Famous Czechoslovakia People

• Albright, Madeleine (Prague)

  U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001

• Forman, Milos

  The director of 'Amadeus' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

• Gupta, Yana (Brno)

  Popular model for Lakme cosmetics

• Havel, Václav (Prague)

  The dissident who became the first president of the Czech Republic

• Herzigova, Eva (Litvinov)

  The model in the hit Wonderbra ads of the 1990s

• Karembeu, Adriana (Brezno)

  The long-legged Wonderbra model from Slovakia

• Kurkova, Karolina (Decin)

  The supermodel who starred in the film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

• Navratilova, Martina (Prague)

  The tennis player who won a remarkable nine Wimbledon singles championships

• Nemcova, Petra (Karvina)

  Cover model for the 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

• Pestova, Daniela (Teplice)

  The blonde Czech Sports Illustrated model of the 1990s

• Soucek, Karel

  The Niagara Falls daredevil who died in the Astrodome

• Varekova, Veronica (Olomouc)

  Cover model of the 2004 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

See: Index by Birthplace