Albert Finney was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.
The Shop on Main Street is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film about the Aryanization program during World War II in the Slovak State.
George William Bailey is an American actor. Although he appeared in many dramatic roles, he may be best remembered for his "crusty" comedic characters such as Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in M*A*S*H ; Lieutenant/Captain Thaddeus Harris in the Police Academy films (1984–1994), and Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin (1987). He played the role of Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza on TNT's television crime drama The Closer, and its spinoff series Major Crimes, from 2005 to 2018.
Miloslav Ransdorf was a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament. He died in office at Prague in 2016.
Miloslav Mečíř is a Slovakian former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, representing Czechoslovakia, and contested two major singles finals. In 1987 he won the WCT Finals, the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis tour. His son Miloslav Jr. is also a former professional tennis player.
Miloslav Schmidt was born in the family of an innkeeper and baker. After finishing school in Kremnica and completing training at his father's bakery Schmidt became the leading figure of the family business. He also used his skills in the area of culture and national revival. After coming to Martin he became interested in organizing volunteer fire brigades in Slovakia. Until his death he was the Commander of Martin Fire Brigades, the Commander of the Land Fire-brigade Union, which covered almost all fire brigades in Slovakia. His work resulted in the strengthening of fire protection in Slovakia.
Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr., or Mila Rechcigl, is a trained biochemist, nutritionist and cancer researcher, writer, editor, historian, bibliographer and genealogist. He was one of the founders and past President for many years of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences.
My Sweet Little Village is a 1985 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel. In 1987 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Jozef Miloslav Hurban was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak Uprising in 1848–1849. He was a writer, journalist, politician, organizer of Slovak cultural life, and a protestant priest. He was a supporter of Ján Kollár, and later of Ľudovít Štúr. His son, Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský, followed in his footsteps both as a writer and nationalist.
Michal Miloslav Hodža was a Slovak national revivalist, Lutheran priest, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovak national movement in 1840s as a member of "the trinity" Štúr-Hurban-Hodža. He is also the uncle of Czechoslovak politician Milan Hodža.
Miloslav is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mil-, "merciful" or "dear", and -slavglory.
Miloslav Mečíř Jr. is a Slovak former tennis player. He is the son of Slovak tennis player and Olympic Gold medalist, Miloslav Mečíř. He qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2014 French Open, but exited at the first round. On 11 August 2014, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 169 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 282 on 8 November 2010.
Božidara Turzonovová, is a Slovak film and stage actress of Bulgarian origin, often referred to as The First Lady of Slovak Theater and Film.
Ingrid Timková is a Slovak actress. She is most notable for appearing in the first Czech-Slovak film produced after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Anjel Milosrdenstva, directed by Miloslav Luther. The role of Anežka brought Timková the Magnolia Award at the 5th Shanghai TV Festival in 1994 as Best Actress in a Television Film.
Svetozár Miloslav Hurban, pen name Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský was a Slovak poet, lawyer and nationalist newspaper editor who was twice imprisoned. Born in Hlboké, he was the son of Jozef Miloslav Hurban.
A Step into the Dark is a 2014 Slovak drama film directed by Miloslav Luther. It was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Angel of Mercy is a 1993 Slovak drama film directed by Miloslav Luther. The film was selected as the Slovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Jiří Brožek is a Czech film editor.
