Famous People with Name Zdenek

Zdenek Sverák            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Sverák: is a Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriter. He is one of the most popular Czech cultural personalities. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1961 to 1969, which he discussed in an interview for the Czech magazine Reflex.

Zdenek Fibich            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Fibich: 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.

Zdenek Miler            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Miler: 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.

Zdenek Michael František Burian            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Michael František Burian: 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.

Zdenek Matejka            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Matejka: 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.