Victor Adler

Victor Adler

male, deceased (1918)
socialist, Social Democratic Party of Austria, social democratic, Austrian Empire, Anschluss, universal suffrage…FromPrague
Victor Adler was an Austrian Social Democratic leader. Founder of Socialist movement in Austria, he created the Marxist journals "Gleicheit"...
Max Wertheimer

Max Wertheimer

male, deceased (1943)
tachistoscope, Charles University alumni, holistic, perception, Jewish person, gestalt psychology…FromPrague
Max Wertheimer was one of the founders of Gestalt psychology. Wertheimer studied law for more than two years, but decided then to change to...

Antonín Panenka

male, 61 years old
Czechoslovak footballer, Austrian Cup, West Germany national football team, extra time, free kick, Penalty shootout…Bohemians Prague, FromPrague
Antonín Panenka is a former Czech footballer. An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for B...
Alois Senefelder

Alois Senefelder

male, deceased (1834)
inventor, Solnhofen limestone, Connoisseur of Girl, Mathilde von Altenstein, Johann Alois Senefelder, A Complete Course of Lithography…FromPrague
Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 1771, Prague - 26 February 1834, Munich) was an Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing...

Jan Kodeš

male, 63 years old
Czechoslovak tennis player, roger taylor, French Open champion, Wimbledon champion, australian open, us open…FromPrague
Jan Kodeš is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now C...

František Hrubín

male, deceased (1971)
World War II, writer, World War I, czech, slavin, FromPrague
František Hrubín was Czech poet and writer. He was a life-time member of CPC - Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Frantisek Hrubín was born in the...
Anna Of Austria

Anna Of Austria

female, deceased (1590)
German, Queen consort, orlando di lasso, House of Habsburg, FromPrague, Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
Anna of Austria was the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503-1547). She was engaged several...
Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom

male, 92 years old
Fire Down Below, Žena pod křížem, The Young Mr. Pitt, expatriate, Dual Alibi, the ladykillers…FromPrague
Herbert Lom [Czech IPA: ] (b. September 11 1917) is an international film actor. He was born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru...

Dušan Uhrin

male, 66 years old
Rudá Hvězda Brno, Al-Nasr, APOEL FC, FK Teplice, FC Hradec Králové, Maccabi Haifa FC…FromPrague
Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovakian football coach. Although he was born in the Nitra District in Slovakia, he has been living in Prague since he w...
Julius Pokorny

Julius Pokorny

male, deceased (1970)
emigrant, switzerland, University of Berne, Etymologist, World War II, FromPrague
Julius Pokorny was a scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly Irish, and a supporter of Irish nationalism. He was born in Prague and studied...