Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a Czechoslovak-Czech sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won fo

Was a Czechoslovak-Czech sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 200 m: 1995) and three bronzes (C-4 200 m: 1994, 1997; C-4 500 m: 1993).Fibgir also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the C-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

Was a composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia (at that time part

Was a composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia (at that time part of Austria-Hungary), Kaufmann enjoyed a career that crossed international boundaries, taking him to Berlin, Bombay (now Mumbai), London, and Canada, before he settled in Bloomington, Indiana, USA in 1957. After 1945 he was not allowed to come back to Bohemia because of his German ethnicity. In 1964, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Was a Baroque painter who lived and died in Prague, Bohemia.

Was a Baroque painter who lived and died in Prague, Bohemia.

Was a classical Czech composer of the 18th Century. He was also a violinist, music director and writ

Was a classical Czech composer of the 18th Century. He was also a violinist, music director and writer.He was appointed to the post of first violinist of the Týn Church in 1762 and studied counterpoint with the organist J. N. Seger. In 1765 he was engaged by the composer Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf as a violinist for the private orchestra of Bishop Adam Patachich at Nagyvarad (now Oradea, Romania). The orchestra was dissolved in 1769 and Pichl became the music director for Count Ludwig Hartig in Prague.

Was a Czech-Austrian geographer and orientalist.He taught as a professor at the University of Graz (

Was a Czech-Austrian geographer and orientalist.He taught as a professor at the University of Graz (1877–????), University of Vienna (1885–????).