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This is a list of notable Czech Americans. Many people on this list are not ethnically Czech but rather born in Bohemian/Moravian territory, of German and/or Jewish extraction. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Czech American or must have references showing they are Czech American and are ...
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
American people of Moravian descent (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "American people of Czech descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 393 total.
This is a partial list of famous Czech people. This list includes people born in Czech lands, people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry or association with Czech culture. Note: If you wish to add a name to this list, first add it here instead: Biography Stub Factory. This prevents the list from ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Literary giant Nathanial Hawthorne was born in 1804. Most famous for "The Scarlet Letter," the author is also a descendant of one of the leading figures in the Salem witch ...
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. And for the fourth year in a row, the most common answer besides "I can't think of one" was the ...
Gratiela Brancusi – American-Romanian actress; Yul Brynner – Russian-American actor and honorary president of the International Romani Union; Jesús Castro- Spanish actor; Charlie Chaplin – English comic actor [29] Lyalya Chyornaya – Russian actress; Jan Cina – Czech actor [30] Joaquín Cortés – Spanish ballet and flamenco dancer
Concentrated in Central Texas, Czech Texans have preserved their identity through the Painted Churches of Texas, traditional Czech events, and bakeries specializing in Czech pastries. As of the 2020 United States census , there are 193,058 Czech-Americans living in Texas , the largest number of any state.