List of Famous people born in Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Victor Lustig

Robert V. Miller
First Name Victor
Last Name Lustig
Died on March 11, 1947

Victor Lustig was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice" and for conducting the "Rumanian Box" scam.

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Bohuslav Balbín

First Name Bohuslav
Last Name Balbín
Born on December 3, 1621
Died on November 28, 1688 (aged 66)

Bohuslav Balbín was a Czech writer, historian, geographer and Jesuit, called the "Czech Pliny". He became well known also as an advocate of the Czech language in the time of incoming germanization of the Czech lands.

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Kateřina Siniaková

Kateřina Siniaková is a Czech tennis player.

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Albrecht von Wallenstein

First Name Albrecht
Last Name Wallenstein
Born on September 24, 1583
Died on February 25, 1634 (aged 50)

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). His successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the Holy Roman Empire by the time of his death. Wallenstein became the supreme commander of the armies of the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and was a major figure of the Thirty Years' War.

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Jaroslav Plašil

Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Tomáš Koubek

First Name Tomáš
Last Name Koubek
Born on August 26, 1992 (age 32)
Height 197 cm | 6'6

Tomáš Koubek is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Augsburg.

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František Kupka

First Name František
Born on September 23, 1871
Died on June 24, 1957 (aged 85)

František Kupka, also known as Frank Kupka or François Kupka, was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic Cubism (Orphism). Kupka's abstract works arose from a base of realism, but later evolved into pure abstract art.

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Karl Kraus

First Name Karl
Last Name Kraus
Died on June 12, 1936

Karl Kraus was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet. He directed his satire at the press, German culture, and German and Austrian politics. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.

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Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Bruno zu Schaumburg-Lippe
First Name Prince
Last Name Schaumburg-Lippe
Born on January 30, 1868
Died on December 12, 1945 (aged 77)

Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe was a German prince and head of the Náchod branch of the princely house of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Friederike Adelheid Marie Luise Hilda Eugenie zu Schaumburg-Lippe
First Name Princess
Last Name Schaumburg-Lippe
Born on September 22, 1875
Died on January 27, 1971 (aged 95)

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and consort of the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Ernst II.

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