Čech (feminine Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning

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. It was used to distinguish an inhabitant of

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from

Slovaks The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...

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and other ethnic groups. Notable people with the surname include: *

Dana Čechová Dana Čechová (born 3 September 1983 as Dana Hadačová) is a Czech Republic, Czech table tennis player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, sing ...

(born 1983), Czech table tennis players. * Donovan Cech (born 1974), South African rower. *

Eduard Čech Eduard Čech (; 29 June 1893 – 15 March 1960) was a Czech mathematician. His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. He is especially known for the technique known as Stone–Čech compactification (in topo ...

(1893–1960), Czech mathematician. * Filip Čech (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player. * František Čech (born 1998), Czech footballer. *

František Ringo Čech František Ringo Čech (born 9 July 1943) is a Czech musician, politician, and writer. Life and career Early musical career: 1959–1965 František Čech was born in Prague in 1943 to František Čech Pražský, a musician of Viennese origin. F ...

(born 1943), Czech musician and politician. *

Kateřina Čechová Kateřina Čechová (; born 21 March 1988 in Brno) is a Czech Athletics (sport), athlete who specialises in the 100 metres, 100 m and 200 metres, 200 m sprints. Čechová won the 100 metres at the Czech Athletics Championships in 2008, 2009, 20 ...

(born 1988), Czech athlete. * Ludwig Czech (1870–1942), Czech-German-Jewish political figure. *

Marek Čech (disambiguation) Marek Čech may refer to: * Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), retired Slovak footballer * Marek Čech (Czech footballer) (born 1976), Czech international football goalkeeper See also * Čech (surname) {{hndis, Cech, Marek ...

, multiple people. *

Martin Čech Martin Čech (June 2, 1976 in Havlíčkův Brod – September 6, 2007 in Havlíčkův Brod) was a Czech ice hockey defenceman. Čech played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Zlín and HC Lasselsberger Plzeň before moving to Finland's SM-lii ...

(1976–2007), Czech ice hockey player. * Miya Cech (born 2004), American actress. *

Olga Čechová Olga Čechová (6 April 1925 – 24 November 2010) was a Czech Republic, Czech printmaker. A native of Brno, Čechová studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in that city from 1941 until 1944. From 1946 until 1951 she was a student at the Academ ...

(1925–2010), Czech printmaker. *

Petr Čech Petr Čech (; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper and current ice hockey player who plays as a goaltender for Oxford City Stars. He has ...

(born 1982), Czech footballer. *

(1944–2022), Czech hurdler. *

Soňa Čechová Soňa Čechová (; 9 September 1930 – 4 March 2007)FRIŠ Eduard 27.1.1912-14.5.1978. In: was a Slovak translator and promoter of Czecho-Slovak unity. She was the editor in chief of the Mosty magazine, which focused on better mutual understand ...

(1930–2007), Slovak translator. *

Svatopluk Čech Svatopluk Čech (21 February 1846 – 23 February 1908) was a Czechs, Czech writer, journalist and poet. Biography Čech was born in Ostředek. He studied at Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Prague, then studied law, and later worked in the jour ...

(1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet. *

Thomas Cech Thomas Robert Cech (born 8 December 1947) is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of R ...

(born 1947), American chemist. *

Vladimír Čech Vladimír Čech (6 July 1951 – 22 March 2013) was a Czech actor, presenter and politician. Early life Čech was the son of anchorwoman Heda Čechová (1928–2020) and actor of the same name, Vladimír Čech (1916–1990). In 1977, Čech g ...

(1951–2013), Czech actor, presenter and.

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