List of people from Brno

People known for their achievements in different fields have come from the city of Brno, Czech Republic or lived there. They include scientist Gregor Mendel, who made epochal pea plant experiments, composer Leoš Janáček, and writer Milan Kundera. Numerous politicians and athletes were also born or lived in the city.

Scientists and mathematicians

• Karel Absolon, archaeologist, geographer, paleontologist, and speleologist
• Leopold Adametz, zoologist
• Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, economist
• Emanuel von Friedrichsthal, botanist
• Kurt Gödel, mathematician
• Johann Gottlieb, chemist
• František Graus, historian
• Karl Grobben, biologist
• Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, dermatologist
• Ernst Mach, physicist and philosopher
• Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics
• Zdeněk Neubauer, philosopher and biologist
• George Placzek, physicist
• Emil Redlich, neurologist
• Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, botanist
• Pavel Tichý, logician and philosopher
• Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee, botanist and doctor
• Rudolf Wlassak, neurologist

Writers

• Fritz Grünbaum
• František Halas, poet, essayist, and translator
• Bohumil Hrabal
• Milan Kundera
• Helene Migerka
• Fredy Perlman
• Zdeněk Rotrekl, Catholic poet and literary historian^[1]
• Jan Trefulka
• Ernst Weiss

Musicians and composers

• Igor Ardašev, pianist
• Josef Berg, composer
• Gustav Brom, big band leader, arranger, clarinetist and composer
• Libuše Domanínská, classical soprano
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, violinist, violist, and composer
• Pavel Haas, composer
• Leoš Janáček, composer
• Maria Jeritza, opera singer
• Vítězslava Kaprálová, composer
• Tereza Kerndlová, singer
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer
• Magdalena Kožená, classical mezzo-soprano
• Franz Xaver Neruda, cellist and composer
• Wilma Neruda, violinist
• Jan Škrdlík, cellist

Artists

• Dina Babbitt, Holocaust survivor and artist
• Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, graphic artist
• Jakub Obrovský
• Alfred Roller, painter, designer
• Anna Ticho, Israeli artist
• Norbert Troller, architect; artist notable for his portrayal of life in the Theresienstadt concentration camp

Architects

• Bohuslav Fuchs
• Jan Kotěra
• Adolf Loos

Actors and directors

Dagmar Havlová

• Radúz Činčera, screenwriter and director
• Nikita Denise, porn actress
• Yana Gupta, actress in Bollywood and Indian regional films.
• Hugo Haas, director and actor
• Dagmar Havlová, actress
• Libuše Šafránková, actress

Politicians

• Zuzana Brzobohatá, deputy and MEP
• Michal Hašek, current governor of South Moravia
• Tomáš Julínek, doctor, former Minister of Health
• Ondřej Liška, former Minister of Education
• Baron Franz von Pillersdorf, Austrian statesman
• Ferdinand Troyer, nobleman, amateur clarinetist
• Milan Uhde

Athletes

Lucie Šafářová at the US Open in 2007

• Karel Abrahám, motorcycle racer
• Zdeněk Blatný, hockey player
• Jaroslav Borák, football player
• Vlastimil Bubník, former ice hockey player and footballer
• Richard Farda, hockey player
• Jana Galiková, orienteerer
• Ondřej Hotárek, skater
• Petr Hubáček, hockey player
• Jaroslav Jiřík, hockey player
• Luboš Kalouda, football player
• Renata Kolbovic, tennis player
• Michal Kolomazník, football player
• David Kostelecký, shooter
• Ada Kuchařová, orienteerer
• Tomáš Mica, football player
• Jana Novotná, tennis player
• Adam Ondra, rock climber
• Antonín Procházka, former volleyball player
• Lucie Šafářová, tennis player
• Nella Simaová, figure skater
• Zdeněk Svoboda, football player
• Tomáš Vincour, NHL hockey player for Dallas Stars
• René Wagner, football player

Chess players

• Julius Brach, chess master
• Emil Zinner, chess master

Rabbis

• Zvi Dershowitz (b. 1928), conservative rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California

Others

• Freddie Hornik (1944-2009), Brno-born British fashion entrepreneur
• Zdenka Podkapová, former gymnast and model
• Bedřich Pokorný
• Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske, 1st Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno in 1777

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