* 1948 – Jan Hammer, Czech composer

* 1948 – Jan Palach, Czech activist ( d. 1969 )

Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně is best known for his 1837 discovery of Purkinje cell s.

* 1572 – Jan Campanus, Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist ( d. 1622 )

* 1926 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer ( d. 1995 )

* 1905 – Jan Werich, Czech actor, playwright and writer ( d. 1980 )

* 1965 – Jan Svěrák, Czech film director

The Hussites ( or Kališníci ; " Chalice People ") were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus ( c. 1369 – 1415 ), who became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation.

* 1880 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer ( d. 1940 )

* Jan Hus Day ( Czech Republic )

* 1982 – Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer

* 1834 – Jan Neruda, Czech poet ( d. 1891 )

* 1905 – Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet ( d. 1960 )

* 1966 – Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower

* 1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets ' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.

He went on to study law at Prague University ; during that time he also became involved in theatre ( as an actor he first appeared in Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek's play Czech and German in July 1832 in Benešov ), where he met Eleonora Šomková, with whom he had a son out of wedlock.

Mácha's genius was discovered and glorified much later by the poets and novelists of the 1850s ( e. g., Jan Neruda, Vítězslav Hálek, and Karolina Světlá ) and " Máj " is now regarded as the classic work of Czech Romanticism and is considered one of the best Czech poems ever written.

* 1978 – Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player

* 1699 – Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician ( d. 1773 )

* 1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Czech composer ( d. 1742 )

* 1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal.

* 1679 – Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech Baroque composer ( d. 1745 )

In June 1967, a small fraction of the Czech writer's union sympathized with radical socialists, specifically Ludvík Vaculík, Milan Kundera, Jan Procházka, Antonín Jaroslav Liehm, Pavel Kohout and Ivan Klíma.

Of note are the films of Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer, which mix stop motion and live actors.

* Božena Němcová ( 1820 – 1862 ), Czech writer.

The Sokol movement ( from the Slavic word for falcon ) is a youth sport movement and gymnastics organization first founded in Czech region of Austria-Hungary, Prague, in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner.

Josef Aleš-Lyžec ( 1862 – 1927 ) was a Czech teacher and sportsman.

Daniel Swarovski ( October 24, 1862 – January 23, 1956 ), formerly Daniel Swartz, was born in northern Bohemia ( now the Czech Republic ).

Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz ( Baron Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, born February 28, 1790, in Jánský Vrch Castle, Javorník ( today in the Czech Republic ), died March 16, 1862, in Vienna, Austria ) was an Austrian dramatist and epic poet.

* Božena Němcová ( 1820 – 1862 ), Czech writer

* Sokol is a youth sport movement and gymnastics organization founded in Czech region of Austria-Hungary, Prague, in 1862. it was primarily a fitness training center for the nation.

Pauline's first child was Sophie ( 1857 – 1941 ); her second daughter, Pascaline ( b. 1862 ), married Count George of ' Waldstein ', an insane and alcoholic Czech aristocrat who was said to have murdered her in delirium in Duchcov ( today in the Czech Republic ) in 1890.

Božena Němcová () ( 4 February 1820, Vienna – 21 January 1862, Prague ) was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.

Words primarily used in Austria are Jänner ( January ) rather than Januar, heuer ( this year ) rather than dieses Jahr, Stiege ( stairs ) instead of Treppe, Rauchfang ( chimney ) instead of Schornstein, many administrative, legal and political terms – and a whole series of foods and vegetables such as: Erdäpfel ( potatoes ) German Kartoffeln ( but Dutch Aardappel ), Schlagobers ( whipped cream ) German Schlagsahne, Faschiertes ( ground beef ) German Hackfleisch, Fisolen ( green beans ) German Gartenbohne ( but Czech fazole and Italian fagioli ), Karfiol ( cauliflower ) German Blumenkohl ( but Italian cavolfiore ), Kohlsprossen ( Brussels sprouts ) German Rosenkohl, Marillen ( apricots ) German Aprikosen but Slovak marhuľa, Paradeiser ( tomatoes ) German Tomaten, Palatschinken ( pancakes ) German Pfannkuchen ( but Czech palačinky ), Topfen ( a semi-sweet cottage cheese ) German Quark and Kren ( horseradish ) German Meerrettich ( but Czech křen ).

* 1957 – Jaroslava Maxova, Czech soprano and vocal coach

* 1974 – Roman Hamrlík, Czech hockey player

* 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist ( d. 1923 )

* 1674 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion ( d. 1766 )

* 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player

* 1933 – Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian ( d. 2007 )

* 2008 – A EuroCity express train en-route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.

* 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 en route from Larnaca, Cyprus via Athens, Greece to Prague, Czech Republic crashes near Athens, with at least 121 on board.

* 1893 – Francis Dvornik, Czech historian ( d. 1975 )

* 1984 – Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player

* 1993 – Ewa Farna, Czech singer

* 1952 – Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

August Wilhelm Ambros ( November 17, 1816 – June 28, 1876 ) was an Austrian composer and music historian of Czech descent.

* 1936 – Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

* 1981 – Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player

* 1967 – Jiří Růžek, Czech photographer

* 1972 – Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer

* 1926 – Frank Daniel, Czech writer, director, and teacher ( d. 1996 )

* 1988 – Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete