List of Famous people born in Czech Republic
Josef Valčík
Josef Valčík was a Czechoslovak British-trained soldier and member of the Resistance in German-occupied Czechoslovakia who took part in the firefight during the aftermath of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, code named Operation Anthropoid.
Jiří Drahoš
Jiří Drahoš is a Czech physical chemist and politician who has been the Senator of Prague 4 since October 2018. Previously, Drahoš served as President of the Czech Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2017, and was a candidate in the 2018 Czech presidential election.
Sigrid Löffler
Sigrid Löffler is an Austrian cultural commentator, arts correspondent and literary critic.
Ondřej Zdráhala
Ondřej Zdráhala is a Czech handball player for Wisła Płock and the Czech national team.
Lukáš Rosol
Lukáš Rosol is a Czech professional tennis player. He competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Tour, both in singles and doubles. Rosol was coached by former Czech player, 1999 US Open quarterfinalist Ctislav Doseděl. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014.
Diether Kunerth
Diether Kunerth is a contemporary artist who lives in Ottobeuren, Upper Swabia.
Martin Galia
Martin Galia is a Czech handball player for NMC Górnik Zabrze and the Czech national team.
Ondřej Moravec
Ondřej Moravec is a former Czech biathlete.
Anna Šabatová
Anna Šabatová is a Czech politician, and former ombudsman of the Czech Republic. She was a signatory to Charter 77 and its spokesperson in 1986. Šabatová was awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1998. She received the Czech Medal of Merit in 2002. In 2014, Šabatová was elected as the ombudsman of the Czech Republic, replacing Pavel Varvařovský.
Gabriela Gunčíková
Gabriela Gunčíková, also known as Gabriela Gun, is a Czech singer. Her singing voice has been described as a cross between Sheryl Crow and Ann Wilson from the band, Heart. She was the runner-up of the second season of Česko Slovenská SuperStar and won the New Artist award at the 2011 Český slavík awards. Gunčíková was a touring vocalist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra from 2014 until 2015. She represented the Czech Republic at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with "I Stand".