Inventor Nikola Tesla contributed to the development of an alternating-current electrical system that's widely used today and discovered the rotating magnetic field (the basis of most AC machinery).

Author Franz Kafka explored the human struggle for understanding and security in his novels such as Amerika, The Trial and The Castle.

Filmmaker Milos Forman won two Oscars, for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest' and 'Amadeus,' and also directed 'The People vs. Larry Flynt' and 'Man on the Moon' among his many other works.