Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an internationally renowned Czech painter, illustrator, and engraver. A list of his graphic work

Was an internationally renowned Czech painter, illustrator, and engraver. A list of his graphic works comprises 1448 works and more than 600 book illustrations. He is among the three greatest known Czechs for interwar art, alongside František Kobliha and František Drtikol.

Was a Czech architect, artist and interior designer, one of the key figures of modern architecture i

Was a Czech architect, artist and interior designer, one of the key figures of modern architecture in Bohemia. Born in Brno, largest city in Moravia to a Czech father and German-speaking mother. He studied architecture in Vienna during the waning days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, under the Viennese master Otto Wagner.

Was a Czech tennis player of the 1920s, not to be confused with his older brother Karel Koželuh (18

Was a Czech tennis player of the 1920s, not to be confused with his older brother Karel Koželuh (1895 - 1950), a player of the same era. Although Karel was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2006, Jan is almost totally forgotten today outside his native Czechoslovakia.

A Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning novelist and poet.An anti-communist, Pinkava emigra

A Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning novelist and poet.An anti-communist, Pinkava emigrated to Britain with his wife and four children following the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet-led armies of the Warsaw pact. He worked as a clinical psychologist until his early retirement in 1982, when he turned to full-time writing.

Was a Czech organist, harpsichordist, music composer and teacher.Soon after his birth, Kuchar's pare

Was a Czech organist, harpsichordist, music composer and teacher.Soon after his birth, Kuchar's parents moved to Mlázovice, where he lived out his childhood. He achieved basic music knowledge in Vrchlabí with the organist Alex Thám. Later he studied at jesuit gymnasia in Hradec Králové and Jicín. He was a student of organist Josef Seger. From 1772 he acted as organist in the Kostel sv. Jindricha v Praze (Church of St. Jindrich in Prague). In Prague, he also began teaching music in the noble Hartig, Buquoy and Príchovský families. He was active in the teaching of singing, piano and composition.

Was a Czech violinist and composer.He was born in Michle (now part of Prague). His father, a gardene

Was a Czech violinist and composer.He was born in Michle (now part of Prague). His father, a gardener by occupation, was an amateur violinist. He taught his two sons the violin and after discovering Jan's talent, who was aged five at the time, arranged for him to study with Karel Weber and Darel Ondrícek. Aged eight he studied at the Prague Conservatory with Otakar Ševcík, of whose technique he became the most famous representative. As a child, he used to practice 10 to 12 hours a day, or "until my fingers started to bleed."

She is perhaps best known for her role as Brooke Davis in the CW series One Tree Hill and for portra

She is perhaps best known for her role as Brooke Davis in the CW series One Tree Hill and for portraying Grace Andrews in the horror remake The Hitcher (2007).Bush made her first big screen appearance in the comedy Van Wilder as Sally (the freshman who seduces Van and doesn't know who Air Supply is). Since then, she has made appearances in several television shows including Nip/Tuck, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and Punk'd. She was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, but was replaced by Claire Danes because the director thought she was too young.[5][6] In 2003, she won the role of Brooke Davis in the television series One Tree Hill.

Was a Czech composer and pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the se

Was a Czech composer and pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the second half of 18th century and the beginning of 19th century. Dussek in his works anticipated some features of the musical Romanticism.

Is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 37 matches and scored

Is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 37 matches and scored one goal.He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.

Was a Czech architect.During his ten years in Japan, Letzel created more than 15 residences and publ

Was a Czech architect.During his ten years in Japan, Letzel created more than 15 residences and public buildings. Hiroshima's Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, a fusion of neo-Baroque and Art Deco, was completed in 1916. Hiroshima at that time was dominated by two-storey wooden buildings, and the Promotional Hall, with its bold European design and unique copper-plated dome, soon became one of Hiroshima's most striking landmarks. It gained further notoriety after surviving the atomic attack on the city in 1945, to be rededicated, still as a ruin, as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, otherwise known as the A-Bomb Dome.

Is a former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Je

Is a former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres.

Was a Bohemian doctor and scientist.He spent most of his career as a professor of Charles University

Was a Bohemian doctor and scientist.He spent most of his career as a professor of Charles University in Prague, where he served eight times as Dean of the medical school and once as Rector in 1662. He was also the personal doctor of Emperors Ferdinand III and Leopold I, and distinguished himself in the defense of Prague against the Swedish armies in 1648. In October, 1654 he was given the nobility title (falckrabe) "de Kronland" (anagram of Landskron, German name for the city of Lanškroun).

Was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Su

Was a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he finished ninth in the K-1 10000 m event at London in 1948.

was a Czech writer.After studies Jan Matzal worked in Škoda Works and other industrial companies.

was a Czech writer.After studies Jan Matzal worked in Škoda Works and other industrial companies. During World War I he was sent to the front because of attempt to cover up a sabotage by factory workers. After war Matzal lived in Yugoslavia (1921-1926), then returned to Czechoslovakia. As a lifelong sufferer from Ménière’s disease he obtained a disability pension in the age of 49. During years 1932–1949, he spent his time by writing.

Is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and

Is a professional male tennis player from Czech Republic. Born in Prague, he turned pro in 1998 and achieved his highest ranking (59) on 27 April 2009. He is currently 136th in the ATP rankings. In 2006 he contested his first final on the tour, losing to

Is a professional Czech tennis player. His brother Ivo is also a professional player.

Is a professional Czech tennis player. His brother Ivo is also a professional player.

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Was a Czech literary and aesthetic theorist.He was professor at the Charles University of Prague. He

Was a Czech literary and aesthetic theorist.He was professor at the Charles University of Prague. He is well known for his association with early structuralism as well as with the Prague Linguistic Circle, and for his development of the ideas of Russian formalism. Mukarovský had a profound influence on structuralist theory of literature, comparable to that of Roman Jakobson.

Was a Czech operatic tenor, opera director, conductor, composer, and music educator. He is best reme

Was a Czech operatic tenor, opera director, conductor, composer, and music educator. He is best remembered today for serving as the first director/principal conductor of the Provisional Theatre in Prague.By 1851 Maýr was no longer appearing in opera roles, but was now working as a conductor of a number of different musical ensembles in Prague; including choirs in various cathedrals in the city (such as the Our Lady of the Snows Basilica). He left his position as chorus master at the Estates Theatre in 1853 to focus on his career as a conductor. He gained a great reputation in Prague for his conducting of sacred music during the 1850s. In 1854 he was appointed as a teacher of singing at the Prague Conservatory.

Was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism

Was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".Jan Neruda was born in Prague, Bohemia, son of a small grocer who lived in the Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter) district of Prague. After studying philosophy and philology, he worked as a teacher until 1860, when he became a freelance journalist and writer. Neruda never married but had a close relationship to the writer Karolína Svetlá.

Was a popular Czech composer of classical music.

Was a popular Czech composer of classical music.

Is considered one of the most important contributors to Czech philosophical phenomenology, as well a

Is considered one of the most important contributors to Czech philosophical phenomenology, as well as one of the most influential central European philosophers of the 20th century. Having studied in Prague, Paris, Berlin and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl, who is considered the founder of phenomenology, and Martin Heidegger. During his studies in Freiburg he was also tutored by Eugen Fink, a relation which eventually turned into a life-long philosophical friendship.

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Winter Ol

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics.Born in Rataje nad Sázavou, Kutná Hora District, he was a member of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team, which won the

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Is a Czech actor.In summer 1989, he finished his lectures at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of P

Is a Czech actor.In summer 1989, he finished his lectures at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and joined Divadlo na Vinohradech. Later that year, he hooked up with other students and actors who were going to Ostrava to persuade the miners to support the Velvet Revolution. On the way back, his car crashed on a frozen road. Since then, Potmešil has been paralysed from the waist down. He uses a wheelchair.