List of people from Košice explained
This is a list of notable people from Košice, Slovakia
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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)
- Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author, regenerator of the Hungarian language, studied, lived and worked in Košice
- Karol Kisel, Slovak footballer, born in Košice
- Gyula Kosice, Argentine sculptor, plastic artist, theoretician and poet
- Alex Král, Czech footballer born in Košice
- Juraj Kuniak, Slovak poet and writer, born in Košice
- 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
- Marek Sapara, football player
- Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, tennis player
- Rudolf Schuster, former Košice mayor and the second president of Slovakia (1999–2004)
- Radoslav Školník, professional Slovak footballer, born in Košice
- Juraj Slafkovský, ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens. Selected first overall in the 2022 NHL Draft
- Koloman Sokol, artist, founder of Slovak graphic art, deemed "Slovak Picasso", studied in Košice
- Egon Steuer, head coach of the national basketball team of the Netherlands, born in Košice
- Aurel Stodola, engineer, physicist and inventor, studied in Košice
- Marek Svatoš, former ice hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche
- 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
Notes and References
- News: Thomas H.. Maugh II. Dr. William Ganz dies at 90; cardiologist co-invented flexible balloon catheter . Los Angeles Times. 2009-11-13 . 2009-12-07.