1216 S. Paris St.
Ennis, TX 75119
ph: 972-875-7982
Links
Below are links involving our organization, city and Czech heritage.
Organization & Church
St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church
Czech Heritage, Festivals, Music, etc.
K.J.T. Society #35 Facebook Page
Czech Heritage Society of Texas
Texas Czech Heritage & Cultural Center
Czech Costume Creations (Kroj)
National Accordion Association
Texas Czech Genealogical Society
Ennis, Texas
Ennis Convention & Visitors Bureau
Texas Czech/Polka Bands
Polka Band Leaders of New Braunfels
Notable Czech Americans
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Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State
Richard Bassett, signer of the US constitution
George Blanda, one of the most successful football players
Henry W. Bloch and Richard Bloch, founders of H&R Block Co.
Louis D. Brandeis, Justice of the US Supreme Court
Thomas Cech, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry
Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago
Eugene Cernan, Astronaut
Carl Cori, Nobel Prize laureate
Francis Dvornik, historian of Byzantine and Slavic history
Rudolf Firkusny, pianist of note
Abraham Flexner, reformer of American medical education
Simon Flexner, founder and first director of the Rockefeller Institute (now University)
Milos Forman, film director
Rudolf Friml, composer of operettas
George S. Halas, “Papa Bear”, player-coach of the Chicago Bears
John Havlicek, basketball player
John Heckewelder, Moravian missionary
Augustine Herman, creator of first accurate map of MD & VA
Ales Hrdlicka, founder of American physical anthropology
Karel Husa, Pullitzer Prize-winning composer
Jaromir Jagr, NHL star, formerly Captain of the NY Rangers, won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penquins in the early 1990s.
Karl Jansky, discoverer of radio astronomy
Otto Kerner, Jr., Governor of Illinois
John Kerry, US Senator
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Hollywood composer
Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald empire
Ivan Lendl, tennis player
Stanley Frank Musial, baseball player of international fame
Martina Navratilova, tennis player
John Neumann, first American male Saint
Jarmila Novotná, opera singer
Frederick Philipse, wealthiest person in New Amsterdam
Albin Polasek, sculptor
Edmund Jennings Randolph, Governor of VA, first Attorney-General of US, US Secretary of State
Mila Rechcigl, one of the founders and long-time President of SVU
Arnold Schoenberg, composer
Joseph Alois Schumpeter, economist of note at Harvard University
Rudolf Serkin, eminent pianist
Josef Skvorecky, writer
Sissy Spacek, actress
Rip Torn, actor
George Szell, prominent conductor and composer of Cleveland Orchestra
Helen Taussig, medical researcher at Johns Hopkins University who alerted physicians of the dangers of thalidomide
Karl Wallenda, founder of the Flying Wallenda, with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Casper Weinberger, Secretary of HEW, Secretary of Defense
Jaromír Weinberger, composer
Rene Wellek, founder of literary criticism and comparative literature
Franz Werfel, writer
David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary
1216 S. Paris St.
Ennis, TX 75119
ph: 972-875-7982
