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Czechia ranks 22nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Argentina, Belgium, and Greece. Memorable people born in present day Czechia include Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, and Gregor Mendel. Memorable people who died in Czechia include Gregor Mendel, Giacomo Casanova, and Antonín Dvořák. Czechia has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.
The Czech Republic, also called by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the east. The Czech Republic has hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,866 square kilometers (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 795 and 1999, present day Czechia was the birth place of 839 globally memorable people, including Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, and Gregor Mendel. Additionaly, 353 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Czechia including Gregor Mendel, Giacomo Casanova, and Antonín Dvořák.
1856 - 1939
HPI: 93.67
Rank: 1
1860 - 1911
HPI: 86.86
Rank: 2
1822 - 1884
HPI: 86.31
Rank: 3
1369 - 1415
HPI: 85.94
Rank: 4
1841 - 1904
HPI: 85.62
Rank: 5
1908 - 1974
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 6
1824 - 1884
HPI: 83.88
Rank: 7
1929 - Present
HPI: 83.65
Rank: 8
1592 - 1670
HPI: 83.39
Rank: 9
1859 - 1938
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 10
1875 - 1926
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 11
1936 - 2011
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 12
1335 - 1349
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 149
1872 - 1945
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 185
1876 - 1932
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 208
1796 - 1846
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 229
1342 - 1395
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 236
1795 - 1864
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 244
1929 - 1988
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 246
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 254
1904 - 1954
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 257
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 271
1888 - 1968
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 273
1868 - 1945
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 274
1822 - 1884
HPI: 86.31
Rank: 1
1725 - 1798
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 2
1841 - 1904
HPI: 85.62
Rank: 3
1546 - 1601
HPI: 84.83
Rank: 4
1824 - 1884
HPI: 83.88
Rank: 5
1904 - 1942
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 6
1894 - 1918
HPI: 83.27
Rank: 7
1936 - 2011
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 8
1552 - 1612
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 9
1921 - 1992
HPI: 81.33
Rank: 10
1368 - 1437
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 11
1793 - 1875
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 12
1924 - 2020
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 67
1876 - 1932
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 135
1673 - 1741
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 167
1929 - 1988
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 168
1897 - 1959
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 175
1902 - 1952
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 186
1845 - 1907
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 191
1845 - 1918
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 199
1832 - 1898
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 200
1521 - 1603
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 202
1684 - 1757
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 213
1895 - 1918
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 224
Most individuals born in present day Czechia were soccer players (162), politicians (127), writers (75), tennis players (55), and composers (52), while most who died were politicians (100), writers (48), soccer players (31), composers (19), and military personnels (15).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Czechia, including Josef Masopust, Antonín Panenka, and Pavel Nedvěd. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Czechia, including Josef Masopust, Antonín Panenka, and Matthias Sindelar.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Czechia since 1700.