Liška (feminine: Lišková) is a

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Ad Liska Adolph James Liska (July 10, 1906 – November 30, 1998) was an American baseball pitcher who played five years in Major League Baseball and 14 for the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League. Early life and career Born in Nebraska, Liska ...

(1906–1998), American baseball player * Adam Liška (born 1999), Slovak ice hockey player *

Allen Liska Allen Erwin Liska (May 15, 1940 – December 17, 1998 in Albany, New York) was an American sociologist and criminologist. He was a full professor at the University at Albany, SUNY from 1982 until his death in 1998, having originally joined the f ...

(1940–1998), American sociologist * Alois Liška (1895–1977), Czech army officer who served in both World Wars * Antonín Liška (1924–2003), Czech Roman Catholic clergyman * Bernard J. Liska (1931–2002), American food scientist *

Emanuel Krescenc Liška Emanuel Krescenc Liška (19 April 1852 – 18 January 1903) was a Czech painter and illustrator. Most of his works were on religious themes, but he also created scenes from works of poetry. Biography Liška was born on 19 April 1852 in Mikulovi ...

(1852–1903), Czech painter and illustrator *

Hana Lišková Hana Lišková (born 4 June 1952) is a Czech former gymnast. She finished in second and fifth place with the Czech teams at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () ...

(born 1952), Czech gymnast * Hans Liska (1907–1983), Austrian-German artist * Hermine Liska (1930–2024), Austrian Jehovah's Witness *

Jan Kryštof Liška Jan Kryštof Liška (; c. 1650 – 23 August 1712) was a Czechs, Czech Baroque painter. His works mainly included altarpieces and frescoes. Life Early life Born in Wrocław (Breslau), Silesia, into a noble family of Moravian knights. After his ...

(–1712), Czech painter *

Jiří Liška (handballer) Jiří Liška (born 14 August 1952 in Písek) is a Czech former handball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially bra ...

(born 1952), Czech handball player *

Jiří Liška (politician) Jiří Liška (12 May 1949 – 1 March 2025) was a Czech politician. He was a onetime Vice-President of the Czech Senate. Background Liška was born on 12 May 1949. He graduated from the University of Veterinary Sciences Brno in 1974. Liška w ...

(1949–2025), Czech politician and veterinarian * Jiří Liška (footballer) (born 1982), Czech footballer * Lee Ann Liska, American hospital administrator * Ludvík Liška (1929–2021), Czech runner * Martin Liška (born 1976), Slovak cyclist *

Ondřej Liška Ondřej Liška (born 14 July 1977; ) is a Czech politician, who served as Minister of Education under Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek in his second cabinet. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for South Moravia from the 2006 legislative ...

(born 1977), Czech politician *

Pavel Liška Pavel Liška (born 29 January 1972) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1972 births Living people Czech male film actors Janáček Academy of Musi ...

(born 1972), Czech actor * Stanislava Lišková (born 1997), Slovak footballer *

Věra Lišková Věra Lišková (20 September 1924, Prague – 7 June 1985, Prague) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech glass artist. She is known for pioneering the use of borosilicate glass or pyrex in glass art. Education and career Lišková studied at the State ...

(1924–1985), Czech glass artist * Vivian Liska, American academic *

Zdeněk Liška Zdeněk Liška (16 March 1922 – 13 August 1983) was a Czech composer who produced a large number of film scores across a prolific career that started in the 1950s. He was revelatory in his contribution to the development of electronic music. His ...

(1922–1983), Czech composer

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