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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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Wilhelm Steinitz
1836 - 1900
Jan Neruda
1834 - 1891
Karolina Světlá
1830 - 1899
Jaroslav Čermák (painter)
1831 - 1878
Vilém Blodek
1834 - 1874
Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch
1837 - 1905
Ferdinand Laub
1832 - 1875
Karel Bendl
1838 - 1897
Josef Zítek
1832 - 1909
Antonin Fritsch
1832 - 1913
Ladislav Josef Čelakovský
1834 - 1902
Josef Barák
1833 - 1883
Robert von Sterneck
1839 - 1910
Eduard von Hofmann
1837 - 1897
Fanny Janauschek
1830 - 1904
Sofie Podlipská
1833 - 1897
Viktor Barvitius
1834 - 1902
Wilhelmine Clauss-Szarvady
1834 - 1907
Heinrich Porges
1837 - 1900
Friedrich von Kleinwächter
1838 - 1927
Ivan Standl
1832 - 1897
Josef Richard Rozkošný
1833 - 1913
Friedrich Lippmann (Kunsthistoriker)
1838 - 1903
Adolf Terschak
1832 - 1901
Wilhelm Mayer (composer)
1831 - 1898
Jindřich Eckert
1833 - 1905
Eduard Bachmann
1831 - 1880
August Weber (Architekt)
1836 - 1903
Adolf Chwala
1836 - 1900
Václav Frič
1839 - 1916
Johann Stüdl
1839 - 1925
Eliška Pešková
1833 - 1895
Ludwig Kleinwächter
1839 - 1906
Marie Proksch
1836 - 1900
Leopold Karpeles
1838 - 1909
Ludwig Grünberger
1839 - 1896
Julius Rosen
1833 - 1892
Josef Mauthner
1831 - 1890
Otto Polak
1839 - 1916
Philipp von Mauthner
1835 - 1881
Josef Löw
1834 - 1886
Victor Puhonny
1838 - 1909
Raoul von Dombrowski
1833 - 1896
Karl Albert Max Balling
1835 - 1896
Moriz Weitlof
1835 - 1905
Wilhelm Klemperer
1839 - 1912
Agathon Klemt
1830 - 1889
Maximilian von Groller-Mildensee
1838 - 1920
Rudolf Chotek von Chotkow
1832 - 1894
Anton Karl Grünwald
1838 - 1920
Karl Kubinsky
1837 - 1889
Franz Krolop
1839 - 1897
Anna Dietz
1838 - 1926
Theodor Pixis (tonsättare)
1831 - 1856
Hugo Schönberger
1838 - 1900
Bernard Rie
1839 - 1850
Johann von Dumoulin
1830 - 1887