Famous Czech Men

Whether you are looking for soft adventure, hands-on experience in local life and culture, or a fairly new country brimming with bright, beautiful and extraordinary people, the Czech Republic is the place to explore. Chock-a-block with men of extraordinary merit and achievements, unravelling their lives and feats is something that might pique your interest if you are looking for a fillip. From science and arts to sports and politics and from medicine and psychology to music and movies, the Czechs have left a trail of their geniuses for others to follow. Their achievements are so profound that it will emotionally wrench your gut to sop up their life stories. Be it the deaf music genius Bedřich Smetana or decathlon top dogs Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle or avant-garde thinkers like František Xaver Šalda, Johan Amos Comenius and Petr Chelčický, the Czech has a gamut of sensational talent to take pride in. Discover the lives of some such famous Czech men in their biographies below. The timeline, trivia, and lesser-known facts capture the essence of their live all too well.
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 1 
Jaromír Jágr
(Czech Ice Hockey Player and An Olympic, World, and European Champion)
Jaromír Jágr
7
Birthdate: February 15, 1972
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kladno, Czechia
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 2 
Ivan Reitman
(Director Known for His Comedy Film ‘Ghostbusters’ & Owner of the ‘Montecito Picture Company')
Ivan Reitman
11
Birthdate: October 27, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Komárno, Czechoslovakia
Died: February 12, 2022
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 3 
Antonín Dvořák
(One of the First Czech Composers to Achieve Worldwide Recognition)
Antonín Dvořák
3
Birthdate: September 8, 1841
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: May 1, 1904
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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 4 
Kurt Gödel
(Mathematician, Philosopher and One of the Most Significant Logicians in History)
Kurt Gödel
10
Birthdate: April 28, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brno, Czech Republic
Died: January 14, 1978
 5 
Pavel Nedvěd
(Former Czech Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Pavel Nedvěd
10
Birthdate: August 30, 1972
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cheb, Czech Republic
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 6 
Ivan Lendl
(Czech-American Former World No.1 Tennis player)
Ivan Lendl
4
Birthdate: March 7, 1960
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ostrava, Czechia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 7 
Miloš Forman
(Best Known for Directing the 1975 Psychological Comedy Drama Film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest')
Miloš Forman
6
Birthdate: February 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Čáslav, Czechia
Died: April 13, 2018
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 8 
Tom Stoppard
(Playwright)
Tom Stoppard
5
Birthdate: July 3, 1937
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 9 
Gavrilo Princip
(Assassinator of Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
Gavrilo Princip
33
Birthdate: July 25, 1894
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Obljaj
Died: April 28, 1918
 10 
Petr Čech
(Former Czech Football Goalkeeper)
Petr Čech
10
Birthdate: May 20, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pilsen, Czechia
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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 11 
Milan Kundera
(Czech Writer Best Known for His Novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being')
Milan Kundera
6
Birthdate: April 1, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
 12 
Ferdinand Porsche
(Automotive Engineer and Founder of the ‘Porsche AG’)
Ferdinand Porsche
11
Birthdate: September 3, 1875
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: ratislavice nad Nisou, Liberec, Czechia
Died: January 30, 1951
 13 
Joseph Schumpeter
3
Birthdate: February 8, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Třešť, Czechia
Died: January 8, 1950
 14 
Adam Ondra
(Czech Professional Rock Climber Considered the Greatest of All Time)
Adam Ondra
3
Birthdate: February 5, 1993
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brno, Czechia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 15 
Alphonse Mucha
(Painter)
Alphonse Mucha
2
Birthdate: July 24, 1860
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ivancice, Czechia
Died: July 14, 1939
 16 
Dominik Hašek
(Former Czech Ice Hockey Player Who Played as a Goaltender)
Dominik Hašek
2
Birthdate: January 29, 1965
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pardubice, Czechia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 17 
Václav Havel
(The Last President of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) & the First President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003))
Václav Havel
7
Birthdate: October 5, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: December 18, 2011
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 18 
Josef Bican
(Austrian-Czech Professional Footballer Who Played as a Forward)
Josef Bican
4
Birthdate: September 25, 1913
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: December 12, 2001
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 19 
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
(King of Bohemia from 1346 to 1378)
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
3
Birthdate: May 14, 1316
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Died: November 29, 1378
 20 
Tomáš Rosický
(Former Czech Footballer and Fourth-Highest Goal-Scorer from the Czech Republic)
Tomáš Rosický
5
Birthdate: October 4, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 21 
Jiří Procházka
(Mixed Martial Artist )
Jiří Procházka
5
Birthdate: October 14, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hostěradice, Czechia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 22 
Tomáš Berdych
(Former Czech Tennis Player Counted Among the Best Players to Have Never Won a Grand Slam Title)
Tomáš Berdych
2
Birthdate: September 17, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Valasske Mezirici, Czechia
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 23 
Petr Korda
(Former Czech Tennis Player Who Won the 'Australian Open' Singles in 1998)
Petr Korda
2
Birthdate: January 23, 1968
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 24 
Bedrich Smetana
(Czech Composer Best Known for His Opera ‘The Bartered Bride’)
Bedrich Smetana
5
Birthdate: March 2, 1824
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Litomysl, Czechia
Died: May 12, 1884
 25 
Alexander Dubcek
(Politician)
Alexander Dubcek
6
Birthdate: November 27, 1921
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Uhrovec
Died: November 7, 1992
 26 
Jan Žižka
(Czech General and Military Leader Who is Considered a National Hero)
Jan Žižka
1
Birthdate: 1360 AD
Birthplace: Trocnov, Borovany, Czechia
Died: October 11, 1424
 27 
Leos Janacek
(One of the Most Important Czech Composers of the 20th Century)
Leos Janacek
2
Birthdate: July 3, 1854
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hukvaldy, Czechia
Died: August 12, 1928
 28 
Miloš Zeman
(Current President of the Czech Republic)
Miloš Zeman
1
Birthdate: September 28, 1944
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolín
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 29 
Milan Baroš
(Czech Football Striker, Who Won the UEFA Euro 2004 Golden Boot)
Milan Baroš
3
Birthdate: October 28, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vigantice, Czech Republic
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 30 
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
(King of Bohemia)
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia
2
Birthdate: February 26, 1361
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Nuremberg, Germany
Died: August 16, 1419
 31 
Emil Zatopek
(Czech Long-Distance Runner Who Was Considered One of the Greatest Runners of the 20th Century)
Emil Zatopek
6
Birthdate: September 19, 1922
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kopřivnice, Czech Republic
Died: November 21, 2000
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 32 
Vladimir Kulich
(Czech-Canadian Actor Best Known for His Role in the Film 'The 13th Warrior')
Vladimir Kulich
2
Birthdate: July 14, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 33 
Adolf Loos
(Architect)
Adolf Loos
0
Birthdate: December 10, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brno
Died: August 23, 1933
 34 
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
(King)
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
0
Birthdate: 0907 AD
Birthplace: Prague
Died: September 28, 0935
 35 
Albrecht von Wallenstein
(Bohemian Statesman and Military Leader Best Remembered For His Role in 'The Thirty Years' War')
Albrecht von Wallenstein
1
Birthdate: September 24, 1583
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Heřmanice, Czechia
Died: February 25, 1634
 36 
Jan Palach
(Activist)
Jan Palach
5
Birthdate: August 11, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melnik
Died: January 19, 1969
 37 
Jan Hammer
(Czech-American Composer Best Known for His Work in the Crime Drama Series 'Miami Vice')
Jan Hammer
4
Birthdate: April 17, 1948
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Prague
 38 
John Amos Comenius
(Czech Philosopher and Pedagogue Regarded as the 'Father of Modern Education')
John Amos Comenius
0
Birthdate: March 28, 1592
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nivnice, Moravia, Czech Republic
Died: November 15, 1670
 39 
Karel Čapek
(Czech Writer and Playwright Who is Best Known for His Science Fiction)
Karel Čapek
2
Birthdate: January 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Malé Svatoňovice, Czechia
Died: December 25, 1938
 40 
Matěj Vydra
(Czech Professional Football Player)
Matěj Vydra
2
Birthdate: May 1, 1992
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chotebor, Czechia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 41 
John I of Bohemia
(The King of Bohemia Who is Considered a National Hero in Luxembourg)
John I of Bohemia
2
Birthdate: August 10, 1296
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Luxembourg
Died: August 26, 1346
 42 
Jan Koller
(Former Czech Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Jan Koller
1
Birthdate: March 30, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 43 
Jan Veselý
(Czech Basketball Player Who Plays as a Power Forward)
Jan Veselý
3
Birthdate: April 24, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ostrava, Czechia
Height: 7'0" (213 cm)
 44 
Jan Švankmajer
(Former Czech Artist and Filmmaker Famous For His Stop-Motion Animation Work)
Jan Švankmajer
0
Birthdate: September 4, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
 45 
Karel Roden
(Czech Actor Known for His Roles in the Films: 'The Bourne Supremacy' and 'Hellboy')
Karel Roden
1
Birthdate: May 18, 1962
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 46 
Edvard Beneš
(Former President of Czechoslovakia)
Edvard Beneš
1
Birthdate: May 28, 1884
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kožlany, Czechia
Died: September 3, 1948
 47 
Patrik Berger
(Former Czech Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Patrik Berger
1
Birthdate: November 10, 1973
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Prague, Czechia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 48 
Tomáš Kalas
(Czech Footballer Who Plays as a Defender)
Tomáš Kalas
2
Birthdate: May 15, 1993
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Olomouc, Czechia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 49 
Karel Gott
(Singer)
Karel Gott
0
Birthdate: July 14, 1939
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pilsen, Czechia
Died: October 1, 2019
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 50 
Otto Wichterle
(Chemist)
Otto Wichterle
1
Birthdate: October 27, 1913
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Prostějov, Czechia
Died: August 18, 1998