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Most Famous Czech Writers

Writing 159
Czech Republic 1,003
1,620 JA John Amos Comenius John Amos Comenius Czech Philosopher 1592–1670
5,360 BH Bohumil Hrabal Bohumil Hrabal Czech Writer 1914–1997
15,369 FP František Palacký František Palacký Czech Historian 1798–1876
17,114 VN Vítězslav Nezval Vítězslav Nezval Czech Writer 1900–1958
24,155 VD Viktor Dyk Viktor Dyk Czech Poet 1877–1931
24,888 JŠ Josef Škvorecký Josef Škvorecký Czech Writer 1924–2012
25,495 VV Vladislav Vančura Vladislav Vančura Czech Poet 1891–1942
25,502 AJ Alois Jirásek Alois Jirásek Czech Writer 1851–1930
26,107 JD Josef Dobrovský Josef Dobrovský Czech Philologist 1753–1829
28,457 KH Karel Havlíček Borovský Karel Havlíček Borovský Czech Writer 1821–1856
34,251 CO Cosmas of Prague Cosmas of Prague Czech Writer 1045–1125
39,594 PC Petr Chelčický Petr Chelčický Czech Writer 1390–1460
40,054 KK Karel Kryl Czech Writer 1944–1994
40,845 LV Ludvík Vaculík Czech Writer 1926–2015
41,694 JK Jiří Kolář Jiří Kolář Czech Writer 1914–2002
48,890 FČ František Čelakovský František Čelakovský Czech Writer 1799–1852
51,683 IO Ivan Olbracht Ivan Olbracht Czech Writer 1882–1952
55,933 JM Jan Mukařovský Czech Linguist 1891–1975
58,245 FŠ Fráňa Šrámek Fráňa Šrámek Czech Writer 1877–1952
62,495 LK Ladislav Klíma Ladislav Klíma Czech Writer 1878–1928
67,229 KB Konstantin Biebl Konstantin Biebl Czech Writer 1898–1951
69,395 VH Václav Hanka Václav Hanka Czech Linguist 1791–1861
75,032 AS Antonín Sova Czech Writer 1864–1928
79,577 ZŠ Zdeněk Štěpánek Zdeněk Štěpánek Czech Writer 1896–1968
80,600 VH Vítězslav Hálek Vítězslav Hálek Czech Poet 1835–1874
85,827 JŠ Jindřich Štyrský Jindřich Štyrský Czech Writer 1899–1942
87,477 JK Jaroslav Kvapil Jaroslav Kvapil Czech Poet 1868–1950
91,022 JD Jakub Deml Jakub Deml Czech Writer 1878–1961
93,565 BR Bohuslav Reynek Bohuslav Reynek Czech Writer 1892–1971
94,967 JH Josef Hora Josef Hora Czech Writer 1891–1945
97,590 AH Adolf Heyduk Adolf Heyduk Czech Writer 1835–1923
104,207 JP Josef Pekař Josef Pekař Czech Historian 1870–1937
104,242 JG Jan Gebauer Jan Gebauer Czech Linguist 1838–1907
107,345 KH Kryštof Harant Kryštof Harant Czech Writer 1564–1621
107,918 JV Josef Václav Sládek Josef Václav Sládek Czech Writer 1845–1912
111,181 FD Francis Dvornik Francis Dvornik Czech Historian 1893–1975
116,070 MD Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová Czech Writer 1785–1845
116,238 JH Jiří Hanzelka (explorateur) Jiří Hanzelka (explorateur) Czech Writer 1920–2003
116,704 WH Wenceslaus Hajek Wenceslaus Hajek Czech Writer 1499–1553
119,100 JV Josef Váchal Josef Váchal Czech Writer 1884–1969
125,626 BH Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic Czech Writer 1461–1510
126,104 KT Karel Toman Karel Toman Czech Writer 1877–1946
128,467 JZ Jan Zahradníček Jan Zahradníček Czech Writer 1905–1960
132,190 JZ Jan Zábrana Czech Writer 1931–1984
132,625 MM Marie Majerová Marie Majerová Czech Writer 1882–1967
143,060 KV Karel Václav Rais Karel Václav Rais Czech Writer 1859–1926
148,319 ZM Zdeněk Mahler Zdeněk Mahler Czech Writer 1928–2018
159,543 JO Jacob of Mies Czech Writer 1372–1429
161,428 LS Ladislav Stroupežnický Ladislav Stroupežnický Czech Writer 1850–1892
165,335 KL Květa Legátová Czech Writer 1919–2012
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Inside the Czech Republic Writers

159 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among the Czech Republic Writers peaked in the 1920s with 18 people.

What the Czech Republic Writers Are Known For

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Writer are the Czech Republic Writers's biggest group — 60% of all notables (95).

The Czech Republic Writers over-index on writer — 14.4× the global rate.

  1. Writer95
  2. Historian14
  3. Poet11
  4. Philosopher9
  5. Author8
  6. Linguist7
  7. Journalist6
  8. Publisher3
  1. Writer9514.4×
  2. Linguist711.8×
  3. Philosopher99.3×
  4. Historian147.4×
  5. Author85.3×
  6. Journalist64.0×
  7. Poet113.5×

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