List of Famous people born in Czech Republic

Filip Jícha is a former Czech handballer. He most recently played for Spanish handball team FC Barcelona. He also played for the Czech national team. Currently he is the head coach of German handball team THW Kiel.

Magdalena Kožená is a Czech mezzo-soprano.

Michal Neuvirth is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently under contract with HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played for the Washington Capitals, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, and Philadelphia Flyers. He was selected 34th overall by the Washington Capitals in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Jan Kubiš was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained paratroopers sent to eliminate acting Reichsprotektor (Realm-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid. During the attack, Kubiš threw the bomb that mortally wounded Heydrich.

Tomáš Pekhart is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw. He has represented the Czech Republic at both junior and senior level.

Josef Blösche was a member of the Nazi Party who served in the SS and SD during World War II. Blösche shot and killed many Jews, and helped send many more Jews to their deaths in extermination camps.

Nicole Melichar-Martinez is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles.

Nina Divíšková is a Czech actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1967. She is the wife of the film director Jan Kačer. Her sister is ceramist Tamara Divíšková.

Adam Ondra is a Czech professional rock climber, specializing in lead climbing and bouldering. Rock & Ice magazine described Ondra in 2013 as a prodigy and the leading climber of his generation. Ondra is the only male athlete to have won World Championship titles in both disciplines in the same year (2014), and he is also the only male athlete to have won the World Cup series in both disciplines.

Josef Duchač is a German politician (CDU).