Brno
Brno ranks 189th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Karlsruhe, Medina, and Kharkiv. Memorable people born in Brno include Milan Kundera, Kurt Gödel, and Ernst Mach. Memorable people who died in Brno include Gregor Mendel, Jobst of Moravia, and Elizabeth Richeza of Poland. Brno has been the birth place of many writers, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Brno is located in Czechia.
Brno is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union. The Brno metropolitan area has approximately 730,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Brno was the birth place of 68 globally memorable people, including Milan Kundera, Kurt Gödel, and Ernst Mach. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Brno including Gregor Mendel, Jobst of Moravia, and Elizabeth Richeza of Poland.
People Born in Brno
Go to all RankingsMilan Kundera
WRITER
1929 - 2023
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 1
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 2
Ernst Mach
PHYSICIST
1838 - 1916
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 3
Adolf Loos
ARCHITECT
1870 - 1933
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 4
Bohumil Hrabal
WRITER
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 5
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk
ECONOMIST
1851 - 1914
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 6
Jobst of Moravia
NOBLEMAN
1351 - 1419
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 7
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
COMPOSER
1897 - 1957
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 8
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1919
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 9
Libuše Šafránková
ACTOR
1953 - 2021
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 10
Petr Fiala
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 11
Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1662 - 1712
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Brno
Go to all RankingsTheodor Gomperz
PHILOSOPHER
1832 - 1912
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 20
Ernst Tugendhat
PHILOSOPHER
1930 - 2023
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 24
Zdeněk Mácal
CONDUCTOR
1936 - 2023
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 28
Alfred Roller
PAINTER
1864 - 1935
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 30
Jan Graubner
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 31
Zdeněk Svoboda
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 31.25
Rank: 53
Tomáš Bábek
CYCLIST
1987 - Present
HPI: 24.47
Rank: 60
Ondřej Vaněk
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 22.73
Rank: 62
Tomáš Hořava
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 21.53
Rank: 63
Romana Maláčová
ATHLETE
1987 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 65
Barbora Janíčková
ATHLETE
2000 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 66
Li Yanan
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 67
People Deceased in Brno
Go to all RankingsGregor Mendel
BIOLOGIST
1822 - 1884
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 1
Jobst of Moravia
NOBLEMAN
1351 - 1419
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 2
Elizabeth Richeza of Poland
POLITICIAN
1286 - 1335
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 3
Franz Bardon
OCCULTIST
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 4
Vladimír Menšík
ACTOR
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 5
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia
POLITICIAN
1322 - 1375
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 6
Josef Dobrovský
LINGUIST
1753 - 1829
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 7
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
POLITICIAN
1821 - 1849
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 8
Karol Divín
SKATER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 9
Vlastimil Bubník
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2015
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 10
František Šterc
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1978
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 11
Marie Ljalková
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2011
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Brno
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Most individuals born in present day Brno were writers (7), athletes (7), tennis players (5), soccer players (5), and politicians (4), while most who died were politicians (4), soccer players (3), biologists (1), noblemen (1), and occultists (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Brno, including Adam Ondra, David Kostelecký, and Miroslava Knapková. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Brno, including Milan Kundera, Bohumil Hrabal, and Ernst Weiss.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Brno since 1700.