Edvard Beneš
Among the contributors and editors of the "old" "Lidové noviny", there were Karel Čapek, Josef Čapek, Jaromír John, Richard Weiner, Eduard Bass, Karel Poláček, Rudolf Těsnohlídek, Leoš Janáček, Jiří Mahen, Jan Drda, Václav Řezáč and the presidents Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš.