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Religious reformer and Czech nationalist symbol who was burned at the stake as a heretic
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Jan Hus
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Female tennis player who won Wimbledon Championships in 2011 and in 2014
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Petra Kvitová
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Student of history whose self-immolation was a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring
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Jan Palach
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Holy Roman emperor after whom was the bridge in Prague named
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Charles IV
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Composer of famous symphonic poem Vltava (The Moldau)
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Bedrich Smetana
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Philosopher, sociologist, politician and Czechoslovakia’s first president
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Tomas Masaryk
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Writer who became a naturalized French citizen after going into exile in France in 1975
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Milan Kundera
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Female tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles
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Martina Navratilova
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First president of the Czech Republic after whom was the airport in Prague named
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Vaclav Havel
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Model and actress, former Victoria's Secret Angel and Vogue cover star
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Karolina Kurkova
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Director of movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus
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Miloš Forman
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One of the greatest professional hockey players of all time
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Jaromir Jagr
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One of the most successful Czech players of all time who played for Lazio and Juventus
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Pavel Nedved
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Football goalkeeper who played for Arsenal and Chelsea
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Petr Čech
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Czechoslovak artistic gymnast who won seven Olympic gold medals in the 1960s
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Věra Čáslavská
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Czech national hero who was nicknamed "One-eyed"
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Jan Žižka
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The father of genetics and the laws of heredity
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Gregor Mendel
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World record holder who competed in the javelin throw
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Jan Železny
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Male tennis player who won 8 Grand Slam singles titles
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Ivan Lendl
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Composer of the Florentiner March and the Entrance of the Gladiators
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Julius Fučik
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President of Czech Republic since 2013
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Miloš Zeman
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Composer best known for his symphony From the New World
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Antonin Dvorak
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First woman from Central Europe to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated
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Paulina Porizkova
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Writer, poet and journalist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1984
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Jaroslav Seifert
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One of the greatest ice hockey goaltenders of all time
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Dominik Hašek
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