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• Alexy, Janko    b. January 25, 1894  d. September 22, 1970
  Artist. An important member of a strong generation of Slovak painters that included Mudroch, Cemicky, Bazovsky, Benka, Galanda, Fulla, Zelibsky, and Mally.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Bahna, Vladimir    b. July 25, 1914  d. October 19, 1977
  Member of the first generation of Slovak movie directors.
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Bansell, Koloman    b. August 26, 1850  d. March 27, 1887
  Slovak writer, poet, journalist, and priest. Great contributor to the independence of the Slovak nation in the 19th century.
  Cause of death: Suicide
  City Cemetery, Lucenec, Banskobystricky, Slovakia
   
• Barc-Ivan, Julius    b. May 1, 1909  d. December 25, 1953
  Slovak dramatist.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Bathory, Elizabeth   b. 1560  d. 1614
  Countess born in Transylvania during the seventeenth century. She believed that she could preserve her youth with the blood of young girls, and had them brought to her castle in Hungary and then murdered and drained of their blood. She usually bathed in a vat of her victims blood. This went on for ten years, until one of her intended victims escaped and alerted the authorities to her evil ways. Her castle was raided on December 30, 1610, and at least fifty dead bodies were exhumed. It is...[Read More]
  Cachtice Castle, Nove Mesto, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Benka, Martin    b. 1888  d. 1971
  Slovak painter.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Catlos, Ferdinand   b. 1895  d. 1972
  World War II Slovakian General. As the defense minister of the first Slovak Republic during WWII, he secretly organized anti-Nazi resistance in the Slovak army.
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Ciger-Hronsky, Jozef    b. 1896  d. 1960
  Writer who emigrated to South America after World War II. His most popular novel is "Jozef Mak."
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Cikker, Jan    b. July 29, 1911  d. December 21, 1989
  Slovak modern classical composer of international repute. His opera works include Beg Bajazid, Mr. Scrooge, Juro Janosik, Vzkriesenie (Resurrection). A professor at the Academy of Music in Bratislava after 1951.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Dubcek, Alexander    b. November 27, 1921  d. November 7, 1992
  Slovak politician, leader of the "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia, in 1968. This movement was suppressed by Russian army, along with military forces from Poland and East Germany – the Warsaw Pact,in August 1968. After the change on 1989, Dubcek was, till his death, the president of parliament in Czechoslovakia.
  Cause of death: Auto accident
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Dusik, Gejza    b. 1907  d. 1988
  Leading composer of the operetta tradition of Bratislava, Slovakia.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  Martinsky Cintorin (Martin's cemetery), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Dzurilla, Vladimir    b. 1942  d. 1995
  Hockey goalkeeper.
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Figuli, Margita    b. October 2, 1909  d. March 27, 1995
  Lyrical poet.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Francisci, Jan    b. 1822  d. 1905
  Slovak politician and leader of the 1948 revolution for Slovak national rights in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
  Cause of death: Natural causes
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Freso, Tibor    b. 1918  d. 1987
  Conductor and music composer. Mr. Freso led the orchestra of the Slovak National Opera in Bratislava.
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Hecko, Frantiseck    b. 1905  d. 1960
  Popular Slovak writer of the post-WWII era. His most famous novel "Red Wine" accurately depicts the life of the Slovak farmer family.
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Hloznik, Vincent    b. October 22, 1919  d. December 10, 1997
  Artist known for painting, graphic art, illustration and sculpture.
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Huba, Mikulas    b. October 12, 1919  d. October 12, 1986
  Important figure of Slovak theater.
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Slavicie Udolie (Lark Valley), Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   
• Hurban-Vajansky, Svetozar    b. January 16, 1847  d. August 17, 1916
  Slovak politician of the 19th century. Fought for the independence and rights of the Slovak nation in the Austrian-Hungary monarchy.
  National Cemetery, Martin, Zilinsky, Slovakia
   
• Husak, Gustav    b. January 10, 1913  d. November 18, 1991
  Slovak politician. President of Czechoslovakia.
  Friedhof Dubravka, Bratislava, Bratislavsky, Slovakia
   

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