List of Slovaks
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- are or were citizens of SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
or CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, - are or were of SlovakSlovaksThe Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
identity or ancestry.
Politicians (contemporary)
- Iveta RadičováIveta RadicováIveta Radičová is the Prime Minister of Slovakia and a member of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She was sworn into office on 8 July 2010 as the head of a four-party center-right coalition government following the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, until the fall of...
(1956) - sixth prime minister of modern SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south... - Robert FicoRobert FicoRobert Fico served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from July 4, 2006 to July 8, 2010.He is the leader of the left-wing party Direction – Social Democracy . The party won the parliamentary elections in 2006, receiving approximately 30 percent of the cast votes...
(1964) - fifth prime minister of modern SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south... - Mikuláš DzurindaMikuláš DzurindaMikuláš Dzurinda is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 30 October 1998 to 4 July 2006. He was a founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union...
(1955) - fourth prime minister of modern SlovakiaSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south... - Ivan GašparovičIvan GašparovicIvan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
(1941) - 3rd president of Slovakia, previously chairman of the National Council of the Slovak RepublicNational Council of the Slovak RepublicThe National Council of the Slovak Republic , abbreviated to NR SR, is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral, and consists of 150 MPs, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation every four years.... - Jozef MoravčíkJozef MoravcíkJozef Moravčík is a Slovak diplomat and political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from 16 March 1994 to 13 December 1994, and later as the Mayor of Bratislava.- References :*...
(1945) - second prime minister of modern Slovakia - Michal KováčMichal KovácMichal Kováč was a Slovak politician in the early 1990s and the first President of Slovakia after the creation of that state from 1993 to 1998....
(1930) - the first president of modern Slovakia - Vladimír MečiarVladimír MeciarVladimír Mečiar is a Slovak politician who was Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998. He is the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia...
(1942) - first and third prime minister of modern Slovakia - Rudolf SchusterRudolf SchusterRudolf Schuster was the second President of Slovakia . He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. Schuster was defeated in the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he ran as an independent...
(1934) - the second president of modern Slovakia (He is of German and Hungarian ancestry) - Peter TomkaPeter TomkaPeter Tomka , is a Slovak diplomat and has served as a Judge on the International Court of Justice since 2003.-Early life and education:...
(1956) - Vice-President of the International Court of JusticeInternational Court of JusticeThe International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...
Politicians (19th and 20th century)
- Ferdinand ČatlošFerdinand CatlošFerdinand Čatloš was a Slovak military officer and politician. Throughout his short career in the administration of the Slovak Republic he held the post of Minister of Defence. He was also the commanding officer of the Field Army Bernolák during the Invasion of Poland...
(1895–1972) - politician, Minister of Defence - Štefan Marko DaxnerŠtefan Marko DaxnerŠtefan Marko Daxner was a Slovak lower nobleman, politician, lawyer, and poet. He was one of the most significant persons in Slovak history of the 19th century. He was a member of the Ľudovít Štúr generation.He studied at the Lutheran Lyceum of Bratislava and at the College of Prešov...
(1822–1892) - Slovak lower nobleman, politician, lawyer, and poet - Alexander DubčekAlexander DubcekAlexander Dubček , also known as Dikita, was a Slovak politician and briefly leader of Czechoslovakia , famous for his attempt to reform the communist regime during the Prague Spring...
(1921–1992) - leader of the Prague springPrague SpringThe Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II... - Andrej HlinkaAndrej HlinkaAndrej Hlinka was a Slovak politician and Catholic priest, one of the most important Slovak public activists in Czechoslovakia before Second World War...
(1864–1938) - popular priest and national leader before World War II - Fedor HodžaFedor HodžaFedor Hodža was a Slovak politician and lawyer, the son of Milan Hodža.He was a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Charles University in Prague...
(1912–1968) - politician and lawyer; the son of Milan Hodža. - Milan HodžaMilan HodžaMilan Hodža was a prominent Slovak politician and journalist, serving from 1935 to 1938 as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia and in December 1935 as the acting President of Czechoslovakia...
(1878–1944) - prime minister of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, politician and journalist - Gustáv HusákGustáv HusákGustáv Husák was a Slovak politician, president of Czechoslovakia and a long-term Communist leader of Czechoslovakia and of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia...
(1913–1991) - president of Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 1980s - Milan Rastislav ŠtefánikMilan Rastislav ŠtefánikMilan Rastislav Štefánik , Kingdom of Hungary – May 4, 1919 in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. During World War I, he was General of the French Army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War, one of the leading members of the...
(1880–1919) - astronomer, scientist, politician, and general; one of the founders of Czechoslovakia - Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937) - the first president of Czechoslovakia; son of a Slovak father and Czech mother
- Jozef TisoJozef TisoJozef Tiso was a Slovak Roman Catholic priest, politician of the Slovak People's Party, and Nazi collaborator. Between 1939 and 1945, Tiso was the head of the Slovak State, a satellite state of Nazi Germany...
(1887–1947) - president of the First Slovak Republic - Vojtech TukaVojtech TukaVojtech "Béla" Tuka was the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic between 1940 and 1945. Tuka was one the main forces behind the deportation of Slovak Jews to Nazi concentration camps in Poland...
(1880–1946) - Slovak People's PartySlovak People's PartyThe Slovak People's Party was a Slovak right-wing party and was described as a fascist and...
politician, teacher - Alexander MachAlexander MachAlexander Mach was a Slovak nationalist politician.He belonged to the non-clerical wing of the Slovak People's Party, which has been portrayed as the more pro-Nazi of the party's two factions...
(1902–1980) - Slovak People's Party politician, journalist - Martin RázusMartin RázusMartin Rázus was a Slovak poet, dramatist, writer, politician and evangelical priest -References:...
(1888–1937) - politician, priest - Jan ŠvermaJan ŠvermaJan Šverma was a Czechoslovak political activist, considered a national hero during the communist regime....
(1903–1944) - partisan, communist politician - Karol SidorKarol SidorKarol Sidor was a far right Slovak nationalist politician.A devout Roman Catholic, he was born in Ružomberok and came to politics early as a low-level supporter of Andrej Hlinka. After finishing his education he joined the Slovak People's Party and became one of its leading members on the...
(1901–1953) - far rightFar rightFar-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics. Far-right politics may involve anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are...
Slovak nationalist politician and commander of the Hlinka GuardHlinka GuardHlinka Guard was the militia maintained by the Slovak People's Party in the period from 1938 to 1945; it was named after Andrej Hlinka.The Hlinka Guard was preceded by the Rodobrana organization, which existed from 1923 to 1927, when the Czechoslovak authorities ordered its dissolution... - Jozef Miloslav HurbanJozef Miloslav HurbanJozef Miloslav Hurban , pseudonyms Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M...
(1817–1886) - priest, politician - Michal Miloslav HodžaMichal Miloslav HodžaMichal Miloslav Hodža was a Slovak national revivalist, Protestant priest, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovakian national movement in 1840's as a member of "the trinity" Štúr - Hurban - Hodža...
(1811–1870) - leader of a Slovak national group, Lutheran priest, poet, linguist - Vladimír ClementisVladimír ClementisVladimír "Vlado" Clementis was a Slovak minister, politician, lawyer, publicist, literary critic, author and a prominent member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. He married Lída Pátková, a daughter of a branch director of Czech Hypothec Bank in Bratislava, in March 1933. He became a Communist...
(1902–1952) - communist politician
Fighters, warriors, soldiers and revolutionaries
- Jozef GabčíkJozef GabcíkJozef Gabčík was a Slovak soldier of Czechoslovak army involved in Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of acting Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich....
(1912–1942) - soldier involved in the Operation AnthropoidOperation AnthropoidOperation Anthropoid was the code name for the targeted killing of top German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich. He was the chief of the Reich Main Security Office , the acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, and a chief planner of the Final Solution, the Nazi German programme for the genocide of the...
, the assassination of Reinhard HeydrichReinhard HeydrichReinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich , also known as The Hangman, was a high-ranking German Nazi official.He was SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, chief of the Reich Main Security Office and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia... - Matej KocakMatej KocakMatej Kocak , a United States Marine Corps sergeant, was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, for "heroism above and beyond the call of duty" in action against the enemy on July 18, 1918...
(1882–1918) - United States Marine Corps sergeant World War I, posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, in action against the enemy on July 18, 1918, Slovak origin, born in town Gbely, emigrated to US in 1906 - General 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...
(1906–?1945) - one of the main organizers of the Slovak National UprisingSlovak National UprisingThe Slovak National Uprising or 1944 Uprising was an armed insurrection organized by the Slovak resistance movement during World War II. It was launched on August 29 1944 from Banská Bystrica in an attempt to overthrow the collaborationist Slovak State of Jozef Tiso... - Augustín MalárAugustín MalárAugustín Malár was a Slovak General during World War II.-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross -References:...
(1894–1946) - Slovak General during World War II. - Michael StrankMichael StrankMichael Strank was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was photographed raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The leader of the group in the famous picture was Strank, who got the order to climb Mt. Suribachi to lay telephone wire...
- U.S. marineUnited States Marine CorpsThe United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
during World War II; the leader of the group of U.S. marines who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima; they were photographed in Raising the Flag on Iwo JimaRaising the Flag on Iwo JimaRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.The photograph was extremely... - Rudolf ViestRudolf ViestRudolf Viest , was Czechoslovakian division general of Slovakian ethnicity, commander of the partisan army during the Slovak National Uprising and the only Slovak general during the interwar period in the first Czechoslovak republic.In the years 1920-1939 he was...
(1890–?1945) - He was Slovak division general, commander of the partisan army during the Slovak National Uprising and the only Slovak general during the interwar period in the first Czechoslovak republic. - Jozef TuranecJozef TuranecJozef Turanec was a Slovak General during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
(1892–1957) - Slovak General during World War II. - Gustáv WendrinskýGustáv WendrinskýGustáv Wendrinský was a Slovak SS-Oberscharführer. He joined the Waffen SS as early as 1940....
(1923–1945) - Slovak SS–OberscharführerOberscharführerOberscharführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that existed between the years of 1932 and 1945. Translated as “Senior Squad Leader”, Oberscharführer was first used as a rank of the Sturmabteilung and was created due to an expansion of the enlisted positions required by growing SA membership... - Karol SidorKarol SidorKarol Sidor was a far right Slovak nationalist politician.A devout Roman Catholic, he was born in Ružomberok and came to politics early as a low-level supporter of Andrej Hlinka. After finishing his education he joined the Slovak People's Party and became one of its leading members on the...
(1901–1953) Hlinka Guard (The Slovak equivalent to the SS) first commander. - Jozef Miloslav HurbanJozef Miloslav HurbanJozef Miloslav Hurban , pseudonyms Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M...
(1817–1886) Slovak freedom fighter leader of Anti-Hungarian 1848 Sovak Uprising
First Ladies
- Livia KlausováLivia KlausováLivia Klausová née Mištinová is a Czech economist and the First Lady of the Czech Republic since 2003. An alumna of the University of Economics, Prague, she married fellow economist Václav Klaus in 1968. The couple have two sons, Václav and Jan , and five grandchildren...
- first lady of the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... - Silvia GašparovičováSilvia GašparovicováSilvia Gašparovičová née Beníková is the current first lady of Slovakia, wife of Ivan Gašparovič.Gašparovičová attended the Slovak Technical University from 1960 until 1965 where she studied civil engineering and also from 1971 to 1973 she studied economical law at Comenius University...
- first lady of Slovakia
Notable religious figures
- Pavol Peter GojdičPavol Peter GojdicPavol Gojdič, also known as Pavel Peter Gojdič or Peter Gojdič , was a Basilian monk and the bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov martyred by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia....
(Pavol Gojdič) (1888–1960) - Zdenka Schelingová (1916–1955)
- Basil HopkoBasil HopkoBasil or Vasiľ Hopko was a priest and bishop of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II for his martyrdom under Communist occupation.-Life:...
(1904–1976)
Religious Leaders
- Štefan MoysesŠtefan MoysesPhDr. Štefan Moyses was Slovak bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica, teacher, patriot, co-founder and first chairman of Matica slovenská.right|thumb|Memorial in Veselé- Biography :Štefan Moyses was ordained a priest in 1821...
(1797–1869) - bishop, patriot, the first president of the Matica Slovenská, the first Slovak cultural institution - Jozef Roháček (1877–1962) - Protestant activist and scholar (first Slovak BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
translated from the original languages) - Alexander RudnayAlexander RudnaySándor Rudnay de Rudnó et Divékujfalu was a Slovak Catholic priest, archbishop of Esztergom, and Cardinal who served in the Kingdom of Hungary....
(1760–1831)(hung.Hungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
: Rudnay Sándor) - archbishop - Ján SokolJán SokolJán Sokol is a Slovak priest and former Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Trnava.-Life:He studied at a grammar school in Topoľčany and studied theology and philosophy in Bratislava, before being ordained as a priest in 1957...
(1933- ) - He is a Slovak priest and former Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Trnava
Philosophers, Polyhistors, Teachers
- Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Paul Joseph Schaffarik, Pavel Josef Safarik) (1795–1861) – poet, professor, polyhistor
Linguists, Humanists and Historians
- Anton BernolákAnton BernolákAnton Bernolák Anton Bernolák Anton Bernolák (1 October 1762 in Slanica (a now inundated village near Námestovo – 15 January 1813 in Nové Zámky) was a Slovak linguist and Catholic priest and the author of the first Slovak language standard.-Life:...
(1762–1813) – lower nobleman, Jesuit, author of the first Slovak language standard (in the 1780s), which was based on western Slovak dialects - Ľudovít ŠtúrLudovít ŠtúrĽudovít Štúr , known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language...
(Ludevít Štúr) (1815–1856) - best known for his role in the development of the modern Slovak languageSlovak languageSlovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
(in 1844 he suggested that the central Slovak dialect should be used as the literary language of the SlovaksSlovaksThe Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
and in 1846 he codified the new language standard in his Nauka reči Slovenskej [Theory of the Slovak language]) - Martin HattalaMartin HattalaMartin Hattala was a Slovak pedagogue, Roman Catholic theologian and linguist...
(1821–1903) - linguist - Adam František KollárAdam František KollárAdam František Kollár − Adam Franz Kollár in older English sources, a Slovak lower nobleman, was a historian, ethnologist, and as Imperial-Royal Court Councilor and Chief Imperial-Royal Librarian, an influential advocate of Empress Maria Theresa's Enlightened and centralist policies...
(Adam Franz Kollar) (1718–1783) - historian, royal councilor and librarian of the Imperial Library in Vienna - Janko MatúškaJanko MatúškaJanko Matúška was a Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court...
(1821–1877), He was the author of the Slovak national anthem
Inventors and Engineers
- Jozef MurgašJozef MurgašJozef Murgaš was a Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, patriot, and Roman Catholic priest...
(1864–1929) – inventor of the wireless telegraph (forerunner of the radio). Murgas' "Rotary-spark-system" allowed for much faster communication, through the use of musical tones. He patented his new invention, which is now listed as the "Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus", as well as more inventions in this field. These patents would go on to form the foundations for the invention of the radio. Also devised a system which greatly improved the Morse code. His other patents include the spinning reel (for fishing), the wave meter, the electric transformerTransformerA transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...
, the magnetic detectorMagnetic detectorThe magnetic detector was one of the first practical devices able to make radio signals audible through a pair of headphones. It was not as sensitive as some detectors but despite that, it was favored for early maritime use because of its reliability....
, and an engine producing electromagnetic waves. - Aurel StodolaAurel StodolaAurel Boleslav Stodola was an engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was an ethnic Slovak. He was a pioneer in the area of technical thermodynamics and its applications and published his book Die Dampfturbine in 1903...
(1859–1942) – engineer and professor, enabled the construction of steam and gas turbines (around 1900), constructor of a movable artificial arm (the Stodola arm) in 1915 - John DopyeraJohn DopyeraJohn Dopyera was a Slovak-American inventor and entrepreneur, and a maker of stringed instruments. His inventions include the resonator guitar and important contributions in the early development of the electric guitar....
(Ján Dopjera) (1893–1988) – inventor of music instruments, invented the DobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
resonator guitar
Aviation
- 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...
(1865–1916) – military engineer, inventor of the motor-driven helicopterHelicopterA helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
(four years before Bréguet and CornuCornuCornu is a Latin word for horn.Cornu may also refer to:*Cornu , an ancient musical instrumentPeople:*Dominique Cornu, a Belgian road and track cyclist, born 1985....
). Bahýľ was granted 7 patents in all, including the invention of the tank pump, air balloons combined with an air turbine, the first petrol engine car in Slovakia (with Anton Marschall) and a lift up to Bratislava castle. - Štefan BaničŠtefan BanicŠtefan Banič was a Slovak inventor who devised a military parachute, the first parachute ever deployed in actual use....
(1870–1941) - the inventor of the military parachuteParachuteA parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...
and of the first actively used parachuteParachuteA parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon... - Ivan Alexander Getting (1912—2003) was an American physicist and electrical engineer, credited (along with Bradford Parkinson) with the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Natural Sciences and Medicine
- Vojtech AlexanderVojtech AlexanderVojtech Alexander , Alexander Béla was Slovak radiologist, one of the most influential radiologists in the world....
(1857–1916) - revolutionary radiologist - Daniel Carleton GajdusekDaniel Carleton GajdusekDaniel Carleton Gajdusek was an American physician and medical researcher who was the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for work on kuru, the first human prion disease demonstrated to be infectious....
(1923–2008) - American physician and Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner of Slovak descent - Andreas JaszlinszkyAndreas JaszlinszkyAndreas Jaszlinszky was the Slovakian-born author of the early physics textbooks Institutiones physicae pars prima, seu physica generalis and Institutiones physicae pars altera, seu physica particularis .- Biography :Jaszlinszky...
(18th century) - Jesuit physics professor - Ján JesenskýJan JeseniusJan Jesenius was a Slovak physician, politician and philosopher...
(Johann Jessenius) (1566–1621) - physician, surgeon, anatomist, rector of Charles University, Protestant activist and politician
Geology, Mineralogy
- Dimitrij AndrusovDimitrij AndrusovDimitrij Andrusov was a Slovak geologist, member of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He was first professor of geology on Slovak colleges. He is considered the founder of modern Slovak geology.- Life :...
(1897–1976) - famous geologist and paleontologist, founder of modern Slovak geology - Jan VeizerJan VeizerJán Veizer is the Distinguished University Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Institute for Geology, Mineralogy und Geophysis, of Bochum Ruhr University, he held the NSERC/Noranda/CIFAR Industrial Chair in Earth System Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry until 2004...
(1941) - geochemist and paleoclimatologist
Archeology
- Andrej KmeťAndrej KmetAndrej Kmeť Andrej Kmeť Andrej Kmeť (November 19, 1841, Szénásfalu, Kingdom of Hungary (today Bzenica, Slovakia) - February 16, 1908, Turócszentmárton (today Martin, Slovakia) was a Slovak botanist, ethnographer, archaeologist, and geologist. He identified several new species of plants and created...
(1841–1908) - botanist, archaeologist - Ján KollárJán KollárJán Kollár was a Slovak writer , archaeologist, scientist, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism.- Life :...
- pastor, writer, archaeologist, academic
Physics
- Dionýz IlkovičDionýz IlkovičDionýz Ilkovič was a Slovak physicist and physical chemist. Along with Jaroslav Heyrovský, he helped to establish theoretical basis of polarography. In this field, he is an author of an important result, called Ilkovič equation. He was also one of the leading figures in modern university-level...
(1907–1980) - famous Slovak physicist - Stefan JanosStefan Janos (Physicist)Stefan Janos is a Slovak-Swiss university physicist and professor, founder of very low temperature physics in Slovakia.- Life :...
(1943 Suchohrad) - low temperature physicist living in Switzerland - Ivan Wilhelm :cs:Ivan Wilhelm (1942 Trnava) - nuclear physicist, former rector of Charles University in PragueCharles University in PragueCharles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...
Mathematics
- Jur HronecJur HronecJur Hronec was an important Slovak mathematician.- Biography :Hronec was born in Gočovo, Slovakia. He died in Bratislava, Slovakia....
- mathematician - Igor KluvánekIgor KluvánekIgor Kluvánek was a Slovak-Australian mathematician.-Academic career:Igor Kluvánek obtained his first degree in electrical engineering from the Slovak Polytechnic University, Bratislava, in 1953. His first appointment was in the Department of Mathematics of the same institution. At the same time...
- mathematician - Samuel MikovínySamuel MikovínySamuel Mikovíny or Mikoviny Sámuel was a renowned Hungarian mathematician, engineer, map maker, and professor. He was a leading representative of science and technology in the 18th century Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Monarchy...
- Hungarian mathematician, engineer and map maker - Tibor ŠalátTibor ŠalátTibor Šalát was a Slovak mathematician. His works dealt mostly with number theory and real analysis.He was also a teacher and a prolific author of textbooks for undergraduate and graduate students in the Slovak language....
- mathematician, author of many mathematical textbooks in Slovak languageSlovak languageSlovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people... - Peter ŠtefanPeter StefanPeter Štefan was a Slovak mathematician who was known for his works on dynamical systems and mathematical entropy....
- mathematician - Štefan ZnámŠtefan ZnámŠtefan Znám was a Slovak mathematician, believed to be the first to ponder Znám's problem in modern times....
- mathematician
Computer Science
- Norbert Frištacký - IEEE The Computer Pioneer Award (for pioneering digital devices) http://www2.fiit.stuba.sk/fristacky/w/
- Jozef Gruska http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/gruska/ - professor of quantum computingQuantum computerA quantum computer is a device for computation that makes direct use of quantum mechanical phenomena, such as superposition and entanglement, to perform operations on data. Quantum computers are different from traditional computers based on transistors...
, IEEE Computer Pioneer Award - Juraj HromkovičJuraj HromkovicJuraj Hromkovič is a Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich. He is the author of numerous monographs and scientific publications in the field of algorithmics, computational complexity theory, and randomization.- Biography :...
- Slovak computer scientist living in Switzerland
Astronomers (20th century)
- Milan Rastislav ŠtefánikMilan Rastislav ŠtefánikMilan Rastislav Štefánik , Kingdom of Hungary – May 4, 1919 in Ivanka pri Dunaji, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer. During World War I, he was General of the French Army, at the same time the Czechoslovak Minister of War, one of the leading members of the...
- Milan AntalMilan AntalMilan Antal was a Slovak astronomer.Working at Skalnaté Pleso Observatory, he discovered a number of asteroids. The asteroid 6717 Antal is named after him.- References :...
- Antonín BečvářAntonín BečvářAntonín Bečvář was a Czech astronomer who was active in Slovakia. He was born in Stará Boleslav. Among his chief achievements is the foundation of the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory and the discovery of the comet C/1947 F2 .Bečvář is particularly important for his star charts: he led the compilation...
- Ladislav BrožekLadislav BrožekLadislav Brožek is/was a Slovak astronomer. He discovered a number of 23 minor planets between 1979 and 1982 at Kleť Observatory.- References :...
- Ľubor KresákLubor KresákĽubor Kresák was a Slovak astronomer.He discovered two comets: the periodic comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and the non-periodic C/1954 M2 ....
- Dušan KalmančokDušan KalmancokDušan Kalmančok is a Slovak astronomer.He has discovered a number of asteroids. According to the citation for an asteroid named after him, 29824 Kalmancok, "He significantly contributed to building the Comenius University Modra. He participated in the development of observational programs for...
- Ľudmila PajdušákováLudmila PajdušákováĽudmila Pajdušáková was a Slovak astronomer.She specialized in solar astronomy, and also discovered a number of comets, including periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, and the non-periodic C/1946 K1 , C/1948 E1 , C/1951 C1 and C/1953 X1 .She observed at Skalnaté Pleso...
- Vladimír PorubčanVladimír PorubcanProf. RNDr. Vladimír Porubčan, DrSc., is a Slovak astronomer. He is a member of Astronomical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Interplanetary Matter. His field of interest contains meteors, meteor streams, meteorites, asteroids, and comets. His significant works along with...
- Ladislav E. Roth http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Roth/ - planetary scientist at NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
in Pasadena, CaliforniaPasadena, CaliforniaPasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
, United States. He participated in the exploration of MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
, VenusVenusVenus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
, the MoonMoonThe Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
, and the satellites of SaturnSaturnSaturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
. He has also done experimental and theoretical research of various new technologies, such as microwaveMicrowaveMicrowaves, a subset of radio waves, have wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF , and various sources use different boundaries...
remote sensingRemote sensingRemote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means of propagated signals Remote sensing...
and radar altimetry. - Juraj TóthJuraj TóthJuraj Tóth is a Slovak astronomer, a professor of astronomy at Comenius University in Bratislava.He had observed the 1998 Leonid meteor shower from Modra Observatory, the results of his observation was later published in the journal, Earth, Moon, and Planets. His photograph of the Leonid meteor...
Astronauts
- Ivan BellaIvan BellaIvan Bella is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space...
(1964) – the first astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
of Slovakia (in 1998) - Eugene Cernan (1934) – U.S. astronaut, last man to set foot on the Moon, son of the Slovak immigrant Ondrej Čerňan.
Composers
- For a longer list, see separate article.
- Alexander AlbrechtAlexander AlbrechtAlexander Albrecht was a composer, an important exponent of the Slovak music in the first half of the 20th century.- Biography :...
(1885–1958) – composer, conductor, teacher - Ján Levoslav BellaJán Levoslav BellaJán Levoslav Bella was a Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher, who wrote in the spirit of the Nationalist Romantic movement of the 19th century.- Life :Bella was raised in a Roman Catholic family...
(1843–1936) – composer, author of the first Slovak opera "Kováč Wieland" - Juraj BenešJuraj BenešJuraj Beneš was a Slovak composer, teacher, and pianist.He graduated from the university called Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and was a pupil of Ján Cikker, who was one of the best known Slovak composers. Since 1983 Beneš taught at the same university.Beneš's work followed current...
(1940–2004) – composer - 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:...
(1911–1989) – composer, teacher - Viliam Figuš-BystrýViliam Figuš-BystrýViliam Figuš-Bystrý was a Slovak composer, teacher and author of the first Slovak national opera Detvan....
(1875–1937) – composer, teacher - Tibor FrešoTibor FrešoTibor Frešo was a Slovak composer and conductor.Frešo was born in Spišský Štiavnik. He conducted the orchestra of the Slovak National Opera as well as the Slovak Philharmonic. He died in Piešťany.-External links:*...
(1918–1987) – composer, conductor - Frico KafendaFrico KafendaFrico Kafenda was a Slovak composer, and a musical pedagogue. His piano students included a famous composer Eugen Suchoň....
(1883–1963) – composer, teacher, pianist, conductor - Dezider KardošDezider KardošDezider Kardoš , was Slovak composer, one of the main representatives of modern Slovak classical music. He was awarded the title National Artist in 1975, in 2006 was matriculated into the Gold Book of the Slovak Performing and Mechanical Rights Society .-Life:After finishing the high school , he...
(1914–1991) – composer, teacher - Ladislav KupkovičLadislav KupkovicLadislav Karol Kupkovič is a Slovak composer and conductor.-Life:Kupkovič was born in Bratislava, and studied violin and conducting there, first at the conservatory, then at the Academy of Performing Arts. He played violin in the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra from 1960 to 1965, and then began to...
(1936) – composer, conductor - Ján MóryJán MóryJán Móry was a Slovak composer and pedagogue also known under pseudonym H. Tschirmer.-Life:...
(Johann Mory) (1892–1978) – composer - Alexander MoyzesAlexander MoyzesAlexander Moyzes , was a Slovak 20th century neoromantic composer.-Biography:Moyzes was born into a musical family in 1906 at Kláštor pod Znievom in present Slovakia. His father was the composer and educator Mikuláš Moyzes...
(1906–1984) – composer - Mikuláš Schneider-TrnavskýMikuláš Schneider-TrnavskýMikuláš Schneider-Trnavský KSG was a Slovak composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was popular mostly because of his songs, some becoming traditional.-Life:...
(1881–1958) – composer - Eugen SuchoňEugen SuchonEugen Suchoň was one of the greatest Slovak composers of the 20th century.-Early life:...
(1908–1993) – the most important Slovak composer, teacher - Iris SzeghyIris Szeghy-Biography:Iris Szeghy was born in Prešov, Slovakia. She studied piano and composition at the Conservatory in Košice and composition at the Music Academy in Bratislava. She continued her studies in Budapest, Warsaw, the University of California in San Diego, and at the STEIM Studio in Amsterdam...
(1956) – woman composer
- Alexander Albrecht
Conductors
- Peter BreinerPeter BreinerPeter Breiner is a Slovak pianist, conductor, and composer.Breiner began to play and study the piano at age four. At age nine, he started to study at Conservatory in Košice, Slovakia...
(1957) – conductor, composer, pianist - Ondrej LenárdOndrej LenárdOndrej Lenárd is a Slovakian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 1990 and of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra from 1991 to 2001, where his concert work included performances of Ján Bella's Wieland der Schmied. His recordings include a...
(1942) – conductor - Ľudovít RajterLudovít RajterĽudovít Rajter was a Slovak composer and conductor of ethnic Hungarian origin. The Rayter family immigrated to Hungary from South-Germany, but were of Dutch origin...
(1906–2000) - conductor, teacher, composer - Bystrík RežuchaBystrík RežuchaBystrík Režucha is a Slovak conductor. He is a former chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra.-External links:*...
(1935) – conductor - Ladislav SlovákLadislav SlovákLadislav Slovák was a Slovak conductor.He was a long-time director of the Slovak Philharmonic, taking over the job from his teacher and mentor Václav Talich. Amongst his most important recordings is the entire collection of Dmitri Shostakovich's fifteen symphonies, published by Naxos Records...
(1919–1999) – conductor
Opera Singers
- Peter DvorskýPeter DvorskýPeter Dvorský is a Slovak operatic tenor. Possessing a lyrical voice with a soft, elastic tone, and warm and melodious timbre, Dvorský's repertoire concentrates on roles from the Italian and Slavic repertories....
(1951) – tenor - Edita GruberováEdita GruberováEdita Gruberová , is a Slovak soprano who is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility, dramatic interpretation, and ability to sing high notes with great power, which made her an ideal Queen of the Night in her early years...
(1946-) – soprano - Jozef KundlákJozef KundlákJozef Kundlák is a Slovak tenor.-Early career:Kundlák was born in Bratislava and studied at the Conservatory in Bratislava in Prof. Ida Černecka's class. After finishing his studies he participated in the Summer Opera Course of the European Opera Center in Belgium in 1984...
(1956-) - tenor - Lucia PoppLucia PoppLucia Popp was a notable Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette soprano, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the...
(1939–1993) – soprano - Luba OrgonasovaLuba OrgonasovaL'ubica Orgonášová is a Slovak operatic soprano, who is particularly known for her interpretation of Mozart roles....
(1961-) – soprano
Jazz
- Peter LipaPeter LipaPeter Lipa is a Slovak singer, composer and promoter of jazz.Lipa was born in Prešov, and has mainly worked in Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. His roots are blues, soul and mainstream classical, and his work ranges from jazz standards through to funk and rock.In 2003, he released...
(1943) - an important current Jazz singer, composer - Laco DecziLaco DécziLaco Déczi is a Slovak-American jazz trumpeter and composer, leader of Jazz Celula New York.-External links:** * *...
(1938) - Jazz musician, trumpet player, composer - Martin ValihoraMartin ValihoraMartin Valihora is a Slovak drummer and percussionist.Valihora studied piano between 1986–1987, but then switched to drums, having received private lessons from a Slovak drummer Oldo Petráš. He then studied drums and percussions at the Conservatorium in Bratislava between 1990-1992...
(1976) - Jazz musician, drummer
Popular Music (20th century)
- Jaroslav FilipJaroslav FilipJaroslav Filip , known as Jaro Filip, was Slovak musician, composer, humorist, dramaturg, actor, columnist and promoter of the Internet in Slovakia with an extraordinary range of activities...
(1949–2000) - musician, composer, vocalist, actor, playwright - Marika GombitováMarika GombitováMarika Gombitová is a female singer-songwriter. Having sold one million albums at least, she is considered as the most popular female vocalist in Slovakia. Her vocal range - falsetto excluding - overpasses two octaves; from e to fis2...
(1956) - singer, composer, musician since the second half of the 70s - Pavol HammelPavol HammelPavol Hammel is a Slovak musician, singer and producer.Pavol Hammel was born to a family of musicians. His father played violin in the Slovak National Theatre, and influenced Pavol to become a promising violin player too....
(1948) - singer, composer, musician (reached his height the 1970s and 1980s) - Ján LehotskýJán LehotskýJán, respectively Janko Lehotský is a Slovak composer and former leader of the Modus band.Lehotský began his performing career when he was four years old, when he performed in a marionette theater. He was a freelance composer during the Velvet Revolution. In 1974 he began managing the band Modus,...
(1947) - composer, musician, singer of Modus (a band having reached its height in the late 1970s) - Laco LučeničLaco LucenicLaco Lučenič is a Slovak musician and music producer. He is known as a former member of such Slovak bands as Fermáta, Prúdy, Modus, and Limit...
(1952) - musician, producer, member of Modus - Richard MüllerRichard Müller (singer)Richard Müller is a Slovak singer, songwriter, composer and occasional actor. He is one of the most successful singers in Slovakia.- Biography :He started as a music journalist...
(1961) - the best-known current Slovak pop-rock singer - Peter NagyPeter NagyPeter Nagy is a Czechoslovak-Slovak slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s from the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal for Czechoslovakia in the K-1 team event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Tacen....
(1959) - pop singer, text-writer (reached his height in the late 1980s and early 1990s) - Vašo Patejdl (1954) - the most important Slovak pop composer in the 1980s and 1990s, singer, musician
- Jozef RážJozef RážJozef or Jožo Ráž is a Slovak singer.Ráž is co-founder of the Slovak rock music band Elán. He was born in Bratislava...
(1954) - current singer of Elán (a band having reached its height in the 1980s) - Dežo UrsinyDežo UrsinyDezider Ursiny was a Slovak rock musician and a television and film screenwriter and director. He is considered one of the most important personalities of Slovak rock music and one of the most talented and unique Slovak popular music composers. He belongs to a wide group of legends of...
(1947–1995) - composer, rock singer, musician in the 1960s and 1970s - Marián VargaMarián VargaMarián Varga is a Slovak musician, composer and organ player.-Biography:He has played piano since the age of six. He studied piano and composition at the conservatory in Bratislava. He left the conservatory after three years to become a member of the group Prúdy, and contributed to the legendary...
(1947) - rock composer, musician in the 1960s and 1970s - Miroslav ŽbirkaMiroslav ŽbirkaMiroslav "Meky" Žbirka is a Slovak pop music singer and songwriter. He performs in Slovak, Czech, and English ....
(1952) - singer, composer from the 1970s to the 1990s
Painters, Graphic Artists
- Janko AlexyJanko AlexyJanko Alexy was a famous painter, writer, and publicist of Slovak origin. He is generally recognized as one of key personalities in the beginning of Modern Slovak Art.He studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Prague by Vlaho Bukovac, Maximilian Pirner and Max Švabinský...
(1894–1970) - painter - Blažej BalážBlažej BalážBlažej Baláž is a contemporary Slovak artist. His practise as an artist is usually associated with Neo-conceptualism, Postminimalism, Post-Geo and Post Radical Painting...
(1958) - painter, graphic artist - Mária BalážováMária BalážováMária Balážová is a contemporary Slovak artist. Her practise as an artist is usually associated with new geometry, post-geometry and postmodern.-Life and work:...
(1956) - painter, graphic artist - Miloš Alexander BazovskýMiloš Alexander BazovskýMiloš Alexander Bazovský was an eminent Slovak painter, often ranked among the most prominent figures of 20th century art from Slovakia.-Further reading:*Cincík, J.: Miloš A. Bazovský...
(1899–1968) - painter, graphic artist - Martin BenkaMartin BenkaMartin Benka was a Slovak painter and illustrator. He is regarded as the founder of Modernist 20th century Slovak painting...
(1888–1971) - painter, illustrator - Albín BrunovskýAlbín BrunovskýAlbín Brunovský was a Slovak painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Slovak painters of the 20th century....
(1935–1997) - graphic artist, painter, illustrator - Lajos CsordákLajos CsordákLajos Csordák or Ľudovít Čordák was a Hungarian and Slovak painter.Csordák started to study painting around 1880. In 1883, his whole family moved to Munich. From 1889 to 1895 he studied at an art academy in Prague, under the guidance of Julius Mařák, and became member of the artistic group Mánes...
(1864–1937) - painter - Ľudovít FullaLudovít FullaĽudovít Fulla was a Slovak painter, graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer and art teacher. He is considered one of the most important figures of Slovakian Creative Art in the 20th century....
(1902–1980) - painter, graphic artist, illustrator - Mikuláš GalandaMikuláš GalandaMikuláš Galanda was a renowned painter, illustrator, and one of the most important pioneers and propagators of Slovakian modern art. He is buried in the National Cemetery in Martin.-Education:* 1914-1916 Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest* 1922 Artistic and Industrial School in Prague Mikuláš...
(1895–1938) - painter, graphic artist, illustrator - Július JakobyJúlius JakobyGyula Jakoby was a Hungarian painter living in Košice, a prominent figure of Hungarian and Slovak modernist art....
(1903–1985) - painter - Ján KupeckýJan KupeckýJán Kupecký or Jan Kupecký was a Czech and Slovak portrait painter during the baroque...
(Johann Kupecky) (1667–1740) - painter - Anton LehmdenAnton LehmdenAnton Lehmden is an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker.Lehmden was a co-founder, together with Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, Arik Brauer and Wolfgang Hutter, of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism...
(1929) - Austrian painter; born in Slovakia - Palo MachoPalo MachoPalo Macho is a Slovak painter specializing in the work with glass - creating glass panes, glass graphics, glass reliefs and other glass objects.-Education:...
(1965) - painter - Koloman SokolKoloman SokolKoloman Sokol was one of the most prominent Slovak painters, graphic artists and illustrators...
(1902–2003) - painter - Karl SovankaKarl SovankaKarl Sovanka was a painter and sculptor. He is world-known for his paintings of animals and hunting motifs....
(1883–1961) - painter, sculptor - Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
(1928-1987) - American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker; parents were born in Slovakia
Photographers
- Dezo HoffmannDezo HoffmannDezider Hoffmann was a Slovak photographer, photojournalist and cameraman from Czechoslovakia...
(1912–1986) - photoreporter and photographer - Tono StanoTono StanoTono Stano is an art photographer living and working in Prague, Czech Republic.Tono Stano attended the secondary school of applied arts in Bratislava in 1975-79, and then, from 1980-86, the FAMU in Prague . Still during their studies, he and his fellow students Tono Stano (born 24 March 1960 in...
(1960) - photographer; his famous photograph Sense inspired the poster for the film ShowgirlsShowgirlsShowgirls is a 1995 American drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring former teen actress Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Gina Gershon...
.
Architects
- Bohuslav FuchsBohuslav FuchsBohuslav Fuchs was a Czech modernist architect.A mason by education, he studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 1916-1919 by Jan Kotěra and then he worked in Kotěra's atelier for two years. From 1922 he resided in Brno, where he worked at city construction office and later in his own atelier...
(1895–1972) – architect; a Czech also active in Slovakia - Dušan JurkovičDušan JurkovicDušan Jurkovič was a Slovak architect, ethnographer and artist. One of the best-known promoters of Slovak art in 20th century Czechoslovakia, he is remembered mostly due to his projects of numerous World War I cemeteries in Galicia. Jurkovič repeatedly stressed: The work of art is rooted in the time...
(1868–1947) – architect
Actors
- Andrej BagarAndrej BagarAndrej Bagar was a Slovak film actor. He appeared in 16 films between 1935 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* Jánošík * Warning -External links:...
(1900–1966) - actor, director - Milan KňažkoMilan KnažkoMilan Kňažko is a Slovakian actor and ex-politician. He was one of the leading personalities of the movement Public against Violence in November 1989 and one of the most popular faces of the Velvet Revolution in Slovakia.-Acting:...
(1945) - actor, former Slovak Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Culture - Jozef KronerJozef KronerJozef Kroner was a Slovak actor. His brother Ľudovít Kroner, daughter Zuzana Kronerová, and wife Terézia Hurbanová-Kronerová were actors, too. He starred in the Oscar-winning film The Shop on Main Street, and in more than 50 other Slovak films, as well as in several Czech, Bulgarian and Hungarian...
(1924–1998) - actor, starred in the first Czechoslovak, CzechCinema of the Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic was a seedbed for many acclaimed film directors.Three Czech/Czechoslovak movies that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film were The Shop on Main Street by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos in 1965, Closely Watched Trains by Jiří Menzel in 1967 and...
and Slovak filmCinema of SlovakiaThe cinema of Slovakia encompasses a range of themes and styles typical of European cinema. Yet there are a certain number of recurring themes that are visible in the majority of the important works. These include rural settings, folk traditions, and carnival...
awarded by Oscar: The Shop on Main StreetThe Shop on Main StreetThe Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Aryanization programme during World War II in the Slovak State....
(Obchod na korze, 1965) - Juraj KukuraJuraj KukuraJuraj Kukura is a Slovak actor.Kukura studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava . Since 1985, when he emigrated to Germany, his films were banned by the regime until the end of Communist rule in the 1989. Thanks to his charismatic personality he usually portrayed strong,...
(1947) - well-known Slovak actor (theater, film), who has also been working in Germany.
- Barbara NedeljákováBarbara NedeljákováBarbara Nedeljáková is a Slovak actress, best known for her role as Natalya in the 2005 horror film Hostel.-Filmography:-External links:*Barbara Nedeljakova's Official website...
(1979) - actress, starred in the famous Hollywood horror film Hostel - Paul NewmanPaul NewmanPaul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast...
(1925–2008) - world-famous US actor, director, entrepreneur, philanthropist, of ethnic Slovak mother - Emília VášáryováEmília VášáryováEmília Vášáryová is a Slovak stage and screen actress, referred to as the First Lady of Slovak Theater. During her over five decades long career, she has received numerous awards including the Meritorious Artist , Alfréd Radok Award , Czech Lion Award Golden Globet Award , and most recently the...
(1942) - actress - Karol L. ZacharKarol ZacharKarol L. Zachar , born Karol Legény, was a Slovak director, actor, art director, costume designer and pedagogue...
(1918–2003) - actor, director - Barbora BobulovaBarbora BobulováBarbora Bobuľová is a Slovak actress.Born in Martin, Slovakia, Bobuľová trained at the National Drama Academy in Bratislava before moving to Italy in 1995...
- actress
Filmmakers
- Paľo BielikPalo BielikPaľo Bielik , also known as Jan Bukva, was a Slovak film director and screenwriter. He was born in Banská Bystrica, then part of Czechoslovakia. He is best known for directing a series of films about the legendary outlaw Jánošík. In 1946, he co-directed the film Varúj...! with Martin Frič.-External...
(1910–1983) - director, actor - Dušan HanákDušan HanákDušan Hanák is a Slovak film director.Hanák graduated from the FAMU in Prague in 1965. He began with a series of shorts at the Koliba film studios in Bratislava...
(1938) - director - Juraj Herz (1934) - Slovak director and actor born in Kežmarok
- Juraj JakubiskoJuraj JakubiskoJuraj Jakubisko is a Slovak film director. In his movies he managed to catch life's most beautiful colors, unhinge the poetry behind the ordinary and to be ahead of his time without forgetting his roots....
(1938) - director (sometimes nicknamed Slovak Fellini) - 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...
(1918-1879) - director - Dušan RapošDusan RaposDušan Rapoš is a Slovak film director, screenwriter and composer. He is married to Eva Vejmělková, a famous Czech actress. Initially, he was a journalist and worked as an editor at Slovak Radio...
(1953) - Slovak director - Ivan ReitmanIvan ReitmanIvan Reitman, OC is a Canadian film producer and director. He is known for the comedies he has directed and produced, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.He is the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 2000.-Early life:...
(1946) - probably the most famous film director and producer born in Slovakia - Martin ŠulíkMartin ŠulíkMartin Šulík is a Slovak film director. He studied film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from which he graduated in 1986...
(1963) - director - Pavol BarabášPavol BarabášPavol Barabáš is a Slovak film director, a traveler and an adventurer. He has produced a variety of documentaries on life in poorly accessible places where human beings hardly ever stepped foot before...
(1959) - documentarist, famous for filming people living in extreme conditions
Law
- William T. DzurillaWilliam T. DzurillaWilliam T. Dzurilla, formerly William T. D'Zurilla, is an attorney, a partner in the law firm's Fort Lauderdale, Florida office. He was a law clerk for Justice Byron White of the United States Supreme Court from 1982 to 1983...
(1953) - international attorney and law clerkLaw clerkA law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions. Law clerks are not court clerks or courtroom deputies, who are administrative staff for the court. Most law clerks are recent law school graduates who...
to Justice Byron WhiteByron WhiteByron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...
of the United States Supreme Court (1982–1983).
Sports
- Ivan BátoryIvan BátoryIvan Bátory is a Slovak cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level of cross-country skiing since 1993...
(1975) - cross-country skiing - Imre BugárImrich BugárImrich Bugár born 14 April 1955) is a champion discus thrower. An ethnic Hungarian who represented Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic, his career highlights include an Olympic silver medal from 1980, a European Championship title from 1982 and a gold medal in the inaugural World...
(1955) - ethnic HungarianHungarians in SlovakiaHungarians in Slovakia are the largest ethnic minority of the country, numbering 520,528 people or 9.7% of population . They are concentrated mostly in the southern part of the country, near the border with Hungary...
athlete - Karol DivínKarol DivínKarol Emil Divín, born Finster, nickname "Karcsi", is a former Chechoslovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is the 1960 Winter Olympics silver medalist, 1958-1959 European champion and the 1962 World silver medalist...
(1936) - figure-skating - Bohumil GoliánBohumil GoliánBohumil Golián is a Slovak former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moštenica....
(?) - volleyball-player - Jozef GönciJozef GönciJozef Gönci is a Slovak sport shooter, specialising in the 50 m Rifle and 10 m Air Rifle. Gönci won independent Slovakia's first ever Olympic Medal, a bronze in Atlanta in 1996. He won another bronze medal eight years later at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.- External links :*...
(1974) - sport shooter - Jozef KrnáčJozef KrnácJozef Krnáč is a Slovak judoka.He won the silver medal in the half-lightweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
(1977) - judo - Ondrej NepelaOndrej NepelaOndrej Nepela was an Olympic gold medalist and three-time World champion Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s.-Career:...
(1951–1989) - figure-skating - Jozef PlachýJozef PlachýJozef Plachý is a former middle distance runner from Slovakia, who represented Czechoslovakia in four consecutive Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the men's 1500 metres in 1977.-Achievements:...
(1949) - athlete - Jozef PribilinecJozef PribilinecJozef Pribilinec is a Slovak athlete who mainly competed in racewalking.He was born in Kopernica.Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-References:...
(1960) - race walker, Olympic gold medalist - Richard RétiRichard RétiRéti composed one of the most famous chess studies, shown in this diagram. It was published in Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 4 December 1921. It seems impossible for the white king to catch the advanced black pawn, while the white pawn can be easily stopped by the black king...
- Austrian-Hungarian, later Czechoslovakian chess grandmaster - Jozef SabovčíkJozef SabovcíkJozef Sabovčík is a Slovak figure skater who competed representing Czechoslovakia. He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist and two-time European Champion .- Career :...
- figure-skating - Peter SaganPeter SaganPeter Sagan is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Sagan had a successful junior mountain bike racing career, winning the Junior World Championship in 2008, before moving to road racing....
- cyclist - Alojz SokolAlojz SokolAlajos Szokolyi or Alajos Szokoly was a Hungarian athlete and physician from the Kingdom of Hungary. He competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics....
(Aloisius Szokol) (1871–1932) - athlete, pioneer of the Olympic movement in historic Hungary - Anton TkáčAnton TkácAnton Tkáč is a retired track cyclist from Slovakia, who claimed the gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the Men's 1,000m Sprint at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He won two world titles in the same event, in 1974 and 1978.-References:...
(1951) - cyclist - Július TormaJúlius TormaJúlius Torma was an ethnic Hungarian boxer competing for Czechoslovakia. He won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1948 for Czechoslovakia in the category up to 67 kg. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics .Torma defeated Hank Herring of the United States in the 1948 final...
(1922–1991) - boxer - Elmer ValoElmer ValoElmer William Valo , born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak-American right fielder, coach and scout in Major League Baseball, making his debut on September 22,...
(1921–1998) - baseball player - Ján ZacharaJán ZacharaJán Zachara is a former Czechoslovak boxer who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki....
(1928) - boxer - Radoslav ŽidekRadoslav ŽidekRadoslav Židek is a snowboarder who became the first Slovak to win a Winter Olympics medal. He won a silver in Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-External links:...
(1981) - snowboarder, first Slovak medallist from independent Slovakia at the Winter Olympics
Football
- Jozef AdamecJozef AdamecJozef Adamec is former Slovak football player and manager, one of the most famous Slovak football players of all time.He played mostly for Spartak Trnava...
(1942) - former footballer - Peter DubovskýPeter DubovskýPeter Dubovský was a Slovak footballer who played as a forward.After starting his career with Slovan Bratislava, he played seven years in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 151 games and 19 goals for two teams....
(1972–2000) - footballer - Marek HamšíkMarek HamšíkMarek Hamšík is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Serie A club S.S.C. Napoli and captains the Slovakia national team.-Early career:...
(1987) - midfielder, currently playing for Italian side SSC Napoli - Karol JoklKarol JoklKarol Jokl was a Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia.His father was a great football player and gave his son Karol great technical foundations. Karol was a player with high football intelligence, always making up different situations on the football field...
(1945–1996) - footballer - Marek MintálMarek MintálMarek Mintál is a Slovak international football player who currently plays for Hansa Rostock.-Career:Mintál start to play football in Slovak club MŠK Žilina, with whom he won back-to-back Slovak championships in 2001–02 and 2002–03. This was also due to his scoring 20 and 21 goals respectively...
(1977) - footballer - Ľubomír MoravčíkLubomír MoravcíkĽubomír "Lubo" Moravčík is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia...
(1965) - footballer - Ján PopluhárJán PopluhárJán Popluhár was a former Slovak football player. He started his football career after high school with RH Brno...
(1935) - footballer - Viliam SchrojfViliam SchrojfViliam Schrojf was a former Slovak football goalkeeper. He received 39 caps for Czechoslovakia.-Career:...
(1931-2007) - footballer - Martin ŠkrtelMartin ŠkrtelMartin Škrtel is a Slovak footballer who plays in defence for Liverpool and the Slovakia national football team.-Biography:Škrtel was born in Handlová and raised in Ráztočno and began playing football at the age of six...
(1985) - Liverpool F.C.Liverpool F.C.Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
player - Jozef VenglošJozef VenglošDr. Jozef Vengloš is a former Czechoslovak football player and coach. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology...
(1936) - football manager and former footballer, managed Aston Villa, Celtic FC (Glasgow), the Czechoslovak and the SlovakSlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
national teams, current director of FIFAFIFAThe Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
's Technical Study Group. - Vladimír Weiss senior (1964) - Head coach of Slovakia national football teamSlovakia national football teamThe Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association , the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Vladimír Weiss...
- Vladimír Weiss juniorVladimír Weiss (footballer born 1989)Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak football winger who currently plays for RCD Espanyol on loan from Manchester City.-Manchester City:...
(1989) - winger, considered as one of the most talented Slovak players of his generation
Ice hockey
- See the long list in a separate article.
- Ľuboš BartečkoLubos BarteckoĽuboš Bartečko is a Slovak professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Slovak team Lev Poprad in the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...
- (1976) - Peter BondraPeter BondraPeter Bondra is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player. He was the general manager of the Slovak national team from 2007 to 2011...
- (1968) - Zdeno CígerZdeno CígerZdeno Cíger is a retired Slovak professional hockey player who played for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning. Zdeno Cíger was drafted 54th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils as their 3rd choice...
- (1969) - Pavol DemitraPavol DemitraPavol Demitra was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League , two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League /Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League . Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line...
- (1974-2011) - Vladimír DzurillaVladimír DzurillaVladimír Dzurilla was a Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper playing for Czechoslovakia....
- (1942–1995) - Marián GáboríkMarian GaborikMarián Gáborík is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He began his career in the Slovak Extraliga with HC Dukla Trenčín for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the...
- (1982) - Jozef GolonkaJozef GolonkaJozef Golonka is an ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won two bronze medals in three Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998....
- (1938) - Jaroslav HalákJaroslav HalákJaroslav Halák is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League . Halák was the 271st overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.-Montreal Canadiens:...
- (1985) - Michal HandzušMichal HandzusMichal Handzuš is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- (1977) - Marcel HossaMarcel HossaMarcel Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player currently playing for Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League . His older brother Marián plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- (1981) - Marián HossaMarian HossaMarián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League . Hossa was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft; after playing for the Senators, he played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...
- (1979) - Zdeno CháraZdeno CháraZdeno Chára is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenseman. He is the captain of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and won the Norris Trophy while playing for them in 2008–09. At 6 ft 9 , he is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL...
- (1977) - Igor LibaIgor LibaIgor Liba is a former Slovak ice hockey player. Played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia...
- (1960) - Vincent LukáčVincent LukacVincent Lukáč is a former professional Slovak ice hockey player.He was a player of HC Košice , HC Dukla Jihlava, SC Rosenheim, WEV Wien, Kirkcaldy, HC Streatham Redskins in London and Fife Flyers of Scotland...
- (1954) - Stan MikitaStan MikitaStanislav "Stan" Mikita , is a Slovak-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 1961, he won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks, with whom he played his entire career.-Early life:Mikita was born in Sokolče, Slovak Republic...
- (1940) - Ladislav NagyLadislav NagyLadislav Nagy is a Slovak professional hockey player who plays for HC Lev Poprad of the KHL.- Playing career :Nagy, who is of Hungarian descent, was drafted 177th overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. Nagy had played in the Slovak Extraliga as a junior prior to being drafted...
- (1979) - Žigmund PálffyZigmund PalffyŽigmund "Ziggy" Pálffy is a Slovak professional ice hockey player of Hungarian origin, who plays for HK 36 Skalica of the Slovak Extraliga....
- (1972) - Dárius RusnákDárius RusnákDárius Rusnák is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey forward who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Slovan Bratislava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup team and was a silver medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics...
- (1959) - Jozef StümpelJozef StümpelJozef Stümpel is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- (1972) - Miroslav ŠatanMiroslav SatanMiroslav Šatan is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.-Pre-NHL:In 1991–92, he played for the local HC Topolcany and did remarkably well, as he scored 30 goals and had 22 assists in just 31 games. He then graduated to the senior division...
- (1974) - Anton ŠťastnýAnton StastnyAnton Šťastný is a former Slovak professional ice hockey left winger who played nine seasons with the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League from 1980 until 1989. He was the first player born and trained in Slovakia to be drafted by an NHL team...
- (1959) - Marián ŠťastnýMarian StastnyMarián Šťastný is a former Slovak professional ice hockey right wing who played for five seasons in the National Hockey League from 1981 through 1986....
- (1953) - Peter ŠťastnýPeter StastnyPeter Šťastný , also known colloquially as "Peter the Great" and "Stosh", is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 1995. During his time with the Quebec Nordiques, Stastny became a Canadian citizen. Since 2004, he has also served as a...
- (1956) - Róbert ŠvehlaRóbert ŠvehlaRóbert Švehla is a Slovak retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL for 9 seasons from 1995 until 2003.- Career :Švehla was drafted 78th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, but he did not play a game for them before moving on to the Florida Panthers...
- (1969) - Ladislav TrojákLadislav TrojákLadislav Troják was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion...
- (1914–1948) - Ľubomír VišňovskýLubomír VišnovskýĽubomír Višňovský is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- (1976)
Tennis
- Karol BeckKarol BeckKarol Beck is a male tennis player from Slovakia, who turned professional in 2001. He has been ranked as high as 36th in the world .- Career :On October 25, 2004, Beck lost in the final of the St...
(1982) - Dominika CibulkováDominika CibulkováDominika Cibulková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She is also a former World Junior No. 3, achieving that ranking in May 2005. Her career-high ranking of World No. 12 was achieved on 6 July 2009...
(1989) - Karina HabšudováKarina HabšudováKarina Habšudová is a former Slovak female professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world . Together with Karol Kučera she won the Hopman Cup in 1998....
(1973) - Daniela HantuchováDaniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
(1983) - Slovakia's most successful female player - Dominik HrbatýDominik HrbatýDominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...
(1978) - Karol KučeraKarol KuceraKarol Kučera is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He is a former top 10 player and has been ranked as high as World No. 6.-Tennis career:...
(1974) - Miloslav MečířMiloslav MecírMiloslav Mečíř is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games where he represented Czechoslovakia and played in two Grand Slam singles finals...
(1964) - Magdaléna RybárikováMagdaléna RybárikováMagdaléna Rybáriková is a Slovak professional tennis player. On June 22, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of 40th.-Biography:...
(1988) - Marián VajdaMarián VajdaMarián Vajda is a former Slovak tennis player.Vajda was a member of the Olympic Team of Czechoslovakia where in 1992 he competed in the Olympic Games of Barcelona, being easily eliminated in the first round against Israel by 7–6, 6–1, 6–0.Vajda is a former captain of the Slovakia Davis Cup and Fed...
(1965) - coach of a world top tennis-player Novak Đoković
Water sports
- Juraj BačaJuraj BacaJuraj Bača is a Slovak sprint canoer who competed from 1998 to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004....
(1977) - speed canoeing - Jana DukátováJana DukátováJana Dukátová is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. She won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds and three silvers .-References:* – accessed 12 September 2010.* – accessed 11 September 2010.*...
(1983) - water slalom - PeterPeter HochschornerPeter Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoer who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, each time with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner as the teammate.Hochschorner also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds Peter...
and Pavol HochschornerPavol HochschornerPavol Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoer who won three Olympic gold medals in the C-2 event, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, each time with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner as the teammate.Hochschorner also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with six golds Pavol...
(1979) - water slalom - Elena KaliskáElena KaliskáElena Kaliská is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-1 event, earning them in 2004 and 2008....
(1972) - water slalom - Slavomír KňazovickýSlavomír KnazovickýSlavomír Kňazovický is a Czechoslovak-Slovak sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver in the C-1 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....
(1967) - speed canoeing - Michal MartikánMichal MartikánMichal Martikán is a Slovak slalom canoeist. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic Games gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence in 1993. In total he won 4 Olympic medals , which is the most among all slalom paddlers...
(1979) - water slalom, Olympic gold medalist, Atlanta 1996, Beijing 2008 - Juraj MinčíkJuraj MincíkJuraj Minčík is a Slovak slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Competing two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-1 event at Sydney in 2000....
(1977) - water slalom - Martina MoravcováMartina MoravcováMartina Moravcová is a medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Slovakia. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics...
(1976) - swimmer - Michal RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferMichal Riszdorfer is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....
(1977) - speed canoeing - Richard RiszdorferRichard RiszdorferRichard Riszdorfer is a Slovakian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....
(1981) - speed canoeing - Erik VlčekErik VlcekErik Vlček is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004....
(1981) - speed canoeing
Modelsports
- Jozef GábrišJozef GabrisJozef Gábriš is a controlline aerobatics pilot from the former Czechoslovakia.Won in 1958 his first World Champions title in Belgium . Than 8 years later, on the RAF Airbase in Swinderby he reached his second WCH title, followed by third in 1968 in Helsinki...
(Joseph Gabris) - born in Bratislava. Most popular and successful Control LineControl lineControl line is a simple and light way of controlling a flying model aircraft. The aircraft is connected to the operator by a pair of lines, attached to a handle, that work the elevator of the model. This allows the model to be controlled in the pitch axis...
aerobatics pilot (F2B) of former CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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Historical personalities
- Móric Benyovszky (Móric Beňovský, Maurycy Beniowski, Baron Maurice Auguste de Benyowski, many other name versions) (1746–1786) - Hungarian globetrotter, explorer, soldier, writer, and the King of MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
with Hungarian and Slovak ancestry. - Juraj JánošíkJuraj JánošíkJuraj Jánošík was a famous Slovak Carpathian Highwayman....
(1688–1713) - the Slovak equivalent of Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
, the topic of many Slovak legends, books and films
Nobles and noble families
see dedicated article- Svatopluk ISvatopluk ISvatopluk I or Zwentibald I was the greatest ruler of Moravia that attained its maximum territorial expansion in his reign . His career had already started in the 860s, when he governed a principality, the location of which is still a matter of debate among historians, within Moravia under the...
King of Great MoraviaGreat MoraviaGreat Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe and lasted for nearly seventy years in the 9th century whose creators were the ancestors of the Czechs and Slovaks. It was a vassal state of the Germanic Frankish kingdom and paid an annual tribute to it. There is some controversy as... - House of MojmirHouse of MojmírThe House of Mojmír is the modern name of the ruling dynasty of Great Moravia, the Moravian principality and the Principality of Nitra in the 9th and early 10th century....
Slovak noble house
Models
- Kamila FilipcikovaKamila FilipcikovaKamila Filipcikova is a female Slovakian fashion model. She has modeled in fashion shows for designers such as Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Givenchy, Dolce & Gabbana, and Sonia Rykiel.- Modelling career :...
- High Fashion Slovak Model - Michaela KocianovaMichaela KocianovaMichaela Kocianová is a Slovak model. She was born in Trenčín, Slovakia, and won second place in the 2004 Elite Model Look Slovak fashion contest. She has since been featured in advertisements for Monique Lhuillier and Vivienne Westwood.In 2006, she debuted on the catwalk in the A/W Rodarte show...
- Victoria's Secret Model - Viera SchottertovaViera SchottertovaViera Schottertova is a Slovak model known for her sultry eyes and high cheekbones.-Early life:Schottertova was born in Topoľčany, Slovakia . She was actively involved in dancing as a child, and anticipated a career in ballet before her unique looks decided otherwise.-Career:Schottertova moved to...
- famous Slovak model - Denisa Dvončová - famous Slovak model, winner of Elite Model Look 2003
- Saša Gachulincová - famous Slovak model, 2nd in Elite Model Look 2005
- Silvia Lakatošová - famous Slovak model
- Adriana SklenaříkováAdriana SklenaríkováAdriana Sklenaříková Karembeu is a Slovak fashion model and actress. Also she is a former Guinness record holder for the longest legs among female models...
- famous Slovak model, face of "WonderbraWonderbraThe Wonderbra is a type of push-up underwire brassiere that gained worldwide prominence in the 1990s. Although the Wonderbra name was first trademarked in the U.S. in 1935, the brand was developed in Canada. Moses Nadler, founder and majority owner of the Canadian Lady Corset Company, licensed the...
" adverts - Martina Valková - famous Slovak model, one of the European finalists (the only one from Central Europe) in the casting for the Hollywood movie Troy (leading female role)
- Linda Nývltová - famous Slovak model
- Michaela HlaváčkováMichaela HlaváckováMichaela Hlaváčková is a model from Slovakia.In 2004, she was one of the finalists in the Elite Model Look contest.She has modeled for the likes of: Andrew Gn, Calvin Klein, Emanuel Ungaro, Lanvin, Marc Jacobs, Matthew Williamson, Missoni, Prada, Rochas, Stella McCartney, Victoria's Secret, Viktor...
- Eva Cifrová - Gold digger
Miscellaneous
- Ľudovít LačnýLudovít LacnýĽudovít Lačný is a Slovak chess problem composer and judge.He was born in Banská Štiavnica and studied mathematics, working as a teacher, and as a computer programmer....
(1926) - excellent chess composerChess composerA chess composer is a person who creates endgame studies or chess problems. He usually specializes in a particular genre, e.g. endgame studies, twomovers, threemovers, moremovers, helpmates, selfmates, fairy problems...
, FIDE master - Sándor PetőfiSándor PetofiSándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
(1823–1849) - Hungarian national poet, born to a Slovak mother - Rudolf VrbaRudolf VrbaRudolf "Rudi" Vrba, born Walter Rosenberg was a Slovak-Canadian professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia, who came to public attention during the Second World War when, in April 1944, he escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland with the first...
(1924–2006) - Auschwitz survivor, author of the Vrba-Wetzler report - Hanna Zemer (1925-2003), Israeli journalist