List of people from Cheb
This is a list of notable people from Cheb or Eger.
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- Bernhard Adler (1753–1810), German-Bohemian doctor and founder of the spa town Franzensbad in Egerland
- Hans Hermann Adler (1891–1956), German journalist and professor at the University of Heidelberg
- Pavel Anděl (born 1966), Czech actor, musician, writer, editor and television presenter
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- (born 1951), Czechoslovak-Austrian writer
- (1942–2006), German historian, Slavic scholar and translator
- (born 1965), Czech sports commentator and journalist
- (before 1638–1670), cantor at St. Nicholas, composer, author of Ave Maria zart
- Bretislav III (–1197), Czech prince and bishop of Prague's Přemyslid dynasty
- (1512–1589), German bookbinder and bookseller, author of the city history and family chronicles
- (1518–1559), German humanist, poet and, historian, went to school in Eger
- (1832–1907), German military doctor, spa doctor, honorary citizen of Eger and Franzensbad
C[]
- (1914–1980), Czech writer and dramatist
- Mikoláš Chadima (born 1952), Czech musician
- Pablo Clain (also known as Pavel Klein and Paul Klein; 1652–1717), German-Czech Jesuit
- Ilona Csáková (born 1970), Czech singer
D[]
- Albin Dötsch (1872–1922), Austrian politician (SDAP)
- (born 1948), Czech journalist and Russian translator
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- Johannes Sylvius Egranus (Johannes Wildauer; around 1480–1553), German theologian, humanist and reformer, friend of Martin Luther
- Charles University, went to Eger to school (1648–1725), German-Bohemian doctor and lawyer, Rector of
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- Martin Fenin (born 1987), Czech footballer
- (born 1925), German family and local historian, went to school in Eger
G[]
- Peter Glotz (1939–2005), German SPD politician, journalist and media scholar, and member of the German Bundestag
- (1842–1895), German historian and archivist of Eger
- (born 1946), Czech astronomer and writer in the field of astronomy and astronautics
- (1780–1864), superintendent and local historian of Eger
- (1814–1874), Austro-Hungarian politician
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- Johann Habermann (1516–1590), German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer
- (1792–1861), Franzensbad spa entrepreneur and politician
- (1483–1511), German sculptor and painter
- (1761–1836), executioner, healer and collector
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J[]
- Ladislav Jakl (born 1959), Secretary of the President of the Czech Republic
- Nazi chief conductor (1912–1947), German physician and
K[]
- Daniela Kolářová (born 1946), Czech actress
- Andrej Krob (born 1938), Czech theater director and screenwriter
L[]
- (1919–1999), German sculptor and photographer
- (ca. 1639–1701), mason and builder, built the Dominican church and monastery in Cheb
M[]
- Johann Georg Macasius (1617–1653), German physician
- (1884–1954), German sculptor and ceramic artist
- (1502–1551), German theologian, reformer, and mathematician
- (1895–1969), Czech museum and archive manager
- (1849–1914), German physician and local historian
N[]
- Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), German baroque architect
- Pavel Nedvěd (born 1972), European Footballer of the Year for 2004
- (1666–1742), German Roman Catholic lawyer and syndic of Eger
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R[]
- Erich Riedl (born 1933), German CSU politician, member of the German Bundestag
S[]
- Adolf Scherbaum (1909–2000), German trumpeter
- (1628–1683), German Protestant theologian
- Emperor Sigismund, a politically important personality of the first half of the 15th century (ca. 1396–1449), Chancellor of three kings and Chancellor under
- (1930–1992), German organist and composer
- (born 1944), German internist, psychoanalyst and sociologist
- Rudolf Serkin (1903–1991), American pianist of Russian-Jewish origin
- FDP) (born 1936), German politician (
- (1851–1943), historian, German city archivist and museum director
- Norbert Singer (born 1939), German automotive engineer responsible for many of Porsche's victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans races
- (~1300–1364/1368), Viscount of Eger
- Hans Stanka (1864–1936), President of the Deutsche Feuerwehr in Böhmen (German fire department in Bohemia)
- (1807–1888), Fountain doctor and honorary citizen of Franzensbad and Eger
- (1904–1981), German city archivist and museum director
T[]
- Adolf Tachezy (1814–1892), Czech businessman, pharmacist and politician, mayor
- (1950–2005), Czech photographer
U[]
- Josef Ulbrich (1843–1910), Austrian law expert
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- Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634), Bohemian military leader and politician during the Thirty Years' War
- (1887–?), German sculptor
- Sudeten German sculptor (1915–1972),
- Bernhard Wicki (born 1944), German actress, widow of
- Johannes Widmann (1460–after 1498), German mathematician
- Karl Wilfert (1879–1932), German sculptor
- (1822–?), Austrian historian
- (born 1933), German physicist
- (1862–1941), journalist and German national politician
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- Hugo Zuckermann (1881–1914), German Jewish writer
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