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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Showing 37 of 1,002 notable people

0094 SPORT

David Kostelecký

Born 1975

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0115 SPORT

Jiří Daler

Born 1940

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0128 SPORT

Jiří Škoda

Born 1956

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0223 SPORT

Tomáš Bábek

Born 1987

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0233 SPORT

Igor Sláma

Born 1959

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0244 SPORT

Ernst Königsgarten

1880 - 1942

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0246 SPORT

Michal Hrazdíra

Born 1977

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0268 SPORT

Jiří Pokorný (cyclist)

Born 1956

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0280 SPORT

Pavel Buráň

Born 1973

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0299 SPORT

Miroslav Vymazal

1952 - 2002

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0316 SPORT

Petr Lazar

Born 1976

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0322 SPORT

Petr Hrdlička

Born 1967

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0334 SPORT

Svatopluk Buchta

Born 1966

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0337 SPORT

Martin Bláha

Born 1977

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0434 SPORT

Miloš Jelínek

Born 1947

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0439 SPORT

František Jursa

Born 1933

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0456 SPORT

Ilias Kelesidis

1953 - 2007

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0499 SPORT

Zdeněk Chlup

1922 - 2002

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0555 SPORT

Milan Zyka

Born 1947

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0581 SPORT

Jan Sychra

Born 1969

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0588 SPORT

Jiří Mikšík

Born 1952

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0593 SPORT

Ferdinand Duchoň

Born 1938

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0596 SPORT

Jiří Pecka (cyclist)

Born 1940

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0610 SPORT

Jiří Lipták

Born 1982

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0613 SPORT

Josef Volf

Born 1939

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0633 SPORT

Martin Strnad

Born 1974

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0651 SPORT

Jaroslav Alexa

1949 - 2008

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0661 SPORT

Květoslav Palov

Born 1962

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0744 SPORT

Ondřej Hošek

Born 1995

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0881 SPORT

Jiri Bartolsic

Born 1953

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0904 SPORT

Filip Dvořák (ice hockey, born 1997)

Born 1997

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0906 SPORT

Peter Jiricek

Born 1978

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0909 SPORT

Ondřej Fadrny

Born 1978

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0919 SPORT

Marcela Váchová

Born 1953

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0926 SPORT

Věra Kotasová-Kostruhová

Born 1977

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0948 SPORT

Adolf Schmal (sport shooter)

Born 1885

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0981 SPORT

Jan Pospíšil

Born 1945

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