List of Famous people born in Central Bohemian Region
Jiří Adamíra
Jiří Adamíra was a Czech actor. Adamíra began as an actor in the season 1945–1946 and from 1946–1950 worked under the director Jiří Dalík in the theatre. He later appeared in 21 films between 1952 and 1989, and in 22 television series.
Josef Kajetán Tyl
Josef Kajetán Tyl was a significant Czech dramatist, writer, and actor. He was a notable figure in the Czech National Revival movement and is best known as the author of the current national anthem of the Czech Republic titled Kde domov můj?.
Jan Bočan
Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíkova
Katerina Veronika Anna Dusíková was a Bohemian singer, harpist, pianist and composer. She was also known as Veronika Rosalia Dusik (Dussek), Veronika Elisabeta Dusíková and Veronica Cianchettini. She was born in Čáslav, Bohemia, and began her studies in music with her organist father Jan Josef Dusik. She later moved to London to stay with her brother, composer Jan Ladislav Dusik, and married music publisher Francesco Cianchettini. She died in London in 1833.
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz was a Czech composer and harpist.
Svatopluk Čech
Svatopluk Čech was a Czech writer, journalist and poet.
Růžena Merunková
Petr Bendl
Petr Bendl is a Czech politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture from October 2011 to July 2013 in Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas and briefly as Minister of Transport under leadership of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Bendl is a former governor of the Central Bohemian Region after serving two terms. He was Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) between 2010 and 2017.
Antonín Zápotocký
Antonín Zápotocký was the communist Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 and President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957.
Pavel Juráček
Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Juráček started as a screenwriter for many Czech New Wave movies until he became a director. He worked in Prague at the Barrandov film studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, he was fired from Barrandov and wasn't allowed to make movies anymore.