Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a Czech amateur astronomer, and a member of the Czech Astronomical Society. He lives in Lelekovic

Is a Czech amateur astronomer, and a member of the Czech Astronomical Society. He lives in Lelekovice, a village in the South Moravian Region, the Czech Republic.

In April 2005 he became the coach of the Czech Second League team HC Most.

In April 2005 he became the coach of the Czech Second League team HC Most.

Played on the 1992 Czechoslovak, Bronze Medal winning, Olympic ice hockey team.In April 2005 he beca

Played on the 1992 Czechoslovak, Bronze Medal winning, Olympic ice hockey team.In April 2005 he became the coach of the Czech Second League team HC Most.

Was Czech historian and diplomat.Krofta became an active participant in the resistance during the Ge

Was Czech historian and diplomat.Krofta became an active participant in the resistance during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II through the National Revolution Preparatory Assembly (Prípravný národní Revolucní výbor). In 1944, was he

Is a former Slovak football player. He played for FC Spartak Trnava. He earned 4 caps for the Czecho

Is a former Slovak football player. He played for FC Spartak Trnava. He earned 4 caps for the Czechoslovakia national football team.

Is a Czech ice dancer.

Is a Czech ice dancer.

Is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World

Is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Oberstdorf in 2005 while her best individual finish was 11th in the 30 km event at Sapporo in 2007.Rajdlová's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 23rd in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event at Vancouver in 2010.

Is a Czech women's basketball player. She currently plays for the North American WNBA's Phoenix Merc

Is a Czech women's basketball player. She currently plays for the North American WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Vodicková has been known to be a dominant player in the Czech circuit. In 2005, she played for the Dynamo in the Russian super league.

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey and football (soccer) player. He played as midfielder for AC Sparta Pr

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey and football (soccer) player. He played as midfielder for AC Sparta Praha and the Czechoslovak football national team. He played from 1913 to 1933, scoring 149 goals in his club career.

Was Czech archaeologist, geographer, paleontologist, and speleologist. He was born in Boskovice.His

Was Czech archaeologist, geographer, paleontologist, and speleologist. He was born in Boskovice.His most known work are paleoanthropologic discoveries at Dolní Vestonice which include a Venus figure. He worked on systemic mapping of Moravský kras, including the abyss Macocha and caves Pekárna, Punkevní and Katerinská. He also explored karstic caves in the Balkans, France, and England.

Was a Jewish Czech opera singer, composer and opera director.After extensive musical education, Kare

Was a Jewish Czech opera singer, composer and opera director.After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career as a bass singer of opera in Opava. In March, 1943, Berman was deported to Theresienstadt, where he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director. On 11 July 1944, for example, he and Rafael Schächter produced the "Four songs to words of Chinese poetry" by Pavel Haas for the first time. Later he was also imprisoned in Kaufering and Auschwitz. He survived the camps and later became famous as an opera singer. In 1953, he joined the Prague National Theatre opera. Berman is also remembered as an opera director, having directed more than 70 operas[1]. He also as taught at the Prague Conservatory from 1961-1971, and from 1964 at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Was a Czech organist and composer from a family of musicians.Kopriva studied first with his father,

Was a Czech organist and composer from a family of musicians.Kopriva studied first with his father, the composer Václav Jan Kopriva (1708–1789), and later with Josef Seger in Prague. Then he became organist at the St. Jacob's Church in Cítoliby. He is especially renowned for his numerous concertos and fairs.

Was a Czech composer and conductor.From 1915 to 1918 he was the Kapellmeister at the Hamburg Opera a

Was a Czech composer and conductor.From 1915 to 1918 he was the Kapellmeister at the Hamburg Opera and worked from 1918 to 1919 as a conductor at the National Theatre in Brno and Ostrava. From 1920 to 1930, he was a composition teacher at the Prague Conservatory, and principal conductor of the Czechoslovak Radio Orchestra until 1945.

Is a Czech retired football coach.Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League an

Is a Czech retired football coach.Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985. He was appointed coach of the Czech Republic national under-21 football team in 1997 and head of the national team in 2001

Was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He introduced and made popular th

Was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1921. Karel credited his brother, Josef Capek, as the true inventor of the word robot.

Is a Czech photographer.Cudlín was born in Prague and started taking photographs in his teens. Borr

Is a Czech photographer.Cudlín was born in Prague and started taking photographs in his teens. Borrowing his father's Exakta and supported by his uncle, a photography enthusiast, Cudlín soon started photographing the Gypsies of Žižkov, the suburb where he

Was a Czech botanist and politician.He became member at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, publis

Was a Czech botanist and politician.He became member at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, published many scientific works and founded a botany institute at the university. The Domin scale, a commonly used means of classifying a standard area by the nu

Was a Czech (originally Czechoslovakian) physician who invented a breakthrough surgical method in he

Was a Czech (originally Czechoslovakian) physician who invented a breakthrough surgical method in healing cancer called devitalisation.

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympic

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czech singer, as well as an amateur painter. He represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Cont

Is a Czech singer, as well as an amateur painter. He represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song Tausend Fenster, finishing in 13th place.Gott was born in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, and has lived in Prague since age 6. He initially wanted to study art, but failed the exams at UMPRUM, the Secondary School of Art and Industry, upon which he began training as an electrician. On completing his studies, he began working as an electrician, but was soon fascinated by the new types of music flooding the city, and became interested in jazz.

Is a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three bronze medals in the

Is a ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three bronze medals in the Olympic Games.

Was a Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, scr

Was a Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, screenwriter and cabaretier. He was murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp.[1]Hašler studied to be a glove-maker, but he became intererested in theatre at a young age and occasionally performed with amateur theatre ensembles. In 1897, following his debut at the Aréna Theatre he left home and successively joined various travelling theatre companies.[2] In 1902 he became a member of the Slovenian theatre in Ljubljana, but soon moved back to Prague, where he joined the National Theatre ensemble.[2]

Was a Czech painter.He was born in Berlin where his parents had moved from Vienna in 1903 because hi

Was a Czech painter.He was born in Berlin where his parents had moved from Vienna in 1903 because his father Karel started to work in the state theatres as a scene designer. They moved to Czechoslovakia in 1923 and his father entered the Prague National Theatre as a stage setter. Karel Havlícek junior studied in Berlin and Prague Gymnasiums and influenced by his father and his friends (Cesar Klein, Pankok, Emil Pirchan, and Aravantinos) he was interested in art. However his father persuaded him to study law at Charles University and after graduation he started a career of an official.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He finished fourth in the C-1 1000 m

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He finished fourth in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly).Hromádka played in the C

Was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly).Hromádka played in the Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924 and scored 6.5/8 for a first place in the Consolation Cup. In the Qualification Group 1 he got the third place. Hromádka played in the 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927 and scored +4 =3 -5.