Škoda

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Škoda, is a Czech surname, which became a brand name. It can refer to:

  • Škoda Auto, the leading automobile manufacturer in the Czech Republic (also the main article about Škoda vehicles)
  • Škoda Works, the biggest industrial enterprise in Austria-Hungary, then Czechoslovakia and now Czech Republic
  • Skoda Xanthi, a leading football club in Xanthi, Greece sponsored by Škoda Auto

[edit] Surnames

  • Albin Skoda (1909–1961), an Austrian actor
  • Anna Skoda
  • Emil Škoda (1839-1900), the founder of the company
  • František Škoda, a painter
  • Josef Škoda (1805–1881)
  • Paul Badura-Skoda (born 1927), an Austrian pianist