49.1953° N, 16.6084° E

BRNO

Most Famous People Born in Brno, Czech Republic

Notable people
1,002
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1934
Most distinctive
Gymnast 7.6×

Moravia's second city, German-speaking until 1945 and Czech avant-garde thereafter, carrying both the Vienna-adjacent scientific bourgeoisie and the state-socialist sports factory. The outsized Gymnast and Skater benches plus a thick Hockey count are classic ČSSR athletic institutions, while the disproportionate Conductor and Composer numbers reflect the Janáček circle and the interwar Brno avant-garde that briefly made this a European modernist hub.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Brno during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Brno Is Known For

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Football is Brno's biggest profession — 8% of all notables (77).

Brno over-indexes on gymnast — 7.6× the global rate.

Brno under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Football77
  2. Actor63
  3. Hockey54
  4. Writer48
  5. Politician47
  6. Sport37
  7. Composer33
  8. Player30
  1. Gymnast137.6×
  2. Skater166.6×
  3. Hockey544.5×
  4. Conductor114.3×
  5. Pianist103.7×
  6. Rower123.3×
  7. Entrepreneur113.2×
  8. Composer332.5×
  1. Politician470.4×
  2. Singer140.7×
  3. Football770.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Brno's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0007 ECONOMIST

Eugen Böhm von Bawerk

1851 - 1914

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0056 BOTANIST

Hans Molisch

1856 - 1937

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0067 ENGINEER

Gustav Lindenthal

1850 - 1935

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0127 BIOLOGIST

Karl Grobben

1854 - 1945

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0140 ACTOR

Sophie Pagay

1857 - 1937

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0418 HISTORIAN

Heinrich Singer

1855 - 1934

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0420 HISTORIAN

Moriz Wlassak

1854 - 1939

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0472 ARCHITECT

Karl Weinbrenner

1856 - 1942

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0501 POLITICIAN

Antonín Němec

1858 - 1926

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0671 LAWYER

Karl von Offermann (Textilunternehmer, 1850) – W

1850 - 1908

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0678 JUDGE

Heinrich d’Elvert

1853 - 1926

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0733 TEACHER

Heinrich Stephan Sedlmayer

1855 - 1928

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0740 PAINTER

Moritz Ledeli

1856 - 1920

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0762 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Wilhelm Czermak (Mediziner)

1856 - 1906

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0777 PAINTER

Luma von Flesch-Brunningen

1856 - 1934

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0792 SINGER

Ludwig Strakosch

1855 - 1919

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0824 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Anton Karl Kisa

1857 - 1907

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0825 AUTHOR

Theodor Pintner

1857 - 1942

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0829 ABT

Justin Panschab

1859 - 1930

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0837 COMPOSER

Eugen Kutschera

1852 - 1918

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0839 ENTOMOLOGIST

Leopold Melichar

1856 - 1924

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0841 OPERA

Franz Schwarz (Sänger)

1858 - 1919

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0860 PHYSICIST

Paul Czermak

1857 - 1912

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0866 PAINTER

Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld

1857 - 1944

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0868 ACTOR

Richard Ewald

Born 1851

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0870 ACTOR

Ludwig Stahl (Schauspieler)

1856 - 1908

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0874 ACTOR

Hermine Jules

1850 - 1901

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0915 ACTOR

Eugen Moritz Mauthner

1855 - 1917

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0952 FABRIKANT

Alexander Matthias Beschorner

1856 - 1935

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0956 LEITER

Karl von Brzesowsky

1855 - 1945

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0973 MARSCHALL

Edmund Lober von Karstenrod

1857 - 1930

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0991 THEATRE

Leopold Nowak (Schauspieler, 1856)

1856 - 1917

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0999 ACTOR

Rudolf Hellbach

1857 - 1902

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