The Most Famous

Singers from Czechia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Czechs Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 4,381 Singers, 18 of which were born in Czechia. This makes Czechia the birth place of the 54th most number of Singers behind Malta and Cuba.

Top 10 Czech Singers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Czechs Singers of all time. This list of famous Czechs Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Czechs Singers.

  1. #1
    Photo of Karel Gott

    Karel Gott

    1939 - 2019

    HPI 72.1445 langs

    Karel Gott is a Czech singer who is most famous for his rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."

  2. #2
    Photo of Helena Vondráčková

    Helena Vondráčková

    b. 1947

    HPI 63.9420 langs

    Czech recording artist; actress and singer

  3. #4
    Photo of Emmy Destinn

    Emmy Destinn

    1878 - 1930

    HPI 60.0420 langs

    Czech operatic soprano (1878–1930)

  4. #5
    Photo of Maria Jeritza

    Maria Jeritza

    1887 - 1982

    HPI 59.0119 langs

    Czech opera singer (1887–1982)

  5. #6
    Photo of Leo Slezak

    Leo Slezak

    1873 - 1946

    HPI 56.0115 langs

    Austrian opera singer (1873–1946)

  6. #7
    Photo of Ernestine Schumann-Heink

    Ernestine Schumann-Heink

    1861 - 1936

    HPI 55.2415 langs

    Austrian-American singer (1861–1936)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Czechs Singers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Singers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Singers since 1700.

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