Politicians
- See Czechoslovak and Czech politicians
- Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
- Jan Švejnar, US-based, Czech-born economist
- Ivana Bacik, Irish law professor and politician of Czech descent
- Klement Gottwald, first communist president
- Emil Hácha, president during the German occupation
- Václav Havel, first president after the fall of communism, first president of the independent Czech Republic
- Václav Klaus, former prime minister and current president of the Czech Republic
- Otto Jelinek, former Canadian Federal Cabinet Minister.
- Jan Masaryk, foreign minister
- Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1956–1961)
- Tomáš G. Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia
- Mikuláš of Hus, politician, Hussite
- Emanuel Moravec, collaborator with Nazis
- Antonín Novotný, communist president
- Přemysl Otakar II, King of Bohemia and most powerful man in middle Europe in his era.
- Rudolf II, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor
- Ludvík Svoboda, communist president
- Mirek Topolánek, former Prime Minister
- Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas, Václav), known as "Good King Wenceslas" in a Christmas carol
- Prokop Herda, Mayor (1622/1641/1643-1738)
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