Kováč (pronounced: K-OH-v-ae-k), feminine: Kováčová, is a surname in
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
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It may refer to:
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Alan Kováč
Alan Kováč (born 22 May 1993) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Rača as a forward.
Club career ŠK Slovan Bratislava
Kováč made his Corgoň Liga debut for Slovan Bratislava on 31 May 2014 entering in as a substitute in place of Pave ...
(born 1993), Slovak footballer
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Dušan Kováč
Dušan Kováč (born 3 January 1942) is a Slovak historian and writer. He specializes in Slovak and Central European history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the author or co-author of several synthetic works about Slovak history. The head of the ...
(born 1942), Slovak historian
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Ervín Kováč (1911–1972), Slovak footballer
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Henrich Kováč (born 1994), Slovak footballer
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Igor Kováč (born 1969), Slovak athlete
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Ivan Kováč (1948-2023), Slovak athlete
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Lukáš Kováč (born 1987), Slovak footballer
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Maroš Kováč (born 1977), Slovak cyclist
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Matej Kováč (born 1985), Slovak footballer
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Michal Kováč
Michal Kováč (3 August 1930 – 5 October 2016) was the first president of Slovakia, having served from 1993 through 1998.
Early life
Kováč was born in the village of Ľubiša in then Czechoslovakia in 1929. He then graduated from the p ...
(1930–2016),
President of Slovakia
The president of the Slovak Republic () serves as the head of state of Slovakia and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The people directly elect the president for five years, for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The presidency is essent ...
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Pavel Kováč (born 1974), Slovak footballer
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Radoslav Kováč
Radoslav Kováč (; born 27 November 1979) is a Czech Republic, Czech Association football, football manager and former player. He is the manager of FC Slovan Liberec, Slovan Liberec. Kováč played both in Midfielder, midfield and in Defender ( ...
(born 1979), Czech footballer
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Tibor Kováč Tibor Kováč (1905–1952) was an activist in the illegal Working Group resistance organization during the Holocaust in Slovakia; he also worked for the welfare department of the Ústredňa Židov (ÚŽ), the ''Judenrat'' in the Slovak State.
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(1905–1952), Slovak Jewish activist
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Vladimír Kováč (born 1991), Slovak footballer
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Alena Kováčová
Alena Kováčová (born 10 November 1978, in Poprad) is a Slovak former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and ...
(born 1978), Slovak basketball player
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Emília Kováčová (1931–2020),
First Lady of Slovakia
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Ivana Kováčová (born 1992), Slovak gymnast
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Kateřina Kováčová (born 1982), Czech poet
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Lenka Kováčová (born 1966), Czech rower
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Slovak-language surnames