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6 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Svoboda A national hero of two world wars who became an unlikely last bastion of the Prague Spring Military command · Czechoslovakia 1895–1979
Rudolf Slánský Rudolf Slánský KSČ General Secretary who organized the February 1948 coup and built Czechoslovakia's people's democracy as its operational architect Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) 1901–1952
Antonín Josef Novotný Antonín Novotný The Czechoslovak leader whose Stalinist orthodoxy was swept aside by the Prague Spring reform movement Political and party leadership · Czechoslovakia 1904–1975
Oldřich Černík Oldřich Černík The miner's son and technocrat who led the Prague Spring government, then signed the Moscow Protocol under duress Government and administration · Czechoslovakia 1921–1994
Václav Klaus Václav Klaus The market reformer who rejected a third way Government and administration · Czechia state institutions 1941–
Jan Palach Jan Palach The Charles University student who set himself on fire against the Soviet occupation Social movements and organizing 1948–1969