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List of Czechs

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

Architects and designers

Main article: List of Czech architects

Authors and poets

Beauty queens (international titleholders)

  • Tereza Fajksová (Miss Earth 2012)
  • Eva Friedlová (Miss Maja International 1971)
  • Taťána Kuchařová (Miss World 2006)
  • Kateřina Stočesová (Queen of the World 1998)
  • Monika Žídková (Miss Europe 1995)
  • Matěj Krátký (Mystery Contest 2012)

Composers

Other musicians

Filmmakers

  • František Čáp, film director
  • Věra Chytilová, film director
  • Miloš Forman, film director
  • Karl Freund, film director
  • Jan Hřebejk, film director
  • Jaromil Jireš, film director
  • Elmar Klos, film director
  • Oldřich Lipský, film director, screenwriter
  • Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
  • Zdeněk Miler, film director
  • Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 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
  • Jan Tománek, film director, artist and writer
  • Jiří Trnka, film director, animator
  • Zdeněk Troška, film director, screenwriter
  • Hermína Týrlová, stage designer, cartoonist
  • Otakar Vávra, film director
  • František Vláčil, film director
  • Karel Zeman, film director, animator

Military

Models

Painters

Philosophers

Photographers

Politicians

  • Madeleine Albright, first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history
  • Ivana Bacik, Irish law professor and politician of Czech descent
  • Edvard Beneš, president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and again from 1945 to 1948
  • Jerzy Buzek, prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001
  • Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
  • Karl von Czyhlarz, Czech-Austrian jurist
  • 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
  • Prokop Herda, Mayor (1622/1641/1643–1738)
  • Milada Horáková, politician anad activist hanged by the Communists
  • Otto Jelinek, former Canadian Federal Cabinet Minister
  • Václav Klaus, former prime minister and expresident of the Czech Republic
  • Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1956–1961)
  • Jan Masaryk, foreign minister
  • 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
  • George of Poděbrady, Hussite king
  • Karl Renner, Austrian first President after World War II
  • Rudolf II, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
  • Adolf Schärf, President of Austria
  • Jan Švejnar, US-based, Czech-born economist
  • 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
  • Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, king
  • Miloš Zeman, first directly elected president in Czech history

Religion

  • Josef Beran, cardinal
  • Petr Chelčický, thinker, religious reformer
  • Tomáš Halík, catholic theologian, sociologist
  • Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
  • Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Talmudic scholar
  • Tomáš Špidlík, cardinal, thinker
  • František Tomášek, cardinal

Saints

Sculptors

Scientists

Linguistics, anthropology, history

  • Guido Adler, musicologist
  • Bohuslav Balbín, historian
  • Max Dvořák, art historian
  • Eva Hajičová, linguist
  • Eduard Hanslick, musicologist
  • Aleš Hrdlička, medical doctor, anthropologist
  • Bedřich Hrozný, philologist and orientalist (decipherer of Hittite)
  • Konstantin Jireček, slavist, historian
  • Josef Jungmann, linguist
  • Henry Kučera, linguist, cognitive scientist, language software author
  • Bohumil Mathesius, translator
  • Vilém Mathesius, linguist
  • Josef Vratislav Monse, founder of Moravian history-writing
  • Jan Mukařovský, literary theorist
  • Alois Musil, orientalist, explorer
  • František Palacký, historian
  • Antonín Rezek, historian
  • František Roubík, historian
  • August Sedláček, historian
  • Petr Sgall, linguist
  • Čeněk Zíbrt, ethnographer, historian

Sports personalities

  • Milan Baroš, footballer
  • Tomáš Berdych, tennis player
  • Patrik Berger, footballer
  • Josef Bican, 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
  • Kurt Epstein, Olympic water polo player
  • František Fadrhonc, football manager
  • Arie Gill-Glick (1930–2016), Israeli Olympic runner
  • Jitka Harazimova, professional bodybuilder
  • Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player
  • Aleš Hemský, ice hockey player
  • Bobby Holík, ice hockey player
  • Matyáš Jachnicki, volleyball player
  • Marek Jankulovski, footballer
  • Jaromír Jágr, ice hockey player
  • Václav Ježek, football manager
  • Filip Jícha, handballer
  • Eliška Junková, Formula One driver
  • František Kaberle, ice hockey player
  • Tomáš Kaberle, ice hockey player
  • Gertrude "Traute" Kleinová, 3-time table tennis world champion
  • Vašek Klouda, football player
  • Jan Kodeš, tennis player
  • Jan Koller, footballer
  • Jessica Korda, American golfer; older daughter of Petr Korda
  • Nelly Korda, American golfer; younger daughter of Petr Korda
  • Petr Korda, tennis player
  • Sebastian Korda, American tennis player; son of Petr Korda
  • Aleš Kotalík, ice hockey player
  • Jan Koželuh, tennis player
  • Karel Koželuh, tennis player
  • Richard Krajicek, tennis player
  • Jarmila Kratochvílová, runner
  • David Krejčí, ice hockey player
  • Roman Kreuziger, road bicycle racer
  • Lukáš Krpálek, Judoka, Olympic Gold medalist
  • Pavel Kubina, ice hockey player
  • Petra Kvitová, tennis player
  • Ester Ledecká, skier, snowboarder, Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Ivan Lendl, tennis player
  • Marek Malík, ice hockey player
  • Hana Mandlíková, tennis player
  • Pavel Masek, softball player
  • Josef Masopust, footballer, football manager
  • Vera Menchik, chess player
  • Milan Michálek, ice hockey player
  • Martina Navratilova, tennis player
  • Pavel Nedvěd, footballer
  • Petr Nedvěd, ice hockey player
  • Zdeněk Nehoda, footballer
  • Oldřich Nejedlý, footballer
  • Kateřina Neumannová, cross-country skier
  • Karel Nováček, tennis player
  • Jana Novotná, tennis player
  • Jiří Novotný, ice hockey player
  • Adam Ondra, rock climber
  • Antonín Panenka, football player
  • František Plánička, football player
  • Karolína Plíšková, tennis player
  • Karel Poborský, football player
  • Jiří Procházka, mixed martial artist, Rizin FF light heavyweight champion
  • Petr Průcha, ice hockey player
  • Richard Réti, chess player
  • Tomáš Rosický, footballer
  • Martina Sáblíková, speed skater, Olympic gold medalist
  • Roman Šebrle, decathlete, Olympic gold medalist
  • Kateřina Siniaková, tennis player
  • Vladimír Šmicer, footballer
  • Barbora Špotáková, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist
  • Patrik Štefan, ice hockey player
  • Wilhelm Steinitz, first World Chess Champion
  • 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
  • Karlos Vemola, mixed martial artist, first Czech-born UFC fighter
  • Kamila Vodičková, basketball player
  • Jakub Voráček, ice hockey player
  • Olga Winterberg, Israeli Olympian in the discus throw
  • Šárka Záhrobská, alpine skier
  • Emil Zátopek, runner, Olympic gold medalist
  • Jan Železný, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist

Entrepreneurs

  • Jan Antonín Baťa, industrialist (Baťa 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)
  • Emil Kolben, industrialist (ČKD)
  • František Křižík, industrialist
  • Ignác Šechtl, pioneer of photography (Šechtl and Voseček)
  • Emil Škoda, industrialist (Škoda Works)

Other

  • Karel Barvitius, book and music publisher
  • Eliška Bučková, Miss Universe 2008 Top 15 finalist (Czech Republic placed for the second consecutive time)
  • Jiří Buquoy, aristocrat
  • Vlaada Chvatil, board game designer
  • Josef Florian, book publisher
  • Zdenek Konvalina, ballet dancer
  • Marian Korn (1914–1987), printmaker
  • Victor Lustig, con artist
  • Iveta Lutovská, Miss Universe 2009 Top 10 finalist (Czech Republic placed for the third consecutive time)
  • Jaroslav Malina, theatre scenographer
  • Jan Opletal, student, shot by Germans
  • Jan Palach, student, political activist, suicide
  • Přemek Podlaha, TV personality
  • Zdeňka Pokorná, teacher and political activist
  • Vladimír Remek, cosmonaut
  • Silvie Tomčalová, aka Silvia Saint, adult film star
  • Oskar Schindler, industrialist who saved 1200 Jewish lives in World War 2.
  • Kateřina Smržová, Miss Universe 2003 Top 10 finalist
  • Bertha von Suttner, Nobel laureate
  • Jan Zajíc, student, political activist, suicide

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
  • Tomas Vrbada, also known as Smoke, from the Mortal Kombat game series
  • Mole
  • Pat & Mat

See also

External links

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