Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter Z

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985.

A Czech singe rwhere he lived for most of his life. His father works in one of the many hotels in a

A Czech singe rwhere he lived for most of his life. His father works in one of the many hotels in a spa and his mother (an indigenous Russian) teaches Russian in a local school. He has an older brother named Svatoslav.

Is an International Grandmaster of chess from the Czech Republic. Czech chess champion 1994, won Zon

Is an International Grandmaster of chess from the Czech Republic. Czech chess champion 1994, won Zonal tournament Odorhea 1995 and tournaments Pardubice 1993, Altensteig 1995 and Lippstadt 2000.

Was a prominent Czech composer of New Music.Vostrák initiated his work in the generic Romantic styl

Was a prominent Czech composer of New Music.Vostrák initiated his work in the generic Romantic style. Beginning with his cycle of songs entitled While Falling Asleep, he turned to dodecaphony and techniques proceeding from this particular principle. In the following years Vostrák employed the style known by the general title of New Music. During the late 1960s and early 1970s he was widely engaged in composing electronic music which he sometimes combined with live performers. During the first stage of his career Vostrák wrote several successful operas and ballets. The following phase featured almost exclusively concert compositions with a predominance of instrumental music.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olym

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Munich in 1972.

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

Is a Czechoslovak canoer who in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he and his partner Jaroslav Humpál finished eighth in the K-2 10000 metres competition.

Is a pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Prague.

Is a pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. He was born in Prague.

Was a Czech composer of classical music, including chamber works (including two string quartets, a p

Was a Czech composer of classical music, including chamber works (including two string quartets, a piano trio, piano quartet and a quintet for piano, strings and winds), symphonic poems, three symphonies, at least seven operas, the most famous probably Šárka and The Bride of Messina; melodramas including the substantial trilogy Hippodamia, liturgical music including a mass - a missa brevis; and a large cycle (almost 400 pieces, from the 1890s) of piano works called Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences among other works.

Is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and

Is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Czechoslovakian footballer and an active football manager. As a goalkeaper who spent the

Is a former Czechoslovakian footballer and an active football manager. As a goalkeaper who spent the longest part of his career with Bohemians Prague Hruška had 24 appearances for Czechoslovakia and participated at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winte

Was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Was a Czech-born astronomer who directed an international project, financed by the U.S. Air Force, t

Was a Czech-born astronomer who directed an international project, financed by the U.S. Air Force, to photograph and map the entire surface of the Moon by using the refracting telescope at the Pic du Midi Observatory in southern France.In July 1914, the First World War broke out and Professor Kopal enlisted into the army. His wife Ludmila Kopalová, together with their sons Zdenek and their first born Miloš, went to live with her father Josef Lelek in Jicín. The teacher Josef Lelek had a strong personality, in which were epitomised all the positive aspects of Czech teachers of the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, who, aside from their pedagogical activities, were strongly and entirely selflessly influenced by local cultural life and science and were enriched by their basic knowledge, usually their relationship to the local town where they worked. This was the case with Kopal's grandfather, doubtlessly thanks to whom the young grammar school pupil Zdenek was able to grasp scientific methods,

Renown Czech industrial designer.He trained as a shoemaker in Bata’s Zlín factory, then as locksm

Renown Czech industrial designer.He trained as a shoemaker in Bata’s Zlín factory, then as locksmith and later as engineer. He studied under prominent Czech sculptor Vincenc Makovský at Zlín’s Art School from 1939 where he became interested in industrial design. He graduated there in 1943. He continued to work at Zlín for Bata creating body designs for vertical drilling machines. In 1947 he founded an industrial design studio in the Zlín Technical College. From 1959 he taught at the Institute of Arts & Crafts in Prague.

Was a Czech composer who produced a large of number film scores across a prolific career that starte

Was a Czech composer who produced a large of number film scores across a prolific career that started in the 1950s. He worked notably with animator Jan Švankmajer, scoring several of his earlier short films: Punch and Judy (1966), Et Cetera (1966), Historia Naturae (Suita) (1967), The Flat (1968), Don Juan (1969), The Ossuary (1970), Jabberwocky (1971), and Leonardo's Diary (1972), and later The Castle of Otranto (1979). Liška's music for Švankmajer's Historia Naturae (Suita), The Flat, and The Ossuary was also featured in the 1984 short film by American animators the Brothers Quay entitled The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer.

Was a prolific Czech composer having composed over 330 works. He graduated from a teachers' college

Was a prolific Czech composer having composed over 330 works. He graduated from a teachers' college and worked as a teacher from 1953 to 1963. He was a musical editor and program director at the National Broadcasting Company in Pilsen and conducted the Ceská písen, one of the most famous choirs in the Czechoslovakia.

Was a Czech chemist known for his contributions to development of ion exchange.Zdenek Matejka was bo

Was a Czech chemist known for his contributions to development of ion exchange.Zdenek Matejka was born in 1937 in Teplice. In 1955 he moved to Prague, to study chemistry at Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague. He received his master's degree in 1960. While working in Water Research Institute of CKD Dukla corp., he started external doctor course at Department of Heat Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague.

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Was a Czech painter and book illustrator. He is known as a painter whose work played a central role

Was a Czech painter and book illustrator. He is known as a painter whose work played a central role in the development of paleontological reconstructions.

Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole (Krtek or Krtecek in original) character and

Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole (Krtek or Krtecek in original) character and its adventures.He took part in the demonstrations held because of the death of Jan Opletal that lead to the closing of universities and colleges. He was fortunate enough not to be sent to a Concentration camp. Instead he wound up working as an animator.

Is a Czech football forward. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 90 matches and scored

Is a Czech football forward. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 90 matches and scored 31 goals as a tricky right-winger.

Was a Czech musicologist, music critic, author, and politician whose ideas dominated the cultural li

Was a Czech musicologist, music critic, author, and politician whose ideas dominated the cultural life of what is now the Czech Republic for most of the twentieth century. Although he started out merely reviewing operas in Prague newspapers in 1901, by th

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1950 and 1987.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1950 and 1987.

Is a Czech actor known especially for his stage work. He is a son of Zdenek Rohlicek and a Czech act

Is a Czech actor known especially for his stage work. He is a son of Zdenek Rohlicek and a Czech actress Eva Hruskova. He has two younger brothers - Pavel and Vojtech.Zdenek Rohlícek gained his first dramatic experience already as a child in puppet shows, television fairy tales and during choral singing at school of music. He graduated from Prague Conservatory in 2002. Apart from theatre, he co-operates with radio and television production. He plays the piano, the trumpet and the drums. He is interested in photography.