Czechoslovakia
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Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. Its capital was Prague. In 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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This is a partial list of famous Czech, and Czech intelligible people. This list includes people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry or association with Czech culture.
Note: If you wish to add a name to this list, first add it here instead: Biography Stub Factory. This prevents the list from succumbing to a large amount of "red links".
Authors and Poets
Composers
Filmmakers
- Věra Chytilová, film director
- Miloš Forman, film director
- Jaromil Jireš, film director
- Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
- Karel Reisz, film director
- Jan Švankmajer, film director, animator
- Jiří Trnka, film director, animator
- Karel Zeman, film director, animator
Models
- Eva Herzigová (1973)
Painters
- František Kupka
- Alfons Mucha
- Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
Photographers
Religion
- Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
Other
- Giacomo Casanova, spent his last years as a librarian in Duchcov Castle
Fictional characters
- Jára Cimrman, fictional character of universal talents
- Josef Švejk, fictional soldier in WWI, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk
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