A hero in his native country, Zátopek was an influential figure in the Communist Party.
He designed a paratroop memorial, and a medal in honour of Emil Zátopek, before fleeing again to escape the Communist takeover in 1948.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Emil Nolde | Emil Adolf von Behring | Hermann Emil Fischer | Emil Gilels | Emil Fischer | Emil Schult | Emil Constantinescu | Emil Brumaru | Franz Joseph Emil Fischer | Emil Viklický | Emil Steinberger | Emil Rödiger | Emil Nofal | Emil Młynarski | Emil Jakob Schindler | Emil Holub | Emil Haury | Emil Ghuri | Emil du Bois-Reymond | Emil Beaulieau | Emil Zátopek | Emil von Sauer | Emil Theodor Kocher | Emil Savundra | Emil River | Emil Lederer | Emil Kraepelin | Emil Knoevenagel | Emil Kapaun |
jpg"?title=Paavo Nurmi">Paavo Nurmi and Emil Zátopek, two Europeans on the Hall of Fame.