Největší Čech

Největší Čech
King Charles IV, the winner of the poll.

Největší Čech (The Greatest Czech) is the Czech spin-off of the BBC Greatest Britons show;[1] a television poll of the populace to name the greatest Czech in history.[2] The series was broadcast by the national public-service broadcaster, Česká televize.[1] The moderator of the programme was Marek Eben,[3] who was also nominated to be in the Top 100; however, since he was moderating the show he was not eligible to be included in the final list.

The counting and ranking of the nomination votes took place during January 2005; the top 100 were announced on 5 May; and the final rankings were announced on 10 June 2005. Many voices received the fictional genius Jára Cimrman but he was disqualified.[4]

Contents

List of Greatest Czechs

  1. King Charles IV, Bohemian king (13461378) and Emperor (13551378), founder of Charles Bridge and Charles University68,713 votes
  2. Tomáš Garrique Masarykfirst Czechoslovak president (19181935) – 55,040 votes
  3. Václav Havellast Czechoslovak (19891992) and first Czech president (19932003) – 52,233 votes
  4. Jan Amos Komenský17th century "Teacher of nations"
  5. Jan Žižka14th/15th century Hussite general, leader of Czech resistance to the Roman Empire and Catholic Church
  6. Jan Werich20th century actor, playwright and author
  7. Jan Hus14th/15th century religious reformer
  8. Antonín Dvořák19th century composer
  9. Karel Čapek20th century writer, in his work R.U.R. has popularized the word "robot" (invented by his brother Josef Čapek)
  10. Božena Němcová19th century female writer (Babička)
  11. Bedřich Smetana19th century composer
  12. Emil Zátopek20th century olympic athlete
  13. Karel Gott20th century pop singer
  14. George of Podebrady15th century utraquist king
  15. František Palacký19th century historian and politician
  16. Přemysl Otakar II13th century king, known as "Iron and Gold King"
  17. Saint Wenceslasduke (922935) and patron saint of Bohemia
  18. Václav Klaussecond president of the Czech Republic (2003 to present)
  19. Jaroslav Heyrovský20th century chemist, Nobel prize laureate
  20. Saint Agnes of Bohemia13th century princess and saint, founder of first Prague hospital
  21. Tomáš Baťa19th/20th century first republic businessman
  22. Edvard Benešsecond Czechoslovak president (19351938, in exile 19401945, 19451948)
  23. Otto Wichterle20th century chemist, inventor of contact lenses
  24. Jaroslav Seifert20th century poet, Nobel Prize laureate
  25. Zdeněk Svěrák20th century playwright, screenwriter, actor and "cimrmanologist"
  26. Ema Destinnová19th/20th century opera singer
  27. Jaromír Jágr20th/21st century hockey player
  28. Maria Theresa18th century queen
  29. Karel Kryl20th century dissident singer-songwriter
  30. Miloš Forman20th/21st century film director
  31. Vlasta Burian20th century actor, "king of comedians"
  32. Roman Šebrle20th/21st century decathlete, Olympic athlete
  33. Ivan Hlinka20th century hockey player and coach
  34. Karel Havlíček Borovský19th century journalist and writer
  35. Daniel Landa20th/21st century singer
  36. Milada Horáková20th century victim of Nazism and later communism (hanged in 1950)
  37. Vladimír Menšík20th century actor
  38. Jaroslav Hašek19th/20th century writer (author of The Good Soldier Švejk)
  39. Alfons Mucha19th/20th century art nouveau painter
  40. Jan Evangelista Purkyně19th century biologist and physician
  41. Pavel Nedvědfootball player (European footballer of the year 2003)
  42. Jan Janský19th/20th century neurologist and psychiatrist, discoverer of four blood types
  43. František Křižík19th/20th century inventor, engineer and industrialist
  44. Jan Železný20th/21st century Olympic athlete
  45. Jan Palachprotester against Soviet invasion of 1968 (self-immolated)
  46. Věra Čáslavská20th century Olympic athlete
  47. Leoš Janáček19th/20th century composer
  48. Alois Jirásek19th/20th century playwright and author
  49. Jaromír Nohavica20th/21st century musician
  50. Jan MasarykCzechoslovak secretary of foreign affairs (194048)
  51. Bohumil Hrabal20th century writer
  52. Jan Neruda19th century writer
  53. Josef Jungmann18th/19th century linguist and translator
  54. Gregor Mendel19th century geneticist, "father of genetics"
  55. Franz Kafka19th/20th century writer
  56. František Tomášek20th century archbishop of Prague
  57. Saint Adalbert10th century saint
  58. Josef Bican20th century football player
  59. Josef Kajetán Tyl19th century playwright
  60. Lucie Bílá20th/21st century pop singer
  61. Karel Hynek Mácha19th century poet
  62. Saint Ludmila9th/10th century grandmother of the Czech patron St. Wenceslas
  63. Boleslav Polívka20th/21st century actor
  64. Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor16th/17th century king
  65. Josef Dobrovský18th/19th century philologist
  66. Josef Lada20th century painter
  67. Rudolf Hrušínský20th century actor
  68. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia13th/14th century king
  69. Madeleine Albright20th century politician, US secretary of state
  70. Aneta Langerová21st century pop singer, winner of the Pop star (Superstar in Czech) competition
  71. Přemysl Otakar I12th/13th century king, conqueror
  72. Ludvík Svoboda20th century communist president
  73. Dominik Hašek20th/21st century hockey player (goaltender)
  74. John of Luxemburg14th century king, father of Charles IV
  75. Milan Baroš21st century football player
  76. Karel Jaromír Erben19th century poet
  77. Saint Zdislava13th century saint
  78. Jaroslav Foglar20th century writer
  79. Ladislav Smoljak20th century actor and writer, actor and "cimrmanologist"
  80. Olga Havlová20th century wife of Václav Havel, former Czechoslovak and Czech president
  81. Martina Navrátilová20th/21st century tennis player
  82. Helena Růžičková20th century actress
  83. Pavel Tigrid20th century writer
  84. Elisabeth of Bohemia (12921330)queen
  85. Milan Kundera20th/21st century writer
  86. Vladimír Remek20th/21st century cosmonaut and politician
  87. Boleslav I of Bohemia10th century king
  88. Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová19th century writer
  89. Mikoláš Aleš19th/20th century painter
  90. Emil Holub19th century physician, traveler and writer
  91. František Fajtl20th century aircraft pilot in World War II
  92. Klement GottwaldFirst Communist president of Czechoslovakia (20th century)
  93. Zdeněk Matějček20th century pediatrist
  94. Jiří Voskovec20th century actor
  95. Marta Kubišová20th/21st century singer and actress
  96. Jiřina Bohdalová20th century actress
  97. Miloslav Šimek20th/21st century actor
  98. Sigmund Freud19th/20th century psychiatrist, teacher of Carl Gustav Jung
  99. Samo7th century ruler of the so called Samo's Realm
  100. Miloš Zeman20th/21st century politician

[5]

The Greatest Villain

At the same time as the nominations, an Internet vote for the greatest villain of Czech history was held.[6] The top ten were:

  1. Klement Gottwaldfirst Communist president of Czechoslovakia (194853)
  2. Stanislav Gross20th/21st century politician, Czech Republic PM
  3. Václav Klaus20th/21st century politician, president of Czech Republic
  4. Vladimír Železný20th/21st century television businessman, founder of TV Nova, charged with an extensive tunnelling fraud
  5. Miroslav Kalousek20th/21st century politician, leader of Christian Democratic party
  6. Miroslav Grebeníčekleader of Communist Party of Moravia and Bohemia
  7. Viktor Kožený20th/21st century financial figure, fugitive financier, nicknamed "the pirate of Prague"
  8. Milouš Jakeš20th century politician, General Secretary of Czechoslovak Communist Party before and during Velvet Revolution
  9. Zdeněk Škromachformer minister of work and social affairs
  10. Gustáv Husák20th century politician, last Communist president of Czechoslovakia

Jára Cimrman

The first round of official voting for Greatest Czech was won by the fictional character Jára Cimrman created by Czech humourists Jiří Šebánek, Zdeněk Svěrák (who himself took the 25th place) and Ladislav Smoljak (79th). The fact that he isn't a real person disqualified him from taking the title. Česká televize disregarded the rules, which clearly stated, that "it is only possible to vote for someone who was either born on, lived on, or in any way acted on the soil of Bohemia, Moravia or Czech Silesia." While Cimrman neither lived, nor was born in any of these countries, he indisputably acted (since 1966) and acts on the mentality of local people.[7]

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