Čech

For the ethnic group, see Czechs.

Čech (feminine Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning Czech. It was used to distinguish an inhabitant of Bohemia from Slovaks, Moravians and other ethnic groups. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dana Čechová (born 1983), Czech table tennis players.
• Donovan Cech (born 1974), South African rower.
• Eduard Čech (1893–1960), Czech mathematician.
• Filip Čech (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player.
• František Čech, Czech footballer.
• František Ringo Čech (born 1943), Czech musician and politician.
• Kateřina Čechová (born 1988), Czech athlete.
• Ludwig Czech (1870–1942), Czech-German-Jewish political figure.
• Marek Čech (disambiguation), multiple people.
• Martin Čech (1976–2007), Czech ice hockey player.
• Miya Cech (born 2004), American actress.
• Olga Čechová (1925–2010), Czech printmaker.
• Petr Čech (born 1982), Czech footballer.
• Petr Čech (1944–2022), Czech hurdler.
• Soňa Čechová (1930–2007), Slovak translator.
• Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet.
• Thomas Cech (born 1947), American chemist.
• Vladimír Čech (1951–2013), Czech actor, presenter and.

See also

• Stone–Čech compactification, mathematical technique
• Čech cohomology, mathematical theory
• Největší Čech (English: The Greatest Czech), Czech television series
• CECH, acronym for University of Cincinnati College of Education Criminal Justice and Human Services
• CECh, the Catholic Episcopal Conference of Chile