The Most Famous
CELEBRITIES from Czechia
This page contains a list of the greatest Czech Celebrities. The pantheon dataset contains 265 Celebrities, 2 of which were born in Czechia. This makes Czechia the birth place of the 21st most number of Celebrities behind Philippines, and Georgia.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Czech Celebrities of all time. This list of famous Czech Celebrities is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Victor Kugler (1900 - 1981)
With an HPI of 54.16, Victor Kugler is the most famous Czech Celebrity. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Victor Kugler (5 June 1900 – 14 December 1981) was one of the people who helped hide Anne Frank and her family and friends during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. In Anne Frank's posthumously published diary, Het Achterhuis, known in English as The Diary of a Young Girl, he was referred to under the pseudonym Mr. Kraler.
2. Hana Brady (1931 - 1944)
With an HPI of 51.79, Hana Brady is the 2nd most famous Czech Celebrity. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Hanička "Hana" Brady (born Hana Bradyová; 16 May 1931 – 23 October 1944) was a Czechoslovak Jewish girl murdered in the gas chambers at German concentration camp at Auschwitz, located in the occupied territory of Poland, during the Holocaust. She is the subject of the 2002 non-fiction children's book Hana's Suitcase, written by Karen Levine.
3. Karel Neffe (1948 - 2020)
With an HPI of 39.42, Karel Neffe is the 3rd most famous Czech Celebrity. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Karel Neffe (6 July 1948 – 13 February 2020) was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Prague in 1948 and is the father of Karel Neffe Jr. In 1972 he was a crew member of the Czechoslovak boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event. Four years later he finished fourth with the Czechoslovak boat in the 1976 coxed fours competition. At the 1980 Games he was part of the Czechoslovak boat which finished fourth in the eight contest.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Czech celebrities born between 1900 and 1948. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Czech celebrities include Victor Kugler, Hana Brady, and Karel Neffe. As of April 2024, 1 new Czech celebrities have been added to Pantheon including Karel Neffe.
Deceased Czech Celebrities
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Which Celebrities were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Celebrities since 1700.
