Jára Cimrman

Jára Cimrman (Czech pronunciation:[ˈjaːra ˈtsɪmr̩man]) is a Czech fictional character of a universal genius. Created by Jiří Šebánek, Ladislav Smoljak and Zdeněk Svěrák, the fictional personality (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher), Jára Cimrman won the voting for The Greatest Czech in 2005 (only the fact that Cimrman is fictional prevented him from actually winning). He is presented as one of the greatest Czech playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians, amateur obstectricians and sportsmen of the 19th and early 20th century. Playing the game on his real existence is part of his characterization.