Other Figures
Tomas Stitny from Stitna village
Tomas Stitny was important to the early Czech reformation. He was born approximately 1333 in Pelhrimov town and passed away somewhere between 1401 and 1409 in Prague. He was a Czech noble, writer, pre...
The characters of Ancient Bohemian Legends
Praotec Cech Praotec Cech is considered to be the Godfather of Czechia. It is believed that Praotec Cech was an old man that brought his people to the land, which was named after him – Cechy. The very...
John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius, often called the “teacher of nations”, was one of Czechia’s most prominent philosophical thinkers, whose influence extends far past the borders of Bohemia and even Euro...
Tomas Bata
Tomas Bata (April 3rd, 1876 – July 12th, 1932) was a Czechoslovakian businessman, entrepreneur, ‘king of shoe-making’, and founder of the Bata shoe company. Born into a family with a histo...
Jan Hus
Jan Hus Jan Hus, also called John Hus or John Huss, was born in Husinec around the year 1370 in Husinec and he died on the 6th of July, 1415 in Constance. He was a Czech theologian and philosopher. H...
Matthias of Arras
Gothic architecture was in its infancy when Matthias of Arras, an eminent architect from France, was called to lead the construction of the most meaningful and esteemed building in the Czech Republic ...
John of Nepomuk
John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk, a representative of the Czech baroque era, was a priest, vicar-general and a martyr of the Czech people. He was born around the year 1345 in a small village called Pom...
Emil Holub
Emil Holub One of the most famous explorers of the nineteenth century, Emil Holub was a doctor who fulfilled his dream of traveling throughout Africa. Emil was born in 1847 in a town in eastern Bohe...
Jan Blahoslav
Jan Blahoslav Jan Blahoslav was a Czech priest and bishop of the Unity of the Brethren, pedagogue, humanistic writer, music theorist, and composer. He was born in Prerov on 20th February 1523. Early L...
Cosmas of Prague
Cosmas of Prague is deemed to be the first Czech historian known for his Czech chronicle “Chronica Boemorum” (Chronicle of the Bohemians). Not much is known about Cosmas of Prague, as the majority of ...
