Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE'') is a

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masculine given name, equivalent to English George. Notable people with the name include:

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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, Czech physical chemist * Jiří Barta, Czech animator and director * Jiří Bartoška, Czech actor * Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player * Jiří Bobok, Czech footballer * Jiří Bubla, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Buquoy, Czech aristocrat, mathematician and inventor * Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor * Jiří Brdečka, Czech writer, artist and film director

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* Jiří Čeřovský, Czech regional politician and former athlete * Jiří Čunek, 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, Czech ice hockey player and coach

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* Jiří Grossmann, 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, 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, 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, Czech poet, writer, painter and translator * Jiří Korn, 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 * Jiří Kylián, Czech dance choreographer

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* Jiří Lábus, Czech actor * Jiří Lála, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Látal, Czech ice hockey player * Jiří Lehečka, Czech professional tennis player * Jiří Lenko, Czech association football player * Jiri Lev, Australian architect and urbanist * Jiří Levý, Czech literary theorist and translator * Jiří Ignác Línek (1725–1791), Bohemian late-Baroque composer * Jiří Lobkowicz, Czech entrepreneur

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* Jiři Mádl (born 1986), Czech film actor * Jiří Mahen, Czech novelist, playwright and essayist * Jiří Malec, 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 (born 1975), Czech tennis player * Jiří Tibor Novak (born 1947), Czech-born Australian artist, illustrator, and writer * Jiří Němec, Czech footballer

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* Jiří Orten, 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, 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, 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, Czechoslovak ski jumper * Jiří Rohan, 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, 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, Czech actor * Jiří Štajner, Czech footballer * Jiří Štancl, Czechoslovak speedway racer * Jiří Stivín, Czech flute player and composer * Jiří Stříbrný (1880–1955), Czech politician * Jiří Suchý, 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, Czech puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director * Jiří Třanovský, 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 (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, 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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