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**Slovaks**
Total population
Anton Bernolák, Ľudovít Štúr, Andrej Hlinka, Štefan Banič, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Aurel Stodola, Adam František Kollár, Milan Hodža, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Gustáv Husák, Alexander Dubček
(~7 million)
Regions with significant populations
Slovakia: 4,614,854^[1] United States: 1,200,000^[2] Czech Republic: 200,000^[3] Canada: 100,000^[4] Serbia: 59,021 Ireland: 30,000^[5] Austria: 25,000^[6] Germany: 20,200 Hungary: 17,693 Belgium: 4,000^[7] Latin America: 300,000 (est.) Other: 120,000 (est.)
Languages
Slovak
Religion
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Byzantine Rite Catholic 4.1%, Protestant 10.8%, Eastern Orthodox, other or unspecified 3.2%, no denomination, agnostic or non-religious 13% (2001 census within Slovakia, extrapolated to outside Slovaks)
Related ethnic groups
other West Slavs

Ľudovít Štúr - epitome of the Slovak Revival - politician, poet, journalist, publisher, teacher, philosopher and linguist

Pribina, ruler of Principality of Nitra

Area of Czech and Slovakian languages in the Austrian monarchy in the 19th century

The language spread of Slovak in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000 and other resources interpreted by research of U. S. ENGLISH Foundation, percentage of home speakers

The Slovaks are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.

In Slovakia, c. 4.4 million are ethnic Slovaks of 5.4 million total population. There are Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States among others, which are collectively referred to as the Slovak diaspora.

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Ján Hollý (portrait from 1885)
A statue of Svätopluk I
Gallery of famous Slovak people, active in different areas (history, literature, education, religion, science). Published on occasion of establishing Matica slovenská ("Slovak Foundation"), major patriotic organization. List of portraited personalities: Ján Mallý-Dusarov, Juraj Tvrdý, Jozef Kozáček, Štefan Moyzes, Martin Čulen, Karol Kuzmány, Štefan Závodník, Michal Chrástek, Viliam Pauliny-Tóth, Michal Miloslav Hodža, Štefan Marko Daxner, Ján Francisci-Rimavský, Ján Gotčár, Andrej Ľudovít Radlinský, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonáš Záborský, Jozef Karol Viktorin, Mikuláš Štefan Ferienčík, Ján Kalinčiak, Martin Hattala, Ján Palárik, František Víťazoslav Sasinek, Andrej Sládkovič, Daniel Gabriel Lichard, Ján Čipka, Juraj Slota, Andrej Kossa
Zdeno Chára, ice hockey player and former captain of Boston Bruins
Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player
Ján Francisci-Rimavský poet, politician and revolutionary
Jozef Gabčík, Slovak soldier, Reinhard Heydrich assassin
Marek Hamšík, Slovak professional footballer and former captain of Napoli
Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
Marián Hossa, ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
Miroslav Iringh, one of the Warsaw Uprising organisers
Jana Kirschner, singer and songwriter
Stan Mikita, ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
Peter Sagan, professional road bicycle racer and a world champion
Adriana Sklenaříková, fashion model and actress
Peter Šťastný, ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
Viola Valachová, partisan
Slovaks in Vojvodina, Serbia (2002 census)

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