1943), writer Princess Michael of Kent (born 1945), member of the British royal family Stanislav Birner (born 1956), tennis player Josef Řihák (born 1959), politician Rick Lanz (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player Ludmila Peterková (born 1967), clarinetist Karel Dobrý (born 1969), actor Karel Rada (born 1971), footballer Jana Sýkorová (born 1973) opera singer Tomáš Vokoun (born 1976), ice hockey player Petr Kopfstein (born 1978), aerobatic pilot Tomáš Došek (born 1978), footballer Milan Šperl (born 1980), cross country skier Hana Soukupová (born 1985), supermodel Tomáš Borek (born 1986), footballer Associated with the city Peter the Great (1672–1725), visited Karlovy Vary in 1711 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet, novelist and scientist, published a paper on local geology James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater (1750–1811), Scottish noble and an accomplished amateur landscape architect and philanthropist, regularly visited the spa and became a patron of the city Jean de Carro (1770–1857), Swiss physician, published the Almanach de Carlsbad Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer, came twice for spa treatments. In 1812, he performed a concert in the Czech Hall of the Grandhotel Pupp. Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), Austrian writer, treated here in 1865–1867 Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), composer, he and his parents met for the last time during a holiday in Karlsbad, August/September 1835 Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883), Russian novelist, visited Karlsbad on numerous occasions Anthony J. Drexel (1826–1893), senior partner of Drexel, Morgan & Co. (JPMorgan, today) and founder of Drexel University, died in Karlsbad in 1893 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), founder of the Republic of Turkey, as well as its first President, treated here in 1918 František Běhounek (1898–1973), scientist and novelist, died here Vladimir Voronin (born 1941), former president of the Republic of Moldova, visits Karlovy Vary every year for spa treatments International relations Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States (after which Carlsbad Caverns National Park is named), Carlsbad, California, USA Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, Canada, and Carlsbad, Texas, USA, take their names from Karlovy Vary's English name, Carlsbad. All of these places were so named because they were the sites of mineral springs or natural sources of mineral water. Twin towns – sister cities Karlovy Vary is twinned with: Baden-Baden, Germany Bernkastel-Kues, Germany Carlsbad, United States Eilat, Israel Kusatsu, Japan Locarno, Switzerland Varberg, Sweden Gallery Panorama References Further reading External links Official tourist portal Unofficial tourist portal Pictures & Streetmap from 1725 (?), A. F. Zuerner/Schenck (Amsterdam) Pictures & Streetmap from 1733, Homannische