List of Famous people born in Czech Republic

Jiří Jarošík Czech pronunciation (help·info) is a Czech football manager and a former player. His playing position was defender and midfielder. He started his club career in his native Czech Republic, winning six league titles in seven years with Sparta Prague. He headed abroad to continue his football career, spending eight years playing for various teams including CSKA Moscow, Chelsea, Birmingham City, Celtic, Krylia Sovetov and Real Zaragoza. During this time he won league titles in four countries. He then returned to Sparta, although only for two seasons, after which he headed to Spain to play for Deportivo Alavés.

David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.

Filip Novák is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a left-back in the Süper Lig for Fenerbahçe. He holds the Fortuna Liga record for most goals scored in one season by a defender with 11 goals in the 2014–15 season.

Pavel Vrba is a Czech football manager and former player. He is known for applying an offensive football philosophy in the teams he coaches.

Michal Březina is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2013 European bronze medalist, 2011 Skate America champion, 2009 World Junior silver medalist, and four-time Czech national champion. He is also the winner of the 2014-15 ISU Challenger Series. Michal represented the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Rudolf Slánský was a leading Czech Communist politician. Holding the post of the party's General Secretary after World War II, he was one of the leading creators and organizers of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia.

Jaroslav Šilhavý is a Czech football manager and former player. He was born in Plzeň.

Tomáš Sivok is a former Czech professional footballer who lastly played as a centre-back for Dynamo České Budějovice in Czech First League. He made his debut for the Czech national team on 3 September 2005. His primary position is defender but he can play in midfield.

Pavel Horák is a Czech handballer for THW Kiel and the Czech national team.

General Petr Pavel is a Czech army officer who served from 2015 to 2018 as the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. He is the first person from a former Eastern Bloc state and the first former communist to hold the position. Prior to his current role he was Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army from 1 July 2012 to 1 May 2015.