FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

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A - B

• Karel Absolon archaeologist, speleologist
• St. Agnes of Bohemia “Agnes of Prague” patron saint
• Jan Santini Aichel architect
• Michael Ajvaz author, poet, translator
• Mikolas Ales artist
• Josef Augusta paleontologist, geologist
• Jindrich Simon Baar Catholic priest, author
• Lida Baarova actress
• Jiri Baborovsky physical chemist
• Jiri Bartoska actor
• Jan Antonin Bata shoe manufacturer
• Thomas Bata founder of Bata shoes
• Frantisek Behounek radiologist, author, explorer
• Vaclav Belohradsky philosopher, sociologist
• Franta Belsky sculptor
• Bretislav Benda sculptor
• Jiri Benda violinist, composer
• Karel Bendl composer
• Edvard Benes former president
• Jan Blahoslav author, translator, poet
• Vilem Blodek composer, flautist, pianist
• Vincent Bochdalek anatomist
• Johann Bohm chemist
• Egon Bondy philosopher
• Pavel Borkovec composer
• Karel Havlicek Borovsky author, critic, journalist
• Otakar Boruvka mathematician
• Josef Bozek engineer, inventor
• Petr Brandl artist
• Otokar Brezina essayist, poet
• Frantisek Xaver Brixi classical composer
• Vaclav Brozik artist
• Josef Bryks military pilot, soldier
• Ota Bubenicek landscape artist
• Jiri Buguoy mathematician, inventor
• Zdenek Burian artist, book illustrator
• Jakub Bursa architect

C

• Josef Capek artist
• Karel Capek author
• Vera Caslavska gymnast, Olympic medalist
• Eduard Cech mathematician
• Svatopluk Cech author, poet, journalist
• Frantisek Celakovsky author, translator
• Borivoj Celovsky historian, philosopher
• Bohuslav Cernohorsky composer
• Charles IV king of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor
• Petr Chelcicky author, political leader
• Antonin Chittussi artist
• Josef Chochol architect
• Vera Chytilova film director
• Vaclav Cilek geologist, climatologist, author
• Jara Cimrman fictional character
• John Amos Comenius theologian, educator, author
• Leander Czerny entomologist

D - E

• Jakub Deml priest, author
• Ema Destinnova opera singer
• Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer architect
• Alen Divis artist
• Ivan Divis essayist, poet
• Vaclav Prokop Divis natural scientist, theologian
• Alexander Dreyschock composer, pianist
• Frantisek Drtikol photographer
• Alois Dryak architect
• Jaroslav Durych poet, playwright, journalist
• Jan Ladislav Dusik composer, pianist
• Antonin Dvorak composer
• Max Dvorak art historian
• Alois Elias general, politician
• Tomas Enge automobile racer
• Karel Jaromir Erben historian, poet

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