Significant Czechs

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This is a bit off topic, but I will post it anyway:

VIP's, who are originally Czech or have Czech ancestors:

• Sigmund Freud, neurologist. Founder of the modern psychiatry.
• Franz Kafka, writer. One of the most important writers in the modern period.
• Miloš Forman, director. Emmigrated in 1968 to the USA.
• Madeleine Albright, former Foreign Minister of the USA. Emmigrated in 1938.
• John Kerry, politician. His grandfather came to the US from Moravia.
• Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the Porsche car factory.
• Milan Kundera, novelist. Emmigrated in 1968 to France.
• Jens Nowotny, German fighter ace. His parents were orignally Czech.
• Eugene Cernan, astronaut. His parents came to the US from Czecho.
• Oskar Schindler, nazi. He was a Czech German.
• Rainer Maria Rilke, writer.
• Konrad Henlein, nazi politician. Czech German.
• Adolf Loos, architectonist. Founder of the functionalism style.
• Alfons Mucha, artist. Founder of the Art Noveau style.
• Karel Čapek, writer. Inventor of the word "robot".
• Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, politician. The first Czechoslovak president.
• Kaiser Charles IV. King of the Czechlands and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
• Václav Havel, dramatician and politician. First Czechoslovak president after the fall of Communism.
• Josef František, fighter pilot. Czechoslovak fighter ace and top-scoring ace from the Battle of Britian.
• Ernst Mach, physician. Inventor of the "Mach" speed unit.
• Otto wichterle, chemical engineer. Inventor of the contact lenses.
• Josef Ressel, inventor of the propeller.
• Jehuda Löw ben Becalel, rabbi. Jewish scholar, creator of the Golem.

I'm sure there's much more of them but I can't remebetr at the moment. I'll add some if it comes to my mind.