List of Famous people born in Zlín Region, Czech Republic
Markéta Irglová
Markéta Irglová is a Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress, known for starring in the film Once, which earned her a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly", with co-writer and co-star Glen Hansard.
Jan Černý
Jan Černý was a Czechoslovak civil servant and politician. He was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1921 and in 1926. He also served as the provincial president (governor) of Moravia in 1918–1920, 1921–1928 and 1929–1939.
Libor Kozák
Libor Kozák is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a striker for Fortuna Liga club Sparta Prague and the Czech Republic national team.
Pavel Hapal
Pavel Hapal is a Czech former football player and most recently manager of Slovakia national team.
Radim Bičánek
Radim Bičánek is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the second round, 27th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.
František Lydie Gahura
František Lýdie Gahura was a Czech architect and sculptor who became famous for his collaboration on the architectural and urban design of Zlín, a city in southeastern Czech Republic. He worked for the Bata Shoes organization in the 1920s and 1930s. Gahura was one of a number of Czech architects to design the "Bata houses" and Bata shoe factory at East Tilbury, Essex, England. The most impressive architectural work of František Lydie Gahura is Thomas Bata Memorial. The building process started in 1932 and the monument was open with ceremony on the day of the first anniversary of Tomas Bata death that is on July 12, 1933. It is the most valuable building of the Zlín functionalism.
Moses Samuel Zuckermandel
Rabbi Moses Samuel Zuckermandl, also Zuckermandel was a Czech-German rabbi, Talmudist, and Jewish theologian.
Théodore Kohn
Gottfried Bernhard Göz
Gottfried Bernhard Göz, also Goez, Goetz or Götz was a German Rococo painter and engraver.