The father of genetics and the laws of heredity - Mendel's Laws. Born in
Heinzendorf
(now
Hynčice,
Czech Republic), Mendel received his education
at
the
Augustinian
monastery
in
Brno where he also performed his experiments
with plants. Mendel also taught at the technical school in Brno. He coined
the terms dominance and recessiveness,
still used in present-day
genetics. |
Gregor
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Art nouveau painter and poster designer who spent most
of his life in France. Many of his works were created
for the French actress Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha also
designed unique advertisements for various products. A
number of his paintings have become part of Ivan Lendl's private collection.
Visit My Czech Republic's Alphonse
Mucha Gallery to see Mucha's art!
Alphonse
Mucha on Amazon.com |
Alphonse
Mucha: The Spirit of... |
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A great Czech soprano and patriot, also known as Emmy
Destinn. She sang at some of the most prestigious opera
houses in
the world,
including
the Covent Garden, the Berlin Hofoper, and the New York
Metropolitan Opera, and also sang with Enrico Caruso. |
The
Complete Destinn |
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Austrian-Czech writer born in Prague, a significant
figure in the 20th century literature. He wrote in
German and his best known novels are The Trial (1925),
The Castle (1926), and America (1927).
Franz
Kafka on Amazon.com |
The
Castle |
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Czech writer and playwright. He and his brother
Josef first introduced the word "robot" in
their science-fiction play R.U.R.
in 1921. The abbreviation stands for "Rossum's
Universal Robots" and the word itself comes from
an old Czech word "robota" (hard work, drudgery),
which is still used in some Czech dialects.
Karel
Čapek on Amazon.com |
War With
the Newts |
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Invented the soft contact lens in 1961. |
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Czech born Academy Award winning movie director who
emigrated to the USA in 1968. The movies he directed
include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Hair
(1979), Ragtime (1981), Valmont (1989), Amadeus (1984),
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Man on the Moon
(1999).
Miloš
Forman on Amazon.com |
Amadeus |
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Professional tennis player born in Prague, Czechoslovakia*. Started
playing professional tennis in 1972 and emigrated
to the USA in 1975. Won Wimbledon six times in
a row (1982 - 1987) and set several records during
her career. Won 167 singles championships and
158 professional tennis titles, and became the oldest
tennis player who beat a no. 1 ranked tennis professional
(then Monica Seles) at the age of 37. Retired
from playing singles in 1994.
Martina
Navratilova on Amazon.com |
Martina:
The
Lives and
Times... |
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Professional tennis player born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia*. Emigrated
to the USA in the 1980s. His active tennis career
lasted from 1979 to 1994. Many consider him the
best male tennis player of all time. He stayed
on the top of the ATP rankings for 270 weeks (1983 -
1989), which is the longest time a single tennis player
was ranked no. 1 since the ATP rankings were started
in 1973. He is a passionate collector of Alphonse Mucha paintings.
Ivan
Lendl on Amazon.com |
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Ice-hockey goalie nicknamed "the Dominator",
born in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia*. He played for
the NHL (Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres) for
12 years and retired in June 2002. He was voted
NHL Most Valuable Player and awarded the Hart Trophy
twice, the Vezina Trophy (best goalie) six times,
the Jennings Trophy in 1994, and the Stanley Cup
in 2002.
Dominik
Hašek on Amazon.com
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Professional ice-hockey player born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia*. He
played for the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins (Right Wing)
for several years.
Jaromír
Jágr on Amazon.com |
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Although not Czech by nationality, the "father
of psychoanalysis" was born in a town called Příbor,
which was then a part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire
and today is located in the north-eastern part of the
Czech Republic. Freud spent the first three years of
his life there (1856 - 1859) before his family moved
to Leipzig (today's Germany), and then to Vienna (today's
Austria).
Sigmund
Freud on Amazon.com |
Interpretation
of Dreams |
* The term "Czechoslovakia" was
officially used from 1918 through 1992. On January
1, 1993, the country split into the Czech Republic and the
Slovak Republic.
