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Tag / Notable Czechs
August 7, 2017

Czech Opera Bass Singer Vilém Zitek

Vilém Zitek was a Czech opera bass singer, known the world over and the first ever national artist. Zitek was perhaps the greatest opera singer in 20th Century Czechoslovakia. He was born in Prague on September 9, 1890 and died in Prague on August 11, 1956. He was originally apprenticed to work as a mechanic; but...
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ENTERTAINMENT, Music
July 28, 2017

Uber Man – A Czech American Bumped Up Billionaire

Czech-Americans are known for their numerous contributions in just about all fields of human endeavor, especially in the cultural sphere. However, they are also considered very good businessmen and entrepreneurs, as the incredible story of Travis Cordell Kalanick shows. In 1998, Travis Kalanick dropped out of UCLA with some of his classmates to found Scour...
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Men, PEOPLE
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May 25, 2017

The Best Guide in Bohemian Switzerland

If you read our blog you already know how beautiful the Czech Republic is. The photos of all of the wonderful places we share surely entice you to want to see it for yourself, and if so, you’re not the only one feeling that way. After posting about Bohemian Switzerland, we had a lot of people...
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PLACES, Wanderlust
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May 20, 2017

Otto Wichterle and The Contact Lens

Otto Wichterle, though his name might not ring a bell for any ordinary person, may mean the world to those who who have ever replaced their glasses, for Otto Wichterle is the inventor of the contact lens. Born in Prostějov, Czech Republic, he was raised in a home where his father, the co-owner of a farm-machine and car factory, wished...
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Bohemians, PEOPLE
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April 8, 2017

Girl with Czech Roots Is the Best Athlete in the World

Best Athlete in the World A 15-year old, Katie Ledecky shocked the 2012 London Olympic Games, when she unexpectedly won the Gold Medal in the women’s 800-meter freestyle. Currently, she is a five-time Olympic Gold Medalist and nine-time World Champion. Some consider her the best athlete of the World. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky was born on...
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PEOPLE, Women
March 29, 2017

Honoring Helen Brooke Taussig

Today we are honoring Helen Brooke Taussig, a woman physician who saved thousands of children’s lives. When in May 1980, the famed 87- year physician, Helen Brooke Taussig, lost her life during a car accident, the Czech foreign press did not devote any attention to that event. Nobody could, of course, suspect that she was, on...
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PEOPLE, Women
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