Ján
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Famous people named Ján
- Ján MuchaJán MuchaJán Mucha is a Slovak football goalkeeper who plays for Everton and Slovakia national team.-Early career:Ján Mucha started his career in his local club TJ Slovan Belá nad Cirochou. Then he moved to MŠK Snina, and later to Inter Bratislava. He spent there 2 seasons in A-team, but he did not play in...
, Slovak footballer - Ján Šťastný, Slovak hockey player
- Ján BahýľJán BahýlJán Bahýľ was a Slovak inventor and constructor. He was working on several problems from the areas of military science, military construction, engineering etc. Among others, he focused on flying machines. In 1895, he was granted a patent on helicopter.-Biography:Ján Bahýľ was born in Zvolenská...
, inventor - Ján ČapkovičJán CapkovicJán Čapkovič is a former Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 20 matches and scored 6 goals...
, football player - Ján ČarnogurskýJán CarnogurskýJán Čarnogurský is a former Slovak politician, a former Prime Minister of Slovakia and the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement .He is married and has 4 children.- Before 1989 :...
, former Prime Minister of Slovakia - Ján CikkerJán CikkerJán Cikker was a Slovak composer, a leading exponent of modern Slovak classical music. He was awarded the title National Artist in Slovakia, the Herder Prize and the UNESCO Prize .-Life:...
, composer - Ján ĎuricaJán DuricaJán Ďurica is a Slovakian footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Slovakia national football team.-Career:...
, football player - Ján FigeľJán FigelJán Figeľ is a Slovakian politician, previously European Commissioner for Education, Training & Culture. His area of responsibility also covered sport, youth, and relations with civil society.-Early career:...
, European Commissioner - Ján GolianJán GolianJán Golian was a Slovak Brigadier General who became famous as one of the main organizers and the commander of the insurrectionist 1st Czecho-Slovak Army in Slovakia during the Slovak National Uprising against the Nazis...
, soldier, military leader of Slovak National Uprising - Ján HollýJán HollýJán Hollý was a Slovak poet and translator. He was the first greater Slovak poet to write exclusively in the newly standardized literary Slovak language. His predecessors mostly wrote in various regional versions of Czech, Slovakized Czech or Latin...
, poet and translator - Ján KadárJán KadárJán Kadár was a Slovak film writer and director. As a filmmaker, he worked in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the United States, and Canada. Most of his films were directed in tandem with Elmar Klos. The two became best known for their Oscar-winning The Shop on Main Street...
, film director - Ján KocianJán KocianJán Kocian is a Slovak football coach and former player.-Career:During his playing days, he made 209 appearances for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German club FC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.-International:He was capped 26 times...
, football player - Ján KollárJán KollárJán Kollár was a Slovak writer , archaeologist, scientist, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism.- Life :...
, writer - Ján KožiakJán KožiakJán Kožiak is a Slovakian footballer who plays as a striker for FSV Zwickau.-External links:*...
, football player - Ján LašákJán LašákJán Lašák is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Jokerit of the SM-Liiga. Lašák was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in the 2nd round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft and spent the following four seasons in North America before returning...
, ice-hockey goalkeeper - Ján PackaJán PackaJán Packa is a former Czechoslovak/Slovak handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the Czechoslovak team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches as goalkeeper.-References:...
, handball player - Ján SlotaJán SlotaJán Slota is the co-founder and President of the Slovak National Party, an extremist nationalist party. Slota as the leader of SNS entered into a coalition with Robert Fico's Smer in 2006...
, politician - Ján SvoradaJán SvoradaJán Svorada is a retired Slovak and Czech road racing cyclist.- Palmarès :19901994Ján Svorada is a retired Slovak and Czech road racing cyclist.- Palmarès :1990:Peace Race1994...
, cyclist - Ján ZvaraJán ZvaraJán Zvara is a retired high jumper who represented Czechoslovakia. His greatest achievement was the bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 2.36 metres, achieved in August 1987 in Prague.-Achievements:-External links:...
, high jumper