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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 109 notable births.

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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0004 WRITER

Bohumil Hrabal

1914 - 1997

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0019 CONDUCTOR

Vítězslava Kaprálová

1915 - 1940

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0027 FILM

Elmar Klos

1910 - 1993

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0058 POET

Ivan Blatný

1919 - 1990

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0077 LINGUIST

Peter Newmark

1916 - 2011

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0080 ACTOR

Nataša Gollová

1912 - 1988

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0160 CONDUCTOR

František Jílek

1913 - 1993

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0175 COMPOSER

Alexander Steinbrecher

1910 - 1982

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0190 POLITICIAN

Karl Lütgendorf

1914 - 1981

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0269 DRAMA

Zdeněk Pluhař

1913 - 1991

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0282 GYMNAST

Jaroslava Bajerová

1910 - 1995

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0347 ORGANIST

Jiří Reinberger

1914 - 1977

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0362 ACTOR

Vlasta Matulová

1918 - 1989

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0372 PLAYER

Gertrude Kleinová

1918 - 1975

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0378 PHILOSOPHER

Josef Zezulka

1912 - 1992

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0386 ACADEMIC

Ota Weinberger

1919 - 2009

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0509 MILITAR

Vladimír Nedvěd

1917 - 2012

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0561 ACTOR

Tina Eilers

1910 - 1983

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0586 WRITER

Fritz Beer

1911 - 2006

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0615 DESIGNER

Dorrit Dekk

1917 - 2014

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0630 DENTIST

Erich Pillwein

1919 - 2018

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0634 BASKET

Josef Fleischlinger

1911 - 2013

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0666 CHOREOGRAPHER

Anni Peterka

1913 - 2002

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0688 LAWYER

Barbara Lauwers

1914 - 2009

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0691 PHYSICIAN

Zdeněk Souček

1917 - 1967

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0710 ART HISTORIAN

Lorenz Eitner

1919 - 2009

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0712 COMPOSER

Fritz Mareczek

1910 - 1984

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0726 EDITOR

Elisabeth Lafite

1918 - 2007

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0736 ENGINEER

Helmut Habermann

1917 - 2009

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0755 POLITICIAN

Emil Brichta

1915 - 1997

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0789 ACADEMIC

Edgar Glässer

1910 - 1968

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0818 ASSESSOR

Gilbert Just

1914 - 1986

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0820 FOOTBALL

František Řitička

1910 - 1992

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0910 SWIMMER

Irma Schrameková

Born 1912

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0914 JOURNALIST

Elchanan Gafni

1916 - 2010

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0970 WIDERSTAND

Gustav Košulič

1911 - 1943

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