Czech Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was a Czech composer and pianist, persecuted by Nazis as a Jew and by communists as a formalist. He

Was a Czech composer and pianist, persecuted by Nazis as a Jew and by communists as a formalist. He was the only classical composer to survive the concentration camp in Theresienstadt.[1]Reiner's musical output was created during fifty years, since 1928/9 to 1979, and was firmly connected with the political situation in Czechoslovakia in the 20th century.[5] His first artistic period was influenced by his teachers and models (Alois Hába, Josef Suk, Emil František Burian, and Erwin Schulhoff), it was part of Czech artistic avant-garde, and it was later rejected by communists as formalism[6].

Was one of the most important filmmakers in post–war Britain.He was also a founder member of the F

Was one of the most important filmmakers in post–war Britain.He was also a founder member of the Free Cinema documentary movement. His first short film, Momma Don't Allow, co-directed with Tony Richardson, was included in the first Free Cinema programme shown at the National Film Theatre in February 1956.

Is a Czech actor.Roden's father and grandfather were also actors. After study of theatrical art in P

Is a Czech actor.Roden's father and grandfather were also actors. After study of theatrical art in Prague he had taken many roles in theatres and movies. Outside of the Czech Republic he is mostly known for character roles in Hollywood movies such as 15 Minutes (2001), Blade II (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), as Grigori Rasputin in Hellboy (2004), Running Scared (2006) and RocknRolla (2008).

Was a Czech mathematician who contributed significantly to the fields of algebra, number theory, mat

Was a Czech mathematician who contributed significantly to the fields of algebra, number theory, mathematical analysis, and the history of mathematics.

Is a Czech sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olym

Is a Czech sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m and K-4 1000 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Leština was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event.

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished ninth in the C-2 1000 m

Is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished ninth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Was a Czech–Argentine chess master.In 1924, he won a team gold medal for Czechoslovakia (Hromádka

Was a Czech–Argentine chess master.In 1924, he won a team gold medal for Czechoslovakia (Hromádka, Schulz, Vanek, Skalicka) in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris. He took 3rd in group eliminations (Anatol Tschepurnoff won), and tied for 21-31st in

Was a Czech Baroque painter.His full name is Karel Škréta Šotonovský ze Závoric. He was a meani

Was a Czech Baroque painter.His full name is Karel Škréta Šotonovský ze Závoric. He was a meaningful personality of Czech Baroque. He was of good stock. His family made achievements. Karel learnt painting perhaps from one of the masters at the royal courtyard. He studied in Saxony and in Italy where he found work of Dutch masters. Since 1638 he lived in Prague, where he worked on altarpieces for many churches, for example St. Thomas, St. Stephen or the Church of Our Lady in front of Týn. He celebrated with too excellent portrait, drawing and with illustration.

Is a Czech film director, actor and screenwriter. His film Why? was screened in the Un Certain Regar

Is a Czech film director, actor and screenwriter. His film Why? was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Who took the German form of his name Karl Philipp Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Cze

Who took the German form of his name Karl Philipp Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Czech-German composer, violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso. He was the most prominent of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim school.

Was a famous Czech landscape painter, graphic designer, woodcutter, and illustrator popular during t

Was a famous Czech landscape painter, graphic designer, woodcutter, and illustrator popular during the Communist era of Czechoslovakia.

Is a Czech pair skater.

Is a Czech pair skater.

Was a Czech film director of international renown. He is most famous for his film Siréna (1947) for

Was a Czech film director of international renown. He is most famous for his film Siréna (1947) for which he won the Golden Lion.

Was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Wi

Was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Was a Czech theatre singer. He was the first interpreter of the Czech national anthem. He was also t

Was a Czech theatre singer. He was the first interpreter of the Czech national anthem. He was also the interpreter of friar Laurence in Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet when it was sung in Prague in the extremely successful concert of April 17 1846, which consolidated definitively the prestige of this French composer in Bohemia.

Was the major figure of the Czech avant-garde movement Devetsil (Nine Forces) in the 1920s, a graphi

Was the major figure of the Czech avant-garde movement Devetsil (Nine Forces) in the 1920s, a graphic artist, photographer, and typographer. Teige also worked as an editor and graphic designer for Devetsil's monthly magazine ReD (Revue Devetsilu).

Was a Czech chess master and composer of chess problems.He is best known for the ultra-sharp variati

Was a Czech chess master and composer of chess problems.He is best known for the ultra-sharp variation named after him, the Traxler Variation in the Two Knights Defense, which was first shown in the following game against Reinisch, played in Hostoun in 18

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s.

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s.

Was a prominent Czech chess player of the early twentieth century.Treybal was born in Kotopeky, a vi

Was a prominent Czech chess player of the early twentieth century.Treybal was born in Kotopeky, a village to the southwest of Prague in central Bohemia. He trained as a lawyer and became chairman of the district court in Velvary, a small town on the oppos

Was a Czech painter, photographer and illustrator. He appears to be known as one of the inventors of

Was a Czech painter, photographer and illustrator. He appears to be known as one of the inventors of photogravure (hlubotisk in Czech).Klíc has such artistic talent that he was admitted into Art Academy in Prague at age of 14. For mocking up superiors he got soon expelled and finished the school only in 1862. Klíc worked as photographer, caricaturist and illustrator in Brno, Budapest and Vienna, all the time trying to improve technology of picture reproduction.

Was a Czech jazz musician, composer, arranger, actor, writer and music pedagogue. Velebný was one o

Was a Czech jazz musician, composer, arranger, actor, writer and music pedagogue. Velebný was one of the founders and pioneers of modern Czech jazz in the second half of the 20th century.[1]In 1960, the Studio 5 ensemble was absorbed by the Tanecní orchestr Ceskoslovenského rozhlasu (Dance Orchestra of Czechoslovakia Radio), but Velebný and the original Studio 5 members soon quit. In 1961, Velebný and flautist Jan Konopásek co-founded SHQ, initially part of the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre (thus Spejbl and Huvínek Quintet)

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the

Was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal in 1920.

Was a Czech composer and folksong collector. He was born in Prague.Weis studied at the Prague Conser

Was a Czech composer and folksong collector. He was born in Prague.Weis studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1873–1878, the Prague Organ School from 1878–1881, and privately with Zdenek Fibich. He was organist of St Štepán and choirmaster at the main synagogue of Prague (1881–1882), a teacher at the music school of the Moravan choral society in Kromeríž (1882–1883), a violinist in the National Theatre orchestra, Prague (1883–1886) and conductor of the Švanda Theatre Company in Prague and Brno (1886–1887)

Was a renowned Czech mathematician at the University of Zagreb. In his 23 years of productive activi

Was a renowned Czech mathematician at the University of Zagreb. In his 23 years of productive activity in Zagreb he wrote several significant scholarly works, mainly concerned with algebraic curves.

Was a Czech animator and filmmaker. He is considered the co-founder of the Czech animated film.He st

Was a Czech animator and filmmaker. He is considered the co-founder of the Czech animated film.He started to be interested in puppet theatre while studying at business school. Soon after, he decided to study at the Art School of Advertising in France, and after graduating he took a job with an advertising studio in Marseilles. His first experience with animated film was making an ad for soup. When he returned home he continued working in advertising, now for big Czech firms Bata and Tatra. Zeman showed a sample of his work to the filmmaker Elmar Klos, and was offered a job at the animation studio in Zlín.