Dvorák
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Dvořák or Dvorak
- Ann DvorakAnn DvorakAnn Dvorak was an American film actress.Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told The Literary Digest: "My name is properly pronounced vor'shack. The D remains silent...
(1912–1979), American film actress - Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
(1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music - August DvorakAugust DvorakAugust Dvorak was an educational psychologist and professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, are best known for creating the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout in the 1930s as a replacement for the QWERTY keyboard layout...
(1894–1975), American psychologist, co-creator of the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard - Bill DvořákBill DvorákBill Dvořák, of Salida, Colorado, was instrumental in establishing the sport of Whitewater Rafting.Dvořák holds the first-issued River Recreation Outfitter license, serial number 001. His company runs trips throughout the American Southwest and in some other countries as well...
(born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter - Dusty DvorakDusty DvorakDouglas Scott Dvorak is a former volleyball player from the United States, who was a member of the American Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Dvorak was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1998.-External link:*...
, American volleyball player - John C. DvorakJohn C. DvorakJohn C. Dvorak is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the Vice-President of Mevio and well known for his work for Tech TV...
(born 1952), American computer industry columnist and new media personality - Josef DvořákJosef DvorákJosef Dvořák is a Czech actor. He started his career in Kadaň from where Pavel Fiala took him to Kladivadlo in Ústí nad Labem. He was an external actor in theatre Semafor in 1972-1990. In 1990 he established his own theatre company Divadelní společnost Josefa Dvořáka...
(born 1942), Czech actor - Karel Dvořák (disambiguation), multiple people
- Karel Dvořák (biathlete)Karel Dvorák (biathlete)Karel Dvořák is a former Czechoslovak cross-country skier.Dvořák was an army service enlistee for two years, and during this time he was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1948 which placed sixth. Before they went to St...
, a Czechoslovak cross-country skier - Max DvořákMax DvorákMax Dvořák was a Czech-born Austrian art historian...
(1874–1921), Austrian art historian - Milan DvořákMilan DvořákMilan Dvořák is a former Czech football player.Dvořák started his career at Bohemians Prague. At the age of 18 he already debuted in the Czechoslovakia national team. Two years later, in 1954 he moved to Dukla Prague to serve his military service there. He stayed at Dukla even after his compulsory...
, Czechoslovak footballer - Pavel DvořákPavel DvořákPavel Dvořák is a Czech football player who currently plays for FC Hradec Králové.-References:* -External links:* at ČMFS website*...
, Czech footballer - Radek DvořákRadek DvorakRadek Dvořák is a Czech professional ice hockey currently a member of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
(born 1977), Czech NHL ice hockey player - Tomáš DvořákTomáš DvorákTomáš Dvořák is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is triple decathlon world champion and a former world record holder , which is still second performance in all-time list...
(born 1972), Czech decathlon and heptathlon athlete - Vernon DvorakVernon DvorakVernon F. Dvorak is a retired American meteorologist. In 1973 he developed the Dvorak technique to analyze tropical cyclones from satellite imagery. He worked with the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service...
, American meteorologist and developer of the Dvorak technique
Dvorakova or Dvořáková
- Denisa DvorakovaDenisa DvorakovaDenisa Dvořáková is a Czech model, who is best known as the winner of the Elite Model Look 2006.-Early life:Denisa was in Prague, Czech Republic. She's known for her apathetic, calm and somewhat sarcastic appearance in photo shoots and on the runway.-Elite Model Look and career:Denisa entered the...
, a Czech model - Eva ŠvankmajerováEva ŠvankmajerováEva Švankmajerová was a Czech surrealist artist. She was born Eva Dvořáková. A native of the Czech town of Kostelec nad Černými lesy, she moved to Prague in 1958 to study at the Prague School of Interior Design and later the Academy of Performing Arts...
née Dvořáková - Helena DvořákováHelena DvořákováHelena Dvořáková is a Czech actress. Also dvor-zha-kaw-vah: - last A is long.- Biography :She was born in 30 January 1979 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She studied at an academic gymnasium and later continued her studies of dramatic arts at the Janáček Academy of Musical Arts in Brno. She graduated...
, a Czech actress
Dworschak
- Leo Ferdinand DworschakLeo Ferdinand DworschakLeo Ferdinand Dworschak was the fourth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo, in Fargo, North Dakota....
(1900 - 1976), the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Fargo
Dworshak
- Henry Clarence DworshakHenry DworshakHenry Clarence Dworshak was a Republican United States Representative and a United States Senator from Idaho....
(1894, Duluth, Minnesota - 1962, Washington, D.C.)
Other uses
- Dvorak Simplified KeyboardDvorak Simplified KeyboardThe Dvorak Simplified Keyboard is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, Dr. William Dealey. Over the years several slight variations were designed by the team led by Dvorak or by ANSI...
, an alternative to the QWERTY keyboard layout, named after August Dvorak - Dvorak encodingDvorak encodingDvorak encoding is a type of encoding based on the differences in layout of a QWERTY keyboard and a Dvorak keyboard. There are two main variations: One is achieved by typing in the Dvorak layout on a QWERTY keyboard, and the other is similarly achieved by typing in the QWERTY layout on a Dvorak...
, a substitution cipher based on the difference between the QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard layouts - Dvorak (game)Dvorak (game)Dvorak is a customizable card game that begins with a deck of blank index cards. These index cards are written and drawn upon by players before or during the game...
, a customizable card game - Dvorak techniqueDvorak techniqueThe Dvorak technique is a widely used system to subjectively estimate tropical cyclone intensity based solely on visible and infrared satellite images. Several agencies issue Dvorak intensity numbers for cyclones of sufficient intensity...
, a subjective method of deriving cyclone intensity from satellite imagery - Dvorak AwardsDvorak AwardsThe Dvorak Awards for Excellence in Communication were established by computing columnist John C. Dvorak. Ascend Communications was their primary sponsor, but other businesses both inside and outside the computing industry also assumed sponsorship. The awards were given from 1992 through 1997...
for "excellence in telecommunications" - Dworshak National Fish HatcheryDworshak National Fish HatcheryDworshak National Fish Hatchery is a "mitigation" hatchery located on the Clearwater River within the Nez Perce Reservation near Orofino, in north-central Idaho. It was constructed in 1969 by the Army Corps of Engineers, and is presently co-managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nez...
, a "mitigation" hatchery - Dworshak DamDworshak DamDworshak Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States on the North Fork Clearwater River. The dam is located northwest of the city of Orofino, and east of Lewiston. The dam is the highest straight-axis concrete dam in the Western Hemisphere and the 22nd...
, a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States