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Baxa
Baxa is a Slavic surname, a variant of Baksa. Notable people with the surname include: * Karel Baxa (1863–1938), Czech politician * María Baxa (1946–2019), Italian-Serbian actress * Martin Baxa (born 1975), Czech politician * Thomas Baxa (1946–2019), American artist {{surname Slavic-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Baxa
Martin Baxa (born 16 September 1975) is a Czech politician who has served as the Ministry of Culture (Czech Republic), Czech Minister of Culture in Petr Fiala's Cabinet since December 2021. He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies (MP) for the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since October 2017. He previously served as Mayor of Plzeň from 2010 to 2014, and again from 2018 to 2022. Early life Baxa was born in Plzeň in 1975. He studied at a local grammar school and then Masaryk University from 1994 to 1999. He subsequently became a teacher at a grammar School in Plzeň. Political career Baxa became a member of the Plzeň Municipal Assembly in 2002. From 2004 to 2008 he was a member of the Regional Council. Baxa led ODS during 2010 Plzeň municipal election, municipal elections in Plzeň in 2010, the only regional city where the party won that year. Baxa subsequently became the Mayor of Plzeň ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Baxa
Karel Baxa (24 June 1863 – 5 January 1938) was a Czech politician in Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and then in Czechoslovakia. He is most known for his long term position as mayor of Prague (''Primátor hlavního města Prahy''). Advocacy Baxa, nephew of journalist Karel Havlíček Borovský, was born in Sedlčany. He studied gymnasium, finishing in 1881, and continued to study law at the Charles University in Prague, finishing in 1888. Later, he worked at the courts in Tábor and Cheb and from 1891 he was an advocate in Prague. Baxa frequently defended Czech journalists during the state of emergency (1893) and was also the defendant of youth activists accused during the Omladina Trial (1893/94). He was the lawyer of the victim's family during the Hilsner Affair (1899), opposing the views of Tomáš Masaryk and spreading heavy antisemitic campaign. Political career Baxa became a member of the radical movement (''radikálně pokrokové hnutí''), a section of the Young Czechs poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Baxa
Thomas M. Baxa is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Biography Tom Baxa grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He enrolled at Northern Illinois University, where he studied under comic and fantasy artist Mark Nelson. Works Tom Baxa has continued to produce interior illustrations for many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books and ''Dragon'' magazine since 1989, as well as cover art for ''Realmspace'' (1991), ''Greyspace'' (1992), ''Swamplight'' (1993), and ''Forest Maker''. He has also produced artwork for many other games including ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness'' (Palladium Books), ''Torg'' (West End Games), ''GURPS'' (Steve Jackson Games), ''Shadowrun'' and ''Earthdawn'' (FASA Corporation), and illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Baxa
María Baxa (born Marija Baksa, sr-cyr, Марија Бакса, translit=; 15 April 1946 – 14 November 2019) was an Italian-Serbian film actress, mainly active in Italian cinema. Born in Osijek, Baxa made her film debut in Branko Čelović's ''Bokseri idu u raj'', then moved to Italy where she became a popular starlet in Italian genre cinema, especially in ''commedia sexy all'italiana The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre. Style ''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...'' (sex comedies). In the late 1980s, Baxa left showbusiness to be an architect. Filmography References External links * 1946 births 2019 deaths Serbian film actresses Italian film actresses People from Osijek Yugoslav expatriates in Italy {{Serbia-actor-stub Serbs of Croatia Italian people of Serbian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baksa (name)
Baksa is a surname of Hungarian, Croatian and Slovak origin which has several meanings. It may be a derivative of the old personal name Bak, or a toponymic surname from one of several places named Baksa. Bak may be a shortened form of several names beginning with ''Ba-'', a derivative of a word meaning 'billy goat' or 'he-goat', or a nickname for a womanizer. A form of this surname, spelled Baxa, is found in the Czech Republic. It is also the name of a medieval Hungarian clan. Notable people with the surname include: *George Baksa ( 1250–after 1307), Hungarian lord and military leader *Ladislaus Baksa (died 1329/30), Hungarian lord and soldier *Thomas Baksa Thomas (III) from the kindred Baksa ( hu, Baksa nembeli (III.) Tamás; died after 1288) was a Hungarian lord in the second half of the 13th century. He was a supporter of Stephen V of Hungary. Family Thomas was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Bak ... (died after 1288), Hungarian lord * Zoltán Baksa (born 1983), Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |