 Josef Kadraba (born 1933), a Kladno striker and a player and coach for Slovan Wien, but mostly a member of the Czechoslovak national team, which surprised many by achieving the silver medal at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile.Jan Suchopárek (born 1969), a Kladno pupil, a player with 61 caps in the national team.In 1996, he brought back "silver" for the second place at the Euro held in England.