Jerome Of Prague

Jerome Of Prague

male, deceased (1416)
Jerome of Prague was one of the chief followers and most devoted friends of John Hus. He was born in Prague to a wealthy family; after taking his...
Adalbert Of Prague

Adalbert Of Prague

male, deceased (997)
Adalbert, a bishop of Prague, was martyred in his efforts, to which he had been instigated by the king of Poland Bolesław I the Brave, to convert t...
Cosmas Of Prague

Cosmas Of Prague

male, deceased (1125)
Cosmas of Prague was a Bohemian priest, writer and historian born in a noble family in Bohemia. Between 1075 and 1081, he studied in Liège. After h...

Jaromir, Bishop Of Prague

male, deceased (1090)
Jaromir was the bishop of Prague from 1068 when he was appointed by his brother, Vratislaus II of Bohemia. The two were both sons of the Duke...

Václav Havel

male, 73 years old
Václav Havel, GCB, CC, (born October 5, 1936 in Prague) is a Czech writer and dramatist. He was the ninth and last President of Czechoslovakia (...

Václav Klaus

male, 68 years old
Václav Klaus is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1992-7). A free market oriented e...
Jan Hammer

Jan Hammer

male, 61 years old
Jan Hammer (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a composer and keyboardist. His music is as firmly rooted in the fundamentals of...
Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz

male, deceased (1900)
Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836, Prague-August 12, 1900, New York) was an Austrian-English-American chess player and the first...
Egon Erwin Kisch

Egon Erwin Kisch

male, deceased (1948)
Egon Erwin Kisch (Prague, April 29, 1885 - March 31, 1948) was a Czechoslovakian writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He was noted for his...
Franz Werfel

Franz Werfel

male, deceased (1945)
Franz Werfel (September 10, 1890 - August 26, 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote in German.