From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable people from
Košice,
Slovakia
Moshe Rusnak commander of Haganah in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem (1924-2006)
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Julia Indichova, American reproductive healthcare activist and author, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia
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Peter Kažimír, State Secretary of Finance (2006-2010), MP (2010-2012), Minister of Finance (2012-2019), Central Bank governor (since 2019)
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Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author, regenerator of the Hungarian language, studied, lived and worked in Košice
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Karol Kisel, Slovak footballer, born in Košice
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Gyula Kosice, Argentine sculptor, plastic artist, theoretician and poet
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Alex Král, Czech footballer born in Košice
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Juraj Kuniak, Slovak poet and writer, born in Košice
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Andrej Kvašňák, legendary Slovak football player
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- Blessed Sister
Sára Salkaházi, Sister of Social Service, martyr murdered by the
Arrow Cross Party in
Budapest
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Marek Sapara, football player
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Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, tennis player
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Rudolf Schuster, former Košice mayor and the second president of
Slovakia (1999–2004)
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Radoslav Školník, professional Slovak footballer, born in Košice
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Juraj Slafkovský, ice hockey player for the
Montreal Canadiens. Selected first overall in the
2022 NHL Draft
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Koloman Sokol, artist, founder of Slovak graphic art, deemed "Slovak Picasso", studied in Košice
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Egon Steuer,
head coach of the national
basketball team of the
Netherlands, born in Košice
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Aurel Stodola, engineer, physicist and inventor, studied in Košice
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Marek Svatoš, former ice hockey player for the
Colorado Avalanche
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Ferenc Szálasi, politician leader of the
Arrow Cross Party, born in Košice
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Peter Žiga (born 1972), Minister of Environment (2012-2016) and Economy (2016-2020) of Slovakia
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