Slovak diaspora

The Slovak diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from Slovakia, as well as from the former Czechoslovakia. The country with the largest number of Slovaks living abroad is the United States.

Famous people of Slovak descent

Joe Sestak, a former U.S. Navy three-star Admiral and former American politician.

Angelina Jolie, an American actress and film director.

Enki Bilal, a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.
David Boreanaz, an American actor, television producer, and director.
Eugene Cernan, a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut.
Renée Geyer, an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms.
Lukas Hradecky, a Slovak-born Finnish football goalkeeper.
Tim Hudak, a politician in Ontario, Canada, and the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party).
Angelina Jolie, an American actress and film director.
Jon Bon Jovi, an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Gyula Kosice, a naturalized Argentine sculptor, plastic artist, theoretician and poet.
Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski, a Peruvian architect of Polish and Slovak origin.
Stan Mikita, a Slovak-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey player.
Paul Newman, an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and professional racing driver.
Andrew Poje, a Canadian ice dancer.
François Sagat, a French male pornographic actor, model and director.
Joe Sestak, a former U.S. Navy three-star Admiral and former American politician.
Jesse Ventura, an American politician, actor, author, veteran, and former professional wrestler.
Andy Warhol, an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

Destinations

Europe

North America

External links

Slovak diaspora

European diasporas

Central Europe	Czechs Germans Hungarians Poles Kashubians Slovaks Slovenes Swiss

Eastern Europe	Armenians⁵ Azerbaijanis³ Belarusians Georgians³ Moldovans Russians¹ Chechens¹ Ukrainians

Northern Europe	British English Scottish Welsh Cornish Danes Estonians Finns Icelanders Irish Latvian Lithuanians Norwegians Sami Swedes

Southeast Europe	Albanians Bosnians Bulgarians Croats Greeks Greek Cypriots⁵ Macedonians Montenegrins Romanians Serbs Turkish² Turkish Cypriots⁵

Southern Europe	Italians Maltese Portuguese Spaniards Basques Isleño

Western Europe	Belgians Flanders Dutch French Basques

Other Europeans	Ashkenazi Jews/Sephardi Jews⁶ Romani⁷

¹ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ² Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ³ Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁴ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁵ Armenia and Cyprus(Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁶ European and Middle Eastern mixed populations. ⁷ European and South Asian mixed populations.