Čech (feminine Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning Czech. It was used to distinguish an inhabitant of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

from

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...

Moravians Moravians ( cs, Moravané or colloquially , outdated ) are a West Slavic ethnographic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who speak the Moravian dialects of Czech or Common Czech or a mixed form of both. Along with the Silesi ...

and other ethnic groups. Notable people with the surname include: *

Dana Čechová Dana Čechová (born 3 September 1983 as Dana Hadačová) is a Czech Republic, Czech table tennis player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the second round of the Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, sing ...

(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 A ...

(born 1974), South African rower. * Eduard Čech (1893–1960), Czech mathematician. *

Filip Čech Filip Čech (born June 25, 1980 in Havířov) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Zlín in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of t ...

(born 1980), Czech ice hockey player. *

František Čech František Čech (born 15 June 1998) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hradec Králové in the Czech First League. He made his senior league debut for Hradec Králové on 13 May 2017 in their Czech First League 2� ...

, Czech footballer. * František Ringo Čech (born 1943), Czech musician and politician. *

Kateřina Čechová Kateřina Čechová (; born 21 March 1988 in Brno) is a Czech athlete who specialises in the 100 m and 200 m sprints. Čechová won the 100 metres at the Czech Athletics Championships The Czech Athletics Championships ( cs, Mistrovství ČR v ...

(born 1988), Czech athlete. *

Ludwig Czech Ludwig Czech (14 February 1870 – 20 August 1942) was a German-speaking Jewish Czech member of the German Social Democratic Workers' Party in the Czechoslovak Republic who actively participated in the Czechoslovak politics of the so-called Firs ...

(1870–1942), Czech-German-Jewish political figure. *

Marek Čech (disambiguation) Marek Čech may refer to: * Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), retired Slovak footballer *Marek Čech (Czech footballer) Marek Čech (born 8 April 1976) is a Czech former football goalkeeper. Career Čech started playing football at ...

, multiple people. * Martin Čech (1976–2007), Czech ice hockey player. * Miya Cech (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, Arc ...

(1925–2010), Czech printmaker. * Petr Čech (born 1982), Czech footballer. * Petr Čech (1944–2022), Czech hurdler. *

Soňa Čechová Soňa Čechová (; 9 September 1930 – 4 March 2007)FRIŠ Eduard 27.1.1912-14.5.1978. In: was a Slovak translator and promoter of Czecho-Slovak unity. She was the editor of chief of the Mosty magazine, focused on better mutual understanding be ...

(1930–2007), Slovak translator. *

Svatopluk Čech Svatopluk Čech (21 February 1846 in Ostředek near Benešov – 23 February 1908 in Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and poet. Biography Čech studied at gymnasium (secondary school) in Prague, then studied law, and later worked in the jo ...

(1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet. * Thomas Cech (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 ...

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

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