SettingsCzech expatriates
Albin Polasek
Albin Polasek (February 14, 1879 - May 19, 1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator.
Albin Polasek (February 14, 1879 - May 19, 1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator.
Aleš Hrdlička
Aleš Hrdlička or Ales Hrdlicka was a Czech anthropologist who lived in the United States after his family had moved there in 1881.
Aleš Hrdlička or Ales Hrdlicka was a Czech anthropologist who lived in the United States after his family had moved there in 1881.
Alfréd Radok
Alfréd Radok (December 17, 1914 in Koloděje nad Lužnicí, Bohemia – April 22, 1976 in Vienna) was a distinguished Czech stage director.
Alfréd Radok (December 17, 1914 in Koloděje nad Lužnicí, Bohemia – April 22, 1976 in Vienna) was a distinguished Czech stage director.
Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra (May 15 1903 – February 28 1987) was a Czech film actress.
Anny Ondra (May 15 1903 – February 28 1987) was a Czech film actress.
Anton Cermak
Anton (Tony) Joseph Cermak (Antonín Josef Čermák, ; May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1931 until his assassination by Giuseppe Zangara in 1933.
Anton (Tony) Joseph Cermak (Antonín Josef Čermák, ; May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1931 until his assassination by Giuseppe Zangara in 1933.
Antonín Kubálek
Antonín Kubálek (November 8, 1935January 18, 2011) was a Czech-Canadian classical pianist.
Antonín Kubálek (November 8, 1935January 18, 2011) was a Czech-Canadian classical pianist.
Avigdor Dagan
Avigdor Dagan (Viktor Fischl, June 30, 1912 in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary - May 28, 2006, Israel) was an Israeli writer, a playwright and literary translator; a diplomat.
Avigdor Dagan (Viktor Fischl, June 30, 1912 in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary - May 28, 2006, Israel) was an Israeli writer, a playwright and literary translator; a diplomat.
Bohuslav Martinů
Bohuslav Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music.
Bohuslav Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a prolific Czech composer of modern classical music.
Chaviva Hošek
Chaviva Milada Hošek, OC (born 6 October 1946) is a Canadian academic, feminist and former politician.
Chaviva Milada Hošek, OC (born 6 October 1946) is a Canadian academic, feminist and former politician.
David Zeisberger
David Zeisberger was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native Americans in the Thirteen Colonies.
David Zeisberger was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native Americans in the Thirteen Colonies.
Eduard Ingris
Eduard Ingriš (February 11, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was a Czech-American composer, photographer, conductor and adventurer.
Eduard Ingriš (February 11, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was a Czech-American composer, photographer, conductor and adventurer.
Emanuel Viktor Voska
Emanuel Viktor Voska, born 1875 in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, died April 1, 1960 in Ruzyně prison in Prague, Czechoslovakia, U.S. intelligence agency officer who died in Czechoslovak prison.
Emanuel Viktor Voska, born 1875 in Kutná Hora, Bohemia, died April 1, 1960 in Ruzyně prison in Prague, Czechoslovakia, U.S. intelligence agency officer who died in Czechoslovak prison.
Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf is a Czech born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation...
Emil Wolf is a Czech born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation...
Ernst Tugendhat
Ernst Tugendhat (born March 8, 1930) is a Czech-born German philosopher.
Ernst Tugendhat (born March 8, 1930) is a Czech-born German philosopher.
Ernst Wiesner
Arnošt Wiesner, also known as Ernst Wiesner (January 21, 1890, in Malacky, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire - July 15, 1971, in Liverpool) was a modernist architect.
Arnošt Wiesner, also known as Ernst Wiesner (January 21, 1890, in Malacky, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire - July 15, 1971, in Liverpool) was a modernist architect.
Ferdinand Peroutka
Ferdinand Peroutka (February 6, 1895 – April 20, 1978) was a Czech journalist and writer.
Ferdinand Peroutka (February 6, 1895 – April 20, 1978) was a Czech journalist and writer.
Frank Plicka
Frank Plicka (born 11 June 1926 - died 9th December 2010 in Sydney, Australia) is a Czech-born Australian photographer, best known for his book Streets of Sydney, an extraordinary tour of Sy...
Frank Plicka (born 11 June 1926 - died 9th December 2010 in Sydney, Australia) is a Czech-born Australian photographer, best known for his book Streets of Sydney, an extraordinary tour of Sy...
George Brady (Holocaust survivor)
George Brady, O.Ont is a Holocaust survivor of both Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, who became a Canadian businessman and was awarded the Order of Ontario.
George Brady, O.Ont is a Holocaust survivor of both Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, who became a Canadian businessman and was awarded the Order of Ontario.
Hans Kelsen
Hans Kelsen (October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian jurist and legal philosopher.
Hans Kelsen (October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian jurist and legal philosopher.
Hugo Bezdek
Hugo Francis Bezdek (April 1, 1884 – September 19, 1952) was a Czech-American sports figure who played American football and was a coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
Hugo Francis Bezdek (April 1, 1884 – September 19, 1952) was a Czech-American sports figure who played American football and was a coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
Isaiah Horowitz
Isaiah Horowitz,, also known as the Shelah ha-Kadosh after the title of his best-known work, was a prominent rabbi and mystic.
Isaiah Horowitz,, also known as the Shelah ha-Kadosh after the title of his best-known work, was a prominent rabbi and mystic.
Jan Beneš
Jan Beneš (March 26, 1936–June 1, 2007) was a Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter.
Jan Beneš (March 26, 1936–June 1, 2007) was a Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter.
Jan Hajek (scientist)
Jan Hajek is a Czech scientist and mathematician, living in the Netherlands.
Jan Hajek is a Czech scientist and mathematician, living in the Netherlands.
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, today the Czech Republic) is a composer, pianist and keyboardist.
Jan Hammer (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, today the Czech Republic) is a composer, pianist and keyboardist.
Jan Křesadlo
Jan Křesadlo was the primary pseudonym used by Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava (December 9, 1926 in Prague - August 13, 1995 in Colchester), a Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning ...
Jan Křesadlo was the primary pseudonym used by Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava (December 9, 1926 in Prague - August 13, 1995 in Colchester), a Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning ...
Jan Matulka
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 - 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia.
Jan Matulka (7 November 1890 - 25 June 1972) was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia.
Jan Šejna
Jan Šejna (Honza Šejna), also Sejna in English, (12 May 1927, Radhostice CSR – 23 August 1997, New York) was, in the time of communist Czechoslovakia, a Major General of the Czechosl...
Jan Šejna (Honza Šejna), also Sejna in English, (12 May 1927, Radhostice CSR – 23 August 1997, New York) was, in the time of communist Czechoslovakia, a Major General of the Czechosl...
Jana Sterbak
Jana Sterbak is a Canadian artist best known for her works constructed from meat.
Jana Sterbak is a Canadian artist best known for her works constructed from meat.
Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm is an American writer and journalist on staff at The New Yorker magazine.
Janet Malcolm is an American writer and journalist on staff at The New Yorker magazine.
Jaromír Krejcar
Jaromír Krejcar (25 July 1895, Hundsheim, Austria – 5 October 1950, London) was a Czech functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil.
Jaromír Krejcar (25 July 1895, Hundsheim, Austria – 5 October 1950, London) was a Czech functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil.
Jaroslav Ježek (composer)
Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 – January 1, 1942) was a Czech composer, pianist and conductor, author of jazz, classical, incidental and film music.
Jaroslav Ježek (September 25, 1906 – January 1, 1942) was a Czech composer, pianist and conductor, author of jazz, classical, incidental and film music.
Jiří Březina
Jiří Březina, born April 6, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is a German scientist of Czech origin, a professor of Geology, and an expert in Sand Texture Sedimentology.
Jiří Březina, born April 6, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is a German scientist of Czech origin, a professor of Geology, and an expert in Sand Texture Sedimentology.
Jiří Horák
Jiří Horák (April 24, 1924 in Hradec Králové – August 25, 2003 in Englewood, Florida) was a Czechoslovak politician.
Jiří Horák (April 24, 1924 in Hradec Králové – August 25, 2003 in Englewood, Florida) was a Czechoslovak politician.
Jiří Mucha
Jiří Mucha was a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter, author of autobiographical novels and studies of the works of his father, the Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha.
Jiří Mucha was a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter, author of autobiographical novels and studies of the works of his father, the Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha.
Jiří Tancibudek
Jiří Tancibudek AM (5 March 19211 May 2004) was a Czech-born Australian oboist, conductor and teacher of great renown in his adopted country and elsewhere.
Jiří Tancibudek AM (5 March 19211 May 2004) was a Czech-born Australian oboist, conductor and teacher of great renown in his adopted country and elsewhere.
Jiří Vaněk (political activist)
Jiri Vanek or Jiří Vaněk (born October 10, 1943 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is an obscure Czech expatriate political activist, whose political commentaries can be better described as person...
Jiri Vanek or Jiří Vaněk (born October 10, 1943 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is an obscure Czech expatriate political activist, whose political commentaries can be better described as person...
Josef Dessauer
Josef Dessauer (28 May 1798, Prague – 8 July 1876, Mödling, near Vienna), was a Czech-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas.
Josef Dessauer (28 May 1798, Prague – 8 July 1876, Mödling, near Vienna), was a Czech-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas.
Josef Stejskal
Josef 'Pepča' Stejskal (also known as Josef Lada Stejskal) is a figure of Brno subculture during the 1970s in Czechoslovakia.
Josef 'Pepča' Stejskal (also known as Josef Lada Stejskal) is a figure of Brno subculture during the 1970s in Czechoslovakia.
Karel Husa
Karel Husa (born August 7, 1921 in Prague) is a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition.
Karel Husa (born August 7, 1921 in Prague) is a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition.
Karel Krautgartner
Karel Krautgartner (July 20, 1922 - September 20, 1982) was a Czech jazz and classical clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, composer, conductor and teacher.
Karel Krautgartner (July 20, 1922 - September 20, 1982) was a Czech jazz and classical clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, composer, conductor and teacher.
Karel Kryl
Karel Kryl (April 12, 1944 Kroměříž – March 3, 1994 Passau) was a popular Moravian singer-songwriter and performer of many protest songs in which he strongly criticized and identified the shortc...
Karel Kryl (April 12, 1944 Kroměříž – March 3, 1994 Passau) was a popular Moravian singer-songwriter and performer of many protest songs in which he strongly criticized and identified the shortc...
Karel Reisz
Karel Reisz was a Czech-born British filmmaker who was active in post–war Britain, and one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in 1950s and 1960s British cinema.
Karel Reisz was a Czech-born British filmmaker who was active in post–war Britain, and one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in 1950s and 1960s British cinema.
Karel Soucek
Karel Soucek was a Canadian professional stuntman.
Karel Soucek was a Canadian professional stuntman.
Lea Vivot
Lea Vivot is a Czech-born Canadian sculptor.
Lea Vivot is a Czech-born Canadian sculptor.
Ludvík Aškenazy
Ludvík Aškenazy (February 24, 1921, Český Těšín – March 18, 1986, Bolzano, Italy) was a Czech writer and journalist.
Ludvík Aškenazy (February 24, 1921, Český Těšín – March 18, 1986, Bolzano, Italy) was a Czech writer and journalist.
Luděk Frýbort
Luděk Frýbort, born 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, German writer and author living in Hannover, Germany.
Luděk Frýbort, born 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, German writer and author living in Hannover, Germany.
Maria Jelinek
Maria Jelinek (birth name Maria Jelínková; born November 16, 1942 in Prague) is a Canadian pair skater.
Maria Jelinek (birth name Maria Jelínková; born November 16, 1942 in Prague) is a Canadian pair skater.
Marianne Kinzel
Marianne Kinzel was a mid-20th century designer of knitted lace patterns.
Marianne Kinzel was a mid-20th century designer of knitted lace patterns.
Max Brod
Max Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist.
Max Brod was a German-speaking Czech Jewish, later Israeli, author, composer, and journalist.
Mašín
Mašín is a Czech family name, most often associated with Josef Mašín and his sons, Ctirad Mašín and Josef Mašín.
Mašín is a Czech family name, most often associated with Josef Mašín and his sons, Ctirad Mašín and Josef Mašín.
Mila Rechcigl
Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr., or Mila Rechcigl, is a trained biochemist, nutritionist and cancer researcher, writer, editor, historian, bibliographer and genealogist.
Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr., or Mila Rechcigl, is a trained biochemist, nutritionist and cancer researcher, writer, editor, historian, bibliographer and genealogist.
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Miloslav Rechcigl, Sr.
Miloslav Rechcigl, Sr. (1902–1973) was a Czech politician, miller, business executive and editor for Radio Free Europe.
Miloslav Rechcigl, Sr. (1902–1973) was a Czech politician, miller, business executive and editor for Radio Free Europe.
Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman, known as Miloš Forman, is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia.
Jan Tomáš Forman, known as Miloš Forman, is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia.
Miroslava (actress)
Miroslava (February 26, 1926 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.
Miroslava (February 26, 1926 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.
Miroslava Stern
Miroslava Stern (February 26, 1926 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.
Miroslava Stern (February 26, 1926 – March 9, 1955) was a Czechoslovakian-born Mexican film actress who appeared in thirty two films.
Olga Schoberová
Olga Schoberová or Olinka Bérová born March 15, 1943 in Prague, Czech Republic (then Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia), Czech-American actress, was often compared with Brigitte Bardot a...
Olga Schoberová or Olinka Bérová born March 15, 1943 in Prague, Czech Republic (then Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia), Czech-American actress, was often compared with Brigitte Bardot a...
Ota Ulč
Ota Ulč (1930 in Plzeň) is a Czech-American author and columnist.
Ota Ulč (1930 in Plzeň) is a Czech-American author and columnist.
Peter Glaser
Peter Edward Glaser (born September 5, 1923) is an American scientist and aerospace engineer.
Peter Edward Glaser (born September 5, 1923) is an American scientist and aerospace engineer.
Petr Zenkl
PhDr. Petr Zenkl was a influential Czech politician, government minister, Mayor of Prague, chairman of the Czech National Socialist Party, deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and the chairma...
PhDr. Petr Zenkl was a influential Czech politician, government minister, Mayor of Prague, chairman of the Czech National Socialist Party, deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and the chairma...
Richard Konkolski
Richard Konkolski, Czech-American around-the-world sailor, born July 6, 1943 in Oderberg, Nazi Germany (now Bohumín, Czech Republic), naturalized US citizen since 1994.
Richard Konkolski, Czech-American around-the-world sailor, born July 6, 1943 in Oderberg, Nazi Germany (now Bohumín, Czech Republic), naturalized US citizen since 1994.
Rudolph Ruzicka
Rudolph Ruzicka prominent Czech-born American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer.
Rudolph Ruzicka prominent Czech-born American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer.
Salo Flohr
Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet chess grandmaster of the mid-20th century, who became a national hero in Czechoslovakia ...
Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet chess grandmaster of the mid-20th century, who became a national hero in Czechoslovakia ...
Stanislav Grof
Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of ex...
Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist, one of the founders of the field of transpersonal psychology and a pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of ex...
Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE, FRSL (born Tomáš Straüssler; 3 July 1937) is a British playwright, knighted in 1997.
Sir Tom Stoppard, OM, CBE, FRSL (born Tomáš Straüssler; 3 July 1937) is a British playwright, knighted in 1997.
Tomáš Krystlík
Tomáš Krystlík, born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is so called Czech-German writer, journalist and lecturer (in Czech National Library).
Tomáš Krystlík, born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is so called Czech-German writer, journalist and lecturer (in Czech National Library).
Vaclav Zizler
Vaclav Zizler, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., is a Czech mathematics professor specializing in Banach space theory and non-linear spaces.
Vaclav Zizler, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., is a Czech mathematics professor specializing in Banach space theory and non-linear spaces.
Vera Ralston
Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá; July 12, 1919February 9, 2003) was a Czech figure skater and actress.
Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá; July 12, 1919February 9, 2003) was a Czech figure skater and actress.
Vilém Flusser
Vilém Flusser was a Czech-born philosopher, writer and journalist.
Vilém Flusser was a Czech-born philosopher, writer and journalist.
Václav Nedomanský
Václav Nedomanský (born March 14, 1944 in Hodonín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), is a former hockey forward.
Václav Nedomanský (born March 14, 1944 in Hodonín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), is a former hockey forward.
Václav Nelhýbel
Václav Nelhýbel (September 24, 1919 – March 22, 1996) was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers.
Václav Nelhýbel (September 24, 1919 – March 22, 1996) was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers.
Vítězslava Kaprálová
Vítězslava Kaprálová (born on January 24, 1915 in Brno, Czech Republic, died June 16, 1940 in Montpellier, France,) was a Czech composer and conductor.
Vítězslava Kaprálová (born on January 24, 1915 in Brno, Czech Republic, died June 16, 1940 in Montpellier, France,) was a Czech composer and conductor.
Wenceslaus Hollar
Václav Hollar, known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar, was a Bohemian etcher, who lived in England for much of his life.
Václav Hollar, known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and in Germany as Wenzel Hollar, was a Bohemian etcher, who lived in England for much of his life.
Yehuda Bacon
Yehuda Bacon (born on July 28, 1929 in Ostrava) is an Israeli artist (also shown as, especially in German, Jehuda Bacon and Yehuda Bakon).
Yehuda Bacon (born on July 28, 1929 in Ostrava) is an Israeli artist (also shown as, especially in German, Jehuda Bacon and Yehuda Bakon).
Zdeněk Kopal
Zdeněk Kopal (; April 4, 1914 – June 23, 1993) was a Czech astronomer who mainly worked in England.
Zdeněk Kopal (; April 4, 1914 – June 23, 1993) was a Czech astronomer who mainly worked in England.
Čestmír Vycpálek
Čestmír Vycpálek (Prague, 15 May 1921 – Palermo, 5 May 2002) was a former Czech football player and manager.
Čestmír Vycpálek (Prague, 15 May 1921 – Palermo, 5 May 2002) was a former Czech football player and manager.