FAMOUS CZECHS
By Tim Lambert
Madeleine Albright 1937- US Secretary of State Benes 1884-1948 President Vlastimil Brodsky 1920-2002 Actor Karel Capek 1890-1938 Writer Jarolslav Droby 1921-2001 Tennis player Antonin Dvorak 1841-1904 Composer Alexander Dubcek 1921-1992 President at the time of the Soviet invasion in 1968. Milos Forman 1932- Film Director Karel Gott 1939- Singer Dominik Hasek 1965- Hockey Player Joseph Hasner 1819-1892 Ophthalmologist Vaclav Havel 1936- President Jaroslav Heyrovsky 1890-1967 Chemist Rudolf Hrusinsky 1920-1994 Actor Jan Hus 1370-1415 Religous reformer Jaromir Jagr 1972- Hockey Player Leos Janacek 1854-1928 Composer Vladimir Josefkrajina 1905-1993 Botanist Franze Kafka 1883-1924 Writer Karel Kryl 1944-1994 Singer/songwriter Milan Kundera 1929- Writer Ivan Lendl 1960- Tennis Player Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939 Artist Martina Navratilova 1956- Tennis player Jaromir Nohavica 1955- Singer/songwriter Vaclav Petrzilka 1905-1976 Physicist Johannes Purkinje 1787-1869 Physiologist Vladimir Remek 1948- The first Czech in space Jaroslav Seifert 1901-1986 Writer Bedrich Smetana 1824-1884 Composer Josef Sudek 1896-1976 Photographer Otto Wichterle 1913-1998 Invented modern contact lens Emil Zatopek 1922- 2000 Athlete