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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- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Milan Kundera
Born 1929
Ludvík Kundera
1920 - 2010
Dina Babbitt
1923 - 2009
Jiří Sequens
1922 - 2008
Vlasta Chramostová
1926 - 2019
Ester Krumbachová
1923 - 1996
Felix Maria Davídek
1921 - 1988
Pavel Brázda
1926 - 2017
Othmar Mága
1929 - 2020
Hugh Iltis
1925 - 2016
Pavel Štěpán
1925 - 1998
František Graus
1921 - 1989
Jan Trefulka
1929 - 2012
Vlastimil Koubek
1927 - 2003
Věra Růžičková
1928 - 2018
Ferdinand Havlík
1928 - 2013
Ivan Mrázek
1926 - 2019
Timoteus Pokora
1928 - 1985
Dalibor Chatrný
1925 - 2012
Josef Berg
1927 - 1971
Gideon Singer
1926 - 2015
Jiří Hudec (composer)
1923 - 1996
Josef Koukl
1926 - 2010
Stanislav Heller
1924 - 2000
Oldřich Velen
1921 - 2013
Franta Belsky
1921 - 2000
Jan Firbas
1921 - 2000
Antonín Bartoněk
1926 - 2016
Michael F. Lappert
1928 - 2014
Jan Kozák
1929 - 2016
Libuše Domanínská
Born 1924
Radúz Činčera
1923 - 1999
Radoslav Večerka
1928 - 2017
Vlastimil Lejsek
1927 - 2010
Lutz Jahoda
Born 1927
Zdeněk Rotrekl
1920 - 2013
Antonin Vězda
1920 - 2008
Otto Gottlieb
1920 - 2011
Fred Iltis
1923 - 2008
Milan Tošnar
1925 - 2016
Čestmír Gregor
1926 - 2011
Jiří David
1923 - 1997
Jan Jelínek (Anthropologe)
1926 - 2004
Antonín Kratochvil (Schriftsteller)
1924 - 2004
Jaroslav Hrbáček
1921 - 2010
Vladislav David
1927 - 2014
Zdeněk Chlup
1922 - 2002
Teodor Rotrekl
1923 - 2004
Vinoš Sofka
1929 - 2016
Zdeněk Janík
Born 1923
Frank Lampl
1926 - 2011
Hilde Berndt
Born 1923
Radoslav Sís
1928 - 1989
George Brooks (jeweler)
Born 1925
Max Herzog
1926 - 2012
Oldřich Sedlák
1922 - 1985
Felix Seebauer
1921 - 2003
Kurt Geiger (General)
1920 - 1993
Soňa Balunová
1924 - 2013
Zdeněk Pospíšil
1924 - 2009
Herbert Leger
1929 - 2007
Peter Leger
1924 - 1991
Zvi Dershowitz
Born 1928
Fritz Swoboda
1922 - 2007
Lubor Lacina
1920 - 1998
Wilhelm Nordin
1924 - 1993
Jindrich Chmelař
1926 - 2001
George J. Schulz
1925 - 1975
Rudolf Tichý
1924 - 1993
Leo De Gar Kulka
1921 - 1998
Karl Krampol
1928 - 1997
Jaroslav Bogdálek
Born 1929
Edeltrud Beer
Born 1927
Lothar Knessl
Born 1927
Gerhard R. Steinhäuser
1920 - 1989
Ernst Dostal (Bildhauer)
1921 - 2017
Viktor Sternad
1921 - 2001