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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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- Filtered to 1910s Clear ×
Herbert Lom
1917 - 2012
Lída Baarová
1914 - 2000
Vera Ralston
1919 - 2003
Karl Deutsch
1912 - 1992
Jiří Mucha
1915 - 1991
Walter Susskind
1913 - 1980
Lenka Reinerová
1916 - 2008
H. G. Adler
1910 - 1988
Jiří Weiss
1913 - 2004
Pavel Tigrid
1917 - 2003
Jiří Krejčík
1918 - 2013
Václav Čtvrtek
1911 - 1976
Jan Hanuš (composer)
1915 - 2004
Frank Popper
1918 - 2020
Kamil Lhoták
1912 - 1990
Zita Kabátová
1913 - 2012
Bohumil Modrý
1916 - 1963
Miroslav Šašek
1916 - 1980
Jiří Marek
1914 - 1994
Thomas J. Bata
1914 - 2008
Jan Rychlík
1916 - 1964
Jan Brzák-Felix
1912 - 1988
George Pravda
1918 - 1985
Jiří Sobotka
1911 - 1994
Walter Müller (actor)
1911 - 1969
Rudolf Deyl Jr.
1912 - 1967
Heda Margolius Kovály
1919 - 2010
Hana Maria Pravda
1916 - 2008
Jiřina Steimarová
1916 - 2007
Rudolf Margolius
1913 - 1952
Radovan Lukavský
1919 - 2008
Milada Blekastad
1917 - 2003
Miloš Sádlo
1912 - 2003
Richard Tesařík
1915 - 1967
František Šorm
1913 - 1980
Josef Hlinomaz
1914 - 1978
Karel Senecký
1919 - 1979
Zdeněk Škrland
1914 - 1996
Jaroslav Krombholc
1918 - 1983
Václav Mottl
1914 - 1982
Jan Kapr
1914 - 1988
Miroslav Kárný
1919 - 2001
Čeněk Kottnauer
1910 - 1996
Alexandre Kafka
1917 - 2007
Fritz Weiss
1919 - 1944
Luboš Perek
1919 - 2020
Karel Švenk
1917 - 1945
Kamil Bednář
1912 - 1972
Jindřich Fritz
1912 - 1984
Miroslav Hájek
Born 1919
Edith Templeton
1916 - 2006
Hana Vítová
1914 - 1987
Adolf Branald
1910 - 2008
Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski
1912 - 2012
Frank Pelleg
1910 - 1968
Václav Voska
1918 - 1982
Bohuslav Brouk
1912 - 1978
Marie Kettnerová
1911 - 1998
Jiřina Štěpničková
1912 - 1985
František Domažlický
1913 - 1997
Marie Větrovská
1912 - 1987
Georgine von Milinkovič
1913 - 1986
Vlasta Foltová
1913 - 2001
Zdeněk Urbánek
1917 - 2008
Jiří Pecka
1917 - 1997
Oto Mádr
1917 - 2011
Stanislav Kolář
1912 - 2003
Heinrich Mandel
1919 - 1979
Adolf Adam (Theologe)
1912 - 2005
Peter Lotar
1910 - 1986
Ferdinand Knobloch
1916 - 2018
Jiří Šust
1919 - 1995
Truda Grosslichtová
1912 - 1995
Josef Istler
1919 - 2000
František Hájek
1915 - 2001
Emil Ludvík
1917 - 2007
Kajetán Matoušek
1910 - 1994
Jan Lebeda
1913 - 1991
Jarmila Hassan Abdel Wahab
1917 - 1996
Fan Vavřincová
1917 - 2012
Zika Ascher
1910 - 1992
Josef Herink
1915 - 1999
Kary H Lasch
1914 - 1993
Walter Stain
1916 - 2001
Ewald Osers
1917 - 2011
Václav Zykmund
1914 - 1984
Helena Bušová
1911 - 1986
Josef Illík
1919 - 2006
Josef Trousílek
1918 - 1990
Rudolf Šmejkal
1915 - 1972
Vilibald Šťovík
1917 - 1948
Vlasta Schönová
1919 - 2001
Miroslav Štandera
1918 - 2014
Ladislav Kareš
1919 - 2001
Jiří Hermach
1912 - 2011
Thomas G. Winner
1917 - 2004
Paul Barton
1919 - 1991
Oldřich Kučera
1914 - 1964
Štěpánka Jelínková
1911 - 1996
Jiří Bečka
1915 - 2004
František Cejnar
1917 - 1965
František Picek
1912 - 2007
Miloslav Loos
1914 - 2010
Vladimír Kadlec (Pädagoge)
1912 - 1998
Wilhelm Hübner
1915 - 2004
Ludvík Klíma
1912 - 1973
Karel Kupka
1918 - 1993
Karel Průcha
1914 - 1981
Vasek Polak
1914 - 1997
Lisl Frank
1911 - 1944
Jiří Vackář
1919 - 2004
Frank Simon Hofmann
1916 - 1989
Jan Truhlář
1913 - 1982
Jiří Verberger
1913 - 1973
Adolf Šlár
1919 - 1987
Alois Mourek
1913 - 1988
Oldřich Zajíček
1911 - 1956
Antonín Tichý
Born 1919
Alexandra Nekvapilová
1919 - 2014
Jarmila Jeřábková
1912 - 1989
Karel Hes
1911 - 1947
František Juhan
1914 - 1992
Václav Roubík
1919 - 2013
Jindřich Bačkovský
1912 - 2000
Harry Bohrer
1916 - 1985
František Miska
1919 - 2017
Karel Wiesner
1919 - 1986
Josef Hušek
Born 1913
Robert Steiner (radiologist)
1918 - 2013
Wilfried Keller
1918 - 1991
Georg Bauer (Politiker, 1917)
1917 - 2003
František Brzák
1915 - 2006
Josef Galáb
1914 - 1973
Ludmila Bertlová
1914 - 1961
Josef Dusil
1910 - 1998
Emil Šmatlák
1916 - 2006
Josef Sadil
1919 - 1971
Kurt Kaiser (Regisseur)
1912 - 1988
Georges Séfelin
1912 - 1988
Herbert Schediwy
1915 - 1986
Josef Lustig
1911 - 1944