Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE'') is a

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masculine given name, equivalent to English

George George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

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Georg Benda Georg Anton Benda (; 30 June 17226 November 1795) was a Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemian composer, violinist and ''Kapellmeister'' of the Classical period (music), classical period. Biography Born into a Benda family, family of notable musicians in ...

(Jiří Antonín Benda), Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister *

Jiří Baborovský Jiří Baborovský (1875–1946) was a prominent Czech people, Czech physical chemist, and pioneer in the study of kinetic chemical reactions. He wrote many textbooks widely used in Czechoslovakia. References

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, Czech physical chemist *

Jiří Barta Jiří Barta (born 26 November 1948) is a Czech stop-motion animation director. Many of his films use wood as a medium for animation. Among his notable films are the 1986 film '' The Pied Piper''. In 2007 he released his first animated short ...

, Czech animator and director * Jiří Bartoška, Czech actor * Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player * Jiří Bobok, Czech footballer *

Jiří Bubla Jiří Bubla (born January 27, 1950) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. Bubla played his entire National Hockey League career with the Vancouver Canucks, beginning in 1982. He retired after the 1985–86 season. He is the fa ...

, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Buquoy, Czech aristocrat, mathematician and inventor *

Jiří Bělohlávek Jiří Bělohlávek, (; 24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor. He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasio ...

, Czech conductor *

Jiří Brdečka Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czechs, Czech screenwriter, film director, writer and artist. His most famous literary and cinematic work is ''Lemonade Joe'' (1964). Life Jiří Josef František Brdečka was born in Hran ...

, Czech writer, artist and film director

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* Jiří Čeřovský, Czech regional politician and former athlete *

Jiří Čunek Jiří Čunek (born 22 February 1959) is a Czech politician who was the leader of the Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party from December 2006 to May 2009. Čunek was also deputy prime minister and the minister for Regio ...

, Czech politician * Jiří Crha, Czech ice hockey player

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* Jiří Dopita, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Družecký (1745–1819), Bohemian-born Austrian composer and timpanist *

Jiří Dudáček Jiří Dudáček (born April 4, 1962) is a former professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the first round, 17th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, making him the first Czechoslovak player to be selected i ...

, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Džmura, Czech bobsledder

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Jiří Fischer Jiří Fischer (born 31 July 1980) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL) who played his entire career with the Detroit Red Wings. He currently serves as Detroit's Director of Player Evaluation. ...

, Czech ice hockey player and coach

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Jiří Grossmann Jiří Grossmann (20 July 1941 – 5 December 1971) was a Czechs, Czech theatre actor, poet and composer. Life Grossmann was born in Prague. After his graduation, he started at the Czech Technical University in Prague, but left in 1962 when he ...

, Czechoslovak theatre actor, poet, and composer *

Jiří Gruša Jiří Gruša (10 November 1938, in Pardubice – 28 October 2011, in Bad Oeynhausen) was a Czech poet, novelist, translator, diplomat and politician.Jiří Grygar Jiří Grygar (; born March 17, 1936, in Heinersdorf, Germany, now Dziewiętlice, Poland) is a Czech astronomer, popularizer of science and Kalinga Prize (1996) laureate. Career After studying physics at the Masaryk University in Brno and as ...

, Silesian astrophysicist and astronomer

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Jiří Hanke Jiří Hanke (12 December 1924, Dolní Bučice – 11 December 2006, Lausanne), also known as Jorge Hanke or Georg Hanke, was a Czech footballer and later football manager, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia, earning five caps. In ...

, Czechoslovak soccer player and soccer coach *

Jiří Havlíček Jiří Havlíček (born 16 May 1976) is a Czech economist who served as Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic from April until December 2017 in Cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka. Early life Havlíček was born on 16 May 1976. In 2012, ...

, Czech politician *

Jiří Hájek Jiří Hájek (; 6 June 1913 in Krhanice near Benešov – 22 October 1993 in Prague) was a Czech politician and diplomat. Together with Václav Havel, Zdeněk Mlynář, and Pavel Kohout, Hájek was one of the founding members and architect ...

, Czech politician and diplomat *

Jiří Hála Jiří Hála (born 30 June 1972 in České Budějovice) is a former Czech ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, line ...

, Czech ice hockey player *

Jiří Hledík Jiří Hledík (19 April 1929 – 25 April 2015) was a Czech football defender. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 28 matches and scored one goal. He was a participant in the 1954 FIFA World Cup where he played in the match agai ...

, Czech footballer *

Jiří Holeček Jiří Holeček (born March 18, 1944) is a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. Holeček played in the Czechoslovak Elite League from 1964 to 1979, and on the Czechoslovak national team for many years. After joining the mili ...

, Czech ice hockey player *

Jiří Holík Jiří Holík (born 9 July 1944) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and coach. Holík played for Dukla Jihlava in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team. Holík was a mem ...

, Czech ice hockey player and coach *

Jiří Homola Jiří Homola (born 2 June 1980) is a Czech former professional footballer. Club career Homola played in his youth for Sokol Přerov nad Labem, SK Český Brod, Spartak Čelákovice, Slavia Prague and once more Spartak Čelákovice. In Čel ...

, Czech footballer * Jiří Horák, Czech politician and political analyst *

Jiří Hrdina Jiří Hrdina (born January 5, 1958) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. He spent 10 seasons in the Czechoslovak First League with Sparta ČKD Praha and HK Dukla Trenčín and five in the National Hockey League (NH ...

, Czech ice hockey player *

Jiří Hřebec Jiří Hřebec (born 19 September 1950) is a retired Czech professional tennis player. He won three singles and four doubles titles on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole wor ...

, Czech tennis player * Jiří Hudec, Czech retired male track and field athlete * Jiří Hudec (composer), Czech composer, conductor and organist * Jiří Hudler, Czech ice hockey player

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* Jiří Jantovsky, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Jarošík, Czech association football player * Jiri Jelinek (born 1977), Czech dancer * Jiří Jeslínek, several people * Jiří Jirmal, Czech classical guitarist

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* Jiří Kaufman, Czech soccer player * Jiří Kavan, Czechoslovak handball player *

Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary dance choreographers in Czech history. Life Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czecho ...

, Czech dance choreographer * Jiří Kladrubský, Czech Supercup winner, soccer player and soccer resistant * Jiří Kochta, Czech ice hockey coach and ice hockey player *

Jiří Kolář Jiří Kolář (24 September 1914, Protivín – 11 August 2002, Prague) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work included both literary and visual art. Life Kolář was born in Protivín on September 29, 1914, in a work ...

, Czech poet, writer, painter and translator *

Jiří Korn Jiří Korn (born 17 May 1949) is a Czech singer-songwriter and actor from Prague who has been active since 1967. Internationally, his single ''Miss Moskva'' received radio play in most European countries, including France, Germany, Croatia, Hun ...

, Czech musician and actor * Jiří Koubský, Czech soccer player * Jiří Kristián z Lobkowicz, Austro-Bohemian noble and politician *

Jiří Králík Jiří Králík (born 11 April 1952 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Jihlava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cu ...

, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Kulhánek, Czech fantasy writer *

, Czech dance choreographer

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Jiří Lábus Jiří Lábus (born 26 January 1950) is a Czech actor, comedian and voice actor. Career Jiří Lábus was born on 26 January 1950 in Prague. From a young age, Jiří Lábus was fascinated by theatre and cinema, often attending performances and l ...

, Czech actor *

Jiří Lála Jiří Lála (born 21 August 1959) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Career Lála played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Jihlava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup team and was a silver medal ...

, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Látal, Czech ice hockey player *

Jiří Lehečka Jiří Lehečka (; born 8 November 2001) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22, achieved on 24 February 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 144, achieved on 15 January 2024. He has won two ...

, Czech professional tennis player * Jiří Lenko, Czech association football player *

Jiri Lev Jiri Lev (born 1979, , ) is an Australian architect and urbanist, active in the field of residential, sacred and public architecture, disaster recovery and humanitarian development. He teaches on sustainable and resilient architecture in lectur ...

, Australian architect and urbanist *

Jiří Levý Jiří Levý (; 1926–1967) was a Czech literary theoretician, literary historian and translation theoretician. Levý's work was crucial for the development of translation theory in Czechoslovakia and it has subsequently influenced scholars inter ...

, Czech literary theorist and translator * Jiří Ignác Línek (1725–1791), Bohemian late-Baroque composer *

Jiří Lobkowicz Jiří Jan Lobkowicz (born 1956) is a Swiss-born Czech politician and businessman, and a member of the prominent Lobkowicz family. He was president of the Path of Change party in the Czech Republic. On 3 May 2012, the party decided to dissolve. ...

, Czech entrepreneur

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* Jiři Mádl (born 1986), Czech film actor * Jiří Mahen, Czech novelist, playwright and essayist *

Jiří Malec Jiři Malec (; born 24 November 1962, in Vlastiboř (Jablonec nad Nisou District), Vlastiboř) is a Czech former ski jumping, ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia from 1985 to 1990. Along with Jan Boklöv and Stefan Zünd, he was an early pi ...

, Czechoslovak ski jumper * Jiří Malysa (born 1966), Czech race walker *

Jiří Mašek Jiří Mašek (born 5 October 1978 in Czechoslovakia) is a Czech football (soccer), football player. He plays as a Striker (association football), striker for USV Oed/Zeillern in Austria. Mašek played before for FK Jablonec 97, Jablonec 97 and ...

, Czech footballer * Jiří Maštálka, Czech member of Czech parliament * Jiří Matoušek (disambiguation), several people *

Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...

, Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter * Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter, author of autobiographical novels and studies of the works of his father, the painter Alphonse Mucha * Jiří Mužík, Czech runner, Olympic athlete and hurdler

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* Jiří Načeradský, Czech painter, graphic artist and educator * Jiří Nigrin, Czech name for Georgius Nigrinus, publisher * Jiří Novotný, several people *

Jiří Novák Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...

(born 1975), Czech tennis player * Jiří Tibor Novak (born 1947), Czech-born Australian artist, illustrator, and writer *

Jiří Němec Jiří Němec (born 15 May 1966) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his professional career playing football in Czechoslovakia, winning two titles with Sparta Prague. He then moved to Germany, where h ...

, Czech footballer

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Jiří Orten Jiří Orten (born Jiří Ohrenstein; 30 August 1919 in Kutná Hora – 1 September 1941 in Prague) was a Czech poet. His work was influenced by surrealism and folklore. Life Orten was born in Kutná Hora as Jiří Ohrenstein. His first book ...

, Czech poet * Jiří Ovčáček, former Czech spokesman

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Jiří Parma Jiři Parma (, born 9 January 1963) is a Czech former ski jumping, ski jumper. Career At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won a bronze medal in the team large hill. Parma's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championsh ...

, Czech ski jumper * Jiří Paroubek, Czech politician and former Prime Minister *

Jiří Pauer Jiří Pauer (22 February 1919 in Libušín, Czechoslovakia – 28 December 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech composer. Pauer studied first with Otakar Šín, then from 1943 to 1946 at the Prague Conservatory with Alois Hába, and fina ...

, Czech music educator and composer * Jiří Pelikán, several people *

Jiří Petr Jiří Petr, Prof., DrSc. Dr.h.c. (13 May 1931 in Hradec Králové – 12 November 2014 in Prague) was a Czech agroscientist, university professor and Emeritus Chancellor (Rector Emeritus) of the Czech University of Agriculture Prague. Biograph ...

, Czech agroscientist, university professor and Emeritus Chancellor (Rector Emeritus) of the Czech University of Agriculture Prague * Jiří Pešek, Czech football player and professional coach * Jiří z Poděbrad, George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (1420–1471), (German: Georg von Podiebrad), was King of Bohemia (1458–1471) *

Jiří Pospíšil Jiří Pospíšil (born 24 November 1975) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician, who was leader of TOP 09 from November 2017 until November 2019. As a deputy for the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party, Pospíšil se ...

, Czech politician * Jiří Poukar, Czech ice hockey forward *

Jiří Procházka Jiří Procházka (; ; born October 14, 1992) is a Czech professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion a ...

, Czech mixed martial artist

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Jiří Raška Jiří Raška (; 4 February 1941 – 20 January 2012) was a Czechoslovakian ski jumper. He is regarded as the most famous Czech ski jumper in the 20th century. Early life He was born in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm in 1941. His father died of l ...

, Czechoslovak ski jumper *

Jiří Rohan Jiří Rohan (, born 13 December 1964 in Prague) is a Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the C2 event, earning them in 1992 and 1996. Rohan also ...

, Czech slalom canoeist * Jiří Rosický (disambiguation), several people * Jiří Ryba, Czech decathlete

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* Jiří Sabou, Czech soccer player * Jiří Šejba, Czech retired ice hockey forward *

Jiří Sequens Jiří Sequens (23 April 1922 – 21 January 2008) was a Czech film director. Life Sequens was born in Brno. After the Second World War, he went to Moscow where he studied film techniques. When he returned to Czechoslovakia he worked for Cz ...

, Czech film director * Jiří Skobla, Czechoslovak shot-putter *

Jiří Šlégr Jiří Šlégr (; born 30 May 1971) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman, and was a member of the 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championship team after being acquired in a late-season trade. Šlégr was inducted into th ...

, Czech former ice hockey player *

Jiří Snítil Jiří Snítil (born 24 February 1975) is a curler from the Czech Republic. He currently skips the Czech Republic national team. He started curling at the age of 21. Snítil has represented the Czech Republic in seven World Curling Champions ...

, Czech curler *

Jiří Sovák Jiří Sovák (''né'' Schmitzer; 27 December 1920 – 6 September 2000) was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles. Early life Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague.Jiří Sovák, Slávka Kopec ...

, Czech actor * Jiří Štajner, Czech footballer *

Jiří Štancl Jiří Štancl (born 18 November 1949) is a Czech former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 39 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. Career Štancl was born on 18 November 1949 in Prague, Czechoslov ...

, Czechoslovak speedway racer * Jiří Stivín, Czech flute player and composer *

Jiří Stříbrný Jiří Stříbrný (14 January 1880 – 21 January 1955) was a Czech politician. He was one of the "founding fathers" of the Czechoslovak Republic, but became a quite controversial figure later on. He died in prison in 1955, after being charged w ...

(1880–1955), Czech politician *

Jiří Suchý Jiří Suchý (born 1 October 1931) is a Czechs, Czech comedian, poet, lyricist, prolific songwriter and occasional film-maker and prose writer. Plenty of his songs have become extremely popular within several successive generations. Currently he ...

, Czech actor and writer

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* Jiří Teplý, Czech cross-country skier * Jiří Tichý, Czech footballer * Jiří Tlustý, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Tožička, Czech ice hockey player *

Jiří Trnka Jiří Trnka (; 24 February 1912 – 30 December 1969) was a Czechoslovak puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is be ...

, Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director *

Jiří Třanovský Jiří Třanovský (, , ; 9 April 1592 – 29 May 1637), was a Lutheran priest and hymnwriter from the Cieszyn Silesia. Sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the " Luther of the Slavs," Třanovský's name is sometimes anglicized t ...

, Lutheran priest and hymnwriter

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* Jiří Vaněk, several people *

Jiří Veselý Jiří Veselý (; born 10 July 1993) is a Czech professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35 on 27 April 2015. Youth career Veselý reached the No. 1 junior combined world ranking in January 2011, co ...

, Czech professional tennis player *

Jiří Voskovec Jiří Voskovec () (born Jiří Wachsmann; June 19, 1905 – July 1, 1981), known in the United States as George Voskovec, was a Czech-American actor. Throughout much of his career, he was associated with actor and playwright Jan Werich. In the ...

, Czech actor, writer, dramatist, and director * Jiří Votruba, Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic designer

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* Jiří Wachsmann, Czech actor, writer, dramatist, and director *

Jiří Weil Jiří Weil (; 6 August 1900, Praskolesy – 13 December 1959, Prague) was a Czech writer of Jewish origin and Holocaust survivors, Holocaust survivor. His noted works include the two novels ''Life with a Star'' (''Život s hvězdou''), and ''Men ...

(1900–1959), Czech Jewish writer and novelist *

Jiří Welsch Jiří Welsch () (born 27 January 1980) is a Czech former professional basketball player for BK Pardubice of the Czech Republic National Basketball League (Czech Republic), National Basketball League. He has also represented the senior Czech Rep ...

, Czech basketball player *

Jiří Wolker Jiří Wolker (; 29 March 1900 – 3 January 1924) was a Czech poet. He was also marginally journalist and playwright. Although he lived a short life, he became one of the most important Czech poets. Life Jiří Wolker was born on 29 March 1900 ...

, Czech poet, journalist and playwright

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* Jiří Zelenka, czech ice hockey forward * Jiri Zidek (paleontologist), contemporary Czech paleontologist * George Zidek (b. Jiří Zídek, 1973), basketball player

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