Watched Trains (1966) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film); born in Prague Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — composer; some of his best opera successes were during his time in Prague Alfons Mucha (1860–1939) — Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist; spent last decades of his life in Prague Josef Václav Myslbek (1848–1922) — sculptor; born in Prague and creator of the Wenceslas Monument in Prague's Wenceslas Square Zuzana Navarová (1959–2004) — singer; lived and died in Prague Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) — Slovene architect; built several churches and parts of the Prague Castle Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) — German-language poet; born and studied in Prague Karel Roden (born 1962) — actor; lives in Prague Jan Saudek (born 1935) — art photographer; born and lives in Prague Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986) — poet and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1984); lived in Prague Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) — composer; lived and died in Prague Kamila Špráchalová (born 1971) — stage and television actress Jiří Suchý (born 1931) — actor, singer, playwright, writer; born and lives in Prague Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914) — novelist, pacifist activist and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1905) Johannes Urzidil (1896–1970) — German-language writer; born and lived in Prague, described the city in many stories (The Lost Beloved, 1956, Prague Triptych, 1960) Marja Vallila (1950–2018) — sculptor Robert Vano (born 1948) — art photographer; lives in Prague Sonja Vectomov (born 1979) — composer, musician; lives in Prague Felix Weltsch (1884–1964) — German-language writer; born and lived in Prague Robert Weltsch (1891–1982) — German-language journalist; born and lived in Prague Franz Werfel (1890–1945) — German-language writer; born and lived in Prague Jan Werich (1905–1980) — actor, singer, playwright, writer; born, lived and died in Prague David Woodard (born 1964) — American-born writer and businessman; lives in Prague Walter Trier (1890–1951) — illustrator; born in Prague Monarchs Charles IV (1316–1378) — Holy Roman Emperor; under his rule the Charles University in Prague was established and the Charles Bridge was built; made the city his main seat of government Rudolf II (1552–1612) — Holy Roman Emperor; made the city the capital of the Habsburg Empire; attracted both scientists and charlatans to Prague The sciences Bernard Bolzano (1781–1848) — mathematician, logician, philosopher, Catholic theologian Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) — astronomer; spent end of life near Prague Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896–1984) — biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in