Famous Czech people

Žil(a)

Nápověda

Osobnost

1592-1670

"The teacher of nations"; considered the father of modern education; wrote "Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart"

1982-

goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal (previously for Chelsea) and the Czech Republic national team

1824-1884

composer, known for his opera "The Bartered Bride" (Prodaná nevěsta), symphonic cycle "My Homeland" (Má vlast) or a festival opera "Libuše"

1936-2011

first democratically elected president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic; otherwise a playwright, philosopher, dissident and more

1932-

a Czech-American director, directed films like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Loves of a Blonde", "Hair" or "Amadeus"

1956-

a tennis player, World No. 1 for 332 weeks in single and a record 237 weeks in double (her partner for doubles was chiefly Pam Shriver)

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the duke of Bohemia, assassinated by his brother, the patron saint of the Czech state; he appears in a carol ("Good King __________")

1929-

a Czech-French writer, wrote "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

1937-

an American politician and diplomat of Czech origin, the first female US Secretary of State, wrote "The Mighty and the Almighty" and "Madame Secretary"

1883-1924

German-language writer of novels and short stories, wrote "The Metamorphosis", "The Trial" or "The Castle"

1942-2016

an artist gymnast, exceptionally successful between 1964-68; had a lot of problems because of her loud protests and opposition to the Soviet regime

1972-

an ice-hockey right-winger, the leading point scorer among active NHL players, was the youngest and is the oldest NHL player

1841-1904

composed "Rusalka", an opera which includes the "Song to the Moon"

1860-1939

an Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, painted "The Slav Epic" (Slovanská epopej), lived and worked in Paris for some time; a tennis player Ivan Lendl collects his paintings

1878-1930

a soprano opera singer, used to performe in Berlin and at the New York Metropolitan Opera; a 2000 Czech koruna banknote portrays her likeness