Čech (feminine Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning Czech. It was used to distinguish an inhabitant of Bohemia from

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 ...

Moravians Moravians ( cs, Moravané or colloquially , outdated ) are a West Slavic ethnographic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who speak the Moravian dialects of Czech or Common Czech or a mixed form of both. Along with the Si ...

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 Donovan Cech (born 2 May 1974) is a South African rower. He competes in the Coxless Pairs division and his boat partner for the past few years has been Ramon di Clemente. The pair won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in A ...

(born 1974), South African rower * Eduard Čech (1893–1960), Czech mathematician *

Filip Čech Filip Čech (born June 25, 1980 in Havířov) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Zlín in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of t ...

(born 1980), Czech ice hockey player * František Ringo Čech (born 1943), Czech musician and politician * Kateřina Čechová (born 1988), Czech athlete *

Ludwig Czech Ludwig Czech (14 February 1870 – 20 August 1942) was a German-speaking Jewish Czech member of the German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic who actively participated in the Czechoslovak politics of the so-called Firs ...

(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) Marek Čech (born 8 April 1976) is a Czech former football goalkeeper. Career Čech started playing football at ...

, multiple people * Martin Čech (1976–2007), Czech ice hockey player *

Miya Cech Miya Cech (born March 4, 2007) is an American actress. She made her film debut in '' The Darkest Minds'' (2018). She then starred in ''Rim of the World'' (2019), the second revival of ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (2019), '' The Astronauts'' (2 ...

(born 2004), American actress *

Olga Čechová Olga Čechová (6 April 1925 – 24 November 2010) was a 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 Academy of Arts, Arc ...

(1925–2010), Czech printmaker *

Petr Čech Petr Čech (; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also plays semi-professional ice hockey as a goaltender for Chelmsford Chieftains. Described by numerous players, pundits and managers as ...

(born 1982), Czech footballer *

Petr Čech (hurdler) Petr Čech (born 6 January 1944) is a Czech former hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Muni ...

(born 1944), Czech hurdler * Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet *

Thomas Cech Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 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 RNA, ...

(born 1947), American chemist *

Vladimír Čech Vladimír Čech (6 July 1951 – 22 March 2013) was a Czech actor, presenter and former politician. Čech was born and died in Prague. He was the son of anchorwoman Heda Čechová (1928–2020) and actor Vladimír Čech, Sr. (1916–1990 ...

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cech Czech-language surnames

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