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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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Józef Czapski
1896 - 1993
Vladimír Franz
Born 1959
Josef Mánes
1820 - 1871
Gabriel von Max
1840 - 1915
Petr Brandl
1668 - 1735
Karel Škréta
1610 - 1674
Jakub Schikaneder
1855 - 1924
Helga Hošková-Weissová
Born 1929
Antonín Slavíček
1870 - 1910
Jaroslav Čermák (painter)
1831 - 1878
Luděk Marold
1865 - 1898
Kája Saudek
1935 - 2015
Zdenka Braunerová
1858 - 1934
Wlastimil Hofman
1881 - 1970
Kamil Lhoták
1912 - 1990
Wenzel Lorenz Reiner
1689 - 1743
Norbert Grund
1717 - 1767
Vladimír Boudník
1924 - 1968
František Ženíšek
1849 - 1916
Štěpán Zavřel
1932 - 1999
Antonín Mánes
1784 - 1843
Mikuláš Medek
1926 - 1974
Jiří Kroha
1893 - 1974
Georg Emanuel Opiz
1775 - 1841
František Tkadlík
1786 - 1840
Josef Matyáš Trenkwald
1824 - 1897
Quido Mánes
1828 - 1880
Malva Schalek
1882 - 1945
Otakar Lebeda
1877 - 1901
Karel Javůrek
1815 - 1909
Klara Kristalova
Born 1967
Felicita Frai
1909 - 2010
Johann Kautsky
1827 - 1896
Josef Bolf
Born 1971
Jan Bauch
1898 - 1995
Ruth Francken
1924 - 2006
Bedřich Havránek
1821 - 1899
Eugen von Kahler
1882 - 1911
Soběslav Pinkas
1827 - 1901
Viktor Barvitius
1834 - 1902
Jan Jahn
1739 - 1802
Daniel Pešta
Born 1959
Adolf Liebscher
1857 - 1919
Milan Kunc
Born 1944
Amalie Mánesová
1817 - 1883
Mary Louisa Kirschner
1852 - 1931
Walter Bondy
1880 - 1940
František Horčička
1776 - 1856
Karel Liebscher
1851 - 1906
Edward Young (peintre)
1823 - 1882
Alois Kirnig
1840 - 1911
Alois Wachsman
1898 - 1942
Vojtěch Bartoněk
1859 - 1908
Josef Žáček
Born 1951
Václav Mánes
1793 - 1858
Tomáš Vosolsobě
1937 - 2011
François Zdenek Eberl
1887 - 1962
Josef Istler
1919 - 2000
Ludvík Strimpl
1880 - 1937
Ferdinand Engelmüller
1867 - 1924
Viktor Foerster
1867 - 1915
Bohuslav Dvořák
1867 - 1951
Otto Placht
Born 1962
Anton Stevens
1618 - 1672
Vladimir Slepian
1930 - 1998
Heinrich Tomec
1863 - 1928
Carlos Stohr
1931 - 2017
Milada Marešová
1901 - 1987
Lukáš Kándl
Born 1944
Charlotte Piepenhagen
1821 - 1902
Václav Zykmund
1914 - 1984
Jaroslav Benda
1882 - 1970
Kamil Vladislav Muttich
1873 - 1924
Josef Wagner (painter)
Born 1938
Josef Vacke
1907 - 1987
Roman Erben
Born 1940
Tomáš Císařovský
Born 1962
Adolf Chwala
1836 - 1900
Georg Jilovsky
1884 - 1958
Henrik Moor
1876 - 1940
Alexandr Vladimír Hrska
1890 - 1954
Adolph Wiesner
1871 - 1942
Jiří Hejna
1921 - 2011
Franz Xaver Procházka
1740 - 1815
Jaro Procházka
1886 - 1949
Josef Platzer
1751 - 1806
Jan Grimm
1943 - 2012
Jiří Straka
Born 1967
Hermina Laukotová
1853 - 1931
Karl Würbs
1807 - 1876
Chava Pressburger
Born 1930
Saga Walli
1891 - 1975
Leo Diet
1857 - 1942
Bob Rakušan
Born 1948
Siard Nosecký
1693 - 1753
Giovanni Giannini
Born 1930
Louisa Piepenhagen
1825 - 1893
Charlotte Schrötter-Radnitz
1899 - 1986
Alexander Jakesch
1862 - 1934
Edith Birkin
1927 - 2018
Josef Černý (painter)
Born 1943
Paul Berger-Bergner
1904 - 1978
Pavel Canda
1930 - 1995
Karel Reisner
1868 - 1913
Bertha von Grab
1840 - 1907
Aleš Jiránek
Born 1947
Ferdinand Lepié
1824 - 1883
Franz Habermann
1788 - 1866
Susanne Schenda
Born 1931
Zdeněk Antonín Macků
1943 - 2006
Victor Puhonny
1838 - 1909
Jaroslav Sůra
1929 - 2011
Rudolf Czapek
1871 - 1935
Johann Jakob Stevens von Steinfels
1651 - 1730
Frank Kortan
Born 1964
Rafael von Ambros
1855 - 1895
Johann Nepomuk Schöpf
1733 - 1798
Jiří Votruba
Born 1946
Andreas Fortner
1809 - 1862
Carl Josef Alois Bourdet
1851 - 1928
Arnold Gerstl
1888 - 1957
Friedrich von Puteani
1894 - 1917
Oswald von Krobshofer
1883 - 1960
Francesco Antonio Mayerle
1710 - 1782
Stefan Krikl
Born 1936
Karl Kubinsky
1837 - 1889
Reon
Born 1948
Michael Haubtmann
1843 - 1921
Albrecht Grueber
1847 - 1888
Otto F. Häusler
1923 - 2007
Friedrich Wahle
1860 - 1927
Otto Tragy
1866 - 1928
Vladimír Svozil
Born 1966
Josef Jáchym Redelmayer
1727 - 1788
Pauline Prochazka
1842 - 1930
Ivana Machackova
Born 1960
Hilda Zadiková
1890 - 1974
Jan Karel Kovář
1709 - 1749
Eduard Kratzmann
1847 - 1922
Daniel Pitín
Born 1977