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Also Known As Petr Chelčický
Born c.1390 • Czechoslovakia
Died c.1460 • Czechoslovakia
Subjects Of Study Hussite
Jaroslav Drobny
Czech athlete
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague
Czech philosopher
Jan Rokycana
Bohemian archbishop
Žižka, Jan, Count
Jan, Count Žižka
Bohemian leader
George
George
king of Bohemia
Peter Payne
English theologian
Prokop The Bald
Bohemian priest
Stan Mikita
Canadian ice-hockey player
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Jürgen Ovens: portrait of John Amos Comenius
John Amos Comenius
Czech educator
Tomáš Masaryk
Tomáš Masaryk
president of Czechoslovakia
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
United States secretary of state
Švankmajer, Jan
Jan Švankmajer
Czech artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker
Max Wertheimer
Czech-born psychologist
Navratilova, Martina
Martina Navratilova
Czech American tennis player
Jagr, Jaromir
Jaromir Jagr
Czech hockey player
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera
Czech writer
Václav Havel
Václav Havel
president of Czech Republic