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Czech wedding guests in Nova Vesi, near Srbac , 1934. The Czech diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from the Czech Republic , as well as from the former Czechoslovakia and the Czech lands (including Bohemia , Moravia and Silesia ). The country with the largest number of Czechs living abroad is the United States .
Communities
Distribution by country
Below is a list of top 15 countries with the most Czech-born people. In the case of Germany, it is noteworthy that many might be Sudeten Germans, expelled from the Czech Republic following Germany's defeat in WW2 .[ 1]
Germany : 603,049
United States : 110,257
Slovakia : 89,560
United Kingdom : 45,578
Austria : 37,118
Canada : 22,677
Switzerland : 15,522
Australia : 14,045
Spain : 11,539
Russia : 11,249
Italy : 9,536
France : 8,907
Ireland : 6,972
Poland : 5,952
Greece : 4,516
Famous people of Czech descent
Madeleine Albright , the first woman to become a United States Secretary of State , was of Czech descent and was born in Prague Juscelino Kubitschek , a prominent Brazilian politician of Czech origin who was President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961.Madeleine Albright , the first woman to become a United States Secretary of StateYehuda Bauer , an Israeli historian and scholar of the HolocaustEdouard Borovansky , a Czech-born Australian ballet dancer, choreographer and directorGeorgina Bouzova , an English television actressLouis Brandeis , an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939Thomas Cech , a Nobel Laureate in chemistryAnton Cermak , the mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1931 until his assassination in 1933Eugene Cernan , a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut and engineerMiloš Forman , a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from CzechoslovakiaAndré Glucksmann , a French philosopher and writerGeorge Halas , a player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional American footballHippolyte Havel , a Czech anarchist who lived in Greenwich Village, New YorkJuscelino Kubitschek , a prominent Brazilian politician of Czech[ 2] Milan Kundera , a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981Lenka , an Australian singer and songwriterJim Lovell , a former NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States NavyFelix Moscheles , an English painter, peace activist and advocate of EsperantoKim Novak , is an American actress best known for her performance in the 1958 film Vertigo Fredy Perlman , an author, publisher and activistJan Pinkava , a Czech-British animator and film directorVáclav Smil , a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analystJosef Škvorecký , a leading contemporary Czech writer and publisher who has spent much of his life in CanadaTom Stoppard , a British playwright, knighted in 1997Roberto Weiss , an Italian-British scholar and historianJohn Zerzan , an American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and authorRobert Vanasek , an American politicianExene Cervenka , an American singer
See also
Further reading
Dejmek, Andrea Theresa. The Canadian Czech Diaspora: Bilingual and Multilingual Language Inheritance and Affiliations , McGill University, 2007.
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References
Germany: 603,049
United States: 110,257
Slovakia: 89,560
United Kingdom: 45,578
Austria: 37,118
Canada: 22,677
Switzerland: 15,522
Australia: 14,045
Spain: 11,539
Russia: 11,249
Italy: 9,536
France: 8,907
Ireland: 6,972
Poland: 5,952
Greece: 4,516
