Famous Czechs

Name these famous people born, and in most cases raised, in realms of today's Czech republic.
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Last updated: February 10, 2019
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Famous Czech
First female US Secretary of State in U.S. history, serving from 1997 to 2001 during Clinton administration
Madeleine Albright
Statesman, writer, the last President of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993-2003)
Václav Havel
One of the best, if not the best, female tennis players of all time
Martina Navrátilová
Author best known for ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''
Milan Kundera
Novelist and short story writer, known for ''The Trial'' and ''The Metamorphosis''
Franz Kafka
Long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Emil Zátopek
Composer, best know for ''New World Symphony'' and for using rhythms and other aspects of the Bohemian folk music
Antonín Dvořák
Ice Hockey player who has the second-most points in NHL history
Jaromír Jágr
Art Nouveau era painter, illustrator and graphic artist, best known for stylized and decorative theatrical posters of Sarah Bernhardt
Alphonse Mucha
Industrialist who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust (and that was made into an Oscar winning movie by Spielberg)
Oscar Schindler
Austrian-Czech architect and theorist of modern architecture, designed f.ex Steiner House and "Looshaus" in Vienna
Adolf Loos
Humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian, anarchist and author of ''The Good Soldier Švejk''
Jaroslav Hašek
Writer, playwright and critic who is best known for his science fiction work, and introducing the word robot
Karel Čapek
Film director and screenwriter known for ''Amadeus'' and ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''
Miloš Forman
First wife of a New York builder (and later a U.S. president (2016-))
Ivana Trump
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Level 69
Feb 9, 2019
Excellent quiz.
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Level 59
Feb 9, 2019
Thanks ;)