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Actors
- See Czech actors
- Lída Baarová
- Gustav Nezval
- Jiří Bartoška
- Vlasta Burian
- Anna Geislerová
- Jiří Grossmann
- Miroslav Horníček
- Rudolf Hrušínský
- Zorka Janů
- Petr Kostka
- Herbert Lom
- Vladimír Menšík
- David Nykl
- Anny Ondra (Anna Ondráková)
- Karel Roden
- Jan Tříska
- Tatiana Vilhelmová
- Eduard Vojan
- Jiří Voskovec
- Jan Werich
- Stella Zázvorková
Architects and designers
- See Czech architects
- Jan Santini Aichel
- Jakub Bursa
- Josef Chochol
- Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
- Alois Dryák
- Josef Gočár
- František Maxmilián Kaňka
- Jan Kaplický
- Jan Kotěra
- Zdeněk Kovář
- Jakub Krčín
- Jaromír Krejcar
- Josef Mocker
- Štěpánek Netolický
- Josef Niklas
- Milada Petříková-Pavlíková
- Bořek Šípek
Authors and Poets
- See Czech writers
- Michal Ajvaz
- Jindřich Šimon Baar
- Jan Blahoslav
- Bohuslav z Lobkovic
- Karel Havlíček Borovský
- Otokar Březina
- Karel Čapek
- Jan Čarek
- Svatopluk Čech
- František Čelakovský
- Jakub Deml
- Ivan Diviš
- Jaroslav Durych
- Karel Jaromír Erben
- Jaroslav Foglar
- Ladislav Fuks
- František Gellner
- Jiří Grossmann
- Jaroslav Hašek
- Daniela Hodrová
- Vladimír Holan
- Miroslav Holub
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Václav Hrabě
- František Hrubín
- Miroslav Ivanov
- Boleslav Jablonský
- Josef Jedlička
- Milena Jesenská
- Alois Jirásek
- Franz Kafka
- Václav Kaplický
- Václav Kliment Klicpera
- Jiří Kratochvil
- Jan Křesadlo
- Karel Kryl
- Milan Kundera
- Květa Legátová
- Karel Hynek Mácha
- Jiří Mahen
- Bohumil Mathesius
- Rudolf Medek
- Ondřej Neff
- Vladimír Neff
- Božena Němcová
- Jan Neruda
- Vítězslav Nezval
- Ota Pavel
- Karel Pecka
- Ferdinand Peroutka
- Eduard Petiška
- Bohuslav Reynek
- John of Rokycan (Jan Rokycana)
- Zdena Salivarová
- Jan Skácel
- Jaroslav Seifert
- Zdeněk Svěrák
- Michal Šanda
- Josef Škvorecký
- Karel Teige
- Jáchym Topol
- Jan Matzal Troska
- Svatopluk Turek
- Josef Váchal
- Vladislav Vančura
- Michal Viewegh
- Jaroslav Vrchlický
- Jan Werich
- Ivan Wernisch
- Zikmund Winter
- Jiří Wolker
- Jan Zábrana
- Jan Zahradníček
- Vojtech Zamarovský
- Julius Zeyer
Composers
- See Czech composers
- Jiří Benda
- Karel Bendl
- Vilém Blodek
- Pavel Borkovec
- František Xaver Brixi
- Bohuslav Černohorský
- Alexander Dreyschock
- Jan Ladislav Dusík
- Antonín Dvořák
- Josef Fiala
- Zdeněk Fibich
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster
- Julius Fučík
- Jiří Grossmann
- Alois Hába
- Jan Hammer
- Jan Hanuš
- Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic
- Vladimír Hirsch
- Roman Holý
- Ilja Hurník
- Leoš Janáček
- Otakar Jeremiáš
- Jaroslav Ježek
- Karel Boleslav Jirák
- Václav Kaprál
- Vítězslava Kaprálová
- Rudolf Karel
- Petr Kotík
- Jan Antonín Koželuh
- Hans Krása
- Ladislav Kubík
- Jan Kubelík
- Rafael Kubelík
- Ernst Krenek
- Bohuslav Martinů
- František Míča
- Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic
- Josef Mysliveček
- Oskar Nedbal
- Jan Novák
- Vítězslav Novák
- Jan Jakub Ryba
- František Škroup
- Josef Seger
- Bedřich Smetana
- Johann Stamitz
- Karel Stamitz
- Josef Suk
- Dalibor Cyril Vačkář
- Johann Baptist Vanhal (Jan Křtitel Vaňhal)
- Jaromír Vejvoda
- Jan Vencálek
- Jan Václav Voříšek
- Pavel Vranický (also known as Paul Wranitzky)
- Ladislav Vycpálek
- Jan Zach
- Otakar Zich
- Jan Dismas Zelenka
Other Musicians
- See Czech musicians
- Gabriela Beňačková, opera singer
- Ema Destinnová, opera singer
- Michaela Fukačová, cellist
- Karel Gott, singer
- Zbyněk Drda, singer
- Maria Jeritza, opera singer
- Jiří Jirmal, guitarist
- Tomas Kalnoky, singer, guitarist and composer
- Markéta Irglová, singer, actress, Oscar prize winner
- Karel Kovařovic, conductor
- Magdalena Kožená, singer
- Antonín Kraft, cellist
- Karel Kryl, songwriter
- Jan Kubelík, violinist
- Daniel Landa, guitarist
- Aneta Langerová, singer
- Ferdinand Laub, violinist
- Jan Antonín Losy, famous lute player
- Ivan Moravec, pianist
- Eduard Nápravník, conductor
- Jaromír Nohavica, guitarist and songwriter
- Jarmila Novotná, opera singer
- Josef Páleníček, pianist
- Karel Plíhal, guitarist and songwriter
- Libor Pešek, conductor
- Otakar Ševčík, violinist
- Leo Slezak, opera singer
- Jiří Stivín, flute player
- 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
- Ivan Kral, guitarist and singer
Filmmakers
- František Čáp, film director
- Věra Chytilová, film director
- Miloš Forman, film director
- Jan Hřebejk, film director
- Jaromil Jireš, film director
- Oldřich Lipský, film director, screenwriter
- Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
- Zdeněk Miler, film director
- Alice Nelis, 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
- Jiří Trnka, film director, animator
- Hermína Týrlová, stage designer, cartoonist
- Otakar Vávra, film director
- František Vláčil, film director
- Karel Zeman, film director, animator
Military
- Josef Bryks, pilot
- Alois Eliáš, army officer
- Josef František, pilot ace
- Radola Gajda, army officer
- Karel Kuttelwascher, general
- František Moravec, military intelligence officer
- František Peřina, pilot
- Prokop the Great, Hussite leader
- Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, field marshal
- Ludvík Svoboda, general, president
- Jan Syrový, general, prime minister
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, warlord during Thirty-Years War
- Jan Žižka, Hussite leader
Models
- See Czech models
- Jana Defi (1984)
- Eva Herzigová (1973)
- Karolína Kurková (1984)
- Tereza Maxová (1971)
- Petra Němcová (1979)
- Daniela Peštová (1970)
- Pavlína Pořízková (1965)
- Hana Soukupová (1985)
- Alena Šeredová (1978)
- Ivana Trump (1949)
- Veronika Vařeková (1977)
- Denise Milani (1980)
Painters
- See Czech Painters
- Mikoláš Aleš
- Petr Brandl
- Václav Brožík
- Ota Bubeníček
- Zdeněk Burian
- Josef Čapek
- Antonin Chittussi
- Alén Diviš
- Emil Filla
- Karel Havlíček
- Václav Hollar
- Stanislav Holý
- Jan Jakub Quirin Jahn
- Josef Lada
- Jan Karpíšek
- František Kaván
- Karel Klíč, inventor of photogravure
- Jiří Kolář
- Jan Konůpek
- Ludvík Kuba
- Otakar Kubín
- Jan Kupecký
- František Kupka
- Martin Mainer
- Julius Edvard Marak
- Josef Mánes
- Alfons Mucha
- Josef Navrátil
- Emil Orlik
- František Jakub Prokyš
- Václav Vavřinec Reiner
- Teodor Rotrekl
- Otakar Sedloň
- Antonín Slavíček
- Karel Škréta
- Václav Špála
- Karel Štěch
- Eva Švankmajerová
- Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
- Vladimír Vašíček
- Helena Zmatlíková
- Jan Zrzavý
Philosophers
- Václav Bělohradský (b. 1944)
- Arnošt Bláha (1879 – 1960), sociologist
- Egon Bondy (1930 – 2007)
- Vilém Flusser (1920 – 1991)
- Ladislav Klíma (1878 – 1928)
- František Klácel (1808 – 1882)
- Jan Patočka (1907 – 1977)
- Emanuel Rádl (1873 – 1942)
- Radovan Richta (1924 – 1983)
Photographers
- František Drtikol
- Jaromír Funke
- Josef Koudelka
- Frank Plicka
- Jan Saudek
- Alexander Seik
- Ladislav Sitenský
- Josef Sudek
Politicians
- See Czechoslovak and Czech politicians
- Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
- Ivana Bacik, Irish faw professor and politician of Czech descent
- 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
- Václav Klaus, former prime minister and current president of the Czech Republic
- Otto Jelinek, former Canadian Federal Cabinet Minister.
- Jan Masaryk, foreign minister
- Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1956-1961)
- 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.
- Rudolf II, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
- Ludvík Svoboda, communist president
- Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister
- Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas, Václav), known as "Good King Wenceslas" in a Christmas carol
- Antonín Zápotocký, communist president
Religion
- Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Anežka Česká
- Petr Chelčický, thinker, religious reformer
- Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
- Saint John Sarkander, priest tortured to death in Olomouc
- Saint John of Nepomuk, known through the central Europe
- Saint John Neumann (John Nepomucene Neumann)
- Tomáš Halík, catholic theologian, sociologist
Sculptors
- See Czech sculptors
- Franta Bělský
- Břetislav Benda
- František Bílek
- Božetěch
- Matthias Bernard Braun
- Ferdinand Maxmilian Brokoff
- Jan Brokoff
- Michael Joseph Brokoff
- Alfréd Hrdlička
- Bohumil Kafka
- Vincenc Makovský
- Josef Václav Myslbek
- Zoja Trofimiuk
- Lea Vivot
- Ladislav Zívr
- Olbram Zoubek
Scientists
- See Czech Scientists
- 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
- Eduard Čech, mathematician
- František 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
- Ivan Havel, cyberneticist, philosopher and cognitive scientist
- Jaroslav Heyrovský, scientist, Nobel Prize
- Václav Hlavatý, mathematician
- Ivan Honl, biologist
- Kamil Hornoch, amateur astronomer
- 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
- Zdenek Kopal, astronomer
- 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
- Zdeněk Matějka, chemist
- Gregor Mendel, pioneer of genetics
- 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
- Petr Pravec, astronomer
- Jan Svatopluk Presl, chemist
- Karel Presl, botanist
- Jiří Procháska, physiologist
- Stanislav Prowazek, zoologist, parasitologist
- Vlastimil Pták, mathematician
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně, physiologist, first recognised the individuality of fingerprints
- 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
- Jana Tichá, astronomer
- Miloš Tichý, astronomer
- 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 Záviška, physicist
- John Zeleny, physicist, inventor electroscope
- Vladimír Zoubek, geologist
- Petr Zuman, electrochemist
Linguistics, Anthropology, History
- Bořivoj Čelovský, historian
- Max Dvořák, art historian
- Eva Hajičová, linguist
- Aleš Hrdlička, medical doctor, anthropolog
- Bedřich Hrozný, philologist and orientalist (decipherer of Hittite)
- Josef Jireček
- Henry Kucera, linguist, cognitive scientist, language software author
- Bohumil Mathesius, translator
- Vilém Mathesius, linguist
- Jan Mukařovský, literary theorist
- Alois Musil, orientalist, explorer
- Antonín Rezek, historian
- František Roubík, historian
- August Sedláček, historian
- Petr Sgall, linguist
- Vladimír Skalička, linguist (founder of linguistic typology)
- Josef Vachek, linguist
- Čeněk Zíbrt, ethnographer, historian
Sports Personalities
- Milan Baroš, footballer
- Tomáš Berdych, tennis player
- 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
- Oldřich Duras, chess player
- Patrik Eliáš, ice hockey player
- Vašek Klouda, footbag player
- Tomáš Enge, Grand prix race car driver
- Salo Flohr, chess player
- Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player
- Aleš Hemský, ice hockey player
- Bobby Holik, ice hockey player
- Vlastimil Hort, chess player
- Kent Hrbek, baseball player
- Jaromír Jágr, ice hockey player
- Eliška Junková, Formula One driver
- Frantisek Kaberle, ice hockey player
- Tomáš Kaberle, ice hockey player
- Jan Koller, footballer
- Petr Korda, tennis player
- Aleš Kotalík, ice hockey player
- Jan Koželuh, tennis player
- Karel Koželuh, tennis player
- Pavel Kubina, ice hockey player
- Ivan Lendl, tennis player
- Marek Malík, ice hockey player
- Hana Mandlíková, tennis player
- Věra Menčíková, first Women's World Chess Champion
- Milan Michálek, ice hockey player
- David Navara, chess player
- Martina Navrátilová, tennis player
- Pavel Nedvěd, footballer
- Petr Nedvěd, ice hockey player
- Kateřina Neumannová, cross-country skiing
- Jana Novotná, tennis player
- Jiří Novotný, ice hockey player
- Adam Ondra, rock climber
- Luděk Pachman, chess player
- Petr Průcha, ice hockey player
- Richard Réti, chess player
- Tomáš Rosický, footballer
- Martina Sáblíková, speed skater
- Wilhelm Steinitz, first World Chess Champion
- Roman Šebrle, decathlete, Olympic gold medalist
- Vladimír Šmicer, footballer
- Patrik Štefan, ice hockey player
- 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
- Kamila Vodičková, basketball player
- Šárka Záhrobská, alpine skier
- Emil Zátopek, runner, Olympic gold medalist
- Jan Železný, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist
Entrepreneurs
- Tomáš Baťa, industrialist (Bata Shoes)
- Ignác Šechtl, pioneer of photography (Šechtl and Voseček)
- Emil Škoda, industrialist (Škoda Works)
- Laddie Novak, L & M Meats (L&M Meats)
Other
- (not classified)
- Karel Barvitius, book and music publisher
- Jiří Buquoy, famous aristocrat
- Josef Florian, book publisher
- Victor Lustig, con artist
- Jaroslav Malina, theatre sceneographer
- Jan Opletal, student, shot by Germans
- Jan Palach, student, political activist, suicide
- Přemek Podlaha, TV personality
- Vladimír Remek, cosmonaut
- Bertha von Suttner, Nobel laureate
- Jan Zajíc, student, political activist, suicide
- Pavel Novotný, adult film star
- Robert Rosenberg, adult film star
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
See also
- List of Czech Jews
- List of people by nationality
- List of people on stamps of the Czech Republic (including non-Czech people)
- Jiří (disambiguation)
- Jiřina (disambiguation)
External links
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