Alexander Dubček

male, deceased (1992)
Alexander Dubček was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969), famous for his attempt to reform the Communist regime (...
Jan Palach

Jan Palach

male, deceased (1969)
Jan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest. The Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August...

Gustáv Husák

male, deceased (1991)
Gustáv Husák (January 10, 1913 in Dúbravka (today part of Bratislava, Slovakia) - November 18, 1991 in Bratislava) was a Slovak politician, the las...

Ludvík Svoboda

male, deceased (1979)
Ludvík Svoboda was a Czechoslovak national hero who fought in both World Wars and was later the president of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout

male, 81 years old
Pavel Kohout (born July 20 1928, Prague) is a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, most...

Ludvík Vaculík

male, 83 years old
Ludvík Vaculík is a Czech writer and journalist. A prominent samizdat writer, he is most famous as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" ma...
Alan Levy

Alan Levy

male, deceased (2004)
Alan Levy was an American author. Alan Levy was born in New York City in 1932 and educated at Brown and Columbia universities. He worked seven...

Ota Šik

male, deceased (2004)
Ota Šik was a Czech economist and politician. He was the man behind the "New Economic Model" (economy liberalization plan) and was one of the key f...

Zdeněk Mácal

male, 73 years old
Zdeněk Mácal [ma:tsal] (b. January 8, 1936, Brno) is a Czech conductor. Leaving behind a promising career in Czechoslovakia, he left the country af...
Ivo Kahanek

Ivo Kahanek

male, 30 years old
Ivo Kahanek is a Czech pianist regarded as one of the most gifted Czech musicians of his generation (in 2005 he was nominated on International New...