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PILSEN

Most Famous People Born in Pilsen, Czech Republic

Notable people
346
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1946
Most distinctive
Handball 12.9×
Through the Decades

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 handball12.9× the global rate.

Pilsen under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football48
  2. Hockey43
  3. Sport17
  4. Actor17
  5. Politician14
  6. Handball14
  7. Player13
  8. Painter13
  1. Handball1412.9×
  2. Hockey4310.5×
  3. Skier55.7×
  4. Athlete55.0×
  5. Sport173.0×
  6. Player131.9×
  7. Composer81.8×
  1. Politician140.3×

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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Showing 11 of 346 notable people

0007 PRELATE

Josef Beran

1888 - 1969

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0033 ECONOMIST

Emil Lederer

1882 - 1939

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0034 MUSIC

Oskar Baum

1883 - 1941

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0043 COMPOSER

Rudolf Karel

1880 - 1945

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0077 ACTOR

Růžena Šlemrová

1886 - 1962

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0085 WRITER

Hugo Boettinger

1880 - 1934

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0097 HOCKEY

Karel Wälzer

Born 1888

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0196 COMPOSER

Emanuel Ondříček

1880 - 1958

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0309 EDUCATION

Alfred Schmidtmeyer

1882 - 1937

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0319 ILLUSTRATOR

Gustav Petzold

Born 1880

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0343 PAINTER

Friedrich Rumler-Siuchniński

1884 - 1953

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