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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0005 COMPOSER

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

1897 - 1957

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0011 COMPOSER

Pavel Haas

1899 - 1944

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0013 COMPOSER

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst

1814 - 1865

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0046 COMPOSER

Václav Smetáček

1906 - 1986

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0145 COMPOSER

Vilém Petrželka

1889 - 1967

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0163 COMPOSER

Franz Lauska

1764 - 1825

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0165 COMPOSER

Max Maretzek

1821 - 1897

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0175 COMPOSER

Alexander Steinbrecher

1910 - 1982

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0207 COMPOSER

Miloš Štědroň

Born 1942

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0228 COMPOSER

Josef Berg

1927 - 1971

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0229 COMPOSER

Osvald Chlubna

1893 - 1971

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0309 COMPOSER

Heinrich Jalowetz

1882 - 1946

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0343 COMPOSER

Vlastimil Lejsek

1927 - 2010

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0356 COMPOSER

Otto Findeisen

1862 - 1947

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0384 COMPOSER

Zdeněk Pololáník

Born 1935

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0394 COMPOSER

Pavel Blatný (Komponist)

Born 1931

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0421 COMPOSER

Čestmír Gregor

1926 - 2011

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0427 COMPOSER

Emerik Beran

1868 - 1940

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0429 COMPOSER

Joseph Strauss (Musiker)

1793 - 1866

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0479 COMPOSER

Ivo Medek

Born 1956

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0513 COMPOSER

Rudolf Růžička (Komponist)

Born 1941

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0525 COMPOSER

Bruno Weigl

1881 - 1938

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0548 COMPOSER

Josef Blatný

1891 - 1980

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0552 COMPOSER

Franz Wickenhauser

1872 - 1940

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0587 COMPOSER

Vít Zouhar

Born 1966

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0696 COMPOSER

Pavel Smutný

Born 1975

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0712 COMPOSER

Fritz Mareczek

1910 - 1984

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0727 COMPOSER

Peter Graham (Komponist, 1952)

Born 1952

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0802 COMPOSER

Miloš Orson Štědroň

Born 1973

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0821 COMPOSER

Joseph Gustav Mraczek

1878 - 1944

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0837 COMPOSER

Eugen Kutschera

1852 - 1918

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0838 COMPOSER

Radomír Ištvan

Born 1959

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0986 COMPOSER

Stefan Ochaba

1904 - 1948

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