Famous Nepomuks of the Past and Present
The domestic variations on the first name Nepomuk are: Pomuk, Pomuček, Nepomuček, Muk, and Muki
the town of Nepomuk, in the Pilsen South Region, the birth place of St. John of Nepomuk
the village of Nepomuk, in the Č.Budějovice region, Czech Republic
the village of Nepomuk, in the Příbram region, Czech Republic
the village of Nepomuky, in the Jihlava region, Czech Republic
the village of Nepomuky, in the Ústí nad Orlicí region, Czech Republic
a little town of San Juan Nepomuceno, Paraguay
A frequently used middle (Confirmative Sacrament) name by clergymen, millers but also farmers. Also frequent as additional name in the House of Hapsburg.
St. Jan Nepomuk Neumann – a native from Prachatice, an American missionary, a bishop and a pioneer of Catholic education in the USA.
Clemens Lothar Wenceslaus Nepomuk Metternich - Wineburg - 1773 - 1859, Austrian-Hungarian Chancellor, one of the most powerful men of Europe of his time
Pablo Diego Jose Santiago Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispin Crispiniana Trinidad de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Blasco y Picasso - 1881 - 1973, a Spanish painter and sculptor
Johann Nepomuk of Schwarzenberg - 1742 - 1789, an excellent home-stead owner. He founded the Schwarzenberg navigable canal, introduced lucerne plant to Bohemia.
Josef Johann Nepomuk of Schwarzenberg - 1822 - 1925, a traveller. He incited the construction of the oldest Bohemian stonework observation tower on the Kleť Mt.
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy - 1801 - 1862, an Austrian playwright
Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek - 1783 - 1844, a playwright, director, actor and translator
Johann Nepomuk Hummel - 1778 - 1837, a music composer and a virtuoso pianist
Johann Nepomuk Kaňka - 1772 - 1865, a music composer, lawyer, professor. He gave legal advice to Beethoven.
Ignác Jan Nepomuk Palliardi - 1737 - 1821, one of the most prominent late Baroque and Classicist architects in Bohemia
Jan Nepomuk Count of Harrach - 1828 - 1909, the owner of extensive farming steads in Northern Bohemia. He belonged to the most significant aristocracy (see Harrachov)
Jan Nepomuk Polanský - 1723 - 1776, a mathematics professor at the University of Olomouc, taught also at the Charles University, authored a book on algebra.
Jan Nepomuk Josef Rulík - 1744 - 1812, who wrote the “Dr. Jan Faust, jeho život, činy a uvržení do pekelné propasti” – “Dr. Faustus, his life, actions and casting into the hell hole”
Jan Nepomuk Mitrovský of Mitrovice - 1757 - 1799, an important wildlife scientist, writer and music composer
Jan Nepomuk Oettl - 1801 - 1866, a clergyman, an important beekeeper at the end of the tree beekeeping techniques, the inventor of the separable hay bee hive
Jan Nepomuk Polášek - 1873 - 1956, a music composer and folk song collector
Jan Nepomuk Hejčl - 1868 - 1935, a Bible expert with a worldwide renown, professor at the University in Olomouc
Jan Nepomuk Eiselt – first half of the 19th century, a pioneer of health prevention and hygiene
Vladimír Jan Nepomuk Vašek - 1867 - 1958, a poet whose pen-name is Petr Bezruč.
Jan Nepomuk Filcík - 1785 - 1837, an influential teacher of music
Jan Nepomuk Sedlák – about 1929, a writer on St. John of Nepomuk
Jan Nepomuk Felbinger - 1786 - 1855, a Mariánské Lázně chronicler and a drawing artist.
Jan Nepomuk Buquoy - 1741 - 1803, the owner of extensive stretches of land most in the South of Bohemia. He founded charity houses for the poor and the sick. He also founded a model Christian school in Kaplice and the well-known park Terčino údolí.
Jan Nepomuk Rudolf Count of Chotek - 1748 - 1824, the highest burgrave and president of the Czech Governance.
Robert Jan Nepomuk Führer - 1807 - 1861, a Church composer and an important organist and regenschori – the choir master.
Jan Nepomuk Augustin Vitásek - 1770 - 1839, a piano virtuoso, music teacher mentioned both by Mozart and Beethoven
Jan Nepomuk Vent - 1747 - 1801, a musician and composer. He played with Mozart and rearranged his compositions for other instruments.
Jan Nepomuk Štajner - 1725 - 1793, a Czech painter, the portrait maker for Maria Theresa of Austria, a painter of church wall paintings.
Jan Nepomuk Soukup - about 1800, he wrote the first guide on Moravian Karst in the style of a book of travels
Jan Nepomuk František Rafael Beitl - 1797 - 1855, the founder of the Brno institution for the blind.
Jan Nepomuk Enders - 1815 - 1877, a printer, bookseller, writer, published, entrepreneur and learned man.
Jan Nepomuk Kapras - 1847 - 1931, a philosopher, psychologist who had great impact on psychology and philosophy
Jan Nepomuk Woldřich - 1834 - 1906, a professor of the Charles University, the first president of the Czech Company for Earth Science, palaeontologist, geologist and archaeologist.
Jan Nepomucen Kamiňski - 1777 - 1855, a famous Polish director and actor.
by Ing. Karel Drhovský