Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was a Bohemian composer.He was a student of Bohuslav Matej Cernohorský and was an organist at the M

Was a Bohemian composer.He was a student of Bohuslav Matej Cernohorský and was an organist at the Michaelskirche in Prague. Surviving works include organ masses, two oratorios, and other church music.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Was a footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia (8 caps).

Was a footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia (8 caps).

Was a Czech violinist and composer.Due to influence of his father Erasmus Laub (1794-1865) Ferdinand

Was a Czech violinist and composer.Due to influence of his father Erasmus Laub (1794-1865) Ferdinand's first public appearance happened when he was 6 years old. In age of 10 he had his own concert in Stavovské divadlo (a theater in Prague). During 1843-46 he studied at conservatory in Prague. Laub started his career of virtuoso in Vienna, at imperial court. In 1850 he travelled across Europe with string of exhibitions.

Was a sculptor and carver of the Baroque era.Ferdinand Brokoff's work is often equalized in importan

Was a sculptor and carver of the Baroque era.Ferdinand Brokoff's work is often equalized in importance with the work of Matthias Braun. In the beginning he mostly helped his father but since 1708 he worked independently and two years later, in the age of 22, he acquired his reputation for work on several statues on the Charles Bridge in Prague (the statuary of St. Adalbert, the statue of St. Gaetano, the sculpture group of Francis Borgia, the statues of St. Ignatius and Francis Xaverius, statuary of Saints John of Matha, Felix of Valois and Ivo including the famous statue of Turk, etc).

Was a Czech journalist and writer.In 1924 Peroutka passed from Tribuna to Lidové noviny and founded

Was a Czech journalist and writer.In 1924 Peroutka passed from Tribuna to Lidové noviny and founded—thanks to Tomáš Masaryk's donation—revue Prítomnost ("The Presence"). As a commentator he became very influential, standing on the position of the "Castle" (group of President Masaryk) and criticizing both communists and the Right represented by the national-democratic party of the first Czechoslovak prime minister Karel Kramár.

Was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of z

Was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of zoology. He died of high altitude sickness during an expedition across the Himalayas.

Is a Czech film director, cinematographer and producer.Filip Remunda graduated at FAMU–documentary

Is a Czech film director, cinematographer and producer.Filip Remunda graduated at FAMU–documentary directing department in the masterclass of Karel Vachek.[1] His film, Village B., was named best documentary film at the 2002 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and at the 2003 FAMU Festival, and it received the Don Quixote Award at the 2003 Art Film Trencianské Teplice festival, as well as several other prizes at festivals in Europe and the United States. During his studies, Filip Remunda also attended the workshop at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem. Filip Remunda, is co-founder of the Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) which supports the promotion of Eastern European Films and is actively involved in lecturing at the Ex Oriente Film

Is a Czech director, screenwriter and actor.Filip Renc achieved great success with his movie The Reb

Is a Czech director, screenwriter and actor.Filip Renc achieved great success with his movie The Rebels. In 2001, he won the Bonton Company Award and the Children's Jury Main Prize in the Feature Film - Youth category with this movie. The Rebels also won him the Audience Award in the Most Popular Film category and Filip Renc was nominated together with Daniel Dvorák for Best Art Direction at the Czech Lion awards.

Is an alpine skier from the Czech Republic. He competed for the Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Ol

Is an alpine skier from the Czech Republic. He competed for the Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 28th place in the combined in 2010.

Was a film director, producer and screenwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Czech

Was a film director, producer and screenwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Czech Republic). He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting.His biggest contribution to cinematography, particularly American cinema, has been as a teacher and as the head of some of the world's most prestigious film schools. Daniel taught filmmaking -- screenwriting in particular -- around the world.František Daniel was the first foreigner to be allowed entry into the prestigious All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, now known as Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.

Was a film director, producer and scriptwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Cze

Was a film director, producer and scriptwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Czech Republic). He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting.Upon his return home, František founded his own production company and also served as dean of the Faculty of Film and Television - FAMU part of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague's famous film school. While in charge, he was liberal in allowing such blossoming filmmakers as Miloš Forman and Jirí Menzel leeway to make their own types of films, regardless of Communist government sanctions, which helped lead in the liberalization of his country in the 1960s.

Was an American aeronautical engineer and painter, especially known for becoming both a pioneer in t

Was an American aeronautical engineer and painter, especially known for becoming both a pioneer in the art world and the realm of scientific engineering. His father came from Bohemia. His formal education began with a degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1934.

Was a Czech sculptor.His work includes not only traditional statues and busts, but also large-scale

Was a Czech sculptor.His work includes not only traditional statues and busts, but also large-scale more abstract works. He produced a number of statues of Winston Churchill, one of them at the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in Fulton, Missouri.

Was one of the most famous Czech literary translators and writers. He was among the most prolific tr

Was one of the most famous Czech literary translators and writers. He was among the most prolific translators of the century, translating works from 14 different languages. His name is often associated with many Shakespearian translations into the Czech language. He lived in Petrovice.

Was a Bohemian violinist and composer. He was the brother of Georg Benda, and he worked for much of

Was a Bohemian violinist and composer. He was the brother of Georg Benda, and he worked for much of his life at the court of Frederick the Great.Benda became the founder of a German school of violin playing. In his youth he was a chorister at Prague and afterward in the Chapel Royal at Dresden. At the same time he began to study the violin, and soon joined a company of strolling musicians who attended fetes, fairs, etc. At eighteen years of age Benda abandoned this wandering life and returned to Prague, going thence to Vienna, where he pursued his study of the violin under Carl Heinrich Graun, a pupil of Tartini. After two years he was appointed chapel master at Warsaw, and eventually he became a member of the Prince Royal of Prussia's band, and then concert master to the king.

Was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speak

Was one of the major fiction writers of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Austria-Hungary, presently the Czech Republic. His unique body of writing—much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumously—is considered by some people to be among the most influential in Western literature.

Was a Moravian composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of G

Was a Moravian composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of George Frideric Handel and ended a few years after that of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Was a German Social Democratic trade unionist and politician from the Czech Lands. He joined the Soc

Was a German Social Democratic trade unionist and politician from the Czech Lands. He joined the Social Democratic Party in 1899. From 1903 onwards he was trade union organizer. Between 1920 to 1938 he served as the General Secretary of the Central Commis