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Prague, Czechia
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.prague-city.cz/ Population:
1,172,975 (2005) SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
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Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
| Max Brod |
Novelist |
27-May-1884 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Redemption of Tycho Brahe |
| Dolly Buster |
Pornstar |
23-Oct-1969 |
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German pornstar, wannabe politician |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1967 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Charles Fried |
Government |
15-Apr-1935 |
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US Solicitor General, 1985-89 |
| Stanislav Gross |
Government |
30-Oct-1969 |
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Prime Minister of Czechia, 2004-05 |
| Jan Hammer |
Musician |
17-Apr-1948 |
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Wrote the theme for Miami Vice |
| Vaclav Havel |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1936 |
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Playwright President of Czechia |
| Jaroslav Heyrovsky |
Chemist |
20-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1967 |
Polarography |
| Wenzel Hollar |
Engraver |
13-Jul-1607 |
28-Mar-1677 |
Bohemian-English etcher |
| Franz Kafka |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1883 |
3-Jun-1924 |
Metamorphosis |
| Vaclav Klaus |
Head of State |
19-Jun-1941 |
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President of Czechia |
| Franz Kotzwara |
Composer |
1730 |
2-Feb-1793 |
The Battle of Prague |
| Ivan Kral |
Musician |
1948 |
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Patti Smith's guitarist |
| Francis Lederer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1899 |
25-May-2000 |
Pandora's Box |
| Hadassah Lieberman |
Relative |
Mar-1948 |
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Wife of Joseph Lieberman |
| Herbert Lom |
Actor |
11-Sep-1917 |
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Mysterious Island |
| Janet Malcolm |
Journalist |
1934 |
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The Journalist and the Murderer |
| Jan Masaryk |
Government |
14-Sep-1886 |
10-Mar-1948 |
Czech Foreign Minister |
| Martina Navratilova |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1956 |
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Nine-time Wimbledon winner |
| Vera Ralston |
Actor |
12-Jun-1921 |
9-Feb-2003 |
Dakota |
| Jaroslav Seifert |
Poet |
23-Sep-1901 |
10-Jan-1986 |
The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune |
| Alois Senefelder |
Inventor |
6-Nov-1771 |
26-Feb-1834 |
Inventor of lithography |
| Bertha von Suttner |
Activist |
9-Jun-1843 |
21-Jun-1914 |
Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Tycho Brahe |
Astronomer |
14-Dec-1546 |
24-Oct-1601 |
Copper-nosed Danish astronomer |
| Karel Capek |
Author |
9-Jan-1890 |
25-Dec-1938 |
R.U.R. |
| Antonin Dvorak |
Composer |
8-Sep-1841 |
1-May-1904 |
From the New World |
| Reinhard Heydrich |
Military |
7-Mar-1904 |
4-Jun-1942 |
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia |
| Jaroslav Heyrovsky |
Chemist |
20-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1967 |
Polarography |
| Bohumil Hrabal |
Author |
28-Mar-1914 |
3-Feb-1997 |
Closely Watched Trains |
| Jaromil Jires |
Film Director |
10-Dec-1935 |
24-Oct-2001 |
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
| St. John of Nepomuk |
Religion |
c. 1345 |
20-Mar-1393 |
Patron saint of Bohemia |
| Ladislav Klíma |
Philosopher |
8-Aug-1878 |
19-Apr-1928 |
The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch |
| Jozef Lenart |
Head of State |
3-Apr-1923 |
11-Feb-2004 |
Czech Prime Minister 1963-8 |
| Jan Masaryk |
Government |
14-Sep-1886 |
10-Mar-1948 |
Czech Foreign Minister |
| Bedrich Smetana |
Composer |
2-Mar-1824 |
12-May-1884 |
My Country |
| Ladislas V |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1440 |
23-Nov-1457 |
King of Hungary and Bohemia |
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