• Kateřina Emmons (sports shooter), *1983
• Kateřina Neumannová (cross country skier), *1973
• Barbora Špotáková (javelin thrower), *1981
• Petr Čech (football goalkeeper), *1982
• Dominik Hašek (hockey goalkeeper), *1965
• Jan Železný (javelin thrower), *1966
• Jaromír Jágr (hockey player), *1972
• Aleš Valenta (acrobatic skier), *1973
• Martina Navrátilová (tennis player), *1956
• Ivan Lendl (tennis player), *1960
• Alena „Ája“ Vrzáňová (figure skater), *1931
• Emil Zátopek (athlete), 1922-2000
• Dana Zátopková (javelin thrower), *1922
• Věra Čáslavská (gymnast), *1942

Do you know what have these people in common?
They are sportsmen and sportwomen of course...

And what about these people?

• Miloš Forman (film director),*1932
• Magdalena Kožená (opera singer), *1973
• Eva Jiřičná (architect), *1939
• Milan Kundera (writer), *1929
• Václav Havel (first President of the Czech Republic), *1936
• David Černý (artist, author of Entropa), *1967
• Madeleine K. Albrightová (politician), *1948
• Ivana Trump (model, skier), *1949
• Blanka Matragi (fashion designer), *1953
• Taťána Kuchařová (Miss World 2006), *1987

Do you know yet? All of them are Czechs!

You can get more information about famous Czechs of the past century and famous persons from the Czech history at www.czech.cz