There are many famous and well know Czechs: Here are a few of the most recognizable names...
Jaromir Jagr, Franz Kafka, Martina Navratilova, Antonin Dvorak, Dominik Hasek, Eva Herzigova, Tereza Maxova, Petra Nemcova, Ivana Trump, Gregor Johann Mendel (Mendel's laws), Jan Hus, last but certainly not the least known: Pilsner Urquell, and Budvar, also known as Budweiser
Below are links to some great sites with full lists broken down in catagories, many with pictures to jog your memory if you can't remember anything about Jaromir Jagr except his mullet. :-)
2007-03-28 18:56:04
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answered by cztara 2
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Milos Forman, a film director (One flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The people vs Larry Flint)
Martina Navratilova (former world n.1 woman tennis player).
What about Sigmund Freud, was he from Czech Republic or Austria, I can never remember...
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2007-03-26 23:26:49
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Milos Forman (director: Man on The Moon, Amadeus,One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Valmont, The People vs. Larry Flynt,...)
Jan Sverak (director: Kolya,...)
Jan Tříska (actor)
Karel Kryl (songwriter - 'protest songs')
Vaclav Havel (polician)
Bedrich Smetana (composer)
Antonin Dvorak (composer)
Karel Capek (writer) (word "Robot")
Franz Kafka (writer)
Milan Kundera (writer)
Josef Skvorecky (writer)
Eva Herzigova (model)
Pavlina Porizkova (model)
Veronika Varekova (model)
Alfons Mucha (painter)
T.G.Masaryk (1st president)
Madeleine Albright (US Secretary of State)
Jaroslav Heyrovsky (scientist- Nobel Prize)
Jan Janský (discoverer of blood types)
Josef Ludvik Frantisek Ressel 9inventor of the ship's propeller)
Jan Evangelista Purkyne (physiologist, first recognised the individuality of fingerprints)
Otto Wichterle (chemist, inventor of the modern contact lens)
Toms Bata (industrialist - Bata Shoes)
Jaromir Jagr (hockey)
Dominik Hasek (hockey)
Patrick Elias (hockey)
Pavel Kubina (hockey)
Rosicky (soccer player)
Poborsky (soccer player)
Ivan Lendl (tennis player)
Martina Navratilova (tennis player)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famous_Czech_People
2007-03-28 07:04:33
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Jaromir Jagr is Czech. Just watch xXx with Vin Deisel and you'll find out a lot of Czechs!
2007-03-27 02:54:05
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Franz Kafka
2007-03-26 23:13:17
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Jan Koller (soccer team in anderlecht )
Martina Navratilovna ( Tennis player)
Karel Gott (Singer)
2007-03-27 04:13:53
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Ivan Lendl and Martina Navratilova. (Tennis Players)
2007-03-26 23:13:55
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Internationally: Barbara Nedeljakova, at least to mainstream horror movie fans. She was the main bad woman in Hostel.
2007-03-26 23:11:28
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Beer Glass products events (Hockey + football) heritage (Munich convention WW2) Prague, the capital at present entered ecu marketplace (Skoda) And we've the perfect foodstuff on the international.
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answered by merryman 4
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Eva Herzegova ( model )
2007-03-27 01:40:59
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