Václav Havel Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, writer, poet, and politician, known as a leading opponent of communist rule in Czechoslovakia. He served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and was the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. Havel authored over 20 plays and numerous essays, receiving various international awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A key figure in the Velvet Revolution of 1989, he advocated for democracy and human rights, and founded several organizations, including the VIZE97 Foundation and the Forum 2000 conference.

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Meaning of the name - Vaclav

Famous glory, renowned by glory

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October 5, 1936 Facts

Generation Group

Václav Havel belongs to the Silent Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Prague

Place of Death: Hrádeček

Cause of Death: respiratory failure

Educated At: Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská | Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague | Czech Technical University in Prague

Occupation: essayist | philosopher | opinion journalist | director | film director | human rights activist | playwright | dissident | politician | poet | writer

Spouses: Olga Havlová | Dagmar Havlová

Employers: Divadlo V + W | Divadlo Na zábradlí | Divadlo satiry | Divadlo státního filmu | Divadlo ABC | City Theatres of Prague | Brewery Krakonoš | University of Chemistry and Technology | Osvobozené divadlo

Awards Received: honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles | Honorary doctor of the University of Liège | Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana | Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class | Evelyn F. Burkey Award | participant in the resistance and resistance against communism | Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka | Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty | Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross | Collar of the Order of the White Lion | Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal | honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University | honorary citizen of Prague | honorary doctor of the University of Padua | honorary citizen of Budapest | honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Theodor Heuss Award | honorary citizen of Plzeň | 1st of June Award | Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class | Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross | Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class | honorary doctorate of Haifa University | Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic | Democracy Service Medal | Giuseppe Motta Medal | honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University | Honorary doctor of the Dresden University of Technology | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature | honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour | Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia | Order Ecce Homo | Saint George medal | Karel Čapek Prize | Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great | Erasmus Prize | Sonning Prize | Indira Gandhi Peace Prize | Order of Rio Branco | Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize | Order of Brilliant Star | Companion of the Order of Canada | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw | Philadelphia Liberty Medal | Fulbright Prize | Order of State of Republic of Turkey | Delta Prize for Global Understanding | Princess of Asturias Awards | Deutscher Nationalpreis | Geuzenpenning | International Simón Bolívar Prize | Point Alpha Prize | St. George's Order of Victory | Lagun Onari | Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities | Order of the Star of Jordan | Jaroslav Seifert Prize | Ambassador of Conscience Award | Order of al-Hussein bin Ali | Order of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay | Order of the Liberator General San Martín | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca | Freedom Award | Eugen Kogon Award | Olof Palme Prize | Gandhi Peace Prize | German citizenship price | Light of Truth Award | Concordia Prize | Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg | Austrian Decoration for Science and Art | Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association | Order of the Chrysanthemum | Monismanien Prize | Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) | Quadriga | Austrian State Prize for European Literature | Catalonia International Prize | Charlemagne Prize | Order of the White Eagle | Franz Kafka Prize | Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Astrology Analysis

Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.