List of Famous people born in Czech Republic
Pavel Nedvěd
Pavel Nedvěd is a Czech retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Described as one of the best footballers of his generation, he is also regarded as one of the most successful players to emerge from the Czech Republic, winning domestic and European accolades with Italian clubs Lazio, including the last Cup Winners' Cup, and Juventus, whom he led to the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final.
Tomáš Souček
Tomáš Souček is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club West Ham United and the Czech Republic national team.
David Pastrňák
David Pastrňák is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Pasta", he was selected by the Bruins in the first round, 25th overall, of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Petra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská is a retired tennis player from the Czech Republic. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Marion Bartoli, Elena Dementieva, Angelique Kerber, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Caroline Wozniacki, and Vera Zvonareva.
Tomáš Kalas
Tomáš Kalas is a Czech professional footballer who plays for and captains Bristol City. He plays as a centre back, but has also been played as a right back.
Milan Baroš
Milan Baroš is a Czech footballer who played as a striker. Currenty he plays for FK Vigantice on amateur level.
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek is a retired professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 event finals and the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2006, as well as winning the deciding match for Czech Republic's Davis Cup winning team in 2012 and again in 2013. In doubles, he won his first Grand Slam title at the 2012 Australian Open, along with Indian partner Leander Paes, defeating the Bryan Brothers in the final. Paes and Štěpánek also won the men's doubles title at the 2013 US Open, defeating Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya in the final. In November 2017, he became a coach of Novak Djokovic and in May 2019, he joined Andre Agassi as part of Grigor Dimitrov's coaching staff.
Petr Fiala
Petr Fiala is a Czech politician, political scientist and university professor who has been Leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014. He has served as Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013. From 2012 to 2013 Fiala was Minister of Education, Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Nečas.
Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková is a Czech tennis player.
Theodor Gebre Selassie
Theodor Gebre Selassie is a Czech professional footballer who plays for German club Werder Bremen, either as a full-back or as wing-back. He earned 54 caps and scored three goals with the Czech national team.