Order of T. G. Masaryk
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The Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk is an Order
of the Czech Republic
and the former Czechoslovakia
. It was established in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution
, and re-established in 1994 (following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia
). The President of the Czech Republic
awards it to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of democracy, humanity and human rights. The order has five classes, of which class I is the highest. The order is named in honor of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, an advocate of Czechoslovak independence and the first President of Czechoslovakia
.
By law, President of the Czech Republic is entitled to the class I insignia of this order; after leaving the office, the order may be conferred upon him for life by a joint resolution of the Chamber of Deputies
and the Senate
.
Order (decoration)
An order or order of merit is a visible honour, awarded by a government, dynastic house or international organization to an individual, usually in recognition of distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. The distinction between orders and decorations is somewhat vague, except that most...
of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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and the former Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. It was established in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution
Velvet Revolution
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 – December 29, 1989...
, and re-established in 1994 (following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on 1 January 1993, was an event that saw the self-determined separation of the federal state of Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic and Slovakia, entities which had arisen in 1969 within the framework of Czechoslovak federalisation, became...
). The President of the Czech Republic
President of the Czech Republic
The President of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic. Unlike his counterparts in Austria and Hungary, who are generally considered figureheads, the Czech President has a considerable role in political affairs...
awards it to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of democracy, humanity and human rights. The order has five classes, of which class I is the highest. The order is named in honor of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, an advocate of Czechoslovak independence and the first President of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
.
By law, President of the Czech Republic is entitled to the class I insignia of this order; after leaving the office, the order may be conferred upon him for life by a joint resolution of the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is situated in palaces in Malá Strana, Prague....
and the Senate
Senate of the Czech Republic
The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic , usually referred to as Senát, is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic...
.
1991
- Cardinal Josef Beran, in memoriam, class I
- Josef ČapekJosef CapekJosef Čapek was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.- Biography :...
, Dr. h.c., in memoriam, class I - Prof. Dr. Václav ČernýVáclav ČernýVáclav Černý, PhD., was a Czech literary scientist, writer and philosopher- Bibliography :* Lidové kořeny současného umění, 1929* Karel Čapek, 1936* Esej o básnickém baroku, 1937...
, CSc., in memoriam, class I - Rudolf FirkušnýRudolf Firkusny- Life :Born in Moravian Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef Suk, and the pianist Vilém Kurz. Later he studied with Alfred Cortot and Artur Schnabel. He began performing on the continent of Europe in the 1920s, and made his debuts in London in...
, class I - Prof. Dr. Milan HodžaMilan HodžaMilan Hodža was a prominent Slovak politician and journalist, serving from 1935 to 1938 as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and in December 1935 as the acting President of Czechoslovakia...
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Milada HorákováMilada HorákováDr. Milada Horáková was a Czech politician executed by Communists on charges of conspiracy and treason.- Biography :...
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Janko JesenskýJanko JesenskýJanko Jesenský was a Slovak lower nobleman, poet, prose writer, translator, and politician. He was a prominent member of the Slovak national movement.- External links :*...
, in memoriam, class I - Ing. arch. Dušan JurkovičDušan JurkovicDušan Jurkovič was a Slovak architect, ethnographer and artist. One of the best-known promoters of Slovak art in 20th century Czechoslovakia, he is remembered mostly due to his projects of numerous World War I cemeteries in Galicia. Jurkovič repeatedly stressed: The work of art is rooted in the time...
, in memoriam, class I - Záviš KalandraZáviš KalandraZáviš Kalandra was a Czechoslovak historian and theorist of literature executed by Communists on charges of conspiracy and treason....
, in memoriam, class I - Rafael KubelíkRafael KubelíkRafael Jeroným Kubelík was a Czech conductor and composer.-Early life:Kubelík was born in Býchory, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, today's Czech Republic. He was the sixth child of the Bohemian violinist Jan Kubelík, whom the younger Kubelík described as "a kind of god to me." His mother was a Hungarian...
, class I - Jan MasarykJan MasarykJan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948.- Early life :...
, Dr.h.c., in memoriam, class I - Jan PalachJan PalachJan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.- Death :...
, in memoriam, class I - Dr. Ján Papánek, class I
- Prof. Jan PatočkaJan PatockaJan Patočka is considered one of the most important contributors to Czech philosophical phenomenology, as well as one of the most influential central European philosophers of the 20th century...
, in memoriam, class I - Ferdinand PeroutkaFerdinand PeroutkaFerdinand Peroutka was a Czech journalist and writer.-Life:Peroutka was born to a Czech-German family in Prague in 1895. In 1913 he began his career as a journalist. After World War I, he became a editor-in-chief of a new newspaper Tribuna...
, in memoriam, class I - Prof. PhDr. Daniel Rapant, in memoriam, class I
- Dr. Fedor Ruppeldt, in memoriam, class I
- Jaroslav SeifertJaroslav SeifertJaroslav Seifert was a Nobel Prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist.Born in Žižkov, a suburb of Prague in what was then part of Austria-Hungary, his first collection of poems was published in 1921...
, in memoriam, class I - Ing. Rostislav Sochorec, in memoriam, class I
- PhDr. Milan Šimečka, in memoriam, class I
- Prof. Svätopluk Štúr, in memoriam, class I
- Dominik Tatarka, in memoriam, class I
- Cardinal František TomášekFrantišek TomášekFrantišek Tomášek was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, the 34th Archbishop of Prague, and a Roman Catholic theologian...
, class I - Jan ZajícJan ZajícJan Zajíc was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest...
, in memoriam, class I
- Tomáš BaťaThomas J. BataTomáš Jan Baťa, , also known as Tomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml. and "Shoemaker to the World", ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the '80s. His last name pronounce baht-ya....
, class II - JUDr. Prokop Drtina, in memoriam, class II
- Rudolf Fraštacký, in memoriam, class II
- Pavol Peter GojdičPavol Peter GojdicPavol Gojdič, also known as Pavel Peter Gojdič or Peter Gojdič , was a Basilian monk and the bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov martyred by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia....
, in memoriam, class II - Prof. Dr. Josef Grňa, in memoriam, class II
- Egon HostovskýEgon HostovskýEgon Hostovský , was a Czech writer. He was related to the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. Hostovský described Zweig as "a very distant relative"; some sources describe them as cousins....
, in memoriam, class II - Roman JakobsonRoman JakobsonRoman Osipovich Jakobson was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.As a pioneer of the structural analysis of language, which became the dominant trend of twentieth-century linguistics, Jakobson was among the most influential linguists of the century...
, in memoriam, class II - Jiří KolářJirí KolárJiří Kolář was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work was divided between literary and visual art.- Life :Kolář came from a poor family of a baker and a seamstress...
, class II - Dr. Jindřich Kolovrat, class II
- MVDr. Martin Kvetko, class II
- Reverend Dr. Jan Lang, class II
- JUDr. Jozef Lettrich, in memoriam, class II
- Bohuslav MartinůBohuslav MartinuBohuslav Martinů was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music. He was of Czech and Rumanian ancestry. Martinů wrote six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. Martinů became a violinist in the Czech Philharmonic...
, in memoriam, class II - J.E. Dr. Anastáz Opasek, class II
- Dr. Hubert RipkaHubert RipkaHubert Ripka was a Czechoslovak political figure and author.The son of a forester, Ripka was the diplomatic correspondent of the Czech newspaper Lidové Noviny in the mid-1930s and an adviser to Czechoslovakian president Edvard Beneš...
, in memoriam, class II - Prof. František Schwarzenberg, class II
- Koloman SokolKoloman SokolKoloman Sokol was one of the most prominent Slovak painters, graphic artists and illustrators...
, class II - Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Stránský, in memoriam, class II
- Msgr. Jan ŠrámekJan ŠrámekJan Šrámek was Prime Minister of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile from July 21, 1940 to April 5, 1945. He was the first chairman of the Czechoslovak People's Party and was a Monsignor....
, in memoriam, class II - Prof. Dr. Vavro J. Šrobár, in memoriam, class II
- Jan ZahradníčekJan ZahradnícekJan Zahradníček was a Czech poet of the early and mid-20th century. Because of his writings and Catholic orientation he was imprisoned as an enemy of Communists after their coup in 1948.From 1919 to 1926 he studied at Classical Grammar School in Třebíč...
, in memoriam, class II - Dr. Petr ZenklPetr ZenklPetr Zenkl, PhD. was a influential Czech politician, government minister, Mayor of Prague, chairman of the Czech National Social Party , deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and the chairman of exile Council of Free Czechoslovakia .- Biography :Petr Zenkl was born as the eighth son of a small...
, in memoriam, class II - ThDr. Josef Zvěřina, in memoriam, class II
- JUDr. Samuel Belluš, class III
- Dr. Johann Wolfgang Brügel, in memoriam, class III
- Jan ČepJan CepJan Čep was a Czech writer and translator.He was born in 1902 in the village of Myslechovice , Moravia to a family of peasants. After completing his studies at the Gymnasium in Litovel, from 1922 to 1926 he studied Czech, English and French linguistics at Prague University...
, in memoriam, class III - Prof. Dr. Ivo Ducháček, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. JUDr. Karel Engliš, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. Jozef Felix, in memoriam, class III
- Viktor Fischl (Avigdor Dagan), class III
- PhDr. Bedřich Fučík, in memoriam, class III
- ThDr. Alexandr Heidler, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. Václav HlavatýVáclav HlavatýVáclav Hlavatý was a noted Czech-American mathematician, who wrote on the theory of relativity and corresponded extensively with Albert Einstein on the subject. In particular, Hlavatý solved some very difficult equations relating to Einstein's Unified field theory, which was featured in the news...
, in memoriam, class III - Vincent Hložník, class III
- JUDr. Fedor HodžaFedor HodžaFedor Hodža was a Slovak politician and lawyer, the son of Milan Hodža.He was a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague...
, in memoriam, class III - Vladimír HolanVladimír HolanVladimír Holan was a Czech poet famous for employing obscure language, dark topics and pessimist views in his poems. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in the late 1960s. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia....
, in memoriam, class III - Josef HoraJosef HoraJosef Hora was a Czech poet.-Early life:Josef Hora was born in Dobříň, Litoměřice District, Bohemia in a farmstead, which now houses the Museum of Josef Hora. His father soon sold the house in the village and the family moved to Prague...
, in memoriam, class III - Ota Hora, class III
- Jindřich Chalupecký, in memoriam, class III
- JUDr. Ján Jamnický, in memoriam, class III
- Ing. Štefan Janšák, Dr.h.c., in memoriam, class III
- Prof. PhDr. Zdeněk KalistaZdenek KalistaZdeněk Kalista was a Czech historian, poet, literary critic, and editor....
, in memoriam, class III - Prof. JUDr. Imrich Karvaš, in memoriam, class III
- PhDr. Božena KomárkováBožena KomárkováBožena Komárková was Czech philosopher and theologian.Most of her work remained unknown both in the Czech Republic and abroad till the Velvet Revolution, since Nazi and communist regimes persecuted her and tried to isolate her from society.In 2003 a selection of Komárková's essays was published in...
, class III - Dr. Ing. Ivan KraskoIvan KraskoIvan Krasko was a Slovak poet, translator and representative of modernism in Slovakia....
, in memoriam, class III - Leopold Lahola, in memoriam, class III
- PhDr. František Lederer, in memoriam, class III
- Cyprián Majerník, in memoriam, class III
- Ivan MedekIvan MedekIvan Medek was a Czech classical music critic, radio broadcaster and journalist. Medek was an important voice of the Czech anti-communist opposition movement, particularly after being forced into exile from Czechoslovakia in 1978...
, class III - Václav NeumannVáclav NeumannVáclav Neumann was a Czech conductor, violinist and viola player.Neumann was born in Prague where he studied at the Prague Conservatory, with Josef Micka , and with Pavel Dědeček and Metod Doležil . He co-founded, and played 1st violin in, the Smetana Quartet, before holding conducting posts in...
, class III - JUDr. Jaroslav Pecháček, class III
- Dr. Přemysl Pitter, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. Karel PlickaKarel PlickaKarel Plicka was a Czechoslovak photographer, film director, cinematographer, folklorist and pedagogue. He is considered a founder of Slovak film education and filmmaking. He helped establish the genre of ethnographic film in Czechoslovakia.- Biography :Plicka was born to Czech parents in Vienna...
, in memoriam, class III - Alfréd RadokAlfréd RadokAlfréd Radok was a distinguished Czech stage director.He worked as the stage director of the National Theatre in Prague in the years 1948 to 1949 and 1966 to 1968. Radok's work belongs to the top of the Czech stage direction of the 20th century...
, in memoriam, class III - Doc. PhDr. Milan RúfusMilan RúfusMilan Rúfus was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic.He was born in Závažná Poruba, in the Zilina region. As a student at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava he studied Slovak language and literature, and history...
, CSc., class III - Ing. Josef Šafařík, Dr.h.c., class III
- František ŠvantnerFrantišek ŠvantnerFrantišek Švantner was a Slovak prose writer.-Biography:...
, in memoriam, class III - Prof JUDr. Eduard Táborský, class III
- Doc. Zdeněk Urbánek, class III
- Jan Vladislav, class III
- Jiří WeilJirí WeilJiří Weil was a Czech writer. He was Jewish. His noted works include the two novels Life with a Star , and Mendelssohn Is on the Roof , as well as many short stories, and other novels....
, in memoriam, class III - Otto WichterleOtto WichterleOtto Wichterle was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses.-Biography:His father Karel was co-owner of a successful farm-machine factory and small car plant but Otto chose science for his career...
, class III
- Prof. JUDr. Rudolf Briška, CSc., in memoriam, class IV
- Prof. RNDr. Oskár Ferianc, DrSc., in memoriam, class IV
- Ctibor Filčík, in memoriam, class IV
- Doc. PhDr. Alexander Hirner, CSc., in memoriam, class IV
- Ján JesenskýJan JesenskýJan Jesenský , professor of stomatology at Prague University.He was the founder and head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until the German occupation in 1939, a member of the Bohemian Academy, a member of International Association for Dental Research , whose Honorary Vice-President he became...
, in memoriam, class IV - Prof. MUDr. Jiří Král, DrSc., class IV
- Anna Kvapilová, class IV
- Prof. RNDr. Michal Lukniš, DrSc., in memoriam, class IV
- Prof. PhDr. Ján Mikleš, CSc., class IV
- Jarmila Novotná-DaubekJarmila NovotnáJarmila Novotná was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera.-Early career:...
, class IV - Dr. Gustáv PappGustáv PappGustáv Papp was a Slovak operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s through the 1980s. He was notably a leading artist at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava from 1948 through 1987...
, class IV - Bernadeta Pánčiová, class IV
- Prof. MUDr. RNDr. Bohumil SeklaBohumil SeklaBohumil Sekla was a Czech biologist. He specialised in genetics and was known as an expert in determining parenthood by the biological-hereditary method....
, DrSc., in memoriam, class IV - Ester Šimerová, class IV
- ThDr. Jan Šimsa, class IV
- Jaroslav Werstadt, in memoriam, class IV
- Dr. Ing. Peter Zaťko, in memoriam, class IV
1992
- JUDr. Ivan Dérer, in memoriam, class I
- PhDr. Alfred Fuchs, in memoriam, class I
- Jozef Gregor-Tajovský, in memoriam, class I
- Prof. PhDr. Kamil KroftaKamil KroftaKamil Krofta was Czech historian and diplomat.-Life and career:Born and schooled in Plzeň, he studied philosophy in Prague starting in 1894, then from 1896 to 1899 in Vienna. From 1899 to 1901 he studied in the Vatican Archives. From 1901 he worked at the National Archives...
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Ivan MarkovičIvan MarkovićIvan "Ðalma" Marković was a Croatian footballer and football manager.-Player career:He played for lower leagues club Nehaj Senj, Poštar Zagreb and Sava Zagreb.-Manager career:...
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Štefan OsuskýŠtefan OsuskýJUDr. Štefan Osuský was an Austro-Hungarian born Slovak politician and diplomat.-Life:In 1902 he began his studies at the Lutheran Lyceum in present-day Bratislava...
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Lev Sychrava, in memoriam, class I
- JUDr. Přemysl Šámal, in memoriam, class I
- Jaroslav Šimsa, in memoriam, class I
- Fr. Josef Štemberka, in memoriam, class I
- MUDr. Vladislav VančuraVladislav VancuraVladislav Vančura was one of the most important Bohemian writers of the 20th century...
, in memoriam, class I
- ThDr. Vladimír Pavol Čobrda, in memoriam, class II
- Vojta BenešVojta BenešVojta Beneš was a Czechoslovak educator and political leader and brother of Edvard Beneš.Vojta Beneš was born in Kožlany, Bohemia, then a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Beneš began his professional life as an educator at various institutions, and from 1913 to 1914 visited the United...
, in memoriam, class II - Zdeněk Bořek-Dohalský, in memoriam, class II
- Fedor Houdek, in memoriam, class II
- Václav Majer, in memoriam, class II
- Jozef Országh, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. PhDr., ThDr. Samuel Štefan Osuský, in memoriam, class II
- Antonín Pešl, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. PhDr. Albert Pražák, in memoriam, class II
- Vojtěch Preissig, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. PhDr. Emanuel RádlEmanuel RádlEmanuel Rádl was an original Czech biologist, historian of science, philosopher and a critical supporter of Masaryk´s pre-war democratic Czechoslovakia...
, in memoriam, class II - JUDr. Juraj Slávik, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. PhDr. Anton Štefánek, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. PhDr. Jan Uher, in memoriam, class II
- Ján Ursíny, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. PhDr. Růžena Vacková, in memoriam, class II
- Ján Bečko, in memoriam, class III
- JUDr. Ján Bulík, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. ThDr. František Dvorník, in memoriam, class III
- Julius Firt, in memoriam, class III
- Ing. arch. Vladimír Grégr, in memoriam, class III
- MUDr. Vlasta Kálalová-Di LottiVlasta KálalováVlasta Kálalová - Di Lotti was a Czech physician interested in tropical diseases and entomology. She established the Czechoslovak Surgical Institute in Baghdad, where she was a director between 1925 and 1933...
, in memoriam, class III - Prof. PhDr. František Kovárna, in memoriam, class III
- MUDr. František Kriegl, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. MUDr. Božena Kuklová-Štúrová, DrSc., in memoriam, class III
- Ján Lichner, in memoriam, class III
- ThDr. Antonín Mandl, in memoriam, class III
- František Němec, in memoriam, class III
- JUDr. Josef Palivec, in memoriam, class III
- JUDr. Josef Patejdl, in memoriam, class III
- Františka Plamínková, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. Marie Provazníková, in memoriam, class III
- Václav TalichVáclav TalichVáclav Talich was a Czech conductor, violinist and pedagogue.- Life :Born in Kroměříž, Moravia, he started his musical career in a student orchestra in Klatovy. From 1897 to 1903 he studied at the conservatory in Prague with Otakar Ševčík...
, in memoriam, class III - ThDr. Štěpán TrochtaŠtepán TrochtaCardinal Štěpán Trochta was born on Cardinal Štěpán Trochta was born on Cardinal Štěpán Trochta was born on (March 26, 1905 in Francova Lhota. He was a Czech Salesian (monk) and Junák (Boy Scout). Pope Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Litoměřice in 1947. Trochta was spokesman of the...
, in memoriam, class III - Květoslava Viestová, in memoriam, class III
- Františka Zemínová, in memoriam, class III
- Stanislav Broj, in memoriam, class IV
- Ludwig CzechLudwig CzechLudwig Czech was a Sudeten German politician of the Jewish background member of Deutsche sozialdemokratische Arbeitspartei who actively participated in the Czechoslovak politics of the so-called First Republic. He was a Minister of Social Care...
, in memoriam, class IV - Prof. Josef Ludvík Fischer, in memoriam, class IV
- PhDr. Želmíra Gašparíková, in memoriam, class IV
- PhDr. Anna Gašparíková-Horáková, in memoriam, class IV
- JUDr. Helena Koželuhová, in memoriam, class IV
- PhDr. Karel Kučera, in memoriam, class IV
- Zdeněk Němeček, in memoriam, class IV
- Dr. Ing. Václav Paleček, in memoriam, class IV
- Ing. arch. Bohumil Přikryl, in memoriam, class IV
- JUDr. Ladislav Radimský, in memoriam, class IV
- Bohuslav ReynekBohuslav ReynekBohuslav Reynek was one of the most important Bohemian poets, writers, painters and translators of the 20th century.-Education and personal life:...
, in memoriam, class IV - Josef Rotnágl, in memoriam, class IV
- Evald SchormEvald SchormEvald Schorm was a Czech film and stage director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 26 films between 1959 and 1988. Schorm was a notable exponent of the Czech Film New Wave.-Biography:...
, in memoriam, class IV - PhDr. Jan Slavík, in memoriam, class IV
- MUDr. Karel Steinbach, in memoriam, class IV
- JUDr. Grigorij Žatkovič, in memoriam, class IV
1995
- PhDr. Karel ČapekKarel CapekKarel Čapek was Czech writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Born in 1890 in the Bohemian mountain village of Malé Svatoňovice to an overbearing, emotional mother and a distant yet adored father, Čapek was the youngest of three siblings...
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Ladislav Feierabend, in memoriam, class I
- Mons. ThLic. Karel OtčenášekKarel OtčenášekKarel Otčenášek was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Otčenášek was born in České Meziříčí, Czech Republic and was ordained a priest on 17 March 1945. He was Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Hradec Králové on 30 March 1950 and was ordained bishop on 30 April 1950...
, class I - JUDr. Ladislav Rašín, in memoriam, class I
- Pavel TigridPavel TigridPavel Tigrid was a writer, publisher and author of Czech origin. He is considered one of the most important personalities of the exile Czech journalism.-Biography:He left Czechoslovakia as a young man to evade the Nazis...
, class I - Charles A. VanikCharles VanikCharles Albert Vanik was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives....
, class I - Prof. PhDr. René WellekRené WellekRené Wellek was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Like Erich Auerbach, Wellek was an eminent product of the Central European philological tradition and was known as a vastly erudite and "fair-minded critic of critics."René Wellek was born and raised in Vienna, speaking Czech and German...
, class I - Lord Braine of WheatleyBernard BraineBernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, PC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Hendon County Grammar School, and served with the North Staffordshire Regiment in the Second World War, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel...
, class II - Dr. Karel Hrubý, class II
- František LangerFrantišek LangerFrantišek Langer , was a Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, essayist, literary critic and publicist. He was born and died in Prague.- Life :...
, in memoriam, class II - Karel PoláčekKarel PolácekKarel Poláček was a Czechoslovak writer, humorist and journalist of Jewish descent.-Life:He was born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou into a family of a Jewish trader. He started to attend secondary school there, but due to his bad results he transferred to a secondary school in Prague, from which he...
, in memoriam, class II - JUDr. Mojmír Povolný, class II
- Wolfgang Scheur, class II
- ThDr. Antonín A. Weber, in memoriam, class II
- JUDr. Vilém Brzorád, in memoriam, class III
- Doc. PhDr. Josef Fischer, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. PhDr. Ladislav HejdánekLadislav HejdánekLadislav Hejdánek is a Czech philosopher and a proponent of Charter 77. He was born in Prague and graduated from the Charles University in Prague. In 1952 he attained a degree in philosophy for a dissertation “Truth and its ontological premisses”. During the period of 1956-68 he worked at Prague...
, class III - PhDr. Zdeněk Rotrekl, class III
1996
- Jan OpletalJan OpletalJan Opletal was a student of the Medical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague, who was killed in an anti-Nazi demonstration during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia....
, in memoriam, class I - JUDr. Rudolf KirchschlägerRudolf KirchschlägerRudolf Kirchschläger was an Austrian diplomat, politician, judge and, from 1974 to 1986, the eighth President of Austria.-Education and early life:...
, class I - Juscelino Kubitschek de OliveiraJuscelino Kubitschek de OliveiraJuscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira , known also by his initials JK, was a prominent Brazilian politician of gypsy Czech origin who was President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. He was born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, and died in 1976...
, in memoriam, class I - Blahoslav Hrubý, in memoriam, class II
- JUDr. Antonín Hřebík, in memoriam, class II
- Milena JesenskáMilena JesenskáMilena Jesenská was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator, who refused to abandon her Jewish friends and was deported to and died alongside them in Ravensbrück concentration camp....
, in memoriam, class II - Prof. ThDr. h.c. Dominik Pecka, in memoriam, class II
- Max van der StoelMax van der StoelMax van der Stoel, KCMG was a Dutch politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. He served as the first High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe....
, class II - JUDr. Jakub Čermín, class III
- Eugéne V. Faucher, class III
- JUDr. Viktor Fischl, class III
- Ing. Slavomír Klaban, CSc., class III
- Prof. JUDr. PhDr. Radomír Luža, class III
- P. Anton Otte, class III
- ThDr. Bohumil Vít Tajovský, class III
- Ludvík VaculíkLudvík VaculíkLudvík Vaculík is a Czech writer and journalist. A prominent samizdat writer, he is most famous as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.-Pre-1968:...
, class III - Jiří G. Corn, in memoriam, class IV
- Antonín Remeš, in memoriam, class IV
1997
- The Most Reverend GorazdGorazd (Pavlik) of PragueBishop Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík , was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I...
, Orthodox Bishop of Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia, in memoriam, class I - Olga HavlováOlga HavlováOlga Havlová, née Šplíchalová , was the first wife of Václav Havel, the last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic....
, in memoriam, class I - František HalasFrantišek HalasFrantišek Halas was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator.- Life :...
, in memoriam, class II - Ing. Rudolf Battěk, class III
- Otta Bednářová, class III
- JUDr. Jaroslav Drábek, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. PhDr. Josef Fišera, class III
- Ing. Richard GlazarRichard GlazarRichard Glazar was a Czech Jew who lived through World War II, one of only a few survivors of the Treblinka death camp. He portrayed the horror of Treblinka to the world in his book Trap with a Green Fence.-Family:Glazar was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia...
, class III - Mons. ThDr. Oto Mádr, class III
- Prof. PhDr. Radim Palouš, CSc., class III
- Karel Pecka, in memoriam, class III
- Colonel (ret.) Luboš HruškaLuboš HruškaLuboš Hruška is a Czech football defender who currently plays for the 1. liga club MFK Zemplín Michalovce.-External links:***...
, class V - Dagmar Skálová, class V
1998
- Zbigniew BrzezinskiZbigniew BrzezinskiZbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski is a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981....
, PhD., class I - Jeanne J. KirkpatrickJeane KirkpatrickJeane Jordan Kirkpatrick was an American ambassador and an ardent anticommunist. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 campaign and later in his Cabinet, the longtime Democrat-turned-Republican was nominated as the U.S...
, PhD., class I - Henry A. Kissinger, PhD., class I
- Jaroslav KvapilJaroslav KvapilJaroslav Kvapil was a Czech poet, playwright, and librettist. From 1900 he was a director and Dramaturg at the National Theatre in Prague, where he introduced plays by Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen and Maxim Gorky into the repertory. Later he was a director at the Vinohrady Theatre...
, in memoriam, class II - Prof. Dr. Mikuláš Lobkowicz, class II
- PhDr. Václav RenčVáclav RencVáclav Renč was a Czech poet, dramatist and translator. Like other catholic ruralistic writers, his themes included God, traditions and the countryside....
, in memoriam, class II - Dr. Richard Belcredi, class III
- JUDr. Stanislav Drobný, class III
- Prof. Viktor M. Fic, class III
- Emil FillaEmil FillaEmil Filla , a Czech painter, was a leader of the Avant-Garde in Prague between World War I and World War II and was an early Cubist painter....
, in memoriam, class III - Mons. ThDr. Antonín Huvar, class III
- JUDr. Václav Hyvnar, class III
- Vlasta ChramostováVlasta ChramostováVlasta Chramostová is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in 35 films since 1950. She starred in the 1950 film The Trap which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* The Trap...
, class III - Rudolf KarelRudolf KarelRudolf Karel was a distinguished Czech composer.-Brief Biography:Rudolf Karel was son of a poor railway employee. He studied composition from 1899 to 1904 with Antonín Dvořák and organ with Josef Klička in Prague...
, in memoriam, class III - Major General Jaroslav Kašpar-Pátý, in memoriam, class III
- JUDr. Jiří Kovtun, class III
- Prof. ThDr. Jan Milíč Lochman, class III
- Mons. Václav Malý, Auxiliary Bishop of Prague, class III
- doc. Jaroslav Opat, DrSc., class III
- PhDr. Vilém Prečan, class III
- Vladimír Sís, in memoriam, class III
- Prof. ThDr. Ing. Jakub S. Trojan, class III
- Emanuel Viktor Voska, in memoriam, class III
- Marie Dubinová, class IV
- Zdena Mašínová, in memoriam, class IV
- Prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Mezník Csc., class IV
- Dr. Jaromír Šavrda, in memoriam, class IV
- Prof. Dr. Tomáš ŠpidlíkTomás SpidlikTomáš Špidlík, SJ was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus on 22 August 1949 in Maastricht. On 21 October 2003, at the age of 83, he was created Cardinal Deacon of the titular church of Sant'Agata dei Goti...
, class IV (21 Oct. 2003 Cardinal) - Bedřich Utitz, class IV
- Nicholas WintonNicholas WintonSir Nicholas George Winton, MBE is a British humanitarian who organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for them and arranged for their safe...
, class IV
1999
- His Excellency Josef Karel Matocha, PhDr. ThDr. archbishop of Olomouc, in memoriam, class I
- JUDr. Oldřich Černý, class III
- PhDr. Přemysl Janýr, in memoriam, class III
2000
- Rudolf Jílovský, in memoriam, class II
- Ing. Josef Lux, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. Dr. Jiří HorákJirí HorákJiří Horák was a Czechoslovak politician. He was the first chairman of the Czech Social Democratic Party after the Velvet Revolution in 1989....
, class III - Prof. PhDr. Milan Machovec, DrSc., class III
- JUDr. Ing. Jaroslav Musial, class IV
- Prof. Dr. Michael NovakMichael NovakMichael Novak is an American Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. The author of more than twenty-five books on the philosophy and theology of culture, Novak is most widely known for his book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism...
, class III - Prof. PhDr. Miloš Tomčík, DrSc., class IV
- Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Zimmermann, class IV
2001
- Prof. Robert BadinterRobert BadinterRobert Badinter is a high-profile French criminal lawyer, university professor and politician mainly known for his struggle against the death penalty, the abolition of which he successfully sponsored in Parliament in 1981...
, class I - Ryszard SiwiecRyszard SiwiecRyszard Siwiec was a Polish accountant, teacher and former Home Army soldier who was the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.- Self-Immolation :...
, in memoriam, class I - Vojtěch Dundr, in memoriam, class II
- Prof. JUDr. Václav Chytil, in memoriam, class III
- Jindřich Vaško, in memoriam, class III
- Barbara Coudenhove-KalergiBarbara Coudenhove-KalergiBarbara Coudenhove-Kalergi is a Czech-Austrian journalist. A member of the Coudenhove-Kalergi family, she is the daughter of Gerolf von Coudenhove-Kalergi and thus the niece of Count Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi. She was awarded the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Class IV, in 2001.-...
, class IV - Petr Adamus, class IV
- Mons. ThDr. PhDr. Karel Vrána, class IV
- P. František Lízna, SJ., class V
2002
- His Eminence Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, Archbishop of Prague and Metropolitan Bishop of Bohemia, class II
- Luboš DobrovskýLuboš DobrovskýLuboš Dobrovský is a Czech journalist and politician of Jewish origin, former Czechoslovak Minister of Defence....
, class III - PhDr. Richard Feder, in memoriam, class III
- JUDr. Zdeněk Kessler, class III
- Jacques Rupnik, class III
- Karel Jan SchwarzenbergKarel SchwarzenbergKarel Schwarzenberg or Karel, Prince of Schwarzenberg , 7...
, class III - Karol Efraim SidonKarol SidonRabbi Karol Efraim Sidon is a Czech Rabbi, writer and playwright. He is the current chief rabbi of the city of Prague and of the Czech Republic.-Life:...
, Rabbi of Prague and Chief Rabbi of the Czech Republic, class III - Mgr. Pavel Smetana, Moderator of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, class III
- JUDr. Dagmar Burešová, class IV
- JUDr. Ladislav Lis, in memoriam, class IV
2003
- Václav HavelVáclav HavelVáclav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
, class I (conferred by the parliament) - Mary RobinsonMary RobinsonMary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate...
, class I - Willy SpühlerWilly SpühlerWilly Spühler was a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 17 December 1959, representing the Canton of Zürich, and handed over office on 31 January 1970. He was affiliated to the Social Democratic Party. He was a municipal councillor in Zurich in 1928 and a national...
, in memoriam, class I - Elena Bonner, class II
- Sergey Adamovich KovalyovSergei KovalevSergei Kovalev is a Russian human rights activist and politician and a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner.- Early career and arrest :...
, class II - Luisa Abrahams, class III
- Miroslav KusýMiroslav KusýMiroslav Kusý is a Slovak political scientist and politician. Described as a "dissident" of Czechoslovakia's communist regime, he was given an eight month suspended sentence in November 1989 for an anti-government protest...
, class III - PhDr. Emil Ludvík, class III
- JUDr. Lubomír Voleník, in memoriam, class III
- Adam MichnikAdam MichnikAdam Michnik is the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, where he sometimes writes under the pen-names of Andrzej Zagozda or Andrzej Jagodziński. In 1966–1989 he was one of the leading organizers of the illegal, democratic opposition in Poland...
, class III - JUDr. Antonín Sum, CSc., class III
- Mons. ThDr. Jaroslav ŠkarvadaJaroslav ŠkarvadaJaroslav Škarvada was the Roman Catholic titular bishop of Litomyšl and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague, Czech Republic....
, class III - Antje VollmerAntje VollmerAntje Vollmer is a German politician of the German Green Party. Since 1994 she has been one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag....
, class III
2004
- Colonel (ret.) Arnošt Kubík, class III
- Lieutenant General (ret.) Ing. Tomáš Sedláček, class III
- Colonel (ret.) Otokar Vinklář, class III
- Fra. Josef Zlámal, O. Melit. Prior, class III
2005
- Brigadier General (ret.) MUDr. Josef Hercz, class I
- Major General (ret.) Stanislav Hlučka, class I
- P. Martin František Vích, class III
2006
- MUDr. Naděžda Kavalírová, class I
- Brigadier General (ret.) Miroslav Štandera, class I
- Matylda Čiháková, class II
- Captain Václav Kojzar, in memoriam , class II
- Mgr. Michael Josef Pojezdný, class II
- Mons. Prof. ThDr. Karel Skalický, class IV
2007
- Vladimír BystrovVladimír BystrovVladimír Bystrov was a Czech journalist, film critic, commentator and translator.-Early life:Bystrov was the son of Nikolay Vladimirovich Bystrov, who fled Russia in 1920, settled in Prague, but then was taken back to Russia to a concentration camp at the end of World War II...
, class II - Jiří Formánek, class II
- František Zahrádka, class III
2008
- Jakub Blacký, class II
- Bohuslav Bubník, class II
- Jan GraubnerJan GraubnerJan Graubner is the Roman Catholic archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic. On 23 June 1973, he was ordained as a priest. On 17 March 1990, he was named auxiliary bishop of Olomouc and titular bishop of Tagaria. The principal consecrator at Graubner's ordination as a bishop on 7 April 1990 was...
, class II - Josef Lesák, class II
- Jaroslav Grosman, class III
- František Wiendl, class III
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- Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order on the site of the Prague CastlePrague CastlePrague Castle is a castle in Prague where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The Czech Crown Jewels are kept here...