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Historical figures born in Czech Republic
8,093 notable historical figures were born in Czech Republic. These are the most notable:
- Martina Navratilova (born 1956, Sports)
- Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939, Science)
- Franz Kafka (1883 to 1924, Literature)
- Oskar Schindler (1908 to 1974, Business)
- Antonín Dvořák (1841 to 1904, Arts & Music)
- Gregor Mendel (1822 to 1884, Science)
- Kurt Gödel (1906 to 1978, Philosophy)
- Václav Havel (1936 to 2011, Politics)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 to 1926, Literature)
- Jan Hus (1369 to 1415, Religion)
- Jan Žižka (1360 to 1424, Military)
- Miloš Forman (1932 to 2018, Entertainment)
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316 to 1378, Politics)
- Petr Pavel (born 1961, Politics)
- Alphonse Mucha (1860 to 1939, Arts & Music)
- Milan Kundera (1929 to 2023, Literature)
- Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892 to 1946, Politics)
- Princess Michael of Kent (born 1945, Politics)
- Edmund Husserl (1859 to 1938, Philosophy)
- Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619 to 1682, Military)
- Petr Fiala (born 1964, Politics)
- Bedřich Smetana (1824 to 1884, Arts & Music)
- Madeleine Albright (1937 to 2022, Politics)
- Edvard Beneš (1884 to 1948, Politics)
- Herbert Lom (1917 to 2012, Entertainment)
- Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907 to 935, Politics)
- Tomáš Masaryk (1850 to 1937, Politics)
- Franz Reichelt (1878 to 1912, Science)
- Gustav Mahler (1860 to 1911, Arts & Music)
- Ernst Mach (1838 to 1916, Science)
- Miloš Zeman (born 1944, Politics)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843 to 1914, Literature)
- Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583 to 1634, Politics)
- Maria Christina of Austria (1858 to 1929, Politics)
- Leoš Janáček (1854 to 1928, Arts & Music)
- Václav Klaus (born 1941, Politics)
- John Amos Comenius (1592 to 1670, Philosophy)
- Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233 to 1278, Politics)
- Klement Gottwald (1896 to 1953, Politics)
- Anne of Bohemia (1366 to 1394, Politics)
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