List of Famous people born in Czech Republic

Joseph Veverka is the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences, professor of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences, with a focus on physical studies of satellite surfaces and planetary rings. Veverka was the principal investigator on the NASA Discovery Program mission CONTOUR, a co-investigator of the Deep Impact space mission to Comet Tempel 1, and is the principal investigator on the NASA Discovery Mission of Opportunity, Stardust-NeXT. He is the recipient of the 2001 National Air and Space Museum Trophy and has the asteroid 2710 Veverka named after him.

Petr Svoboda is a Czech track and field athlete, competing in the sprint hurdles. He currently holds national records in both 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles. On 6 March he won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Torino.

Jiří Čunek is a Czech politician who was the Leader of the Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party from December 2006 to May 2009. Čunek was also Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Regional Development in Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet until January 23, 2009. Since 2006, Čuněk has been Senator from Vsetín and since November 2, 2016 he has been the Governor of Zlín Region.

Miloš Tichý is a Czech astronomer.

Přemysl Bičovský is a Czech football manager and former player. He played 45 matches for Czechoslovakia. He is currently the manager of FK Ústí nad Labem in the Czech 2. Liga.

Vladimír Javorský is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1986 and 2011.

Johann Böhm is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria from 1974 to 2003 and was President of the Landtag of Bavaria from 1994 to 2003.

Tilman Zülch is a German human rights activist. He is the founder and general secretary of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP).