František Vávra
1899–1982 (age 83)
Biography
František Vávra was born in 1899 and lived through one of the most transformative centuries in European history. His life witnessed the fall of empires, the birth of modern Czechoslovakia, and the profound changes that reshaped Central Europe.
Vávra passed away in 1982 and was laid to rest at Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague, where he joins generations of Czechs who shaped the nation's cultural and social landscape. His long life spanned from the nineteenth into the late twentieth century.