Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Is a Czech professional basketball player.

Is a Czech professional basketball player.

Is a Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics,

Is a Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the C-2 event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.Štepánek also won two medals in the C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 2003.

Is a Czech film producer, actor and film director. Two of the films he produced were nominated for t

Is a Czech film producer, actor and film director. Two of the films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : Divided We Fall (2000) and Želary (2003), which he also directed. He is the brother of Ivan Trojan.

Is a Czech ski jumper who has competed since 2002. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished

Is a Czech ski jumper who has competed since 2002. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished ninth in the team large hill and 45th in the individual large hill events. Vaculík finished 50th in the individual normal event at the 2007 FIS Nordic Wor

Is a Czech actor.He is currently employed at The Drama Club (DC) in Prague.

Is a Czech actor.He is currently employed at The Drama Club (DC) in Prague.

Was a Canadian composer.He studied piano and theory in Prague and, following the Nazi takeover of h

Was a Canadian composer.He studied piano and theory in Prague and, following the Nazi takeover of his country in 1938, studied in Vienna and Paris, always staying one step ahead of the invading Nazis. At an early age he developed the ability to sight-read orchestral scores and at the age of 19 he was recommended by George Szell for the assistant conductor’s post with the Prague Opera. In 1940 he left Europe for Canada and since that time he established himself as one of Canada's leading and most frequently performed composers.

Was a Czech violist, composer, and conductor of classical music.Although a great admirer of Dvorák,

Was a Czech violist, composer, and conductor of classical music.Although a great admirer of Dvorák, of whom he was a pupil, Nedbal paid homage to other composers. For example in his 1910 composition, Romantic Piece, Op. 18 for cello and piano, Nedbal cleverly inserts a theme usually associated with Mozart, Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman.

Was a prominent Czech composer. Intending originally to study engineering, Chlubna switched his majo

Was a prominent Czech composer. Intending originally to study engineering, Chlubna switched his major and from 1914 to 1924, he studied composition with Leoš Janácek. Until 1953, he worked as a clerk. Later, he taught at the Organ School in Brno for many years. He worked in many art organisations in Brno. Chlubna's works can be defined by three distinct periods: Romanticism, Impressionism, all the way to the Modern Constructivism. He delved into Symbolism as well. He used the texts of symbolic Czech poets, such as Otakar Brezina, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Jaroslav Durych and others. He wrote several cycles of compositions for piano and organ, as well as instrumental concerts, symphonies, ouvertures and cantatas.

Austrian-born Czech architect associated with the Secession / Art Nouveau period in Prague. Polívka

Austrian-born Czech architect associated with the Secession / Art Nouveau period in Prague. Polívka designed many of Prague's significant landmarks of the era, plus other work in Brno and elsewhere.After graduating from Czech Polytechnic in Prague, his first important commission was a collaboration with Antonín Wiehl, the 1894 Prague City Savings Bank. Polívka's style evolved through his active years but he remained devoted to the collaborating with artists for aesthetic effect. For the ornate landmark Municipal House he coordinated the work of many significant Czech muralists and sculptors of the time, including his friend Alfons Mucha.

Was a Czech economist and politician. He was the man behind the New Economic Model (economy liberali

Was a Czech economist and politician. He was the man behind the New Economic Model (economy liberalization plan) and was one of the key figures in the Prague Spring.Following the German annexation of the Sudetenland, and the partition of the whole nation in March 1939, Šik joined the Czech Resistance movement. However, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1940 and sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. At Mauthausen Šik's fellow inmates included Antonín Novotný, the future president of Czechoslovakia (who was succeeded by the leader of the Prague Spring Alexander Dubcek), and Dubcek's father, Štefan.

Was a famous Czech landscape painter. He was also widely regarded as Bohemia's greatest marionnetter

Was a famous Czech landscape painter. He was also widely regarded as Bohemia's greatest marionnetter.

Is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.

Is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.

Was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Was a Czech economist and politician. He was the man behind the New Economic Model (economy liberali

Was a Czech economist and politician. He was the man behind the New Economic Model (economy liberalization plan) and was one of the key figures in the Prague Spring.Šik's reforms were launched in 1967, before Dubcek came to power, but were heavily watered down by party apparatchiks who worried about losing control of the factories. The only palpable, and certainly the most popular, result of the reforms was the appearance of private taxis on the streets of Prague. In December 1967, at a party meeting that was a precursor to Dubcek's coup a month later, Šik publicly denounced Novotný's regime. He demanded a fundamental change to the Communist system and a new leadership, two decades before Mikhail Gorbachev he announced that economic reform could not be separated from fundamental political change.

Is a Czechoslovak weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. After he ended his career, Zar

Is a Czechoslovak weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. After he ended his career, Zaremba admitted he used doping throughout his career with the acknowledgment of the sport officials and coaches. His statement confirmed that many sportspeop

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player (Defenseman) who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in th

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player (Defenseman) who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.

Was a Czech mathematician best known today for his work in graph theory, long before this was an est

Was a Czech mathematician best known today for his work in graph theory, long before this was an established mathematical discipline.He was born in Uherský Ostroh, a town in Moravia (then in Austria-Hungary, later Czechoslovakia; today Czech Republic), and he attended the grammar school in Uherské Hradište, before changing in 1916 to the military school in Hranice and later enrolling into the military technical academy in Mödling near Vienna.

Was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovakian poet and essayist, considered the greatest of Czech Symb

Was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovakian poet and essayist, considered the greatest of Czech Symbolists.Almost all of the works were created during the period of 13 years, while he was working as a teacher in Nová Ríše, a small town with a monastery; he regularly visited the large library to study various books by medieval philosophers, especially German and French mysticists), and thus recovered from the shock produced by the sudden death of both of his parents.

Is a retired ice hockey forward.Janecký represented Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga for several sea

Is a retired ice hockey forward.Janecký represented Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga for several seasons, and his number, 91, has been retired by Jokerit. Janecký also played SM-liiga for SaiPa and Blues.

Was a Czech composer, conductor and teacher. He was the son of composer Bohuslav Jeremiáš and the

Was a Czech composer, conductor and teacher. He was the son of composer Bohuslav Jeremiáš and the brother of composer Jaroslav Jeremiáš.An accomplished cellist and pianist, he studied at the Prague Conservatory of Music. He lived in Ceské Budejovice, where he directed a local music school until February, 1929, when he was appointed head conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Is a Czechoslovak canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner Ludví

Is a Czechoslovak canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner Ludvík Klíma finished fifth in the folding K-2 10000 m event.

Was an internationally renowned Czech painter and sculptor born in Boskovice, Moravia, Czech Republi

Was an internationally renowned Czech painter and sculptor born in Boskovice, Moravia, Czech Republic. His works are mainly associated with Impressionism. He was influenced by such artists as Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, and formed a friendship with Pablo Picasso. He was known in France as Othon Coubine.

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olym

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Oly

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined and Cross-country skiing in the 1

Was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined and Cross-country skiing in the 1920s.Nemecký won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with golds in the 18 km and Nordic combined (1925) and a silver in the Nordic combined (1927).At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished 16th in the 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event and ninth in the Nordic combined competition.