Jablonec Nad Nisou - Famous People

Famous People

  • Peter Herman Adler (1899–1990), conductor, lived in Prague, Brno, Bremen, Ki'iv and from 1939 in the United States
  • Adolf Benda (1845–1878), historian, author of the Geschichte der Stadt Gablonz (History of the Town Jablonec nad Nisou)
  • Reinhold Hanisch (1882–1937), business partner of Adolf Hitler in Vienna, 1910
  • Konrad Henlein (1898–1945), WWII German resistance member; Nationalist and later Nazi politician, head of the Sudetenland district (Gau) under Hitler; studied and lived in Jablonec few years
  • Gustav Leutelt (1860–1947), writer and poet
  • Radka Vodičková a professional Czech triathlete
  • Jakub Čutta (1981) ice-hockey player
  • Barbora Špotáková (1981) javelin thrower
  • Daniel Špaček (1986) ice-hockey player

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