49.7414° N, 13.3824° E
PILSEN
Most Famous People Born in Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Notable people
- 346
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1946
- Most distinctive
- Handball 12.9×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pilsen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Pilsen Is Known For
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Football is Pilsen's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (48).
Pilsen over-indexes on handball — 12.9× the global rate.
Pilsen under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Pilsen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Science
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Other
Petr Čech
Born 1982
Karel Gott
1939 - 2019
Jiří Trnka
1912 - 1969
Peter Grünberg
1939 - 2018
Vladimír Darida
Born 1990
David Limberský
Born 1983
Josef Beran
1888 - 1969
Barbora Strýcová
Born 1986
Emil František Burian
1904 - 1959
Ota Šik
1919 - 2004
Zuzana Růžičková
1927 - 2017
Martin Straka
Born 1972
Vaclav Smil
Born 1943
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Born 1986
Joseph Škoda
1805 - 1881
Petr Sýkora
Born 1976
Jan Lecjaks
Born 1990
Jiří Suchý
Born 1931
Emil Škoda
1839 - 1900
Milan Knížák
Born 1940
Tomáš Šmíd
Born 1956
Ladislav Sutnar
1897 - 1976
Kateřina Emmons
Born 1983
Jiřina Ptáčníková
Born 1986
Gertrud Fussenegger
1912 - 2009
Pavel Čmovš
Born 1990
Miroslav Holub
1923 - 1998
Jan Stráský
1940 - 2019
Miroslav Zikmund (explorateur)
Born 1919
Luboš Motl
Born 1973
Jan Sýkora
Born 1993
Andrej Šustr
Born 1990
Emil Lederer
1882 - 1939
Oskar Baum
1883 - 1941
Wolfgang Heinz (actor)
1900 - 1984
Pavel Fořt
Born 1983
Kamil Krofta
1876 - 1945
Miroslav Horníček
1918 - 2003
Jarmila Nygrýnová
1953 - 1999
Ivan Franěk
Born 1964
Karel Černý (art director)
1922 - 2014
Martin Jakš
Born 1986
Rudolf Karel
1880 - 1945
Jaroslav Šilhavý
Born 1961
Jaroslav Černý (Egyptologist)
1898 - 1970
Jakub Jeřábek
Born 1991
Václav Vydra (actor, born 1876)
1876 - 1953
Gottfried Lindauer
1839 - 1926
Jiří Kučera
Born 1966
Pavel Nový
Born 1948
Rudolf Chmel
Born 1939
Eva Hrdinová
Born 1984
Jan Hřímalý
1844 - 1915
Sandra Záhlavová
Born 1985
Egon Vůch
Born 1991
Josef Vojta
Born 1935
Vítězslav Lavička
Born 1963
Tomáš Kubalík
Born 1990
Pavel Francouz
Born 1990
Fritz von Scholz
1896 - 1944
Ignaz Franz Platzer
1717 - 1787
Jan Sviták
1898 - 1945
Jiří Mužík
Born 1976
Daniel Šmejkal
Born 1970
Claire Beck Loos
1904 - 1942
Patrik Ježek
Born 1976
Irena Sedlecká
1928 - 2020
Aleš Razým
Born 1986
Sylvia Plischke
Born 1977
Dagmar Damková
Born 1974
Jan Dubravius
1486 - 1553
František Rauch
1910 - 1996
Radomír Šimůnek Sr.
1962 - 2010
Robert Vágner
Born 1974
Lubor Tesař
Born 1971
Věra Kohnová
1929 - 1942
Růžena Šlemrová
1886 - 1962
Jan Kohout
Born 1961
Simona Postlerová
Born 1964
Petr Straka
Born 1992
Jaroslav Špillar
1869 - 1917
Milan Kajkl
1950 - 2014
Jaroslav Vogel
1894 - 1970
Jaroslav Šedivec
Born 1981
Hugo Boettinger
1880 - 1934
František Václav Lobkowicz
Born 1948
Jaroslav Soukup (director)
Born 1946
Roman Will
Born 1992
Václav Trojan
1907 - 1983
Josef Finger
1841 - 1925
Jindřich Plachta
1899 - 1951
Jan Velkoborský
Born 1975
Matěj Končal
Born 1993
Helena Houdová
Born 1979
Blanka Bohdanová
Born 1930
Felix le Breux
1918 - 1974
Karel Wälzer
Born 1888
Matthias Tanner
1630 - 1692
Petr Čoupek
Born 1982
Daniel Strož
Born 1943
Vilém Heckel
1918 - 1970
Radomír Šimůnek Jr.
Born 1983
Milan Kraft
Born 1980
Stanislav Štrunc
1942 - 2001
Milan Kohout
Born 1955
Pavel Trnka
Born 1976
Kristýna Leichtová
Born 1985
Jaroslav Průcha
1898 - 1963
Michal Smejkal
Born 1986
Jana Dítětová
1926 - 1993
Karel Janeček
Born 1973
Václav Pech
Born 1976
Milan Chovanec
Born 1970
Bohumil Soudský
1922 - 1976
Jaromír Šimr
Born 1979
František Plass
Born 1944
Jaroslav Lobkowicz
Born 1942
Josef Sloup-Štaplík
1897 - 1951
Vlasta Depetrisová
1920 - 2003
Josef Bečvář
Born 1958
Jan Heller
1925 - 2008
Petr Mandl
1933 - 2012
Annemarie Böll
1910 - 2004
Aleš Jindra
Born 1973
Jindřich Panský
Born 1960
Petr Stoilov
Born 1975
Jakub Koreis
Born 1984
Tomáš Ježek (economist)
1940 - 2017
Rudolf Sloup-Štapl
1895 - 1936
Robert Pražák
1892 - 1966
Lenka Marušková
Born 1985
Petr Knakal
Born 1983
Milada Emmerová
Born 1944
Jaroslav Beneš
Born 1946
Dominik Kubalík
Born 1995
Petr Štochl
Born 1976
František Kreuzmann
1895 - 1960
Jana Jonášová
Born 1943
Vojtěch Lindaur
1957 - 2018
Jaroslav Škarvan
Born 1944
Berthold Epstein
1890 - 1962
Julius Mount Bleyer
1859 - 1915
Jaroslav Skála
1916 - 2007
Karel Špillar
1871 - 1939
Vladimír Šmilauer
1895 - 1983
Viktor Gluth
1852 - 1917
Ota Ulč
Born 1930
Zdeněk Groessl
Born 1941
Jiří Sloup
1953 - 2017
Jana Hlaváčková
Born 1981
Zora Kostková
Born 1952
Franz Kahn
1895 - 1944
Karla Erbová
Born 1933
Petr Smíšek
Born 1978
Ladislav Černý
1891 - 1975
Ivan Mackerle
1942 - 2013
Václav Mencl
1905 - 1978
Michal Michalík
Born 1980
Jan Hanč
1916 - 1963
Josef Řezníček
Born 1966
Ladislav Brožek
Born 1952
Ladislav Hlad
1908 - 1979
Lukáš Pleško
Born 1977
Luboš Hruška
1927 - 2007
Jaroslav Skála (basketball)
Born 1954
Jan Stehlík (handballer)
Born 1985
Franz von Škoda
1801 - 1888
Alex Koenigsmark
1944 - 2013
Felix Tauer
1893 - 1981
Ilja Šmíd
Born 1952
Josef Ondřej Lindauer
1784 - 1850
Jean Camille Cipra
1893 - 1952
Josef Čihák
Born 1963
Martin Pavlu
Born 1962
Václav Štekl
1929 - 1994
Jaroslav Kracík
Born 1983
Alena Reichová
1933 - 2011
Jakub Culek
Born 1992
Jiří Skála
Born 1973
Petr Fulín
Born 1977
Kateřina Svitková
Born 1996
Vojtěch Hřímalý
1842 - 1908
Martin Baxa
Born 1975
František Sequens
1836 - 1896
Jan Dusík
Born 1975
Paul B. Weisz
1919 - 2005
Martin Šetlík
Born 1969
Marek Ženíšek
Born 1978
Jaroslav Bašta
Born 1948
Karel Vosátka
Born 1929
Věra Votrubcová
1911 - 1981
Matěj Kůs
Born 1989
Přemysl Švarc
Born 1985
Lenka Radová
Born 1979
Milan Tichý
Born 1969
Emanuel Ondříček
1880 - 1958
Karel Hruška
1891 - 1966
Eugen Lemberg
1903 - 1976
Tomáš Ortel
Born 1975
Jan Maroši
Born 1965
Jiří Otter
1919 - 2018
Václav Koranda von Pilsen
1425 - 1519
Norbert Tauer
1898 - 1983
Franz von Schmück
1797 - 1862
Karl von Škoda
1878 - 1929
Josefina Napravilová
1914 - 2014
Václav Koranda
1390 - 1453
Robert Jelinek
Born 1970
Ludwig Vogelstein
1871 - 1934
Oldřich Hanč
1915 - 1989
John F. Knott
1878 - 1963
Pavel Samiec
Born 1984
Dominik Suchý
Born 1987
Roman Bečvář (handballer, born 1989)
Born 1989
Irena Fleissnerová
Born 1958
Jaroslav Černý (painter)
1904 - 1984
Tomáš Král
Born 1992
Karel Nocar
Born 1977
Jakub Lev
Born 1990
Lukáš Nový
Born 1990
Zdeněk Šmíd
Born 1980
Dominik Halmoši
Born 1987
Petr Šedivák
Born 1961
Ulrich W. Hütter
1910 - 1990
Rudolph Krejci
1929 - 2018
Vladimír Hönig
1920 - 1999
Vladimír Mandl
1899 - 1941
David Vaněček (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Michal Tonar
Born 1969
Pavel Frána
Born 1977
Alois Mráz
Born 1978
Jan Stránský
Born 1990
Kristýna Petrová
Born 1992
Štěpán Kodeda
1988 - 2015
Pavel Kondr
Born 1942
Miloslav Bělohlávek
1923 - 2006
Martin Heřman
Born 1987
Karel Štark
Born 1942
Tomáš Fleissner
Born 1960
Zdeněk Procházka
Born 1954
Max Köhler (Maler)
1942 - 2015
Jaroslav Vlček (calciatore)
1900 - 1967
Lukáš Provod
Born 1996
David Kotyza
Born 1967
Ignaz Glaser
1853 - 1916
Kurt Dietmar Richter
1931 - 2019
Tomáš Pitule
Born 1989
Jan Heřman
Born 1984
Jan Vlachý
1937 - 2010
Jan Schleiss
Born 1994
Jakub Záhlava
Born 1980
Barbora Kodedová
Born 1990
Patrik Polívka
Born 1994
Marcel Maxa
Born 1974
Matěj Beran
Born 1993
Vendula Bednářová
Born 1983
Robert Mifka
Born 1941
Josef Rösch
1925 - 2016
Hermann Vogelstein
1870 - 1942
Emil Folta
1924 - 1992
Patrik Petruška
Born 1991
Markéta Jeřábková
Born 1996
Vladimír Perk
1920 - 1998
Alfred Neumann (Archäologe)
1905 - 1988
Alena Prosková
Born 1948
František Raboň (ciclista, 1959)
Born 1959
Sylva Langova
1921 - 2010
Arthur Goldscheider
1874 - 1948
Radek Vít
Born 1974
Josef Ullrich
1911 - 1976
Jan Holý
Born 1995
Jakub Klášterka
Born 1994
Václav Vraný
Born 1982
Alois Jonák
Born 1925
Fritz Stattler
1867 - 1944
Jaroslav Poláček
1905 - 1927
Marcela Koblasová
Born 1956
Klemens Pleyer
1921 - 2000
Růžena Novotná
Born 1941
Aneta Malinová
Born 1993
Václav Svoboda
1920 - 1977
Pavel Vít
Born 1975
Jiří Lopata
Born 1936
Rudolf Alfred Jaumann
1859 - 1923
Roman Bek
Born 1924
Michal Holý
Born 1990
Ladislaus Löwenthal
1879 - 1942
Michal Mařík
Born 1975
Jakub Blažek
Born 1989
Dan Houdek
Born 1989
Leo Pavlík
Born 1947
Milada Kubíková
Born 1943
Jan Štochl
Born 1975
Michal Jeslínek
Born 1979
Franz Josef Georg Illem
1865 - 1912
Prokop von Pilsen
Died 1457
Čestmír Fous
Born 1952
Jiří Černý (Mathematiker)
Born 1975
Fritz Härtl
1892 - 1974
Helena Anýzová
1936 - 2015