Famous People

Milena Hübschmannová

Czech linguist and Romani scholar (1933–2005)

Milena Jesenská

Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944)

Fran Lhotka

Czech composer (1883-1962)

Vilma Cibulková

Czech actress

Karol Divín

Czechoslovak figure skater (1936–2022)

Karla Šlechtová

Czech politician and economist

Menas Schwarzenberg

Czech politician, minister of foreign affairs and vice prime minister (1937–2023)

Chaim Oppenheim

Czech rabbi and author (1832 – 1891)

Bohdan Sláma

Czech film director and screenwriter (born 1967)

Bohdan Ulihrach

Czech tennis player

Tomio Okamura

Czech far-right politician

Adalbert Żywny

Polish pianist, composer of Czech origin; Frédéric Chopin's piano teacher

Theodor Gebre Selassie

Czech footballer (born 1986)

Stanislaus von Prowazek

Czech biologist

Blake Schilb

American-Czech basketball player

Wenzel Jaksch

Czech Sudeten German Socialdemocrat politician (1896-1966)

Wenzel Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz

(1609-1677) Czech hofmeister and nobleman

Wenzel Hollar

Czech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver (1607-1677)

Verner Lička

Czech soccer player and soccer coach

Dominick Trčka

Czech redemptionist (1886-1959)

Salomon Flohr

Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983)

Adina Mandlová

Czech actress (1910–1991)

Zora Janů

Czech actress (1921–1946)

Lyda Salmonova

Czech actress (1889-1968)

Dana Zátopková

Czech javelin thrower

Emil Hácha

Czech politician, political prisoner, lawyer, translator and judge (1872-1945)

1872 — 1945

Emil Zátopek

Czech long-distance runner (1922–2000)

1922 — 2000

Petra Hůlová

Czech writer

1979 — present

Petra Cetkovská

Czech tennis player

1985 — present

Petra Němcová

Czech fashion model

1979 — present

Petra Kvitová

Czech tennis player

1990 — present

Andrej Babiš

Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

1954 — present

Lucie Charvátová

Czech biathlete and cross-country skier

1993 — present

Lucie Tiger

Czech pornographic actress

1985 — present

Lucie Vondráčková

Czech singer and actress

1980 — present

Lucie Hradecká

Czech tennis player

1985 — present

Lucie Šafářová

Czech tennis player

1987 — present

Christophe Dientzenhofer

Czech architect (1655-1722)

1655 — 1722

Johanna Světlá

Czech writer and bookwriter (1830-1899)

1830 — 1899

Alexander Dubček

first Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party (1921-1992)

1921 — 1992

Eva Herzigová

Czech model and actress (born 1973)

1973 — present

Nicole Vaidisova

Czech tennis player

1989 — present

Alex Král

Czech association football player (born 1998)

1998 — present

Tom Stoppard

Czech–English playwright (1937–2025)

1937 — 2025