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.
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.
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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- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
1897 - 1957
Pavel Haas
1899 - 1944
Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria
1895 - 1957
Anna Ticho
1894 - 1980
Ondřej Sekora
1899 - 1967
Maria Restituta Kafka
1894 - 1943
Ernst Lothar
1890 - 1974
Karel Štěpánek
1899 - 1981
Ladislav Vácha
1899 - 1943
Helmut Gams
1893 - 1976
Ludvík Kundera (musicologist)
1891 - 1971
Felix Petyrek
1892 - 1951
Oskar Marion
1894 - 1986
Friedrich Richter (actor)
1894 - 1984
Lev Blatný
1894 - 1930
Osvald Chlubna
1893 - 1971
Viktor Gluck
1897 - 1957
Victor Skutezky
1893 - 1981
Erich Meder
1897 - 1966
Amos Pokorný
1890 - 1949
Hans Flesch-Brunningen
1895 - 1981
Jindřich Kumpošt
1891 - 1968
Oskar Walleck
1890 - 1976
Norbert Troller
1896 - 1984
Josef Blatný
1891 - 1980
Kurt Nachod
1890 - 1918
Harry Hermann Spitz
1899 - 1961
Josef Pürer
1894 - 1917
Ernst Kopp (Architekt)
1890 - 1962
Otto Heller (Schriftsteller)
1897 - 1945
Václav Vohralík
1892 - 1985
Ernst Melan
1890 - 1963
Hans Robert Korngold
1892 - 1965
Otto Šimonek
Born 1896
Otto Haupt (Architekt)
1891 - 1966
Gusti Hecht
1895 - 1950
Erich von Wymetal
1892 - 1966
Mathilde Flögl
1893 - 1958
Viktor Franzl
Born 1892
Fritz Tejessy
1895 - 1964
Ernst Lau
1893 - 1978
Friedrich Soukup
1899 - 1948
Johannes Jaumann
1892 - 1971
Philipp Ehrenreich
Born 1892
Franziska Lackner
1897 - 1975
Karl Folta
1893 - 1947
Karl Pawelka
1890 - 1948
Rudolf Kratochwill
1898 - 1974
Emil Leo
1894 - 1974
Josef Renner (Politiker)
1892 - 1958
Ernst-Arnošt Gottlieb
1893 - 1980