Other Fields
- Karel Baxa (1863–1938) — politician; mayor of Prague for almost two decades
- Charles Fried (1935) - United States Solicitor General, 1985-89.
- Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942) — Nazi general and protector; assassinated in Prague during Operation Anthropoid while serving as governor of the occupied country
- Jan Hus (1369–1415) — priest, philosopher, reformer; most-important preaching done in Prague
- František Křižík (1847–1941) — inventor, electrical engineer and entrepreneur — the main-belt asteroid 5719 Křižík was named in his honor; set up his company in Prague
- Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1525–1609) — Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic and philosopher; lived most of his life in Prague
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937) — philosopher, politician; lived in Prague for substantial part of life
- Jan Patočka (1907–1977) — philosopher; born, lived and died in Prague
- Jan Žižka (circa 1360–1424) — general and Hussite leader; participated in start of the rebellion in Prague, later defended it against Crusaders
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