Famous People with Name Capek

Karel Capek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Karel Capek: was one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century. He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1921. Karel credited his brother, Josef Capek, as the true inventor of the word robot.

Josef Capek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Josef Capek: was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Capek.

František Capek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

František Capek: was a Czechoslovakian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.he also won a silver medal at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon in the C-1 10000 m event.