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Maxa
Maxa (feminine Maxová) is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include: * František Maxa (1923–2021), Czech sport shooter * Jaroslava Maxová (born 1957), Czech opera singer * Radka Maxová (born 1968), Czech politician * Rudy Maxa (born 1949), American consumer travel expert * Tereza Maxová Tereza Maxová (born 31 August 1971, in Pardubice), is a Czech model. Biography In 1975 her family moved to Ústí nad Labem, where she finished her basic school focussed on sport and athletics in 1985. After passing her entrance exams she starte ... (born 1971), Czech model See also * Maxa Nordau, French painter {{surname Czech-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxa Nordau
Maxa Nordau (, 10 January 1897 – 17 September 1993) was a French painter. She was from a Jewish family and was the daughter of Max Nordau, a prominent Zionist. She often travelled in the Middle East, and many of her paintings are portraits or nudes of Arab or Jewish women whom she met there. Life She was born on 10 January 1897. Her parents were Max Nordau (1849–1923) and Anna Dons-Kaufmann. Her father was a doctor, born in Pest, Hungary, who was associated with Theodor Herzl in creating the state of Israel. In 1892 he wrote '' Degeneration'', in which he violently attacked what he saw as the degenerate art and literature of the time. Her mother, Anna Dons-Kauffman, was a widow with four children when she married Nordau. Maxa grew up in a middle-class environment. Her father wrote a book of fairy tales for Maxa with carefully selected messages, which he published in 1905. Maxa Nordau studied oil and watercolor painting under José María López Mezquita (1883–1954) and Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Maxa
Rudy Maxa (born 1949) is an American consumer travel expert. Maxa is the host and executive producer of 98 half-hour travel television episodes featuring the world's great destinations that are broadcast on public television in the U.S. with titles such as ''Smart Travels: Europe with Rudy Maxa'', ''Smart Travels: Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa'', and—since 2008—''Rudy Maxa's World''. Career Maxa began his career in journalism after graduating from Ohio University as an investigative reporter, magazine writer, and personalities columnist at ''The Washington Post''. His reporting on a Capitol Hill sex scandal and the resulting changes in congressional rules was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and he received the John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism for a series of stories on an international Ponzi scheme. He left the ''Post'' to become a senior editor at the city magazine '' Washingtonian'' (1983–92), and also worked as the Washington bureau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Maxa
František Maxa (13 February 1923 – 16 September 2021) was a Czech sport shooter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December .... He died in September 2021, at the age of 98. References 1923 births 2021 deaths Czech male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Czechoslovakia Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Prague-West District Sport shooters from the Central Bohemian Region {{CzechRepublic-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Surname
Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname. Given names In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as ("names") or, if the context requires it, ' ("baptismal names"). The singular form is '. A native Czech given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch). It used to be a legal obligation for parents to choose their child's name from a list that was pre-approved by the government. Special permission was necessary for other names with exceptions for minorities and foreigners. Since the Velvet revolution in 1989, parents have had the right to give their child any name they wish, provided it is used somewhere in the world and is not insulting or demeaning. However, in recent yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslava Maxová
Jaroslava Maxová (born 6 April 1957; Jaroslava Horská, Jaroslava Horská-Maxová) is a Czech mezzo-soprano opera singer and vocal coach. Biography Jaroslava Maxová was born on 6 April 1957 in Moravská Třebová, Moravia and studied singing at the Bratislava Academy in Slovakia. She made her Slovak National Opera début already during her studies and became a soloist there in 1986. She sang principal roles throughout the next eight years and since 1994 continued to do so at the Prague National Opera Theatre. Her repertoire includes Strauss‘ Octavian in ''Der Rosenkavalier'', Offenbach's Niklausse in '' Les contes d’Hoffmann'', Verdi's Amneris in ''Aida'', Fenena in ''Nabucco'', Maddalena in ''Rigoletto'', Preziosilla in '' La forza del destino'', Mozart's Dorabella in ''Così fan tutte'', Cherubino and Marcellina in ''Le nozze di Figaro'' and Sesto in ''La clemenza di Tito'', Rossini's Berta in ''Il barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Maxová
Radka Maxová (born 2 December 1968) is a Czech politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. Political career In parliament, Maxová has been serving on as the vice-chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (since 2022), as a member of theSpecial Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation(since 2021) and as a substitute of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to her committee assignments, Maxová is part of the Parliament's delegations to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee; to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights, the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability and a supporter of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Maxová
Tereza Maxová (born 31 August 1971, in Pardubice), is a Czech model. Biography In 1975 her family moved to Ústí nad Labem, where she finished her basic school focussed on sport and athletics in 1985. After passing her entrance exams she started her studies at the Gymnasium Grammar School Budějovická in Prague. After her school leaving exam in 1989 she was enrolled by the Faculty of Law of Charles University. After two years, shortly after the Velvet Revolution, she left for Paris. Tereza's father was Catholic and her mother was Jewish, and she is celebrating Christmas. Career During her career, she worked with photographers including Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino and Peter Lindbergh. She has appeared on the front of magazines including ''British Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Marie Claire'' and ''Cosmopolitan''. She also modelled for Dior, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Ralph Lauren. She appeared in advertising campaigns for brands including Marks & Spencer, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
