85 Notable alumni of
Masaryk University

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Masaryk University is 601st in the world, 222nd in Europe, and 4th in the Czech Republic by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 85 notable alumni from Masaryk University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Adam Ondra

    Adam Ondra
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    mountaineerrock climber
    Biography

    Adam Ondra is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing. In 2013, Rock & Ice described Ondra as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation. Ondra is the only male athlete to have won World Championship titles in both disciplines in the same year (2014) and is also the only male athlete to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines (lead climbing in 2009, 2015, and 2019 and bouldering in 2010).

  2. Petr Fiala

    Petr Fiala
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    1983-1988 graduated with magister degree in history and Czech
    In 1989 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in history
    In 1996 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in political science
    Occupations
    pedagoguepoliticianpolitical scientist
    Biography

    Petr Fiala is a Czech politician and political scientist who has been the prime minister of the Czech Republic since November 2021 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014. He previously served as the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013. Prior to entering politics, he was the rector of Masaryk University.

  3. Petr Nečas

    Petr Nečas
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politicianphysicist
    Biography

    Petr Nečas is a Czech former politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Civic Democratic Party from 2010 to 2013, and as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1993 to 2013.

  4. Jaroslav Kubera

    Jaroslav Kubera
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1947-2020 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jaroslav Kubera was a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party, who served in the Czech Senate representing Teplice from 2000 and the Senate President from 2018 until his death in 2020. He previously served as mayor of Teplice from 1994 to 2018.

  5. Lubomír Zaorálek

    Lubomír Zaorálek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianteacher
    Biography

    Lubomír Zaorálek is a Czech politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka from 2014 to 2017, and Minister of Culture under Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from 2019 to 2021. He was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1996 to 2021, and unsuccessfully ran for the premiership in the 2017 election but his Social Democratic Party received only 7% of the vote.

  6. Miloš Vystrčil

    Miloš Vystrčil
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Graduated with doctor rerum naturalium in mathematics and physics
    Occupations
    pedagoguepolitician
    Biography

    Miloš Vystrčil is a Czech politician serving as the President of the Senate since 2020 and Senator from Jihlava district since 2010. Vystrčil previously served as Mayor of Telč and governor of Vysočina Region.

  7. Karel Höger

    Karel Höger
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1909-1977 (aged 68)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    1932-1933 studied aesthetics
    Occupations
    writerEsperantistactorpedagogue
    Biography

    Karel Höger was a Czechoslovakian film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1939 and 1977.

  8. Iva Bittová

    Iva Bittová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    songwritersingerfilm actoractorcomposer
    Biography

    Iva Bittová is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actor in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. She started recording in 1986 and by 1990 her unique vocal and instrumental technique gained her international recognition. Since then, she has performed regularly throughout Europe, the United States and Japan, and has released over eight solo albums.

  9. Kateřina Konečná

    Kateřina Konečná
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Graduated with bachelor's degree in public administration
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Kateřina Konečná is a Czech politician, who has been a Member of the European Parliament representing the Czech Republic since 2013. Since 23 October 2021 she has been the leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM).

  10. Radim Uzel

    Radim Uzel
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1940-2022 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    local politicianuniversity teachernon-fiction writeropinion journalistpedagogue
    Biography

    Radim Uzel was a Czech sexologist and director of the Society for Family Planning and Sexual Education (Společnost pro plánování rodiny a sexuální výchovu). He was also an unsuccessful candidate to the Senate of the Czech Republic.

  11. Robert Šlachta

    Robert Šlachta
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    police officerpoliticiancustoms officer
    Biography

    Robert Šlachta is a politician and former police and customs officer. He has served as the leader of the Přísaha since June 2021. He was previously in charge of the Unit for Combating Organised Crime (Czech: Útvar pro odhalování organizovaného zločinu, ÚOOZ) from January 2008 to June 2016.

  12. Jan Skácel

    Jan Skácel
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1922-1989 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    poettranslatorwriterediting staff
    Biography

    Jan Skácel was a Czech poet of Moravian origin, widely acclaimed as one of the best poets who had been writing in Czech.

  13. Jiří Grygar

    Jiří Grygar
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    1954-1957 studied physics
    Occupations
    astronomerscience communicator
    Biography

    Jiří Grygar is a Czech astronomer, popularizer of science and Kalinga Prize (1996) laureate.

  14. Ondřej Sekora

    Ondřej Sekora
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1899-1967 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    writerdrawercaricaturistjournalistediting staff
    Biography

    Ondřej Sekora was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia.

  15. Kateřina Tučková

    Kateřina Tučková
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Studied art history and Czech studies
    Occupations
    exhibition curatorwritercuratorart historian
    Biography

    Kateřina Tučková is a Czech novelist and curator. She is best known as the author of Žítkovské bohyně, a Czech bestseller translated into 16 languages.

  16. Milan Uhde

    Milan Uhde
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1936-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    criticwriterpoliticianpoetplaywright
    Biography

    Milan Uhde is a Czech playwright and politician. He is a member of the Civic Democratic Party.

  17. Šárka Kašpárková

    Šárka Kašpárková
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    athletics competitorbasketball player
    Biography

    Šárka Kašpárková is a Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.

  18. Tomáš Zdechovský

    Tomáš Zdechovský
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    journalistpoetwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Tomáš Zdechovský is a Czech politician and businessperson. Since 2014 he has been a Member of the European Parliament with KDU-ČSL, which is part of the European Peoples Party.

  19. Markéta Gregorová

    Markéta Gregorová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Markéta Gregorová is a Czech politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election, representing the Czech Pirate Party. Gregorová serves as the Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, and is a member of the Committee on International Trade and the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation.

  20. Mikuláš Bek

    Mikuláš Bek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    1981-1986 graduated with doctor of philosophy in musicology
    Occupations
    musicologistpoliticianuniversity teachersociologist
    Biography

    Mikuláš Bek is a Czech musicologist and politician who has been serving as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since May 2023. He previously served as the Minister of EU Affairs from December 2021 to May 2023.

  21. Tomáš Špidlík

    Tomáš Špidlík
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1919-2010 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    university teacherCatholic priestwriterpedagoguejournalist
    Biography

    Tomáš Josef Špidlík, S.J. was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a Jesuit priest and theologian. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 2003.

  22. Jan Keller

    Jan Keller
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    sociologistopinion journalistpedagoguewriterpolitician
    Biography

    Jan Keller is a Czech sociologist and politician. Since 2014, he has been a Member of the European Parliament representing the Czech Republic, elected as a non-partisan for the Social Democratic Party. He publishes political commentaries and essays mainly in the Czech daily Právo.

  23. Ludvík Kundera

    Ludvík Kundera
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1920-2010 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    linguistliterary criticdramaturgeteacherpoet
    Biography

    Ludvík Kundera was a Czech writer, translator, poet, playwright, editor and literary historian. He was a notable exponent of Czech avant-garde literature and a prolific translator of German authors. In 2007, he received the Medal of Merit for service to the Republic. In 2009, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Award, presented by the Charter 77 Foundation. Kundera was a cousin of Czech-French writer Milan Kundera and nephew of the pianist and musicologist also named Ludvík Kundera.

  24. Miroslav Grebeníček

    Miroslav Grebeníček
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    historianpoliticianpedagogue
    Biography

    Miroslav Grebeníček is a Czech politician who was leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) from 1993 to 2005. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1993 to 2021, with only six months absence in 2013.

  25. Martin Baxa

    Martin Baxa
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    pedagoguepoliticiancivil servant
    Biography

    Martin Baxa is a Czech politician who has served as the Czech Minister of Culture in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since December 2021. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since October 2017. He previously served as Mayor of Plzeň from 2010 to 2014, and again from 2018 to 2022.

  26. Luboš Kohoutek

    Luboš Kohoutek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1935-2023 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    astronomerscientist
    Biography

    Luboš Kohoutek was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary nebulae.

  27. Jaroslav Soukup

    Jaroslav Soukup
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    professional fitness coachbiathlete
    Biography

    Jaroslav Soukup is a retired Czech biathlete.

  28. Petr Gazdík

    Petr Gazdík
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    education ministerteacherpoliticianpedagoguemayor
    Biography

    Petr Gazdík is a Czech politician who has been member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010. He served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to June 2022 and was a leader of Mayors and Independents party from 2009 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019. Previously he was a mayor of Suchá Loz. He is married and he has four children.

  29. Marcel Kolaja

    Marcel Kolaja
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    politiciansoftware engineer
    Biography

    Marcel Kolaja is a Czech software engineer, Internet freedom and digital rights activist and a Czech Pirate Party politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2019 election and Quaestor of the European Parliament since 2022. He is a member of the Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group along with three other European Pirate Party MEPs.

  30. Petr Hladík

    Petr Hladík
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    2005-2010 graduated with magister degree in applied computer science
    Occupations
    politiciancomputer scientist
    Biography

    Petr Hladík is a Czech politician who has served as Czech Minister of the Environment in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since March 2023. He is also deputy chairman of KDU-ČSL since March 2019.

  31. Jan Veleba

    Jan Veleba
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jan Veleba is a Czech politician and agricultural functionary. He was a Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic since 2012 Czech Senate election. In March 2014 he was elected a new Chairman of the Party of Civic Rights after Zdeněk Štengl.

  32. Josef Augusta

    Josef Augusta
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1946-2017 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    ice hockey coachice hockey player
    Biography

    Josef Augusta was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach, and a silver medalist from the 1976 Winter Olympics. He is the father of former hockey player Patrik Augusta.

  33. Luděk Niedermayer

    Luděk Niedermayer
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianbank officereconomist
    Biography

    Luděk Niedermayer is a Czech politician and economist, serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Czech Republic since July 2014, representing TOP 09, part of the European People's Party. He also currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament.

  34. Libor Michálek

    Libor Michálek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    economistcivil servantbrokerpolitician
    Biography

    Libor Michálek is a Czech economist, politician, and whistleblower. He led successful corruption cases against the Czech National Property Fund and the Environment Ministry as former employees of both. He was the first Pirate Party candidate to be elected to office in a national legislature. His senatorial term was 2012–2018.

  35. Marie Chatardová

    Marie Chatardová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    lawyerdiplomat
    Biography

    Marie Chatardová is a Czech diplomat, currently the Czech ambassador to the United Kingdom. She is the first woman appointed to this post since 1918. In 2017, Forbes magazine named Chatardova as the fourth most influential woman in the Czech Republic.

  36. Jiří Kratochvil

    Jiří Kratochvil
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    editing staffwriterarchivistplaywrightjournalist
    Biography

    Jiří Kratochvil is a Czech writer.

  37. Martin Palouš

    Martin Palouš
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    translatoruniversity teacherpedagogueambassadorphilosopher
    Biography

    Martin Palouš is the ex-Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Czech Republic. He presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 11 September 2006. Palouš is married to Pavla Paloušová and they have two children.

  38. Ivona Březinová

    Ivona Březinová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    writerteacher
    Biography

    Ivona Březinová is a Czech writer of fiction for children and adolescents.

  39. Luboš Perek

    Luboš Perek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1919-2020 (aged 101)
    Occupations
    astronomer
    Biography

    Luboš Perek was a Czech astronomer best known for his Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae co-written in 1967 with Luboš Kohoutek. He worked on the distribution of mass in the galaxy, high-velocity stars, planetary nebulae, definition of outer space, geostationary orbit, space debris, and management of outer space.

  40. Petr Váša

    Petr Váša
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    writerpedagoguesongwritervisual artistmusician
    Biography

    Petr Váša is a Czech poet, rock singer-songwriter, experimental actor, artist and educator. In 1985 he founded his first band called Z kopce (Czech "downhill"). From 1999 he performed with Ty Syčáci. He is also member of the rock band Jasná Páka.

  41. Jiří Zlatuška

    Jiří Zlatuška
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    In 1981 graduated with doctor rerum naturalium in informatics
    Occupations
    computer scientistpoliticianuniversity teacherpedagogue
    Biography

    Jiří Zlatuška is a Czech informaticist, university professor and politician. He was elected in the parliamentary election in 2013 to the Chamber of Deputies on the ANO 2011 platform. From 2015 to 2019 he was Dean of the Faculty of Informatics of the Masaryk University.

  42. Adam Václavík

    Adam Václavík
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1994-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    athlete
    Biography

    Adam Václavík is a Czech biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup.

  43. Josef Augusta

    Josef Augusta
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1903-1968 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    writerpaleontologistuniversity teachernon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Josef Augusta was a Czech paleontologist, geologist, and science popularizer.

  44. Ondřej Liška

    Ondřej Liška
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Studied political science
    Occupations
    religious studies scholarpoliticianministerpolitical scientist
    Biography

    Ondřej Liška is a Czech politician, who served as Minister of Education under Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek in his second cabinet. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for South Moravia from the 2006 legislative election until May 2010. He was the chairman of the Green Party.

  45. Tomáš Julínek

    Tomáš Julínek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    physicianmanagerpolitician
    Biography

    Tomáš Julínek is a Czech politician and physician. From 2006 to 2009, Julínek served as the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic. He is a member of the Civic Democratic Party.

  46. Otakar Borůvka

    Otakar Borůvka
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1899-1995 (aged 96)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Studied in 1921-1923
    Occupations
    pedagogueuniversity teachermathematician
    Biography

    Otakar Borůvka was a Czech mathematician best known today for his work in graph theory.

  47. Ernst Wiesner

    Ernst Wiesner
    Born in
    Slovakia Flag Slovakia
    Years
    1890-1971 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    designerarchitectteacher
    Biography

    Ernst Wiesner, also known as Arnošt Wiesner was a modernist architect, one of the foremost interwar period architects of Brno. His ancestors with German surnames Wiesner came from the area of modern Austria.

  48. Lumír Ondřej Hanuš

    Lumír Ondřej Hanuš
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    pedagoguechemist
    Biography

    Lumír Ondřej Hanuš is a Czech analytic chemist and leading authority in the field of cannabis research. In 1992, he and William Anthony Devane isolated and first described the structure of anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter.

  49. Jiří Levý

    Jiří Levý
    Born in
    Slovakia Flag Slovakia
    Years
    1926-1967 (aged 41)
    Occupations
    literary theoristteacheruniversity teachertranslatorliterary scholar
    Biography

    Jiří Levý was a Czech literary theoretician, literary historian and translation theoretician. Levý's work was crucial for the development of translation theory in Czechoslovakia and it has subsequently influenced scholars internationally.

  50. Leo Eitinger

    Leo Eitinger
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1912-1996 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    historian of Modern Agepsychiatristphysicianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Leo Eitinger was a Norwegian psychiatrist, author and educator. He was a Holocaust survivor who studied the late-onset psychological trauma experienced by people who went through separation and psychological pain early in life only to show traumatic experience decades later. He devoted a long period studying posttraumatic stress disorder among Holocaust survivors, which had led Holocaust survivors including Paul Celan (1920–1970), Primo Levi (1919–1987) and many others to commit suicide several decades after the experience. Eitinger was a pioneer of research into psychological trauma among refugees, and also laid the foundation for Norwegian military psychiatry research with emphasis on psychological trauma among soldiers.

  51. Petr Hruška

    Petr Hruška
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    1999-2003 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    writerliterary criticpoetscreenwriterengineer
    Biography

    Petr Hruška is a Czech poet, screenwriter, literary critic and academic.

  52. Venceslas Kruta

    Venceslas Kruta
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    archaeologisthistorianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Venceslas Kruta is a French archaeologist and historian. He is the director of European protohistory studies at the École pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), and Professor emeritus at the Sorbonne University. Kruta has also directed the Centre d'Études Celtiques in Paris and the journal Études Celtiques, and has chaired the editorial board of the journal Gallia (CNRS).

  53. Antonín Přidal

    Antonín Přidal
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1935-2017 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    translatorwriteropinion journalistpedagoguejournalist
    Biography

    Antonín Přidal was a Czech translator from English, Spanish and French, and writer, journalist and university lecturer.

  54. Jan Němec

    Jan Němec
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Studied sociology
    Occupations
    writeropinion journalistphotographerpoetjournalist
    Biography

    Jan Němec is a Czech writer. He was born and raised in Brno. He studied at Masaryk University and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, both in Brno. He has published four books till date:

  55. Hana Horáková

    Hana Horáková
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Hana Horáková is a basketball player from the Czech Republic who plays for BK Brno. She was a member of the national team that won the European title in 2005 by defeating Russia in the final. Playing as a guard she also competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in fifth place in 2004 and in seventh place at the other two Olympics.

  56. Jitka Seitlová

    Jitka Seitlová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jitka Seitlová is a Czech politician and current senator for Přerov District, a position which she has held since 2014. She also served for the same district between 1996 and 2007. She won in the 1996 Czech Senate election, ahead of ODS candidate Stanislav Žalud. In November 2020, she was elected as deputy speaker (Vice-President) of the Senate.

  57. Jiří Pernes

    Jiří Pernes
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    university teachermuseologisthistorianlocal politicianpolitician
    Biography

    Jiří Pernes is a Czech historian.

  58. Jiří Mihola

    Jiří Mihola
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jiří Mihola is a Czech politician and former member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) from October 2013 to October 2021.

  59. Eva Vítečková

    Eva Vítečková
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    teacherbasketball player
    Biography

    Eva Vítečková is a Czech basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

  60. Zdeněk Rotrekl

    Zdeněk Rotrekl
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1920-2013 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    prose writerediting staffwriterpoetliterary historian
    Biography

    Zdeněk Rotrekl was a Czech and Czechoslovak Catholic poet, literary historian and writer. He was severely persecuted for his work and Roman Catholic beliefs during Czechoslovakia's Communist era from 1948 to 1989, including thirteen years in prison. The Communist government also banned his work for more than forty years. The Prague Daily Monitor has called him "one of the most distinguished personalities of the Catholic stream in Czech poetry of the latter half of the 20th century."

  61. Jan Trefulka

    Jan Trefulka
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1929-2012 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    science fiction writerediting staffwritertranslatorliterary critic
    Biography

    Jan Trefulka was a Czech writer, translator, literary critic and publicist.

  62. Jaroslav Erik Frič

    Jaroslav Erik Frič
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1949-2019 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    writerediting staffpoetmusicianpublisher
    Biography

    Jaroslav Erik Frič was a Czech poet, musician, publisher and organizer of underground culture festivals.

  63. Miloslav Petrusek

    Miloslav Petrusek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1936-2012 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    pedagoguesociologistteacher
    Biography

    Miloslav Petrusek was a prominent Czech sociologist who served as a dean of Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague between 1992–1997, as well as the prorector for academic affairs of the university in 1997–2000. For his consistent contribution to sociology and education, he received numerous awards, such as Ordre des Palmes Académiques or Golden Medal of Masaryk University. In 2012, Petrusek received The VIZE 97 Prize (in memoriam).

  64. Bozhin Laskov

    Bozhin Laskov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1922-2007 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    association football managerassociation football player
    Biography

    Bozhin Georgiev Laskov (Bulgarian: Божин Георгиев Ласков; (15 February 1922 – 31 March 2007) was a naturalised Slovak association football player of Bulgarian descent and origin, who played as a striker, noted for his tall stature, impressive physique and great heading. In addition, post-retirement Laskov served as a otorhinolaryngologist and a trained Bulgarian Orthodox priest. After 1946, he lived and worked in Czechoslovakia and is counted among Bulgaria's and Slovakia's best footballers of the era.

  65. Olga Sehnalová

    Olga Sehnalová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    physicianpolitician
    Biography

    Olga Sehnalová is a Czech politician. Since July 2009, she has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic, representing the Social Democratic Party.

  66. Vladimír Vetchý

    Vladimír Vetchý
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Vladimír Vetchý is a former Czech politician for Czech Social Democratic Party. He served as defense minister from 22 July 1998 to 3 May 2001 in Miloš Zeman's Cabinet. Vetchý was criticized for failing to meet targets relating to the Czech Republic's NATO accession, leading to his dismissal.

  67. Hana Librová

    Hana Librová
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1943-.. (age 81)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Graduated with doctor rerum naturalium
    Occupations
    writeruniversity teacherpedagogueecologistsociologist
    Biography

    Hana Librová is a Czech biologist, sociologist and environmentalist. She founded the Department of Environmental Studies at Masaryk University. She has carried out research on environmental lifestyle and environmental values.

  68. Martin Potůček

    Martin Potůček
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    sociologistwriterpolitical scientistpedagoguejournalist
    Biography

    Martin Potůček is Czech academic and journalist.

  69. Luděk Navara

    Luděk Navara
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    journalistpoetwriterediting staff
    Biography

    Luděk Navara is a Czech non-fictional author, publicist and historian.

  70. Petr Duchoň

    Petr Duchoň
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politicianphysicist
    Biography

    Petr Duchoň is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Civic Democratic Party, part of the European Democrats and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Transport and Tourism.

  71. Jan Beránek

    Jan Beránek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    managerwriterpolitician
    Biography

    Jan Beránek, is a Czech ecological activist, energy expert, politician, employee of Greenpeace and former member and chairman of Czech Green Party.

  72. František Emmert

    František Emmert
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Studied study of history and religious studies
    Occupations
    journalistjuristwriternon-fiction writer
    Biography

    František Emmert is a Czech historian and writer. He is an author of books about modern European and Czech history.

  73. Vital Voranau

    Vital Voranau
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    writerpublisheruniversity teacherpoetjournalist
    Biography

    Vital Voranaŭ is a Belarusian-Polish playwright, translator, writer, academic, and poet. He is a co-founder of Belarusian Cultural and Scientific Centre in Poznań and the publishing house Bely Krumkacz. He was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR and now lives in Poland. He completed his doctorate at Masaryk University in Czech Republic and teaches Irish literature and history of Belarus in Southwestern College in the United States.

  74. Jan Firbas

    Jan Firbas
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1921-2000 (aged 79)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    1945-1947 studied English studies and philosophy
    Occupations
    linguistwriterpedagogue
    Biography

    Jan Firbas, was a Czech linguist and a prominent representative of the Prague School of linguistics.

  75. Paul Mauffray

    Paul Mauffray
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    conductormusic teacher
    Biography

    Paul Mauffray is an American conductor and laureat of the 2007 Bartók International Opera Conducting Competition, The American Prize for Conductors, and 1996 Freedman Conducting Competition. He has studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Louisiana State University, Justus Liebig University, Masaryk University (Brno), and earned a Masters of Music degree in Orchestra Conducting as an Associate Instructor / Assistant Conductor at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.

  76. Emil Paleček

    Emil Paleček
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1930-2018 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    biochemistuniversity teacherchemist
    Biography

    Emil Paleček was a Czech biochemist, who researched how DNA can be used to diagnose genetic diseases. Paleček discovered that nucleic acids could be analysed by electrochemical research, contradicting previous assumptions from the 1950s that DNA molecules were too large to be affected by electrochemistry.

  77. Vojtěch Adam

    Vojtěch Adam
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    physicianpolitician
    Biography

    Vojtěch Adam is a Czech politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2008 to 2017, representing South Moravian Region for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

  78. Jaroslav Brožek

    Jaroslav Brožek
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1923-2019 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    art educatorpainterpedagogueart theorist
    Biography

    Dr. Jaroslav Brožek, CSc. was a Czech artist and professor of art, theorist in color theory, art teaching and methodologies. He authored a number of publications about color and its effects on human perception, and together with other authors he prepared textbooks for primary schools as well as art schools in the Czech Republic.

  79. Milan Tošnar

    Milan Tošnar
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1925-2016 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    athletics competitorcoachtrack and field coachsports officialrunner
    Biography

    Milan Tošnar was a Czech athlete (hurdler), coach and sports official. He was the first Czechoslovak runner for 110 metres Hurdles, which exceeded 15 seconds. Multiple representative of Czechoslovakia. Medalist from international university competitions.

  80. Dita Přikrylová

    Dita Přikrylová
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    managercomputer scientist
    Biography

    Dita Přikrylová is a Czech software engineer, a social entrepreneur, and the founder of Czechitas, a non-profit organization based upon Girls Who Code which provides technical education and networking possibilities for women and youth in information technologies.

  81. Miroslav Tetter

    Miroslav Tetter
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1938-2021 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    biologistnaturalistpoliticianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Miroslav Tetter was a Czech politician and academic. He was a representative of the South Bohemian Region from 2000 to 2008 and Mayor of České Budějovice from 1998 to 2006 and again in 2010. In his earlier political career he served in the České Budějovice City Council.

  82. Aleš Svoboda

    Aleš Svoboda
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1941-2010 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    pedagoguewriter
    Biography

    Aleš Svoboda was a Czech linguist, university professor, and a prominent representative of the Prague School of linguistics.

  83. František Wolf

    František Wolf
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1904-1989 (aged 85)
    Enrolled in Masaryk University
    Studied in 1928
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    František Wolf was a Czech mathematician known for his contributions to trigonometry and mathematical analysis, specifically the study of the perturbation of linear operators.

  84. Vojtěch Kučera

    Vojtěch Kučera
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    writergeographereditorediting staffpoet
    Biography

    Vojtěch Kučera is a Czech poet and literary editor. He studied geography at the Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University in Brno. He is a longtime editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine Weles.

  85. František Moravec

    František Moravec
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    parasitologist
    Biography

    František Moravec is a Czech parasitologist who specialises on the Nematodes, especially the nematodes parasites of fishes. His research is mainly in the field of taxonomy of the Nematoda.