List of Famous people born in Czech Republic

Luboš Kohoutek is 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.

Patrik Eliáš is a Czech former professional hockey winger who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils. Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leader in points, goals and assists, and he holds the franchise records for the most points in a season (96) along with most career game-winning goals (79). Eliáš has won the Stanley Cup twice with the Devils, in 2000 and 2003. He also ranks second in points by a Czech-born player in the NHL behind Jaromír Jágr.

Roman Šebrle is a retired decathlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he later switched to the combined events and is a former world record holder in the decathlon. In 2001 in Götzis he became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9,000 points, setting the record at 9,026 points, succeeding his compatriot, Tomáš Dvořák, who had scored 8,994 points two years earlier.

Herwig Franz Schopper, is an experimental physicist and was the director general of CERN from 1981 to 1988.

Pavlína Ščasná is a Czech former football striker who last played for Swedish champion LdB Malmö.

Jan Kudlička is a Czech pole vaulter. He finished in 8th place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a jump of 5.65 metres.

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