Famous Slovaks in History - On This Day

Famous Slovaks in History - On This Day

List of Slovak People

  • 1688-01-25 Juraj Jánošík, Slovak outlaw-highwayman, born in Terchová, Slovakia (d. 1713)
  • 1691-06-14 Jan Francisci, Slovak organist and composer, born in Neusohl, Kingdom of Hungary (now Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) (d. 1758)
  • 1704-10-09 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1777)
  • 1720-05-15 Maximilian Hell [Höll], Slovakian astronomer, Jesuit priest, and namesake of a lunar crater, born in Selmecbánya, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1792)
  • 1746-09-20 Móric Beňovský, Slovak military officer, explorer and self-declared King of Madagascar, born in Verbó, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1786)
  • 1764-07-05 János Lavotta, Hungarian violinist and composer, born in Pusté Úľany, Slovakia, Habsburg Empire (d. 1820)
  • 1778-11-14 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian piano virtuoso and composer, born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) (d. 1837)
  • 1780-05-10 Peter Lichtenthal, Austrian composer, musicologist, and physician, born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislavia, Slovakia) (d. 1853)
  • 1807-01-06 Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor, born in Spišská Belá, Slovakia (d. 1891)
  • 1815-10-29 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician and author of Slovak language, born in Uhrovec, Austrian Empire (d. 1856)
  • 1817-08-13 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, born in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (d. 1886)
  • 1820-02-13 (Albert) Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer, and conductor, born in Bártfa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bardejov, Slovakia) (d. 1882)
  • 1835-08-10 Gyula Beliczay, Hungarian pianist, composer, teacher, and engineer, born in Révkomárom, Hungary (now in Slovakia) (d. 1893)
  • 1843-09-04 Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer, born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Austrian Empire (d. 1936)
  • 1849-02-02 Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)
  • 1850-03-07 Tomáš Masaryk, Czech philosopher and 1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-35), born in Hodonín, Austrian Empire (d. 1937)
  • 1855-04-09 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, born in Kuzmice, Topoľčany District, Slovakia (d. 1889)
  • 1864-02-17 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)
  • 1864-09-27 Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic priest, born in Liptó County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1938)
  • 1865-04-13 Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer, born in Pressburg, Austrian Empire (now Bratislava, Slovakia) (d. 1922)
  • 1867-12-22 František Xaver Šalda, Czechoslovakian literary critic, born in Liberec, Czech Republic (d. 1937)
  • 1872-07-12 Emil Hácha, Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1938-9, State President of Bohemia and Moravia, 1939-1945), born in Trhové Sviny, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
  • 1872-12-06 Mikulas Moyzes, Slovak composer, born in Zvolenská Slatina, Slovakia (d. 1944)
  • 1874-12-22 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer and musician, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1939)
  • 1875-02-28 Viliam Figus-Bystry, Slovakian composer, born in Banská Bystrica, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1937)
  • 1878-02-01 Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
  • 1880-07-21 Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French army general (WWI), Czecho-Slovak nationalist resistance leader, aviator, and astronomer, born in Kosaras, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1919)
  • 1881-05-24 Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský, Slovak composer (Missa pastoralis), born in Trnava, Slovakia (d. 1958)
  • 1883-11-02 Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, born in Mošovce, Slovakia (d. 1963)
  • 1884-05-28 Edvard Beneš, Czech politician, statesman, and 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (1935-38, 1945-48), born in Kožlany, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1948)
  • 1884-12-19 Antonin Zapotocky, Czech communist politician (President of Czechoslovakia 1953-57), born in Zákolany, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1957)
  • 1885-08-12 Alexander Albrecht, Slovak composer, born in Arad, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1958)
  • 1887-10-13 Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic) and collaborator with Nazi Germany, born in Bytča, Slovakia (d. 1947)
  • 1895-11-25 Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician (8th President of Czechoslovakia, 1968-75), born in Hroznatín, Moravia, Austria Hungary (d. 1979)
  • 1896-09-29 Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky, Slovak organist, choirmaster, composer and pedagogue (Birch Trees), born in Šamorín, Slovakia, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1975)
  • 1896-11-23 Klement Gottwald, Czech communist politician, Premier and President of Czechoslovakia (1946-53), born in Vyškov, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)
  • 1899-08-19 Franz C. Schmelkes, Czech-born Chemist who discovered azochloramid (chlorazodin), widely used as a disinfectant to sterilize wounds and burns, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1942)
  • 1902-02-19 Hugo Haas, Czechoslovakian actor and director (Bait, Pick Up, 2 Smart People), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 1968)
  • 1902-08-06 Michal Vilec, Slovak composer, born in Bardejovská Nová Ves, Austria-Hungary (d. 1979)
  • 1902-12-12 Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter, born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia (d. 2003)
  • 1903-02-20 Karel Janeček, Czech composer and pedagogue, born in Czestochowa, Czechoslovakia (d. 1974)
  • 1906-07-30 Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer and conductor, born in Pezinok, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 2000)
  • 1906-09-04 Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer, born in Kláštor pod Znievom, Slovensko (d. 1984)
  • 1906-09-25 Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1942)
  • 1906-11-06 Francis Lederer, Czech actor (Diary of a Chambermaid), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2000)
  • 1907-08-29 Joseph Wechsberg, Jewish-Czech writer (Looking For a Bluebird), born in Ostrava, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (d. 1983)
  • 1908-04-11 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1950-68; Toronto Symphony, 1968-73), composer, and Auschwitz survivor, born in Tučapy, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
  • 1908-09-25 Eugen Suchoň, Slovak organist and composer (Krútňava (The Whirlpool); Psalm of the Carpathian Lands; Kaleidoscope), and music educator, born in Pezinok, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1993)
  • 1911-01-08 Andrej Očenáš, Slovak composer, born in Selce, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
  • 1911-02-26 Josef Smrkovský, Czechoslovak communist politician, born in Velenka, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1974)
  • 1911-07-29 Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, born in Banská Bystrica, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
  • 1911-12-14 Ota Adler, Czech-British fur trader and founder (Federal Trust), born in Kraslice, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
  • 1912-02-08 Šimon Jurovský [Shimon Weiss-Nägel], Slovak composer for ballet, theater, and film, born in Uľanka, Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (d. 1963)
  • 1912-02-24 Július Kowalski, Slovak composer, born in Ostrava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic) (d. 2003)
  • 1913-01-10 Gustav Husak, Slovak politician and president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1991)
  • 1913-08-13 Ladislav Holoubek, Slovak conductor (Košice Opera, 1966-81), and composer (Rodina), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1994)
  • 1913-12-20 Jozef Kresánek, Slovak composer and musicologist, born in Čičmany, Kongdom of Hungary (now Slovakia) (d. 1986)
  • 1914-12-23 Dezider Kardos, Slovak composer, born in Nadlice, Slovakia (d. 1991)
  • 1916-06-19 George Pravda, Austria-Hungary, actor (Thunderball, Firefox), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
  • 1917-04-03 Tibor Andrasovan, Slovak composer, born in Slovenská Lupca, Zólyom, Austria-Hungary (d. 2001)
  • 1917-09-23 Imry Németh, Hungarian athlete (Olympic gold hammer throw 1948, bronze 1952; WR 1959 59.88m), born in Košice, Slovakia (d. 1989)
  • 1917-09-28 Václav Kašlík, Czech opera composer (Krakatit), conductor, and director, born in Poličná, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1989)
  • 1918-11-20 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), born in Spišský Štiavnik, Slovakia (d. 1987)
  • 1919-01-20 Stepan Lucky, Slovak film score composer, born in Žilina, Slovakia (d. 2006)
  • 1919-02-22 Jiří Pauer, Czech composer, born in Libušín, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
  • 1919-07-12 Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2003)
  • 1919-09-16 Milan Harašta, Czech composer, born in Brno, Moravia Czechoslovakia (d. 1946)
  • 1919-09-24 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), born in Polanka, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • 1919-12-06 Gideon Klein, Moravian pianist and composer, born in Přerov, Czechoslovakia (d. 1945)
  • 1920-05-02 Jacob Gilboa [Erwin Goldberg], Israeli composer, born in Košice, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
  • 1920-06-10 Zbyněk Vostřák, Czech composer (While We Are Falling Asleep), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
  • 1920-09-29 Václav Neummann, Czech conductor and musician, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
  • 1921-03-05 Elmer Valo, American baseball outfielder (one of only 4, four-decade MLB players 1939-61; Philadelphia, KC Athletics), born in Rybník Czechoslovakia (d. 1998)
  • 1921-03-30 Oto Ferenczy, Slovak composer, born in Brezovica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now Kosovo) (d. 2000)
  • 1921-04-08 Jan Novák, Czech classical composer and contemporary Latin poet, born in Nová Říše, Moravia, First Czechoslovak Republic (d. 1984)
  • 1921-07-17 František Zvarík, Slovakian stage actor (Slovak National Theatre), born in Vrútky, Slovakia (d. 2008)
  • 1921-08-07 Karel Husa, Czech-American Pulitzer prize winning composer (Trojan Women), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
  • 1921-11-27 Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) (d. 1992)
  • 1921-12-19 Ludvík Podéšť, Czech composer, born in Dubňany, Czechoslovakia (d. 1968)
  • 1922-02-19 Josef Matěj, Czech trombonist, and composer (Monograms), born in Brušperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)
  • 1922-07-15 Jiří Lederer, Czech journalist and anti-communist dissident (Prague Spring), born in Kvasiny, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1983)
  • 1922-09-19 Dana Zátopková, Czech athlete (Olympic gold women's javelin 1952, silver 1960), born in Fryštát, Czechoslovakia (d. 2020)
  • 1923-02-27 Viktor Kalabis, Czech composer (Two Worlds), born in Červený Kostelec, Czechoslovakia (d. 2006)
  • 1923-03-06 Erhard Karkoschka, German composer, conductor (Contac-Ensemble), educator, and music scholar, born in Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 2009)
  • 1923-03-27 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario (Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra), born in Košice, Czechoslovakia (d. 2019)
  • 1923-06-10 Robert Maxwell [Jan Hoch], Czech-British media magnate and politician and fraudster (Mirror Group, MacMillan), born in Slatinské Doly, Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
  • 1924-03-20 Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (The Shop on Main Street), born in Staškov, Slovakia (d. 1998)
  • 1924-03-21 Karl Heinz Fussl, Austrian composer, musicologist, publisher, and music critic, born in Jablonec, Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)
  • 1924-04-24 Yehoshua Lakner, Israeli pianist, composer (Circles and Signals; Cornerstones), and teacher, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2003)
  • 1924-05-17 Frantisek Kovaricek, Czech composer (Ukradeny mesic (The Stolen Moon)), born in Liteniny, Czechoslovakia (d. 2003)
  • 1924-05-29 Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball coach (Czech Women's team, German Men's team), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2013)
  • 1924-09-11 Rudolf Vrba, Slovak-Jewish biochemist and Holocaust survivor, born in Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (d. 2006)
  • 1924-09-14 Jitka Snížková, Czech composer, music educator and musicologist, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1989)
  • 1924-09-27 Josef Skvorecky, Czechoslovakia, writer and publisher (End of the Nylon Age, The Cowards) (d. 2012)
  • 1924-11-06 Jeanette Schmid, Austrian transsexual professional whistler, born in Volary, Czechoslovakia (d. 2005)
  • 1925-02-19 Jindřich Feld, Czech composer (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
  • 1925-04-05 Oldřich Flosman, Czechoslovakian composer (Visions of Michelangelo; Butterflies Don't Live Here Any Longer), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1998)
  • 1925-10-10 Ivan Sviták, Czech philosopher and poet, born in Hranice na Moravě, Czechoslovakia (d. 1994)
  • 1926-03-06 Miroslav Klega, Czech composer (Pantomime Suite), born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 1993)
  • 1926-04-14 Frank Daniel, Czech-American screenwriter, director and teacher, born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • 1926-04-26 Oldřich František Korte, Czech pianist, composer, and writer, born in Šaľa, Slovakia (d. 2014)
  • 1926-05-14 Čestmír Gregor, Czech composer, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
  • 1926-05-16 Jan Zimmer, Slovak composer, born in Ružomberok, North Slovakia (d. 1993)
  • 1926-07-21 Karel Reisz, Czech-British filmmaker and director (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; The French Lieutenant's Woman; Who'll Stop the Rain), born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 2002)
  • 1926-10-07 Ivan Jirko, Czech composer, music critic and psychiatrist, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1978)
  • 1926-12-09 Jan Křesadlo, Czech-British psychologist and writer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
  • 1927-02-08 Zdeněk Zouhar, Czech composer, and teacher, born in Kotvrdovice, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
  • 1927-02-23 Ivan Hrušovský, Slovak composer and educator (Rytmus), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2001)
  • 1927-03-08 Jaromir Podešva, Czech composer (Fragments of the Quinguennium), music theorist, and pedagogue, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 2000)
  • 1927-03-08 Josef Berg, Czech composer and musicologist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 1971)
  • 1927-06-10 László Kubala, Hungarian soccer striker (3 caps Hungary, 6 Czechoslovakia, 19 Spain, 4 Catalonia; FC Barcelona 186 games) and manager (Spain 1969–80), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2002)
  • 1928-03-01 Václav Snítil, Czech violinist (Czech Nonet), and teacher (Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 1964-2015), born in Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia (d. 2015)
  • 1928-03-27 Antonín Tučapský, Czech composer, teacher, and choral conductor, born in Opatovice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (d. 2014)
  • 1928-03-29 Václav Felix, Czech composer, and pedagogue, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2008)
  • 1928-05-12 Ivan Král, Czech-American bass player, songwriter, record producer (Patti Smith; Iggy Pop; John Waite), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2020)
  • 1928-07-20 Pavel Kohout, Czech-Austrian playwright (Poor Murderer), poet, novelist (I Am Snowing), and dissident (Charter 77), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1928-08-21 Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
  • 1929-03-18 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, born in Zábřeh, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
  • 1929-04-01 Milan Kundera, Czech-French poet and novelist (The Joke: The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Immortality), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 2023)
  • 1929-04-29 Václav Kučera, Czech composer (Concierto imaginativo; Homenaje a Salvador Dalí), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2017)
  • 1929-08-08 Josef Suk, Czech concert violinist (Artist of Merit, 1977), violist, and namesake of composer grandfather, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
  • 1930-02-25 Erica Pedretti (née Schefter), Moravian-Swiss writer (Engste Heimat), and sculptor, born in Šternberk, Czechoslovakia (d. 2022)
  • 1930-06-25 Hugo Gabriel Gryn, British Reform rabbi, born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • 1930-08-05 Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (1993-98), born in Ľubiša, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
  • 1931-01-16 Vladimír Škutina, Czechoslovakian writer and actor (Hvezda jede na jih), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
  • 1931-02-09 Josef Masopust, Czech soccer midfielder (63 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 386 games) and manager (Czechoslovakia, Dukla Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Hasselt, FK Pelikán Děčín), born in Střimice, Czechoslovakia (d. 2015)
  • 1931-03-22 Igor Hajek, Czech translator and writer, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (d. 1995)
  • 1931-05-27 Věroslav Neumann, Czech composer and music educator, born in Citoliby, Czechoslovakia (d. 2006)
  • 1931-07-06 László Tábori, Hungarian middle/long distance runner (1,500m world record 1955), born in Košice, Slovakia (d. 2018)
  • 1931-07-11 Hans Klein, German politician (Vice President Bundestag 1990-96), born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • 1931-08-02 Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
  • 1931-11-30 Günther Herbig, German conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1984-90; Toronto Symphony, 1988-1994; Berlin Symphony, 1977-83; Dresden Philharmonic, 1972-77), born in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
  • 1931-12-08 Rudolf Komorous, Czech-born Canadian composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1931-12-09 Ladislav Smoljak, Czech director, actor and screenwriter (An Uncertain Season), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2010)
  • 1931-12-15 Evald Schorm, Czech film director (Courage for Every Day), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1988)
  • 1931-12-29 Jan Konopásek, Czech-American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2020)
  • 1932-01-22 Berthold Grünfeld, Czech-Norwegian psychiatrist, sexologist, and educator, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (d. 2007)
  • 1932-01-30 Vladimír Heger, Czech basketball coach (Czechoslovakia 1965-69, 72-76; Netherlands 1983-85), born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 2021)
  • 1932-02-18 Miloš Forman, Czech-American award-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The Firemen's Ball), born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia (d. 2018)
  • 1932-04-01 Jiří Smutný, Czech composer and conductor, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1932-04-28 Marek Kopelent, Czech contemporary classical composer, artistic director (Musica Viva Pragensis, 1965-73), and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2023)
  • 1932-12-21 Ilja Zeljenka, Slovak composer (Oświęcim), born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) (d. 2007)
  • 1933-04-08 Jaroslav Smolka, Czech composer (Metamorfosi), music director, dramaturge, pedagogue, and musicologist, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
  • 1933-06-22 Libor Pešek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1982-90; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, 1987-98), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2022)
  • 1933-07-11 Olga Havlová (nee Šplíchalová) Czech political activist (First Lady of the Czech Republic, 1993-96; First Lady of Czechoslovakia, 1989-92), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • 1933-10-12 Titus Buberník, Czech soccer midfielder (23 caps Czechoslovakia; ČH Bratislava, LASK Linz), born in Pusté Úľany, Czech Republic (d. 2022)
  • 1934-01-04 Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia
  • 1934-04-18 Jan Klusák [Porges], Czech contemporary classical and film score composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1934-11-19 Milan Dvořák, Czech soccer utility (13 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 261 games), born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 2022)
  • 1935-06-24 Jiří Teml, Czech composer (People and Sources Symphony), born in Vimperk, Czechoslovakia
  • 1935-09-20 Lubos Fiser, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1999)
  • 1935-10-25 Zdeněk Pololáník, Czech composer and organist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
  • 1936-02-13 Pavol Molnár, Slovak soccer forward (20 caps Czechoslovakia; SK Slovan Bratislava, FK Inter Bratislava), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2021)
  • 1936-02-18 Jozef Vengloš, Slovak soccer manager (Australia, Czechoslovakia, Malaysia, Fenerbahçe, Aston Villa, Celtic, Slovakia), born in Ružomberok, Slovakia (d. 2021)
  • 1936-03-17 Ladislaw Kupkovic, Slovak violinist, and composer (Musik für das Ruhrfestspielhaus; Klanginvasion auf Bonn), born in Bratislava. Czechoslovak Republic (d. 2016)
  • 1936-07-12 Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
  • 1936-08-17 Ivan Parik, Czech classical and electro-acoustic composer (Quadrophony), born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (d. 2005)
  • 1936-10-05 Vaclav Havel, Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1990-2, Czech Republic, 1993-2003), born in Prague (d. 2011)
  • 1937-04-18 Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2009)
  • 1937-05-15 Madeleine Albright (née Korbell), American diplomat (UN Delegate, 1993-97), and 1st female US Secretary of State (1997-2001), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2022)
  • 1937-05-29 Peter Kolman, Slovak-Austrian composer (Monumento per 6,000,000), and experimental music proponent, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2022)
  • 1937-06-21 Raphaël Sommer, Czech cellist, and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2001)
  • 1937-07-03 Tom Stoppard, Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony), born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
  • 1937-10-22 Tadeáš Salva, Slovak composer, born in Lúčky, Slovakia (d. 1997)
  • 1938-02-23 Jiří Menzel, Czech film director (Closely Watched Trains), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2020)
  • 1938-04-30 Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director (Crucial Years), born in Kojšov, Czechoslovakia
  • 1938-05-05 Adolf Scherer, Slovak soccer striker (36 caps Czechoslovakia; CH Bratislava, Slovnaft Bratislava, VSS Košice, Nîmes, Olympique Avignonais), born in Martin, Slovakia (d. 2023)
  • 1939-11-12 Lucia Popp [Poppová], Slovakian operatic soprano, born in Záhorská Ves, Slovak State (now Slovakia) (d. 1993)
  • 1940-05-20 Stan Mikita, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Stanley Cup 1961; Hart Memorial Trophy [MVP] 1967, 68; 6 x NHL First All-Star Team), born in Sokolče, Slovak Republic (d. 2018)
  • 1940-06-04 Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Linz, born in Most pri Bratislave, Slovakia
  • 1941-03-27 Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia (2004-14), born in Poltár, Slovak Republic
  • 1941-05-01 Juraj Hatrík, Slovak composer (Monumento malinconico; Dispute Over a Plastered Dwarf), and educator, born in Orkucany, Slovak Republic (d. 2021)
  • 1942-05-03 Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (7 Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
  • 1942-07-26 Vladimír Mečiar, 1st and 3rd Prime Minister of Slovakia, born in Zvolen, Slovakia
  • 1943-05-07 Peter Horak, Czech stuntman (Star Trek: Voyager: Throw Momma from the Train), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2017)
  • 1943-11-02 Oldrich Pelcak, Czech cosmonaut, born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
  • 1944-01-12 Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovak-born German chess player, born in Kladno, Czech Republic
  • 1944-04-12 Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, born in Kroměříž, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (d. 1994)
  • 1945-05-05 Jiří Svoboda, Czech director and politician (2nd Chairman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia), born in Kladno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
  • 1945-07-10 Peter Michalica, Slovak violinist, born in Kremnica, Slovakia
  • 1945-09-06 Petr Novák, Czech musician (George and Beatovens, Flamengo), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1997)
  • 1945-11-22 Ivan Pařík, Czech opera conductor and educator, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1946-01-11 Vladimír Bokes, Slovak cellist, composer (Good Day, Mr. Fibonacci), and pedagogue, born in Bratislava, Czechoslovak Republic (now Slovakia)
  • 1946-02-24 Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1990-92 & 2012-17; Prague Philharmonia, 1993-2005; BBC Symphony, 2006-12), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2017)
  • 1946-03-01 Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player (French Open 1970-71, Wimbledon 1973), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1946-08-26 Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2017)
  • 1946-10-27 Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian director and producer (Stripes; Ghostbusters; Dave; Private Parts), born in Komárno, Slovakia (d. 2022)
  • 1946-12-13 Radim Hladík, Czech guitarist (The Blue Effect), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
  • 1946-12-23 Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2021)
  • 1947-01-29 Marián Varga, Slovak progressive rock keyboardist, organist, and composer (Prúdy; Collegium Musicum), born in Skalica, Czechoslovakia (d. 2017)
  • 1947-03-15 Juraj Kukura, Slovak actor (Traffik; It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill), born in Prešov, Slovakia
  • 1947-04-12 Antonin Kratochvil, Czech-American photojournalist (VII Photo Agency), born in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
  • 1947-07-11 Jaroslav Pollák, Slovak soccer midfielder (49 caps, Czechoslovakia;Sparta Prague, Austria Salzburg), born in Nižný Medzev, Slovakia (d. 2020)
  • 1947-12-06 Miroslav Vitouš, Czech jazz bassist (Weather Report), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1948-04-17 Jan Hammer, Czech-American rock keyboardist (Mahavishnu Orchestra; Jeff Beck), and composer ("Miami Vice Theme"), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1948-08-11 Jan Palach, Czech student who died through self-immolation protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, born in Všetaty, Czechoslovakia (d. 1969)
  • 1948-09-26 Vladimír Remek, Czech politician and cosmonaut (Soyuz 28), born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
  • 1949-02-20 Ivana Trump (née Zelníčková), Czech-American model and ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club), born in Gottwaldov, Moravia, Czechoslovak Republic (d. 2022)
  • 1951-01-22 Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (Olympic gold men's singles 1972; World C'ships gold 1971, 72, 73), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1989)
  • 1951-03-30 Anton Tkáč, Slovak track cyclist (Olympic gold Czechoslovakia men's match sprint 1976; World C'ship gold 1974, 78), born in Lozorno, Slovakia (d. 2022)
Slovakian History Timeline

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