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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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Karel Hynek Mácha
1810 - 1836
Karel Sabina
1813 - 1877
Prince Karl of Auersperg
1814 - 1890
Leopold Hasner von Artha
1818 - 1891
Ignaz Kuranda
1812 - 1884
Josef Jiří Kolár
1812 - 1896
Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati
1812 - 1864
Karel Javůrek
1815 - 1909
Joseph Hasner
1819 - 1892
František Doucha
1810 - 1884
Wolf Pascheles
1814 - 1857
Alexander von Koller
1813 - 1890
Amalie Mánesová
1817 - 1883
Auguste von Littrow
1819 - 1890
Johann Wilhelm Helfer
1810 - 1840
Eleonora Šomková
1816 - 1891
Jakub Malý
1811 - 1885
Augustin Smetana
1814 - 1851
Eduard Hölzel
1817 - 1885
David Kuh
1819 - 1879
Ignác Jan Hanuš
1812 - 1869
Romuald Božek
1814 - 1899
Raphael Basch
1813 - 1907
Josef Hrabě
1816 - 1870
Karl Fritsch (Meteorologe)
1812 - 1879
František Antonín Nickerl
1813 - 1871
Isaak Jeitteles
1814 - 1857
Anton Kratky-Baschik
1810 - 1889
Jenny Lutzer
1816 - 1877
Adolph Aloys von Braun
1818 - 1904
Joseph Halla
1814 - 1887
Simon von Winterstein
1819 - 1883
Hermann Bergmann (Architekt)
1816 - 1886
Simon Pollak
1814 - 1903
Johann Baptista Zobel
1812 - 1865
Eduard Pleschner von Eichstett
1813 - 1864
Eduard Gundling
1819 - 1905
Sigmund Goldschmidt
1815 - 1877
Leopold von Malowetz
1812 - 1876
Theodor zu Solms-Sonnenwalde
1814 - 1890