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Do not fill this in! ==Notable people== ===Public service=== *[[Joseph von Petrasch]] (1714–1772), soldier, writer and philologist; lived here from 1758 *[[Anton Schübirz von Chobinin]] (1748–1801), Austrian General-major *[[Alexander von Krobatin]] (1849–1933), Austrian Field Marshal Imperial Minister for War in 1912–1917 *[[Hermann Hiltl]] (1872–1930), Austrian army officer *[[Paul Engelmann]] (1891–1965), Austrian-Israeli architect *[[Zdeněk Fierlinger]] (1891–1976), diplomat and politician, served as the [[Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia]] in 1944–1946 *[[Franz Karmasin]] (1901–1970), German politician in Czechoslovakia and SS Officer *[[Jaroslav Otruba]] (1916–2007), architect, urban planner, designer and artist *[[Jiří Pelikán (politician)|Jiří Pelikán]] (1923–1999), journalist and politician *[[Pavel Dostál]] (1943–2005), Minister of Culture in 1998–2005 *[[Franz Josef Wagner]] (born 1943), German journalist *[[Jiří Paroubek]] (born 1952), politician and Prime Minister in 2005–2006 *[[Ivan Langer]] (born 1967), politician ===Religion=== *[[Augustinus Olomucensis]] (1467–1513), humanist and theologian *[[Charles Joseph of Lorraine]] (1680–1715) prelate, known as Charles III as [[Bishop of Olomouc]] *[[Archduke Rudolf of Austria]] (1788–1831), consecrated as [[Archbishop of Olomouc]] in 1819 *[[Franziskus von Sales Bauer]] (1841–1915), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Olomouc in 1904–1915 *[[Berthold Oppenheim]] (1867–1942), the rabbi of Olomouc in 1892–1939 *[[John M. Oesterreicher]] (1904–1993), Roman Catholic theologian and a leading advocate of Jewish–Catholic reconciliation *[[Jan Graubner]] (born 1948), Roman Catholic archbishop of Olomouc in 1992–2022 ===Science and academia=== *[[Valentin Stansel]] (1621–1705), Jesuit and astronomer who worked in Brazil *[[Karel Ferdinand Irmler]] (1650–?), lawyer and the first professor of secular law at [[University of Olomouc]] *[[Josef Vratislav Monse]] (1733–1793), lawyer, historian and professor of law, Rector at the University of Olomouc in 1780 *[[Anton Schrötter von Kristelli]] (1802–1875), Austrian chemist and mineralogist *[[Rudolf Eitelberger]] (1817–1885), Austrian art historian and founder of the [[Vienna School of Art History]] *[[Ludwig Karl Schmarda]] (1819–1908), Austrian naturalist and traveller *[[Berthold Hatschek]] (1854–1941), Austrian zoologist *[[Olga Taussky-Todd]] (1906–1995), Austrian and later Czech-American mathematician *[[Jan G. Švec]] (born 1966), voice scientist, invented [[videokymography]], used for diagnosis of voice disorders *[[Jaroslav Miller]] (born 1971), professor of history and rector at [[Palacký University]] *[[Tomáš Hudeček]] (born 1979), university professor and politician ===Arts=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Georg Flegel]] (1566–1638) German painter *[[Gottfried Finger]] (1655/6–1730), composer *[[Joseph Ignatz Sadler]] (1725–1767), painter *[[Cajetan Tschink]] (1763–1813), Austrian writer; worked and taught here *[[Hans Balatka]] (1827–1899) American conductor and composer *[[Adolf Hölzel]] (1853–1934), German painter *[[Leo Fall]] (1873–1925), Austrian composer *[[Adolf Kašpar]] (1877–1934), painter and illustrator *[[Erma Zarska]] (1889–1971), opera singer *[[Egon Kornauth]] (1891–1959), Austrian composer and music teacher *[[Edgar G. Ulmer]] (1904–1972), Austrian-American film director *[[Peter Schmidl]] (born 1942), Austrian clarinetist *[[Emil Viklický]] (born 1948), jazz pianist and composer *[[Lenka Procházková]] (born 1951), writer *[[Vladimír Havlík]] (born 1959), action artist, painter and pedagogue *[[Pavel Vítek]] (born 1962), singer, actor and pop star *[[Rostislav Čtvrtlík]] (1963–2011), stage, television and voice actor *[[Zora Vesecká]] (born 1967), child actress *[[Veronika Vařeková]] (born 1977), ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' model {{div col end}} ===Sport=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *[[Evžen Rošický]] (1914–1942), athlete, journalist and resistance fighter *[[Karel Brückner]] (born 1939), football coach *[[Jiří Kavan]] (1943–2010), handball player *[[Martin Kotůlek]] (born 1969), football player and manager *[[David Prinosil]] (born 1973), German tennis player *[[Radim Kořínek]] (born 1973), cyclist *[[Josef Karas (athlete)|Josef Karas]] (born 1978), decathlete and beauty pageant titleholder *[[František Huf]] (born 1981), bodybuilder and model *[[Jiří Hudler]] (born 1984), ice hockey player *[[Karlos Vemola]] (born 1985), mixed martial artist, bodybuilder and Greco-Roman wrestler *[[Tomáš Kalas]] (born 1993), footballer *[[Václav Jemelka]] (born 1995) footballer *[[Karolína Muchová]] (born 1996), tennis player *[[David Zima]], (born 2000), footballer {{div col end}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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