Oldřich Kulhánek was a Czech graphic artist born on February 26, 1940 who died in Prague on January 28, 2013. He studied at the Academy of Arts in Prague under professor Karel Svolinský and is renowned for designing several Czech banknotes featuring famous Czech figures like Karel IV, Jan Ámos Komenský, Božena Němcová, František Palacký, Ema Destinová, and T.G. Masaryk.