Notable people buried at Vyšehrad Cemetery include:
Politics •
Oldřich Černík (1921–1994), politician •
Karel Domin (1882–1953), botanist and politician •
Josef Kaizl (1854–1901), politician and economist •
Otakar Motejl (1932–2010), politician and lawyer •
František Ladislav Rieger (1818–1903), politician •
Alois Pravoslav Trojan (1815–1893), politician and lawyer •
Petr Zenkl (1884–1975), politician
Science and academia •
Otokar Feistmantel (1848–1891), geologist and paleontologist •
Václav Hanka (1791–1861), philologist •
Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967), chemist and inventor •
Josef Jireček (1825–1888), ethnographer and literary historian •
Jan Krejčí (1825–1887), geologist •
František Křižík (1847–1941), engineer and inventor •
Jakob Philipp Kulik (1793–1863), Austrian mathematician •
Oto Mádr (1917–2011), theologian •
Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878–1962), musicologist and historian •
Josef Ladislav Píč (1847–1911), archaeologist and paleontologist •
Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852), botanist •
Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849), natural scientist •
Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869), anatomist and physiologist •
Ladislav Rieger (1916–1963), mathematician •
Jan Rypka (1886–1968), orientalist and translator •
Jaromír Šámal (1900–1942), entomologist •
Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836–1904), music historian and writer •
Miloslav Stingl (1930–2020), ethnologist, traveller and writer •
Josef Vavroušek (1944–1995), environmentalist and scientist
Arts Language arts •
Eduard Bass (1888–1946), writer and journalist •
Zdenka Bergrová (1923–2008), poet and translator •
Josefina Brdlíková (1843–1910), translator, singer and composer •
Emil František Burian (1904–1959), poet, composer and librettist •
Karel Čapek (1890–1938), writer and playwright •
Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), writer, journalist and poet •
Marie Červinková-Riegrová (1854–1895), writer •
František Doucha (1810–1884), translator and writer •
Josef Václav Frič (1829 –1890), poet, writer and journalist •
Stanislav Gross (1969–2015), politician and lawyer •
Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874), poet and writer •
Adolf Heyduk (1835–1923), poet and writer •
Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936), dramatist and writer •
Josef Hora (1891–1945), poet and translator •
Jindřich Hořejší (1886–1941), poet and translator •
František Hrubín (1910–1971), poet and writer •
Boleslav Jablonský (1813–1881), poet •
Josef Kainar (1917–1971), poet, songwriter and playwright •
Václav Kaplický (1895–1982), writer, journalist and poet •
František Langer (1888–1965), playwright and writer •
Karel Hynek Mácha (1810–1836), poet •
Jelena Mašínová (1941–2024), screenwriter •
Jiří Mucha (1915–1991), writer, screenwriter and translator •
Václav Bolemír Nebeský (1818–1882), poet •
Vladimír Neff (1909–1983), writer and translator •
Božena Němcová (1820–1862), writer •
Jan Neruda (1834–1891), poet and writer •
Vítězslav Nezval (1900–1958), poet, writer and translator •
Ferdinand Peroutka (1895–1978), journalist and writer •
Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946), writer and playwright •
Marie Pujmanová (1893–1958), poet and writer •
Ladislav Quis (1846–1913), poet, writer and translator •
Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet, journalist and translator •
Růžena Svobodová (1868–1920), writer •
Karel Teige (1900–1951), writer, journalist and graphic designer •
Karel Toman (1877–1946), poet •
Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884), writer •
Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912), poet •
Vilém Závada (1905–1982), poet, translator and journalist •
Julius Zeyer (1841–1901), writer, poet and playwright
Performing arts •
Jiří Adamíra (1926–1993), actor •
Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor and composer •
Jiří Bělohlávek (1946–2017), conductor •
Beno Blachut (1913–1985), opera singer •
Ladislav Boháč (1907–1978), actor •
František Brož (1896–1962), violist, composer and conductor •
Terezie Brzková (1932–2012), actor •
Radoslav Brzobohatý (1932–2012), actor •
Vlasta Burian (1891–1962), actor, comedian and singer •
Zdeněk Chalabala (1899–1962), conductor •
Emmy Destinn (1878–1930), opera singer •
Rudolf Deyl Jr. (1912–1967), actor •
Zdeněk Dítě (1920–2001), actor •
Václav Dobiáš (1909–1978), composer •
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer •
Petr Eben (1929–2007), composer and organist •
Vlasta Fabianová (1912–1991), actress •
Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900), composer •
Betty Fibichová (1846–1901), opera singer •
Zdeněk Folprecht (1900–1961), composer and conductor •
Marie Glázrová (1911–2000), actress •
Nataša Gollová (1912–1988), actress •
Eduard Haken (1910–1996), opera singer •
Emil Hlobil (1901–1987), composer •
Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), violinist •
Karel Höger (1909–1977), actor •
Ilja Hurník (1922–2013), composer, pianist and writer •
Ivan Jandl (1937–1987), actor •
Zita Kabátová (1913–2012), actress •
Elmar Klos (1910–1993), film director •
Přemysl Kočí (1917–2003), opera singer and actor •
Jaroslav Kocian (1883–1950), violinist and composer •
Eduard Kohout (1889–1976), actor •
Jaroslav Křička (1882–1969), composer and conductor •
Adolf Krössing (1848–1933), opera singer and stage director •
Jan Kubelík (1880–1940), violinist and composer •
Rafael Kubelík (1914–1996), conductor and composer •
Richard Kubla (1890–1964), opera singer •
Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), pianist and piano teacher •
Ferdinand Laub (1832–1875), violinist and composer •
Otakar Mařák (1872–1939), opera singer •
Jaroslav Marvan (1901–1974), actor •
Waldemar Matuška (1932–2009), singer •
František Maxián (1907–1971), pianist •
Jiří Menzel (1938–2020), film director, stage director and actor •
Ladislav Mráz (1923–1962), opera singer •
Zuzana Navarová (1959–2004), singer and songwriter •
Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930), violist, composer and conductor •
František Ondříček (1857–1922), violinist and composer •
Otakar Ostrčil (1879–1935), composer and conductor •
Zdeněk Otava (1902–1980), opera singer •
Ladislav Pešek (1906–1986), actor •
Eliška Pešková (1833–1895), actress and playwright •
Jiřina Petrovická (1923–2008), actress •
Ludvík Podéšť (1921–1968), composer and conductor •
Marie Podvalová (1909–1992), opera singer •
Zdenka Procházková (1926–2021), actress •
Jaroslav Průcha (1898–1963), actor •
Čestmír Řanda (1923–1986), actor •
Vladimír Ráž (1923–2000), actor •
Jana Rybářová (1936–1957), actress •
Olga Scheinpflugová (1902–1968), actress and author •
Josef Slavík (1806–1833), violinist •
Vladimír Šmeral (1903–1982), actor •
Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), conductor, composer and oboist •
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), composer •
Pavel Štěpán (1925–1998), pianist •
Zdeněk Štěpánek (1896–1968), actor •
Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), pianist and piano teacher •
Jiřina Štěpničková (1912–1985), actress •
Karel Strakatý (1804–1868), opera singer •
Josef Suk (1929–2011), violinist and violist •
Otilie Suková (1878–1905), pianist and composer •
Karel Vlach (1911–1986), conductor and music arranger •
Václav Vorlíček (1930–2019), film director •
Ladislav Vycpálek (1882–1969), composer and violist •
Václav Vydra (1876–1953), actor •
Bedřich Antonín Wiedermann (1883–1951), organist and composer •
Hana Zagorová (1946–2022), singer and actress •
Bohuš Záhorský (1906–1980), actor •
Ivo Žídek (1926–2003), opera singer •
Václav Zítek (1932–2011), opera singer
Visual arts •
Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), painter •
Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), sculptor •
Vincenc Beneš (1883–1979), painter •
Zdenka Braunerová (1858–1934), painter and illustrator •
František Čermák (1822–1884), painter •
Antonín Chittussi (1847–1891), painter •
Josef Drahoňovský (1877–1938), sculptor •
Jaroslav Fragner (1898–1967), architect •
Josef Gočár (1880–1945), architect •
Vojtěch Hynais (1854–1925), painter and designer •
Bohumil Kafka (1878–1942), sculptor •
Jan Kaplický (1937–2009), architect •
Adolf Kašpar (1877–1934), painter and illustrator •
Václav Levý (1820–1870), sculptor •
Adolf Liebscher (1857–1919), painter •
Cyprián Majerník (1909–1945), Slovak painter •
Julius Mařák (1832–1899), painter and graphic designer •
Josefina Mařáková (1872–1907), painter •
Zdeněk Miler (1921-2011), illustrator and animator •
Josef Mocker (1835–1899), architect and restorer •
Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), painter and illustrator •
František Muzika (1900–1974), painter and illustrator •
Josef Václav Myslbek (1848–1922), sculptor •
Radek Pilař (1931–1993), illustrator and animator •
Karel Purkyně (1834–1868), painter •
Vlastimil Rada (1895–1962), painter and illustrator •
Ladislav Šaloun (1870–1946), sculptor •
Kája Saudek (1935–2015), illustrator and graphic artist •
Josef Schulz (1840–1917), architect and designer •
František Sequens (1836–1896), painter •
Václav Špála (1885–1946), painter and graphic designer •
Otakar Španiel (1881–1955), sculptor and engraver •
Jan Štursa (1880–1925), sculptor •
Stanislav Sucharda (1866–1916), sculptor •
Karel Svolinský (1896–1986), painter and graphic artist •
Max Švabinský (1873–1962), painter •
Antonín Wiehl (1846–1910), architect •
Adolf Zábranský (1909–1981), illustrator and painter •
Helena Zmatlíková (1923–2005), illustrator
Other •
Josef Bican (1913–2001), footballer •
Vlasta Koseová (1895–1973), activist and pioneer of Scouting •
Hana Mašková (1949–1972), figure skater •
Josef Masopust (1931–2015), football player and coach •
Jan Otto (1841–1916), publisher and bookseller •
Antonín Benjamin Svojsík (1876–1938), pedagogue and pioneer of Scouting ==References==