18 Notable alumni of Brno University of Technology
Updated: May 28, 2026 EliteDegrees
Brno University of Technology is ranked #789 in the world and #5 in Czech Republic by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Brno University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Brno University of Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Zuzana Brzobohatá
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
pedagogue
Zuzana Brzobohatá is a Czech Social Democratic Party politician. She sat as a Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic from 2009 to 2014.
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2. Felix Pollaczek
1892-1981 (aged 89)
mathematician
engineer
Félix Pollaczek was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory. He is best known for the Pollaczek–Khinchine formula in queueing theory (1930), and the Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials.
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3. Michal Smola
1981-. (aged 45)
orienteer
Michal Smola is a Czech orienteering competitor, silver medalist from the world championships, and junior world champion. He became Junior World Champion in the short distance in Nové Město na Moravě in 2000, and with the Czech team in relay in 2000 and in 2001. His best achievement by September 2009 is silver medal in the middle distance at the...
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4. Rudolf Ropek
1970-. (aged 56)
photographer
orienteer
Rudolf Ropek is a Czech photographer and former orienteering competitor.
5. Anna Hubáčková
1957-. (aged 69)
civil servant
official
mayor
politician
Anna Hubáčková is a Czech politician, who served as Czech Minister of the Environment in the cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to November 2022. She was a member of the Czech Senate from 2016 to 2022, as a nominee of KDU-ČSL.
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6. Pavel Konzbul
1965-. (aged 61)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Pavel Konzbul is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno in the Czech Republic. He was appointed in 2016.
7. Otakar Borůvka
1899-1995 (aged 96)
university teacher
pedagogue
mathematician
Otakar Borůvka was a Czech mathematician. He is best known for his work in graph theory.
8. Armin Delong
1925-2017 (aged 92)
university teacher
scientist
physicist
Armin Delong was a Czechoslovak physicist. He was the founder of electron microscopy in the former Czechoslovakia. In 1990, he served briefly as a Minister in the Czechoslovak government of Prime Minister Marián Čalfa. At the same time, in 1990, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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9. August Košutić
1893-1964 (aged 71)
politician
August Košutić was a Croatian politician and a prominent member of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS).
10. David Stern
1942-2020 (aged 78)
screenwriter
jurist
lawyer
entrepreneur
David Stern was an Israeli businessman and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1979 and 1981.
11. Zdeněk Fránek
1961-. (aged 65)
pedagogue
architect
dean
university teacher
teacher
Zdeněk Fránek is a Czech architect and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Technical University of Liberec. Fránek designs, publishes and teaches in the Czech Republic and abroad. He has given lectures for students and professionals at universities in the Czech Republic (AVU, VŠUP, ČVUT, KU, VUT Brno, V3B Ostrava, UTB Zlín etc.), Gent, Utrecht, Hildesheim, New Delhi and...
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12. Jan Sobotka
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Jan Sobotka is a Czech politician. He has served as mayor of Vrchlabí since 1998 and senator from Trutnov since 2018.
13. Břetislav Rychlík
1958-. (aged 68)
opinion journalist
journalist
director
actor
university teacher
Břetislav Rychlík is a Czech actor and director. He was born in Uherské Hradiště and began his career at the local theater. Later he worked in the theater in Brno and also taught at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He also directed several documentary films.
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14. Mirek Topolánek
1956-. (aged 70)
pedagogue
engineer
politician
Mirek Topolánek is a Czech politician and business manager who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009 and the leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) from 2002 to 2010. Between 2006 and 2009, Topolánek was the member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) and senator from Ostrava from 1996 until 2004. After leaving...
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15. Zbyněk Stanjura
1964-. (aged 62)
entrepreneur
politician
Zbyněk Stanjura is a Czech politician who served as minister of finance in the cabinet of Petr Fiala from 17 December 2021 to 15 December 2025. He was previously appointed to the Cabinet of Petr Nečas on 12 December 2012, serving as minister of transport until July 2013. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2010 until...
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16. Tomáš Mikolov
1982-. (aged 44)
computer scientist
scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
Tomáš Mikolov is a Czech computer scientist working in the field of machine learning. In March 2020, Mikolov became a senior research scientist at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics.
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17. Zdeněk Škromach
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Zdeněk Škromach is a Czech politician, who served as the vice-president of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2016.
18. Dan Ťok
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
engineer
manager
Dan Ťok is a Czech politician and business manager who served as minister of transport from 2014 to 2019. He was nominated to the government by ANO 2011.
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