Patrik Eichler dies at age 42
Patrik Eichler, a Czech journalist and political commentator, died November 2, 2026, aged 42. He was director of the Masaryk Democratic Academy, a social-democratic think tank, and held editorial posts…
Famous Dead People from Czechia
Over 1,000 obituaries for famous people from Czechia who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Josef Mašín death at age 94
Josef Mašín, a Czech anti-communist resistance fighter and defector, died November 2, 2026, aged 94. With his brother Ctirad, he took up armed resistance against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia…
Pavel Hulva died at age 50
Pavel Hulva, a Czech zoologist and university professor, died on November 1, 2026, aged 50. Born on November 22, 1975, in Český Těšín, he attended Gymnázium Český Těšín from 1990…
Pavel Žák dies at age 85
Pavel Žák, a Czech composer and lyricist who also worked as a director, screenwriter and pianist, died November 1, 2026, aged 85. Born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou on August 28,…
Bronislava Volková, died aged 80
Bronislava Volková, a Czech-American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80. Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there.…
Martin Jelínek has died at age 55
Martin Jelínek, a Czech basketball player and national-team representative, died October 27, 2026, aged 55. Born in Kutná Hora on April 16, 1971, he stood 196 centimeters tall and competed…
Petr Slaný death at age 74
Petr Slaný, a Czech footballer who represented Czechoslovakia, died on October 22, 2026, aged 74. Born in Olomouc on September 1, 1952, he played for Baník Ostrava, Dukla Prague and…
Jan Novák dead at age 79
Jan Novák, the Czech theatre director and educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in Velké Losiny on April 19, 1947, he studied at the Secondary Industrial School…
Jan Kříž dies at 51
Jan Kříž, a Czech physicist and university educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 51. Born in Hradec Králové, he built his academic career at the University of Hradec Králové…
Miroslav Čerbák died at age 90
Miroslav Čerbák, a Czech physician and politician who served in parliament and as a deputy health minister, died October 18, 2026, in Dolní Řasnice, aged 90. Born in Brno on…
Ota Jirák obituary: died at age 77
Ota Jirák, the Czech actor, voice actor and entertainer, died on October 17, 2026, aged 77. Born in Debř on April 12, 1949, he studied puppetry at the Academy of…
Death of Rudolf Křesťan at age 83
Rudolf Křesťan, a Czech writer, editor and feuilletonist, died October 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Prague on March 14, 1943, he spent his childhood in Stará Role, near Karlovy…
Pavel Půta passed away at age 78
Pavel Půta, a Czech guitarist, singer-songwriter and lyricist, died October 12, 2026, aged 78. Born in Pačejov on March 14, 1948, he was a bassist in the orchestra of Svatopluk…
Jiří Štěpnička passed away at age 79
Jiří Štěpnička, a Czech actor and dubbing actor, died October 11, 2026, aged 79. Born Jiří Samec in London on April 16, 1947, he studied at the Faculty of Theatre…
Vladimír Kopecký passed away at age 94
Vladimír Kopecký, the Czech painter, graphic artist and glass artist who taught at university, died October 8, 2026, aged 94. Born in Svojanov on November 26, 1931, he wanted to…
Miloslav Kopečný dies at 82
Czech actor Miloslav Kopečný, best known for his appearances in Bony a klid, died October 7, 2026, aged 82. Born in Třebíč on September 18, 1944, he was also sometimes…
Jakub Schwarz Trojan has died at age 99
Jakub Schwarz Trojan, a Czech theologian and dean of the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Charles University, died in Prague on October 7, 2026, aged 99. Born in Paris on May…
Miloslav Kopečný dies at 82
Miloslav Kopečný, a Czech actor whose best-known role was the Banker in Bony a klid and Bony a klid 2, died October 7, 2026, aged 82. Born in Třebíč on…
Kamil Pulec passes away at age 63
Kamil Pulec, a Czech actor, died on October 1, 2026, aged 63. Born on September 1, 1963, in Prešov, then in Czechoslovakia, he grew up from 1969 in Hluboká nad…
Štěpánka Ranošová dies at age 99
Štěpánka Ranošová, the Czech actress and founding member of the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava, died on October 1, 2026, aged 99. Born in Mariánské Hory, now part of Ostrava,…
Luděk Pelc, died aged 72
Luděk Pelc, a Czech ice hockey player who skated as an attacker for TJ Gottwaldov and Dukla Trenčín, died on September 29, 2026, aged 72. Pelc played 13 seasons in…
Karel Eduard Paar passed away at age 92
Karel Eduard Paar, a Czech jurist and Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, died on September 25, 2026, aged 92. Born in Prague…
Josef Kalbáč died at age 86
Josef Kalbáč, a Czech agronomist and politician who served as a senator, died on September 21, 2026, aged 86. Born in Třebohostice on February 17, 1940, he spent much of…
Ludmila Javorová, died aged 94
Ludmila Javorová, a Czech Roman Catholic theologian, died on September 17, 2026, aged 94. Born in Brno in 1932, she came from a Catholic family and worked for the underground…
Richard Morávek has died at age 56
Richard Morávek, a Czech entrepreneur, developer and investor, died on September 17, 2026, aged 56, from complications of a head injury. Based in Olomouc, he built his career in business…
Luděk Mikloško passed away at age 64
Luděk Mikloško, the Czech footballer and coach who spent much of his career as a goalkeeper, died on September 14, 2026, aged 64. Born in Prostějov, he became best known…
Obituary: Richard Tesařík, dead at age 80
Richard Tesařík, the Czech singer associated with Yo Yo Band, died on September 6, 2026, at age 80. He helped form the Prague-based group in 1975 alongside Vladimír Tesařík, Ondřej…
Obituary: Richard Tesařík, dead at age 80
Richard Tesařík, the Czech singer best known for his work with Yo Yo Band, died on September 6, 2026, aged 80. Born in Ostrava on December 25, 1945, he was…
Filip Sternberg has died at age 69
Filip Sternberg, a Czech-Austrian lawyer and member of the Sternberg nobility, died on September 5, 2026, aged 69. Czech sources identify him as Filip Sternberg, also referred to as Filip…
Otto Jelinek has died at age 86
Otto Jelinek, the Czech-born Canadian figure skater and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 1972 to 1993 and as minister of national revenue from 1989 to 1993,…
Radim Raděvič obituary: died at age 59
Radim Raděvič, a Czech ice hockey player who competed for Czechoslovakia, died on September 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Opava on December 16, 1966, he was known for playing…
Filip Sternberg has died at age 69
Filip Sternberg, a Czech-Austrian lawyer and member of the Sternberg nobility, died on September 5, 2026, aged 69. He belonged to the Sternberg family and was the owner of Český…
Milan Ohnisko has died at age 61
Milan Ohnisko, the Czech poet, editor and dissident, died on September 3, 2026, aged 61. Born in Brno on July 16, 1965, he became known for work that combined naivist…
Libor Balák has died at age 65
Libor Balák, the Czech painter and illustrator, died on September 2, 2026, aged 65. Born in Brno on February 10, 1961, he also worked as a draughtsman, comic-book artist and…
Hana Pastejříková passes away at age 82
Hana Pastejříková, a Czech actress known for her work in film and television, died on August 29, 2026, aged 82. Born in Prague on March 2, 1944, she was a…
Filip Štojdl dies at 50
Filip Štojdl, a Czech bishop of the Pilsen diocese of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church and former CČSH clergyman, died on August 27, 2026, aged 50. He served as bishop of…
Karel Barták has died at age 72
Karel Barták, a Czech journalist and former Czech News Agency foreign correspondent, died on August 27, 2026, aged 72. Barták built his reputation at ČTK, where he worked in the…
Luděk Hrzal died at age 60
Luděk Hrzal, a Czech disc jockey, presenter and producer best known for his work with Evropa 2, died on August 27, 2026, aged 60. He became widely recognized as a…
Jan Štěpán died at age 78
Jan Štěpán, a Czech logician, philosopher and mathematician, died on August 26, 2026, aged 78. Born on January 19, 1948, in Dolní Újezd in the Přerov district, he studied numerical…
Obituary: Miloslav Gajdoš, dead at age 78
Miloslav Gajdoš, the Czech double bass player and composer, died on August 25, 2026, aged 78. Born in Město Albrechtice on April 13, 1948, he was also a music teacher…
Zdeněk Šesták dead at age 100
Zdeněk Šesták, the Czech composer known for symphonic, chamber and choral works, died on August 21, 2026, aged 100. Born in Cítoliby near Louny on December 10, 1925, he came…
Eduard Maur, died aged 89
Eduard Maur, a Czech historian, historical demographer and university teacher, died on August 19, 2026, aged 89. Born in Plzeň on April 1, 1937, he focused on the economic and…
Vladek Lacina dies at 77
Vladek Lacina, a Czech Olympic rower, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Prague on June 25, 1949, he represented Czechoslovakia in three Summer Olympics, competing in 1972,…
Richard Čemus died at age 72
Richard Čemus, a Czech Catholic priest, Jesuit and professor of the spirituality of the Christian East at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, died on August 13, 2026, aged 72.…
Obituary: Jana Hádková, dead at age 74
Jana Hádková, a Czech director, documentarian and dramaturg at Czech Television, died on August 13, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Prague on April 4, 1952, she worked…
Roman Knap dead at age 51
Roman Knap, a Czech manager who served as chief executive of the state-owned postal company Česká pošta from 2018 to 2023, died on August 11, 2026, aged 51. He took…
Vladimír Páral passes away at age 94
Vladimír Páral, the Czech fiction writer, died on August 10, 2026, aged 94. Born in Prague, he studied chemical engineering at a branch of the University of Chemistry and Technology…
Rom Kostřica, died aged 77
Rom Kostřica, a Czech professor of otorhinolaryngology and former member of the Czech parliament, died on August 1, 2026, aged 77. Born in Brno on March 13, 1949, he studied…
František Laurin passes away at age 91
František Laurin, the Czech theatre and film director, teacher and director emeritus of the Prague Vinohrady Theater, died on July 31, 2026, at age 91. Born in Prague on November…
Death of Jiří Nykodým at age 81
Jiří Nykodým, the Czech lawyer and Constitutional Court judge, died on July 30, 2026, aged 81. A graduate of the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, he earned…
Obituary: Václav Větvička, dead at age 88
Václav Větvička, a Czech botanist and publicist, died on July 30, 2026, at age 88. Born in Prague on January 13, 1938, he was also described as a biologist and…
Vlasta Pavelcová obituary: died at age 94
Vlasta Pavelcová, a Czech ballerina and ballet master, died on July 26, 2026, aged 94. Born in Ostrava on August 14, 1931, she began attending Mistr Gabzdyl’s ballet studio at…
Milan Knížák passed away at age 86
Milan Knížák, the Czech artist, musician and performer who led the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and later directed the National Gallery Prague, died on July 26, 2026. Born…
Pavel Jungwirth passes away at age 60
Pavel Jungwirth, a Czech physical chemist and academic, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 60. Born in Prague on May 20, 1966, he studied at the Faculty…
Jaroslav Zvěřina dies at 83
Jaroslav Zvěřina, a Czech politician and former member of the European Parliament, died on July 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Třebíč on December 18, 1942, he…
Zdeněk Chovanec obituary: died at age 21
Zdeněk Chovanec, the Czech-Portuguese-Venezuelan racing driver who competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, died on July 18, 2026. He was 21. Born Zdeněk Chovanec López on October 9, 2004,…
Bohumil Vacík has died at age 74
Bohumil Vacík, a Czech convicted mass murderer, died on July 17, 2026. Born in 1952 in Staré Sedlo in the Sokolov area, he later trained as a machine repairer in…
Jaromír Liďák dies at 78
Jaromír Liďák, a Czech ski jumper, died on July 15, 2026. Born on January 1, 2000, he was identified in records as a Czechoslovakian ski jumper. He made his international…
Obituary: Martin Matoušek, dead at age 53
Martin Matoušek died on July 8, 2026. He was a Czech opera singer. Tags Musicians, 08 July 2026, Czechia, Martin, July 2026, July 8, Matoušek
Jindřich Mikulec died at age 98
Jindřich Mikulec died on July 7, 2026. He was a Czech Olympic gymnast. Tags Other, 07 July 2026, Czechia, Mikulec, Taurus, Jindřich, July 2026, July 7
Jiří Pták dies at age 80
Jiří Pták died on July 5, 2026. He was a Czech Olympic rower. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Aries, Czechia, Jiří, July 2026, July 5, Pták
Petr Šmolka has died at age 80
Petr Šmolka died on July 5, 2026. He was a Czech psychologist and marriage counselor. His work focused on relationships and family life. Tags Scientists, 05 July 2026, Czechia, Petr,…
Václav Cejpek dies at age 73
Václav Cejpek died on July 1, 2026. Tags Other, 01 July 2026, Cejpek, Czechia, July 1, July 2026, Václav
Jaroslav Foltýn died at age 90
Jaroslav Foltýn died on June 30, 2026. He was a Czech violinist. Tags Musicians, 30 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, Foltýn, June 2026, June 30
Obituary: Josef Přibyl, dead at age 78
Josef Přibyl died on June 29, 2026. He was a Czech chess player. Tags Athletes, 29 June 2026, Czechia, Josef, Libra, June 2026, June 29, Přibyl
Karel Pexidr passed away at age 96
Karel Pexidr died on June 29, 2026. He was a Czech writer, lawyer, philosopher and composer of classical music. Born on November 4, 1929, Pexidr was known for his work…
Jaroslav Sýbek death at age 76
Jaroslav Sýbek died on June 29, 2026. Tags Artists, 29 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, June 2026, June 29, Sýbek
Marie Viková passes away at age 90
Marie Viková died on June 28, 2026. She was an actress. Tags Actors, 28 June 2026, Czechia, Marie, June 2026, June 28, Viková
František Wiendl death at age 102
František Wiendl died on June 26, 2026. He was a Czech resistance fighter. Tags Other, 26 June 2026, Czechia, Wiendl, František, June 2026, June 26
Věra Linhartová has died at age 88
Věra Linhartová, the Czech writer and art historian, died on June 26, 2026, at age 88 in Paris. Born in Brno on March 22, 1938, she studied art history at…
Obituary: Milena Flodrová, dead at age 91
Milena Flodrová died on June 25, 2026. She was a Czech historian. Tags Scientists, 25 June 2026, Czechia, Milena, Flodrová, June 2026, June 25
Bára Tlučhořová dies at age 37
Bára Tlučhořová died on June 22, 2026. Tags Journalists, 22 June 2026, Czechia, Bára, June 2026, June 22, Tlučhořová
Miloš Trapl passed away at age 91
Miloš Trapl died on June 22, 2026. Tags Scientists, Writers, 22 June 2026, Czechia, Trapl, June 2026, June 22, Miloš
Ondřej Horský passes away at age 49
Ondřej Horský, a Czech sprint canoer, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 49. Born on March 5, 1977, he competed from the late 2000s and won a…
Jiří Wolf obituary: died at age 74
Jiří Wolf, a Czech political prisoner, anticommunist and signatory of Charter 77, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 74. Born on January 5, 1952, in Jindřichův Hradec,…
Petr Uličný dies at age 76
Petr Uličný, a Czech football player and manager, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Kroměříž on February 11, 1950, he built his career in…
Zdena Mašínová Jr. dead at age 92
Zdena Mašínová Jr. died on June 10, 2026. She was a Czech anti-communist political prisoner and laboratory technician. Born in Prague in 1933, she was the daughter of Josef Mašín…
Death of Jan Málek at age 88
Jan Málek died on June 10, 2026. He was a Czech composer and music director. Tags Musicians, 10 June 2026, Czechia, Jan, June 10, June 2026, Málek
Death of Jan Málek at age 88
Jan Málek died June 10, 2026. He was a Czech composer and director. Tags Musicians, 10 June 2026, Czechia, Jan, June 10, June 2026, Málek
Zdena Mašínová Jr. dead at age 92
Zdena Mašínová Jr. died June 10, 2026. She was a Czech political prisoner. Tags Other, 10 June 2026, Czechia, Zdena, June 10, June 2026, Mašínová
Jaroslav Macháček, died aged 96
Jaroslav Macháček, a Czech academic and translator, died on June 10, 2026. Tags Scientists, 10 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, June 10, June 2026, Macháček
Oto Neubauer dead at age 95
Oto Neubauer died on June 8, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as a senator from 1996 to 1998 and as mayor of Trmice from 1998 to 2006.…
Karel Tejkal died at age 88
Karel Tejkal died on June 7, 2026. He was a Czech radio journalist and publicist. His death was announced on that date. Tags Journalists, 07 June 2026, Czechia, Karel, Tejkal,…
Josef Kovačič, died aged 65
Josef Kovačič died on May 30, 2026. He was a Czech footballer who played for TJ Škoda Plzeň. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the…
Jan Hraběta died at age 86
Jan Hraběta died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 86. He was a Czech actor, according to the announcement of his death. No further details were immediately given.…
Victor Udoh dies at 21
Victor Udoh, a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 21. Born in Calabar on October 18, 2004, he came…
Věra Nerušilová, died aged 91
Věra Nerušilová died on May 26, 2026. She was a Czech singer. Tags Musicians, 26 May 2026, Czechia, May 2026, May 26, Nerušilová, Věra
Petr Zeman died at age 79
Petr Zeman died on May 23, 2026. He was a Czech security expert and dissident. He was 79. Tags Other, 23 May 2026, Czechia, Petr, Zeman, May 2026, May 23
Death of Martin Šolc at age 77
Martin Šolc died on May 23, 2026. He was a Czech pedagogue and an expert in comet physics and the history of astronomy. His work was associated with teaching and…
Brian Large dies at 87
Brian Large, the English opera director, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 87. He was known as one of the leading television directors specializing in opera and…
Toman Brod death at age 97
Toman Brod, a Czech historian, anti-communist dissident and Holocaust survivor, died on May 23, 2026. He was 97. Brod was born in Prague on January 18, 1929, to an assimilated…
Tomáš Čermák dead at age 83
Tomáš Čermák, the Czech engineer and rector of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 83. He led the university during two…
Veronika Valentová passed away at age 52
Veronika Valentová died on May 19, 2026. She was a Czech writer and translator. Tags Writers, 19 May 2026, Czechia, Veronika, May 19, May 2026, Valentová
Richard Falbr dies at 85
Richard Falbr, a Czech politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 85. He also…
Ladislav Skula death at age 88
Ladislav Skula, a Czech mathematician and professor, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 88. He was known for work in topology, algebraic number theory and the theory…
Oskar Petr, died aged 73
Oskar Petr died on April 29, 2026. He was a Czech composer, lyricist and singer. His work reached audiences through songs and film music, and he was known in Czech…
Michal Donath obituary: died at age 77
Michal Donath, a Czech public relations expert, died on April 24, 2026. Michal Donath [cs], 77, Czech public relations expert. Tags Other, 24 April 2026, Czechia, Donath, Michal, 2026-04-24, April…
Pavel Matuška death at age 82
Pavel Matuška died on April 21, 2026. He was a Czech painter, cartoonist and humorist. His work was associated with painting, cartooning and humor. Pavel Matuška [cs], 82, Czech painter,…
Karel Korytář death at age 76
Karel Korytář, a Czech politician and engineer, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 76. A member of the Czech Social Democratic Party, he served in the Senate…