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Mikoláš
Mikoláš or Mikolas is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Mikoláš Aleš (1852–1913), Czech painter * Mikolas Josef (born Mikoláš Josef 1995), Czech singer * Doug Mikolas (born 1961), American football player * Josef Mikoláš (1938–2015), Czech ice hockey player * Miles Mikolas (born 1988), American baseball player See also * * Mikuláš * Mikola {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikoláš Aleš
Mikoláš Aleš (18 November 1852 – 10 July 1913) was a Czech painter. Aleš is estimated to have had over 5,000 published pictures; he painted for everything from magazines to playing cards to textbooks. His paintings were not publicized too widely outside Bohemia, but many of them are still available, and he is regarded as one of the Czech Republic's greatest artists. Biography Aleš was born in Mirotice near Písek, into a relatively rich family that was in debt at the time. He was taught history by his brother František until the latter's death in 1865; he expressed interest in painting at an early age. In 1879 he married Marina Kailová and moved to Italy where he continued his career in painting. He moved back to Prague to work on the new artwork at the Prague National Theatre along with other notable painters. Aleš died in Prague at the age of 60. Legacy Aleš is probably best known today as being one of the painters (the other being František Ženíšek) that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Mikoláš
Josef Mikoláš (, 23 January 1938 – 20 March 2015) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltender of the 1950s and 1960s. His biggest success came in 1961 when he helped the Czechoslovak national ice hockey team win silver medals at the World Ice Hockey Championships in Geneva, Switzerland and in 1963 when they took bronze in Stockholm, Sweden. Altogether he played in 29 matches for the national team. Early life Josef Mikoláš was born to a single mother and had three younger siblings. When he was a small boy, he suffered from several serious illnesses, including pneumonia and rickets. When he was five years old, he still could not walk. Despite this he later attended a coal mining apprentice school in Ostrava and worked as a coal miner after he finished it. He lived in Ostrava and started his ice hockey career here. Ice hockey career Josef Mikoláš started playing for ice-hockey team Pracovní zálohy Ostrava in 1956, but soon he came to another Ostrava team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikolas Josef
Mikolas Josef (; ; born 4 October 1995), also known mononymously as Mikolas (stylised in all caps), is a Czech singer-songwriter and former model. He represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Lie to Me" and finished in sixth place, the best result for the Czech Republic in Eurovision history. Early life and career Josef was born on 4 October 1995 in Prague into a musical family. He is of Czech, Moravian, Austrian, German and Italian descent. He has a brother named Karel and an older half-sister called Martina. He has been playing guitar since he was five years old. He grew up in Znojmo and in a small village in south Bohemia. Between 2006 and 2008 he studied at an art school, majoring in playing the guitar, which he was not able to finish. He continued his studies at a grammar school where he received an E in a music class. In 2015 he graduated from the English College in Prague. At the age of 17, he was awarded a gold medal for solo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikuláš
Mikuláš or Mikulas is a given name and a surname, equivalent to the English name Nicholas. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Mikuláš Dzurinda (born 1956), Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1998 to 2006 * Mikuláš of Hus (died 1420), Bohemian politician and representative of the Hussite movement * Mikuláš Galanda (1895–1938), Slovak painter, illustrator * Mikuláš of Kadaň (1350–1419), Bohemian imperial clockmaker who designed the clock machine of Prague Orloj together with Jan Šindel * Mikuláš Konopka (born 1979), Slovak Olympic shot putter Surname * Karol Mikuláš (1922–2023), Slovak miner and antifascist fighter *, Slovak opera and concert singer in the bass voice range and a singing teacher See also * * Mikulás, the Slovak, Czech and Hungarian version of St. Nicholas or Santa Claus *Mikula (other) *Mikoláš Mikoláš or Mikolas is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Mikoláš ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Mikolas
Douglas Adolph Mikolas (born June 7, 1961) is an American former professional football nose tackle who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Oilers. Mikolas played college football at the Oregon Institute of Technology and Portland State University. He was also a member of the Denver Gold of the United States Football League (USFL), the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the New York/New Jersey Knights of the World League of American Football (WLAF). Early life and college Douglas Adolph Mikolas was born on June 7, 1961, in Manteca, California. He attended Scio High School in Scio, Oregon. Mikolas was a member of the Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls of Oregon Institute of Technology in 1980. He transferred to Portland State University, where he was a four-year letterman for the Portland State Vikings from 1981 to 1984. As a senior in 1984, he was named the Western Football Conference Co-Player of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |