engineer and researcher

  7. Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, economist

  8. Bohumila Bednářová, astronomer

  9. František Běhounek, radiologist, writer, and explorer

  10. Vincent Bochdalek, anatomist

  11. Johann Böhm, chemist

  12. Bernard Bolzano, mathematician, philosopher, and theologian

  13. Otakar Borůvka, mathematician

  14. Josef Božek engineer

  15. Eduard Čech, mathematician

  16. František Čelakovský, linguist and writer

  17. Václav Cílek, geologist and popularizer of science

  18. Jan Amos Comenius, polyhistorian, educator, and the inventor of illustrated textbooks

  19. Gerty Cori, biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate

  20. Carl Ferdinand Cori, biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate

  21. Leander Czerny, biologist

  22. Václav Prokop Diviš, priest, scientist and inventor

  23. Josef Dobrovský, philologist and historian

  24. Karel Fortyn, physician

  25. Sigmund Freud, psychologist

  26. František Josef Gerstner, physicist and engineer

  27. Kurt Gödel, mathematician

  28. Stanislav Grof, psychologist and researcher in transpersonal psychology

  29. Peter Grünberg, physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

  30. Jiří Grygar, astrophysicist, popularizer of science

  31. Jan Hajek, scientist

  32. Jaroslav Hájek, mathematician

  33. Tadeáš Hájek, physician and astronomer

  34. Lumír Ondřej Hanuš, chemist, co-discovered anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter

  35. Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, dermatologist

  36. Jaroslav Heyrovský, chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959

  37. Václav Hlavatý, mathematician

  38. Ivan Honl, biologist

  39. Kamil Hornoch, amateur astronomer

  40. Bedřich Hrozný, linguist

  41. Jakub Husnik, inventor and painter

  42. Jan Janský, physician, discovered blood types

  43. Karl Guthe Jansky, engineer

  44. Vojtěch Jarník, mathematician

  45. Konstantin Jireček, historian

  46. Otto Jírovec, parasitologist and protozoologist

  47. Georg Joseph Kamel, botanist

  48. Vlasta Kálalová, physician and entomologist

  49. Karel Kavina, botanist

  50. Jan Kmenta, economist and econometrician

  51. Luboš Kohoutek, astronomer

  52. František Koláček, physicist

  53. Zdenek Kopal, astronomer

  54. František Křižík, an inventor of the arc lamp

  55. Bohumil Kučera, physicist

  56. Jaroslav Kurzweil, mathematician

  57. Václav Láska, geophysicist and mathematician

  58. Mathias Lerch, mathematician

  59. Hana Librová, biologist

  60. Drahoslav Lím, chemist and the inventor of hydrogel

  61. Johann Josef Loschmidt, chemist

  62. Ernst Mach, physicist and expert in aerodynamics

  63. Frank Malina, aeronautical engineer

  64. Jan Marek Marci, physician

  65. Zdeněk Matějka, chemist

  66. Gregor Mendel, founder of the science of genetics

  67. Antonín Mrkos, astronomer

  68. Johann Palisa, astronomer

  69. František Patočka, biologist

  70. Karel Petr, mathematician

  71. Josef Ladislav Píč, archaeologist

  72. George Placzek, physicist

  73. Julius Pokorny, etymologist

  74. Ferdinand Porsche, automotive engineer

  75. Křišťan of Prachatice, medieval astronomer and physician

  76. Petr Pravec, astronomer

  77. Jan Svatopluk Presl, chemist

  78. Karel Presl, botanist

  79. Stanislaus von Prowazek, zoologist and parasitologist

  80. Vlastimil Pták, mathematician

  81. Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist who first recognised the individuality of fingerprints

  82. Zdeněk Rejdák, scientist in psychotronics

  83. Josef Ludvík František Ressel, an inventor of the ship's propeller

  84. Karel Rokytanský, anatomist

  85. Karel Rychlík, mathematician

  86. Vojtěch Šafařík, chemist

  87. Jaroslav Šafránek, physicist

  88. Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, botanist

  89. Joseph Schumpeter, economist

  90. Bohumil Sekla, biologist

  91. Alois Senefelder, inventor of the printing technique of lithography

  92. August Seydler, physicist and astronomer

  93. Ota Šik, economist

  94. Jan Šindel, astronomer

  95. Josef Škoda, physician

  96. Ferdinand Stoliczka, paleontologist

  97. Vincenc Strouhal, physicist

  98. František Josef Studnička, mathematician

  99. Antonín Svoboda, computer scientist and mathematician

  100. Karl von Terzaghi, geotechnical engineer and geologist

  101. Olga Taussky-Todd, mathematician

  102. Jana Tichá, astronomer

  103. Miloš Tichý, astronomer

  104. Viktor Trkal, physicist and mathematician

  105. Miloslav Valouch, mathematician

  106. Petr Vopěnka, mathematician

  107. Jindřich Wankel, paleontologist

  108. Rudolf Weigl, biologist

  109. Max Wertheimer, psychologist

  110. Otto Wichterle, chemist and the inventor of the modern contact lens

  111. Karel Zahradnik, mathematician

  112. Rudolf Zahradník, chemist

  113. František Záviška, physicist

  114. John Zeleny, physicist and the inventor of the electroscope

  115. Vladimír Zoubek, geologist

  116. Petr Zuman, electrochemist

Linguistics, anthropology, history

Sports personalities

Entrepreneurs

Other

Fictional characters

See also

References