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PRAGUE
Most Famous People Born in Prague, Czech Republic
- Notable people
- 3,713
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1932
- Most distinctive
- Education 9.1×
A Bohemian capital with a 20th-century literary shadow. Prague's distinctive professions tilt toward canoeists, kayakers, and rowers — a quirk of the Vltava and a strong Czechoslovak Olympic tradition — alongside the dramatists and educators of a city that has always taken letters seriously. The modern half is split between footballers and ice hockey players; the older half stretches back through dukes and bishops to the founders of the Přemyslid dynasty.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Prague during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Prague Is Known For
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Actor is Prague's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (339).
Prague over-indexes on education — 9.1× the global rate.
Prague under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Prague's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Kaspar Maria von Sternberg
1761 - 1838
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck
1766 - 1875
Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg
1760 - 1799
Karel Ignác Thám
1763 - 1816
Václav Thám
1765 - 1816
William Vincent Barré
1760 - 1829
Jan Šťastný
1764 - 1826
Franz Ambrosius Reuss
1761 - 1830
Jan Daniel Preysler
1768 - 1839
Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck
1768 - 1840
Baruch Jeitteles
1762 - 1813
Prokop František Šedivý
1764 - 1810
Bernard Václav Štiasný
1760 - 1835
Edmonda Bulla
1763 - 1811
Franz Mattausch (Schauspieler)
1767 - 1833
Matěj Majober
1763 - 1812