Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist.He is best known for his 1837 discovery of Purkinje

Was a Czech anatomist, patriot, and physiologist.He is best known for his 1837 discovery of Purkinje cells, large neurons with many branching dendrites found in the cerebellum. He is also known for his discovery, in 1839 of Purkinje fibres, the fibrous tissue that conducts electrical impulses from the atrioventricular node to all parts of the ventricles of the heart. Other discoveries include Purkinje images, reflections of objects from structures of the eye, and the Purkinje shift, the change in the brightness of red and blue colours as light intensity decreases gradually at dusk.

Is a Czech football player.He played 58 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, for w

Is a Czech football player.He played 58 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, for which he scored one goal. He was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he played all three matches. He played for Le Havre AC from 1987 to 1988.

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he participate

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he participated with the Czechoslovak team in the first Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament.

Was a Czech chess International Master.In 1933, he tied for 8-12th in Mnichovo Hradište (13th Czech

Was a Czech chess International Master.In 1933, he tied for 8-12th in Mnichovo Hradište (13th Czech championships). In 1933, he tied for 5-7th in Moravska Ostrava; the event was won by Ernst Grünfeld. In 1935, he tied for 5-7th in Luhacovice; the event was won by Karel Opocensky. In 1936, he took 3rd in Podebrady (14th CSR-ch); the event was won by Salo Flohr. In 1937, he took 4th in Margate. In 1937, he tied for 3rd-4th in Prague; the event was won by Paul Keres. In 1937, he tied for 2nd-4th in Rogaška Slatina; the event was won by Mieczyslaw Najdorf. In 1937, he tied for 9-10th in Jurata (4th POL-ch); the event was won by Savielly Tartakower.

Is a retired boxer, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Uni

Is a retired boxer, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Armando Ma

Was a Czechoslovak diplomat and politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948.

Was a Czechoslovak diplomat and politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948.Masaryk was educated in Prague and also in the USA where he also for a time lived as a drifter and lived on the earnings of his manual labor. He returned home in 1913 and served in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War. He then joined the diplomatic service and became chargé d'affaires to the USA in 1919, a post he held until 1922.

Was a significant Czech expert on Czech studies and one of the most renowned Czech scientists of all

Was a significant Czech expert on Czech studies and one of the most renowned Czech scientists of all times. His scientific work was influenced by the methods of positivism.Jan Gebauer was born into a poor family in the small village of Úbislavice near the Krkonoše mountains. Thanks to the local clergyman, the talented boy received a chance to study at high school in Jicín. After his school-leaving exam, he first went on to study theology, but he did not finish it and enrolled philosophy at Charles University instead. During the whole time of his studies, he suffered from a lack of money.

Is a male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is right-handed with a double hande

Is a male professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is right-handed with a double handed backhand. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on November 6, 2006, when he reached world number 71. Hájek turned professional in 2000 and won his

Is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. His compositions have won him several Grammy awards. He is p

Is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. His compositions have won him several Grammy awards. He is probably best known for playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 70s, as well as his "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s US television program, Miami Vice. Hammer has collaborated with some of the era's most influential musicians such as Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, and Elvin Jones among many others.

Was an extremely prolific Czech composer of the 20th century. Almost every category of composition i

Was an extremely prolific Czech composer of the 20th century. Almost every category of composition is represented among his works, many of which are overtly political, expressing in turn anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist and anti-Communist sentiments.

Is a Czech actor who played Karel Horák in the 2000 Czech film Little Otik also known as Otesánek.

Is a Czech actor who played Karel Horák in the 2000 Czech film Little Otik also known as Otesánek. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic. Hartl is a member of the National Theatre in Prague.[1]

Was a Czechoslovak/Czech boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Czechoslovak/Czech boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czech professional ice hockey player, who currently plays for Swedish team Linköpings HC.Hlavác has played at the National Hockey League level for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators. His first stint with the Rangers saw him play on the Czech-mate line with countrymen Radek Dvorák and Petr Nedved.

Is a Czech film director. He studied together with his frequent scriptwriter Petr Jarchovský at hig

Is a Czech film director. He studied together with his frequent scriptwriter Petr Jarchovský at high school and, from 1987 to 1991, at FAMU, an arts college in Prague for film and television, studying screenplay and dramaturgy.During his FAMU studies, Hrebejk directed and produced two short films, Co všechno chcete vedet o sexu a bojíte se to prožít ("Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Experience", 1988) and L.P. 1948 – 1989 to a script by his classmate Petr Zelenka. His professional directorial debut was a short film for Czech TV, Nedelejte nic, pokud k tomu nemáte vážný duvod ("Don't do anything, if you don't have good reason", 1991). His films caught the attention of viewers and critics, and entered student film festivals.

Is a former professional road bicycle racer from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1996

Is a former professional road bicycle racer from the Czech Republic, who turned professional in 1996.

Was a Czech painter and art historian.Jahn studied painting from an early age, under his father unti

Was a Czech painter and art historian.Jahn studied painting from an early age, under his father until 1758 and later under established painters Jan Ferdinand Schor and František Xaver Palko. From 1761 he studied art at the Academy in Vienna. Jahn was the last leader of the Prague guild of painters, before the guild was dissolved as part of reforms of Joseph II. Jahn was also very well-travelled.

Was a Czech serologist, neurologist and psychiatrist. He is credited with the first classification o

Was a Czech serologist, neurologist and psychiatrist. He is credited with the first classification of blood into the four types (A, B, AB, O) of the ABO blood group system.Janský studied medicine at Charles University in Prague. From 1899 he worked in a psychiatric clinic in Prague. In 1914 he was named professor. During World War I Janský served two years as a doctor at the front until a heart attack disabled him. After the war he worked as a neuropsychiatrist in a military Hospital (Vojenská nemocnice).

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Oly

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he finished ninth in the C-1 1000 m event.

Is a Czech architect who worked, mainly, in Japan. He moved to Japan in 1923 and worked there, desig

Is a Czech architect who worked, mainly, in Japan. He moved to Japan in 1923 and worked there, designing many buildings that. Because of the war he left Japan in April 1941 to Latin America where he continued to participate in several projects. The following is a list of his works in Japan.

Was one of the most prolific Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century.He studied at th

Was one of the most prolific Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century.He studied at the Prague Conservatory, as a pupil of Jaroslav Rídký, and at the master school under Jaroslav Kricka. In 1939–1946 he worked as a director in the Czechoslovak Radio. Later (in 1950–1952) he was the chief-editor in the publishing house Orbis. In sixties he worked as a teacher at the Janácek's Academy in Brno.

Is a Czech contemporary painter.Between 1999 and 2005 Karpíšek studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts

Is a Czech contemporary painter.Between 1999 and 2005 Karpíšek studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology, at a studio led by Professor Martin Mainer, where he also worked as a technical assistant. He then spent a half year in the art studio of performance of Professor Tomáš Ruller.

Is a contemporary Czech composer, author of film, television and incidental music.He has never worke

Is a contemporary Czech composer, author of film, television and incidental music.He has never worked directly with music groups or schools[1], although his style was temporarily influenced by the music of Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky, and later by the Second Viennese School, especially by Alban Berg and Serialism. Since 1959 he cooperated closely with Czech conductor Libor Pešek and with Chamber Philharmony. In the 1960s he occasionally acted in films, such as the 1966 film A Report on the Party and the Guests, in addition to composing the music. However, after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968

Is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kode

Is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kodes's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulovic in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Nastase in the final. He also won Wimbledon on grass in 1973, although 13 of the top 16 players did not play the tournament that year because of a labor dispute. He beat home favorite Roger Taylor in the semifinals 6–1, 6–8, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 and Alex Metreveli in the straight sets final.

Is a Czech football player, who plays for the Russian Premier League club Krylya Sovetov Samara in R

Is a Czech football player, who plays for the Russian Premier League club Krylya Sovetov Samara in Russia and also played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 90 caps as of 15 June 2008. With 202 cm height (almost 6'8") and a weight on 106 kg (about 220 pounds), Koller has an impressive physical presence and is a natural threat in aerial game.