Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Famous Czech or Czech-speaking/writing people Table of contents 1 Politicians 2 Authors and Poets 3 Composers 4 Filmmakers 5 Painters 6 Scientists 7 Sports Personalities 8 Other 9 Also Czech-born Politicians Edvard Benes Václav Havel Jan Masaryk Tomas Masaryk Authors and Poets Karel Capek Jaroslav Foglar Jaroslav Hasek Václav Havel Bohumil Hrabal Milan Kundera Karel Hynek Macha Jan Neruda Ferdinand Peroutka Jaroslav Seifert Composers Antonin Dvorak Zdenek Fibich Leos Janacek Bohuslav Martinu Josef Myslivecek Oskar Nedbal Vitezslav Novák Bedrich Smetana Johann Stamitz Karel Stamitz Josef Suk Jaromir Vejvoda, author of the Beer Barrel Polka Jan Zach Jan Dismas Zelenka Filmmakers Milos Forman, film director Jiri Menzel, film director, actor Karel Reisz, film director Jan Svankmajer, film director, animator Jan Sverák, film director, actor Karel Zeman, film director Painters Vaclav Brozik Emil Filla Wenceslaus Hollar Jan Kupecky Frantisek Kupka Alfons Mucha Scientists Bernard Bolzano, philosopher, mathematician, and theologian Jaroslav Heyrovsky, scientist, Nobel laureate Bedrich Hrozný, scientist, deciphered Hittite language Jan Evangelista Purkyne, scientist Otto Wichterle, scientist, inventor of the modern contact lens Sports Personalities Vera Caslavska, gymnast, Olympic gold medalist Jaroslav Drobny, tennis player Dominik Hašek, ice hockey player Martina Hingis, tennis player Jaromir Jagr, ice hockey player Jan Koller, footballer Petr Korda, tennis player Ivan Lendl, tennis player Hana Mandlikova, tennis player Martina Navratilova, tennis player Pavel Nedved, footballer Jana Novotna, tennis player Tomas Rosický, footballer Helena Sukova, tennis player Emil Zatopek, runner, Olympic gold medalist Jan Zelezný, javelin thrower, Olympic gold medalist Other Thomas Bata, industrialist, Bata Shoes Vaclav Prokop Divis, inventor of the lightning rod Jan Hus Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius) Jan Letzel, architect of the A-bomb Dome Johann Santin Aichel, architect The Good King Wenceslas , 10th century Duke nof Christmas Carol fame Also Czech-born Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State August Wilhelm Ambros Alfred Brendel, pianist Max Brod Anton Cermak Sigmund Freud Kurt Gödel Edmund Husserl Franz Kafka Erich Wolfgang Korngold, film composer, two Oscars Adolf Loos Gustav Mahler Ernst Mach Gregor Mendel Anton Raphael Mengs Ferdinand Porsche Karl Renner Rainer Maria Rilke Arthur Seyss-Inquart Oskar Schindler Joseph Schumpeter Wilhelm Steinitz Adalbert Stifter Tom Stoppard Berta von Suttner, Nobel laureate Franz Werfel See also: List of people by nationality This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.