page_title: Czechs
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Czechs / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Český jazyk. &#160;&#160; Mluvený jazyk většinou &#160;&#160; Mluvený jazyk menšinou English: Czech language. &#160;&#160; Spoken language by majority &#160;&#160; Spoken language by minority Español: Idioma checo. &#160;&#160; Lenguaje hablado por mayoría &#160;&#160; Lenguaje hablado por minoría
context_page_description: The Czechs, or the Czech people, are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and Czech language.
  Ethnic Czechs were called Bohemians in English until the early 20th century, referring to the medieval land of Bohemia which in turn was adapted from late Iron Age tribe of Celtic Boii. During the Migration Period, West Slavic tribes of Bohemians settled in the area, "assimilated the remaining Celtic and Germanic populations", and formed a principality in the 9th century, which was part of Great Moravia, in form of Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia, the predecessors of the modern republic.
  The Czech diaspora is found in notable numbers in the United States, Canada, Israel, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, Chile, Russia, Argentina and Brazil, among others.
caption: Areas where Czech language is spoken.
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