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…
Famous Dead People from Czechia
Over 1,000 obituaries for famous people from Czechia who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Vladek Lacina dead at age 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 dead at age 72, Czech Catholic priest, member of the Jesuit order, professor of the s…
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.…
Jana Hádková dead at age 74, Czech director, documentarian and dramaturg at Czech Television
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 dead 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 dead at age 77
Rom Kostřica, a Czech professor of otorhinolaryngology and former member of parliament,
died on August 1, 2026, aged 77. Born in Brno, he built his career in medicine and higher…
František Laurin dead at age 91, Czech theatre and film director, teacher and director emeritus of…
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…
Jiří Nykodým dead at age 81, Czech lawyer, judge of the Constitutional Court
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…
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 dead 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 dead at age 86, visual art, art philosophy
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 dead 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 dead at age 83, Czech politician, MEP and MP
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 dead 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 dead 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 dead at age 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…
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 dead 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 dead 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 dead 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 dead at age 73
Václav Cejpek
died on July 1, 2026. Tags Other, 01 July 2026, Cejpek, Czechia, July 1, July 2026, Václav
Jaroslav Foltýn dead 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
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 dead at age 96, Czech writer, lawyer, philosopher and composer of classical music
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 dead at age 76
Jaroslav Sýbek
died on June 29, 2026. Tags Artists, 29 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, June 2026, June 29, Sýbek
Marie Viková dead 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 dead 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 dead at age 88, Journalist, writer
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…
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 dead at age 37
Bára Tlučhořová
died on June 22, 2026. Tags Journalists, 22 June 2026, Czechia, Bára, June 2026, June 22, Tlučhořová
Miloš Trapl dead 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 dead 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 dead 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 dead 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…
Jan Málek dead 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
Jan Málek dead 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 dead at age 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 dead 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 dead at age 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 dead 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 dead at age 21, Southampton, Dynamo České Budějovice
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 dead at age 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
Brian Large dead at age 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 dead 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…
Petr Zeman dead 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
Martin Šolc dead 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…
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 dead 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
Ladislav Skula dead 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…
Richard Falbr dead at age 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…
Oskar Petr dead at age 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 Czech public relations expert dead 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 Czech painter, cartoonist and humorist dead 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 Czech politician, MP, senator dead 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…
Jan Krámek Czech politician, MP, senator, mayor of Prague-Zbraslav dead at age 80
Jan Krámek
died on April 18, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as an MP from 1993 to 1996, a senator from 1996 to 2000, and mayor of…
Jan Potměšil Czech actor dead at age 60
Jan Potměšil, a Czech actor,
died on April 16, 2026, at age 60. Born in Prague in 1966, he worked from 1976 to 2026 and was known for his roles…
Vladimír Kopecký Czech ice hockey player dead at age 95
Vladimír Kopecký
died on April 14, 2026. He was a Czech ice hockey player for Rytíři Kladno. No further details about his life or career were provided in the source…
Václav Hybš Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor dead at age 90
Václav Hybš, Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor,
died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on June 3, 1935, in Police nad Metují, Czechoslovakia, he began learning…
Vojtěch Broža Czech professor, water manager and hydrotechnician dead at age 91
Vojtěch Broža
died on April 11, 2026. He was a Czech professor, water manager and hydrotechnician. His work was associated with these fields, according to the information provided. Vojtěch Broža…
Miroslav Jakeš public figure dead at age 75
Miroslav Jakeš
died on April 10, 2026. Miroslav Jakeš [cs], 75, Czech polar explorer, fall. (death announced on this date) Tags Other, 10 April 2026, Czechia, Miroslav, 2026-04-10, April 10,…
Vojtěch Adam Czech politican, surgeon, MP dead at age 75
Vojtěch Adam, Czech politician and surgeon who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2017,
died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 75.…
Imrich Bugár Czech Olympic discus thrower dead at age 71
Imrich Bugár, Czech Olympic discus thrower,
died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Ohrady, Czechoslovakia, he represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic during a…
Helena Vovsová dead at age 100
Helena Vovsová, a Czech resistance member,
died on April 6, 2026, aged 100. Born in Prague on February 12, 1926, she came of age during the Nazi German occupation of…
Vladislav Galgonek Czech photographer dead at age 79
Vladislav Galgonek
died on April 6, 2026. He was a Czech photographer. Vladislav Galgonek [cs], 79, Czech photographer. Tags Artists, 06 April 2026, Czechia, Galgonek, Vladislav, 2026-04-06, April 2026, April…
Jiří Zikmund public figure dead at age 78
Jiří Zikmund
died on April 3, 2026. Jiří Zikmund, 78, Czech historian and photographer. (death announced on this date) Tags Artists, Scientists, 03 April 2026, Czechia, Zikmund, 2026-04-03, April 2026,…
Božena Jirků Czech journalist and editor, executive director of Charter 77 Foundation dead at age 78
Božena Jirků, a Czech journalist and editor and executive director of the Charter 77 Foundation from 2002 to 2023,
died on March 21, 2026. She was 78. Jirků was born…
Vladimír Stránský Czech ice hockey player
Vladimír Stránský, a Czech professional ice hockey player,
died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, on June 7, 1947, he played in the…
Zdeněk Hummel dead at age 79
Zdeněk Hummel, a Czech basketball player and coach,
died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 79. He was a guard for NHKG Ostrava in the first division of…
Leoš Šimánek Czech traveler dead at age 79
Leoš Šimánek, a Czech traveler and writer,
died on March 9, 2026. He was 79. Born in Choceň, Czechoslovakia, on April 19, 1946, he studied civil engineering and left communist…
List of Charles University rectors Czech lawyer dead at age 95
Charles University rector and Czech lawyer Charles University rectors
died on March 6, 2026. This is a list of rectors of the University of Prague founded in 1347/1348 by Emperor…
Lubomír Šik Czech regional historian dead at age 98
Lubomír Šik, a Czech regional historian,
died on March 5, 2026. Born in Litovel on February 2, 1928, he graduated from the industrial school in Šumperk in 1949 after World…
Olympic Czech keyboardist dead at age 66
Olympic, the Czech keyboardist of the Czech rock band Olympic,
died on February 27, 2026. Olympic was founded in Prague in 1962 and was led by Petr Janda from 1963.…
Vladimír Liščák Czech sinologist dead at age 72
Vladimír Liščák, a Czech sinologist,
died on February 25, 2026. Born on 9 February 1954, he was a researcher at the East Asia Department of the Oriental Institute of the…
Petr Horák
Czech historian of philosophy
Died on Monday February 23rd 2026
František Mašlaň Czech Olympic ice hockey player dead at age 93
František Mašlaň, a Czech ice hockey player who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics,
died on February 20, 2026, one day after his 93rd birthday. Born in Chornice, Czechoslovakia, on…
František Mezihorák Professor dead at age 88
František Mezihorák, a Czech university pedagogue and politician,
died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 6, 1937, in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, he was a professor…
Jim Čert Czech singer and accordionist dead at age 69
Jim Čert, the Czech singer and accordionist born František Horáček,
died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Prague on February 25, 1956, he was known…
Pavel Klikar
Czech musician and pedagogue
Died on Monday February 16th 2026
Pavel Hroznata Adamec
Czech Catholic priest
Died on Saturday February 14th 2026
Jana Brejchová Actress dead at age 86
Jana Brejchová, a Czech actress,
died on February 6, 2026, in Prague at the age of 86. Born in Prague on January 20, 1940, she appeared in more than 70…
Podyjí National Park Czech ecologist dead at age 70
Podyjí National Park, a Czech ecologist and national park in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic,
died on February 3, 2026. Adjacent to Austria's Thayatal National Park on…
Karel Sláma
Czech entomologist
Died on Saturday January 31st 2026
Ladislav Goral
Czech social activist
Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Alena Kučerová
Czech printmaker
Died on Saturday January 24th 2026
Ota Zaremba
Czech weightlifter
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Petr Krill
Czech politician
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Květoslava Kořínková
Czech politician
Died on Friday January 23rd 2026
Mojmír Maděrič
Czech actor
Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Václav Klučka
Czech politician
Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Jitka Gruntová
Czech politician
Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Miroslava Pešíková
Czech solo dancer and ballet master
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Ivan Štampach
Czech religionist and theologian
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026
Václav Cigler
Czech sculptor and visual artist
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Miroslav Stárek
Czech footballer (AC Sparta Prague
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Jiří Witzany
Czech academic and former rector of ČVUT (2000–2006)
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026