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Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions in the Trump Organization, as vice president of interior design, CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and manager of the Plaza Hotel.
Ivan Reitman
Slovak–Canadian filmmaker (1946–2022)
Josef Škvorecký
Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924-2012)
Michael Czerny
Canadian Jesuit and Catholic cardinal
Stan Mikita
Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player
Peter Šťastný
Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player
Jan Hudec
Canadian-Czech alpine skier
Karel Ančerl
Czech conductor, composer and director conductor of Czech Philharmonic (1908–1973)
Alex Baumann
Canadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Petr Nedvěd
Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
Václav Nedomanský
Czech ice hockey player and coach
Vladimir Kulich
Czech actor
David Nykl
Canadian actor
Jaroslava Blažková
Slovak novelist, short story writer, children's writer and journalist (1933–2017)
Igor Vrablic
Canadian soccer player
Anton Šťastný
Czechoslovak ice hockey player
Edith Ballantyne
Canadian peace activist
Marián Šťastný
Slovak ice hockey player
Milan Kymlicka
Czechoslovakian and Canadian arranger, composer and conductor (1936–2008)
Václav Chvátal
Czech-Canadian mathematician
Jan Rubeš
Czech opera singer and actor
Karol Sidor
Czechoslovak diplomat and politician (1901-1953)
Otto Jelinek
Canadian figure skater, politician and entrepreneur
Oskar Morawetz
Czech-Canadian music educator and composer (1917–2007)
George Brady
Czech Canadian Holocaust survivor
Jana Nejedly
Canadian tennis player
Magda B. Arnold
American psychologist
Maria Jelinek
Canadian figure skater
Zdena Salivarová
Czech singer, translator, writer and publisher (1933–2025)
Marcel Gery
Slovak and Canadian swimmer
Eugene K. Balon
Czech-born Canadian zoologist
Thomas J. Bata
Czech-born Canadian businessman (1914–2008)
Miroslav Fryčer
Czech ice hockey player and coach (1959–2021)
Antonín Kubálek
Czech pianist (1935–2011)
Steve Ihnat
American actor (1934-1972)
Lotta Hitschmanova
Canadian humanitarian (1909-1990)
Jana Sterbak
Canadian artist (born 1955)
Carole Jane Pachl
figure skater
Otto Gold
Czechoslovak ice figure skater and figure skating coach (1909-1977)
Eva Kushner
Canadian scholar of Comparative and French, Renaissance, and Canadian literature (1929–2023)
Jan Ludvig
Czech ice hockey player
Ingrid Veninger
Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter
Leoš Šimánek
Czech writer and explorer
Lenka Lichtenberg
Czech-Canadian musician, composer, songwriter, cantorial soloist.
Rick Lanz
Canadian ice hockey player
Max Marinko
Slovene-Yugoslavian-Canadian table tennis player (1916–1975)
Jiří Patera
Canadian mathematician and physicist
Stephen Boleslav Roman
Slovak entrepreneur
Rudolf Piowaty
Czechoslovak swimmer (1900-1978)
Igor Bachner
Canadian soccer player
Anton Kotzig
Canadian mathematician (1919–1991)
Joe Schlesinger
Canadian television journalist (1928-2019)
Ivan Kalmar
anthropologist
John Capek
Australian musician
Ludmila Zeman
Czech Canadian artist, animator, and creator of children's books
Otto Špaček
Czech general and pilot (1918–2007)