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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0030 PAINTER

Alfred Roller

1864 - 1935

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0084 MUSIC

Julius Korngold

1860 - 1945

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0136 PRIEST

Pavel Huyn

1868 - 1946

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0200 ECONOMIST

Julius Wolf (Wirtschaftswissenschaftler)

1862 - 1937

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0278 PSYCHOLOGIST

Richard Wallaschek

1860 - 1917

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0295 ACTOR

Josef Klein

1862 - 1927

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0300 SCULPTOR

Carl Wollek

1862 - 1936

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0313 PAINTER

Hans Tichy

1861 - 1925

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0339 OPERA

Wilhelm Elsner

1869 - 1903

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0356 COMPOSER

Otto Findeisen

1862 - 1947

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0413 SINGER

Leopold Demuth

1861 - 1910

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0416 PHYSIOLOGIST

Rudolf Wlassak

1865 - 1930

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0417 NOVELIST

Helene Migerka

1867 - 1928

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0427 COMPOSER

Emerik Beran

1868 - 1940

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0433 POLITICIAN

Matthias Eldersch

1869 - 1931

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0445 LAWYER

Oktavian Regner von Bleyleben

1866 - 1945

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0477 DERMATOLOGIST

Johann Heinrich Rille

1864 - 1956

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0536 PAINTER

Tom von Dreger

1868 - 1948

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0559 GENEALOGIST

Heinrich Kadich von Pferd

1865 - 1918

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0562 TRANSLATOR

Edmund Kirsch

1866 - 1954

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0566 BOTANIST

Franz Fiala

1861 - 1898

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0606 ARISTOCRATE

Beatrice Triangi

1868 - 1940

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0628 LAWYER

Stefan Licht

1860 - 1932

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0631 ECONOMIST

Siegfried Strakosch

1867 - 1933

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0636 PAINTER

Georg Holub

1861 - 1919

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0649 POLITICIAN

Vladimír Hanačík

1861 - 1954

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0652 LAWYER

Gustav Harpner

1864 - 1924

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0745 WRITER

Henriette Herzfelder

1865 - 1927

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0747 SCREENWRITER

Wilhelm Auspitzer

1867 - 1931

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0774 AUTHOR

Anna Astl-Leonhard

1860 - 1924

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0791 LIBRARIAN

Theodor Gottlieb

1860 - 1929

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0799 PAINTER

Ernst Czernotzky

1869 - 1939

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0811 THEATRE

Hans Kostwitz

1863 - 1926

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0840 WRITER

Hans Kadich von Pferd

1864 - 1909

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0852 PLAYWRIGHT

Philipp Langmann

1862 - 1931

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0885 MISSING

Rudolf Rohrer (Verleger, 1864)

1864 - 1913

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0911 CHESS

Ottmar Weiss

1861 - 1942

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0912 SINGER

Bruno Hildebrandt (Schauspieler, 1864)

1864 - 1910

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0941 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Karl Gerlich

1865 - 1933

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0960 TEACHER

Hermine Weinreb

1862 - 1922

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0988 ACTOR

Anton Jules

1860 - 1913

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