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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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Anton Reicha
1770 - 1836
Josef Mysliveček
1737 - 1781
Erwin Schulhoff
1894 - 1942
David Popper
1843 - 1913
Karel Svoboda (composer)
1938 - 2007
Rudolf Friml
1879 - 1972
Hans Krása
1899 - 1944
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
1859 - 1951
František Brixi
1732 - 1771
Jaromír Weinberger
1896 - 1967
Frantisek Kotzwara
1740 - 1791
Luboš Fišer
1935 - 1999
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
1707 - 1776
Alfred Grünfeld
1852 - 1924
Hans Sitt
1850 - 1922
Karel Komzák II
1850 - 1905
Vilém Blodek
1834 - 1874
Karel Kovařovic
1862 - 1920
Jindřich Feld
1925 - 2007
Ferdinand Laub
1832 - 1875
Karel Bendl
1838 - 1897
Zdeněk Lukáš
1928 - 2007
Jan Hanuš (composer)
1915 - 2004
Josef Dessauer
1798 - 1876
Julius Schulhoff
1825 - 1898
Karel Boleslav Jirák
1891 - 1972
Francesco Turini
1589 - 1656
Jan Rychlík
1916 - 1964
Antonín Reichenauer
1694 - 1730
Martin Smolka
Born 1959
Karel Navrátil
1867 - 1936
Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith
1746 - 1820
Heinrich Grünfeld
1855 - 1931
Carl Maria von Bocklet
1801 - 1881
Michael Kocáb
Born 1954
Josef Bárta
1744 - 1787
Marek Kopelent
Born 1932
Robert Dauber
1922 - 1945
Miroslav Srnka
Born 1975
Franz Christoph Neubauer
1750 - 1795
Miloš Bok
Born 1968
Otomar Kvěch
1950 - 2018
Jan Kapr
1914 - 1988
Karel Weis
1862 - 1944
Robert Führer
1807 - 1861
Ludwig Milde
1849 - 1913
Jara Beneš
1897 - 1949
Anton Joseph Hampel
1705 - 1771
Lukáš Hurník
Born 1967
Rudolf Komorous
Born 1931
Jiří Jirmal
1925 - 2019
Radůza
Born 1973
Joseph Miroslav Weber
1854 - 1906
Julius Kalaš
1902 - 1967
Kašpar Mašek
1794 - 1873
Zbyněk Vostřák
1920 - 1985
Jan Šťastný
1764 - 1826
Jana Obrovská
1930 - 1987
Hans Winterberg
1901 - 1991
Alois Reiser
1884 - 1977
Leopold Eugen Měchura
1804 - 1870
Petr Janda (Musiker)
Born 1942
František Domažlický
1913 - 1997
Michal Pavlíček
Born 1956
Rudolph von Procházka
1864 - 1936
Bedřich Janáček
1920 - 2007
Václav Zahradník
1942 - 2001
Giorgio Koukl
Born 1953
Julie Reisserová
1888 - 1938
Jiří Šust
1919 - 1995
Josef Janíček
Born 1947
Alexander Goldscheider
Born 1950
Ladislav Kubík
1946 - 2017
Milan Dufek
1944 - 2005
Jiří Gemrot
Born 1957
Janek Ledecký
Born 1962
Auguste Auspitz-Kolar
1843 - 1878
Irena Kosíková
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Štěpán Koníček
1928 - 2006
Wilhelm Mayer (composer)
1831 - 1898
Jiří Válek
1923 - 2005
Charles Wels
1825 - 1906
Šimon Voseček
Born 1978
Pavel Staněk
Born 1927
Lukáš Matoušek
Born 1943
Ivan Kurz
Born 1947
Anton Rückauf
1855 - 1903
Marko Ivanović (Dirigent)
Born 1976
Josefina Brdlíková
1843 - 1910
Wilhelm Kuhe
1823 - 1912
Jiří Ropek
1922 - 2005
Karel Pexidr
Born 1929
Kateřina Emingerová
1856 - 1934
Jindřich Brabec
1933 - 2001
Gustav Láska
1847 - 1928
Jiří Strejc
1932 - 2010
Martin Němec (musician)
Born 1957
Jindra Nečasová Nardelli
Born 1960
Tomáš Vačkář
1945 - 1963
Robert Robitschek
1874 - 1967
Emanuel Chvála
1851 - 1924
Marie Proksch
1836 - 1900
Vincenc Tuček
1755 - 1820
John Capek
Born 1946
Zdeněk Klauda
Born 1979
Wilhelm Hübner
1915 - 2004
Jan Málek
Born 1938
Eduard Douša
Born 1951
Albín Mašek
1804 - 1878
Vojtěch Saudek
1951 - 2003
Kryštof Mařatka
Born 1972
Gitta Steiner
1932 - 1990
Jiří Smutný (Komponist)
Born 1932
Benjamin Ludwig Ramhaufski
1631 - 1694
Katerina Zlatníková
1939 - 2013
Peter Richter de Rangenier
Born 1930
Bernard Václav Štiasný
1760 - 1835
Antonín Rázek
1852 - 1929
Curt Lewinnek
Born 1904
Lenka Župková
Born 1970
Vladimír Soukup
1930 - 2012
Hans Aufrichtig
1869 - 1951
Vladimír Tomek
1923 - 1984
Milan Pilar
Born 1934
Florentina Mallá
1891 - 1973