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If your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents or further back originally came to America from Slovakia or the the Czech Republic, you are said to have "Czech or Slovak" ancestry. It's called ancestry because these roots were a gift to you from your ancestors.

 

Here is a page for you to explore and enjoy.

Click here to print the Czech flag for you to color:    

 

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Famous Slovaks and Czechs

Paul Newman

Doc Hudson, Cars' "Classy Chassis," was voiced by Paul Newman who also starred in "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money" and markets a line of "Newman's Own Foods" with the proceeds going to charity is a Slovak.

 

In fact, because he is probably one of the country's most famous descendants, a cinema in the eastern Slovak town of Michalovce will bear his name. Newman's mother was born in the neighboring town of Ptieie, and later moved to Ohio.

John D. Hertz

If you have heard of Hertz Rent A Car you can thank this famous Slovak. If you have not heard of that company, maybe you have seen a taxi cab? Hertz founded the "Yellow Cab Company" in Chicago in 1915!

 

He was born, Sandor Herz in the village of Sklabiňa, Slovakia and emigrated at a young age to the United States.

Janosik: The Slovak Robin Hood (http://www.iarelative.com/history/janosik.htm)

Jesse Ventura

Born as James George Janos, this former professional wrestler, actor, and Minnesota Governor has Slovak ancestry.

  

Peter Lorre

This actor of the classic films Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon was born Ladislav (László) Löwenstein in Ružomberok, Slovakia.

Martina Navrátilová

The tennis great was born Martina Šubertová in Prague.

 

Ray Kroc

If you've ever enjoyed a Big Mac or Happy Meal, you can thank Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's. Kroc was a first generation American of Czech ancestry. 

 

 

 

More (under construction):


What's a "diacritical?"

 

Those crazy customs

 

Who really invented the Robot and "Polka?"

 

The other "Bohemians:" Beatniks


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