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Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
Paul Zamecnik, of Czech ancestry, a biochemist of note, who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology. Charles Zeleny, Czech-American zoologist, and professor at the University of Illinois, who made important contributions to experimental zoology, especially embryology, regeneration, and genetics. John Zeleny, physicist.
Beroun, named by Czech immigrants from Beroun, Czech Republic. Bohemian Flats, a former residential area of Minneapolis that was settled by Czechoslovakian and other European immigrants. Litomysl, named after Litomyšl, Czech Republic. New Prague, named by Czech immigrants after Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
Pages in category "American people of Czech descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 393 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a partial list of famous Czech people. This list includes people born in Czech lands, people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry or association with Czech culture. Note: If you wish to add a name to this list, first add it here instead: Biography Stub Factory. This prevents the list from ...
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.
Czech Texans are residents of the state of Texas who are of Czech ancestry. Large scale Czech immigration to Texas began after the Revolutions of 1848 changed the political climate in Central Europe, and after a brief interruption during the U.S. Civil War, continued until the First World War. [1]
This category includes articles on the history of Czech Americans. Czech Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in, or who descended from, the territory of the historic Czech lands, (consisting of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia), or successor states, such as Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.