Žatec
Žatec ranks 8,208th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brits, North West, Jaworzno, and Cacilhas. Memorable people born in Žatec include Jan Svěrák, and Jaromír Zmrhal. Žatec has been the birth place of many film directors, and soccer players. Žatec is located in Czechia.
Žatec is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Žatec is famous for an over-700-year-long tradition of growing Saaz noble hops used by several breweries. Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation and partly also as an urban monument zone. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1965 and 1993, Žatec was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Jan Svěrák, and Jaromír Zmrhal.
People Born in Žatec
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Jan Svěrák
FILM DIRECTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 2
Jaromír Zmrhal
SOCCER PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 33.94
Rank: 1
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Žatec were film directors (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, film directors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Žatec, including Jan Svěrák. Whereas, throughout history, film directors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Žatec, including Jan Svěrák.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Žatec since 1700.
