Čech (feminine Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

. It was used to distinguish an inhabitant of Bohemia from Slovaks, Moravians and other ethnic groups. Notable people with the surname include: * Dana Čechová (born 1983), Czech table tennis players *

Donovan Cech Donovan Cech (born 2 May 1974) is a South African rower. He competes in the Coxless Pairs division and his boat partner for the past few years has been Ramon di Clemente. The pair won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath ...

(born 1974), South African rower *

Eduard Čech Eduard Čech (; 29 June 1893 – 15 March 1960) was a Czech mathematician. His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. He is especially known for the technique known as Stone–Čech compactification (in topo ...

(1893–1960), Czech mathematician * Filip Čech (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player *

František Ringo Čech František Ringo Čech (born 9 July 1943) is a Czech musician, songwriter, painter, actor, comedian, publicist, politician, dramatist, screenwriter, and author. Life and career Early musical career: 1959–1965 František Čech was born in Prag ...

(born 1943), Czech musician and politician * Kateřina Čechová (born 1988), Czech athlete * Ludwig Czech (1870–1942), Czech-German-Jewish political figure * Marek Čech (disambiguation), multiple people *

Martin Čech Martin Čech (June 2, 1976 in Havlíčkův Brod – September 6, 2007 in Havlíčkův Brod) was a Czech ice hockey defenceman. Čech played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Zlín and HC Lasselsberger Plzeň before moving to Finland's SM-liiga ...

(1976–2007), Czech ice hockey player *

Miya Cech Miya Cech (born March 4, 2007) is an American actress. She made her film debut in ''The Darkest Minds'' (2018). She then starred in ''Rim of the World'' (2019), the second revival of ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (2019), ''The Astronauts'' (202 ...

(born 2004), American actress *

Olga Čechová Olga Čechová (6 April 1925 – 24 November 2010) was a Czech printmaker. A native of Brno, Čechová studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in that city from 1941 until 1944. From 1946 until 1951 she was a student at the Academy of Arts, Arch ...

(1925–2010), Czech printmaker *

Petr Čech Petr Čech (; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also plays semi-professional ice hockey as a goaltender for Chelmsford Chieftains. Described by numerous players, pundits and managers as ...

(born 1982), Czech footballer *

Petr Čech (hurdler) Petr Čech (born 6 January 1944) is a Czech former hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munic ...

(born 1944), Czech hurdler * Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet *

Thomas Cech Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947) is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech discovered that RNA could itself cut strands of RNA, ...

(born 1947), American chemist *

Vladimír Čech Vladimír Čech (6 July 1951 – 22 March 2013) was a Czech actor, presenter and former politician. Čech was born and died in Prague. He was the son of anchorwoman Heda Čechová (1928–2020) and actor Vladimír Čech, Sr. (1916–1990). I ...

(1951–2013), Czech actor, presenter and politician

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