49.8353° N, 18.2915° E
OSTRAVA
Most Famous People Born in Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Notable people
- 349
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1964
- Most distinctive
- Hockey 13.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Ostrava during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Ostrava Is Known For
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Football is Ostrava's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (58).
Ostrava over-indexes on hockey — 13.3× the global rate.
Ostrava under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Ostrava's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
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Ivan Lendl
Born 1960
Karel Reisz
1926 - 2002
Věra Chytilová
1929 - 2014
Marek Jankulovski
Born 1977
Vlastimil Brodský
1920 - 2002
Tomáš Vaclík
Born 1989
Pavel Srníček
1968 - 2015
Tarra White
Born 1987
Artur London
1915 - 1986
Jaromír Nohavica
Born 1953
Libor Sionko
Born 1977
Michal Papadopulos
Born 1985
Jan Veselý
Born 1990
Jessica Fridrich
Born 1964
Ilse Weber
1903 - 1944
Ota Filip
1930 - 2018
Roman Polák
Born 1986
Nessa Devil
Born 1988
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Born 1940
Mario Lička
Born 1982
Oldřich Černík
1921 - 1994
Yehuda Bacon
Born 1929
Marek Čech (Czech footballer)
Born 1976
Petr Mrázek
Born 1992
Lubomír Zaorálek
Born 1956
Petr Němec
Born 1957
Marek Malík
Born 1975
Filip Kuba
Born 1976
Kateřina Baďurová
Born 1982
Richard Šmehlík
Born 1970
Jiří Rusnok
Born 1960
Tomáš Mičola
Born 1988
Zdeněk Šreiner
1954 - 2017
Miroslav Matušovič
Born 1980
Zdeněk Jirotka
1911 - 2003
Vladimír Vůjtek
Born 1972
Dája Bedáňová
Born 1983
Lore Lorentz
1920 - 1994
Petr Hruška (poet)
Born 1964
Karel Loprais
Born 1949
Lukáš Magera
Born 1983
Otmar Mácha
1922 - 2006
Leopold Ludwig
1908 - 1979
Ondřej Kušnír
Born 1984
Zbyněk Irgl
Born 1980
Jan Foltys
1908 - 1952
Libor Radimec
Born 1950
Barbora Hermannová
Born 1990
Daniela Bártová
Born 1974
Tomáš Grigar
Born 1983
Radim Špaček
Born 1973
Taťána Kocembová
Born 1962
Stephan Körner
1913 - 2000
Josef Mattauch
1895 - 1976
Beno Blachut
1913 - 1985
Martin Prusek
Born 1975
Zdeněk Rygel
Born 1951
Kateřina Cachová
Born 1990
Daniel Holzer
Born 1995
Erhard Karkoschka
1923 - 2009
Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel
1857 - 1938
Jaromír Šindel
Born 1959
Václav Daněk
Born 1960
Lev Prchala
1892 - 1963
Oldřich Daněk
1927 - 2000
Petr Bolek
Born 1984
Roman Šimíček
Born 1971
Karol Šmidke
1897 - 1952
Hans Otto Löwenstein
1881 - 1931
Petr Kalus
Born 1987
Pavel Malcharek
Born 1986
Marta Topferova
Born 1975
Filip Kaša
Born 1994
Nikola Ogrodníková
Born 1990
Aleš Besta
Born 1983
Bohdan Pomahač
Born 1971
Daniela Kovářová
Born 1964
Vladimír Javorský
Born 1962
Hana Zagorová
Born 1946
Ruth Elias
1922 - 2008
Joseph Wechsberg
1907 - 1983
Gilda Langer
1896 - 1920
Jožka Jabůrková
1896 - 1942
Barbora Závadová
Born 1993
Tomáš Staněk (historian)
Born 1952
Karel Fiala
1925 - 2020
Adam Ptáček
Born 1980
Hermann Dostal
1874 - 1930
Hans Zdražila
Born 1941
Michal Daněk
Born 1983
Shlomo Rosen
1905 - 1985
Martin Raška
Born 1977
Marie Hrachová
Born 1963
Bořivoj Čelovský
1923 - 2008
Daniel Bartl
Born 1989
Marcel Lička
Born 1977
Jaroslav Šajtar
1921 - 2003
Igor Chmela
Born 1971
Martin Mainer
Born 1959
Aleš Neuwirth
Born 1985
Adam Polášek
Born 1991
Evžen Tošenovský
Born 1956
Romana Dubnová
Born 1978
Hildegard Ranczak
1895 - 1987
Slávka Budínová
1924 - 2002
Ondřej Roman
Born 1989
Eduard Pant
1887 - 1938
Ondřej Smetana (footballer)
Born 1982
Naděžda Kniplová
1932 - 2020
Peter Rubin
Born 1942
Viktor Kolář
Born 1941
Tereza Rossi
Born 1982
Alena Peterková
Born 1960
Ondřej Zdráhala
Born 1983
Patrik Macej
Born 1994
Roman Fischer (footballer)
Born 1983
Heidi Janků
Born 1962
Karl Scheit
1909 - 1993
Kateřina Böhmová (1986)
Born 1986
Pavel Besta
Born 1982
Lucie Žáčková
Born 1978
Věra Flasarová
Born 1952
Martin Tenk
Born 1972
Joseph Bor
1906 - 1979
Ferdinand Hochstetter (Anatom)
1861 - 1954
Radim Uzel
Born 1940
Eva Jakoubková
1952 - 2005
Radek Opršal
Born 1978
Richard Vogel
Born 1964
Maria Antonina Kratochwil
1881 - 1942
Werner Lippoldt
Born 1944
Lukáš Klimek
Born 1986
Tomáš Čermák
Born 1943
Antonín Buček
Born 1984
Leo Sotorník
1926 - 1998
Denis Granečný
Born 1998
Tomáš Prouza
Born 1973
Radim Jančura
Born 1972
Heinz Alt
1922 - 1945
Karel Velan
1918 - 2017
Martin Walter
Born 1983
Růžena Beinhauerová
1912 - 1968
Ivo Vondrák
Born 1959
Tomáš Vrťo
Born 1988
Agnieszka Pilchowa
1888 - 1945
Miroslav Wiecek
1931 - 1997
Rudolf Kubín
1909 - 1973
Tereza Vilišová
Born 1981
Daniel Přibyl
Born 1992
Tomáš Bernady
Born 1969
Peter Moraw
1935 - 2013
Galina Miklínová
Born 1970
Milan Myška
1933 - 2016
Vítězslav Gardavský
1923 - 1978
Radek Philipp
Born 1977
Petr Tomašák
Born 1986
Jana Smidakova
Born 1983
Patrik Gross
Born 1978
Gerald Weinkopf
1925 - 1992
Jaroslav Opěla
1935 - 2016
Leopold Lér
1928 - 2013
Vladimír Talla
Born 1973
Zdeněk Měšťan
Born 1944
Kateřina Kovalová
Born 1978
Tomáš Voráček
Born 1990
Daniel Tchuř
Born 1976
Vojtěch Mynář
1944 - 2018
Eva Jureniková
Born 1978
Josef Věnsek
Born 1967
Michal Gulasi
Born 1986
Karl Brand
1885 - 1917
Liana Janáčková
Born 1953
Zbyněk Musiol
Born 1991
Egon Karter
1911 - 2006
Richard Kubla
1890 - 1964
Martin Galia
Born 1979
Jan Škrdlík
Born 1964
Vladimír Čáp
Born 1976
Wiesław Adam Berger
1926 - 1998
Bedřich Golombek
1901 - 1961
Jakub Sokolík
Born 1993
Jan Výtisk
Born 1981
Bedřich Geminder
1901 - 1952
Michaela Doleželová
Born 1994
Kateřina Tomalová
Born 1992
Josef Kotas
1891 - 1966
Mieczysław Kasprzycki
1910 - 2001
Alexander Lockwood
1902 - 1990
Lukáš Palyza
Born 1989
Jakub Galvas
Born 1999
Drahomír Kolder
1925 - 1972
Valentin Bernard Jestřábský
1630 - 1719
Barbora Horáčková
1969 - 2018
Josef Fojtik
Born 1984
Otfrid Pustejovsky
Born 1934
David Vychodil
Born 1980
Jiří Svoboda (architect)
Born 1961
Michael Kolarz
Born 1987
Jakub Plánička
Born 1984
Nikola Ristanovski
Born 1969
Georg Winckler (Ökonom)
Born 1943
Bedřich Köhler
Born 1985
Radim Běleš
Born 1973
Petra Kurková
Born 1973
Lukáš Krenželok
Born 1983
Günter Reichert
Born 1941
Miroslav Klega
1926 - 1993
Barbora Průdková
Born 1996
Hermann Reusch
1896 - 1971
Irene Kafka
1888 - 1942
Ladislav Měšťan
Born 1941
Kamil Novák
Born 1967
Max Winter
1903 - 1996
Helga Schmidt-Glassner
1911 - 1998
Patrik Zdráhal
Born 1995
David Friedmann (Künstler)
1893 - 1980
Bohuslav Kirchmann
Born 1902
Jan Káňa (ice hockey, born 1990)
Born 1990
Krista Lavíčková
1917 - 1944
Martin Falter
Born 1983
Jakub Šiřina
Born 1987
Milan Mikulík
Born 1980
Moritz Tramer
1882 - 1963
Štěpán Vrubl
Born 1976
Petr Šnapka
Born 1943
Ctirad Ovčáčík
Born 1984
Jaromir Bohačík
Born 1992
Václav Roubíček
Born 1967
Pavel Malura
Born 1970
Franz Löwy
1883 - 1949
Robin Bacul
Born 1979
Otto Hornung
1920 - 2013
Patrik Valčák
Born 1984
Josef Kovařík
Born 1966
Günter Gauglitz
Born 1944
Břetislav Staš
Born 1928
Rudolf Bauer (politician)
Born 1957
Petr Vitásek
Born 1981
Jiří Večerek
Born 1943
Vojtěch Machek
Born 1990
Lukáš Kovář
Born 1992
Zbynek Cerven
Born 1963
Martin Dudáš
Born 1987
Jaroslav Němec
Born 1978
Lukáš Chmelíř
Born 1983
Simona Podesvová
Born 1983
Erich Aberle
1922 - 2002
Jarmila Trojková
Born 1935
Bohunka Šrámková
Born 1946
Tomáš Pavelka
Born 1993
Andreas Dombrowski
Born 1894
Martina Jakubšová
Born 1988
Zdeněk Böhm
Born 1957
Tomáš Hüner
Born 1959
Osvald Závodský
1910 - 1954
Václav Lanča
Born 1966
Tomáš Vengřinek
Born 1992
Gerhard Heisler
Born 1941
Hans Schoszberger
1907 - 1997
Jindřich Dohnal
Born 1972
Rostislav Kiša
Born 1978
Tereza Skoumalová
Born 1990
Julius Kowalczik
1885 - 1917
Tamara Černá
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Miloslav Blažek
1922 - 1985
Vlastimil Hoferek
Born 1946
Robert Stratil
1919 - 1976
Otto Klement
1891 - 1983
Robert Strobel
1898 - 1994
Rostislav Jeřábek
Born 1962
Simona Mehnert
Born 1956
Zbyněk Ollender
Born 1966
Libor Podmol
Born 1984
Arnost Kleinzeller
1914 - 1997
Rudolf Bartonec
1916 - 2002
Gabriela Capová
Born 1993
Tomáš Urban
Born 1985
Sigmund Toman
1923 - 2008
Friedrich Tomi
Born 1943
Jiří Chamrád
Born 1954
Adam Sedlák
Born 1991
Jan Rys
1931 - 1986
Johanna Anderka
Born 1933
Lukáš Klok
Born 1995
Meir Marcell Faerber
1908 - 1993
Hans Lokscha
1895 - 1975
Paul Polansky (Musiker)
1925 - 2010
František Bartoš (motorcyclist)
1926 - 1987
Heide Proksch
Born 1942
Kristian Kunert
Born 1941
Jiří Vodička
Born 1988
Tomáš Gřeš
Born 1996
Vojtěch Tomi
Born 1994
Petr Kolouch
Born 1991
Tomáš Vošvrda
Born 1989
Klára Peslarová
Born 1996
Lutz Freitag
Born 1943
Jiří Hašek
Born 1977
Petr Hrubý (Eishockeyspieler)
Born 1974
Rudolf Adametz
1923 - 1983