Famous People with Name Kopal

Zdenek Kopal            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Zdenek Kopal: was a Czech-born astronomer who directed an international project, financed by the U.S. Air Force, to photograph and map the entire surface of the Moon by using the refracting telescope at the Pic du Midi Observatory in southern France.In July 1914, the First World War broke out and Professor Kopal enlisted into the army. His wife Ludmila Kopalová, together with their sons Zdenek and their first born Miloš, went to live with her father Josef Lelek in Jicín. The teacher Josef Lelek had a strong personality, in which were epitomised all the positive aspects of Czech teachers of the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, who, aside from their pedagogical activities, were strongly and entirely selflessly influenced by local cultural life and science and were enriched by their basic knowledge, usually their relationship to the local town where they worked. This was the case with Kopal's grandfather, doubtlessly thanks to whom the young grammar school pupil Zdenek was able to grasp scientific methods,

Miroslav Kopal            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Miroslav Kopal: was a Czechoslovakian-Czech nordic combined skier who competed from 1984 to 1996. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he finished sixth in the 3 × 10 km and seventh in the 15 km individual events. Kopal's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World

Margret Kopala            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Margret Kopala: is a journalist and political activist in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She currently writes a column for the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. She became president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada riding association in Ottawa West. In the 1997 federal election, she was the Progressive Conservative candidate in Ottawa West—Nepean, finishing third. In the 2005 run-up to what became the 2006 federal election, Kopala sought the nomination of the Conservative Party of Canada, the result of the merger of the Alliance and PC parties, in Ottawa West—Nepean. Member of Provincial Parliament and former provincial cabinet minister John Baird and party members Ed Mahfouz and Ade Olumide also sought the nomination, as did social conservative activist John Pacheco until he was disqualified. Baird won the nomination.

Avtandil "Avto" Kopaliani            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Avtandil "Avto" Kopaliani: is a Georgian rugby union footballer, currently playing in the top French professional rugby league, the Top 14, for the Aviron Bayonnais club. He previously played for another French club, the US Montauban. His usual position is tighthead prop.

Wladyslaw Kopalinski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Wladyslaw Kopalinski: was a Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator.[1] He was a prolific author and winner of numerous awards for his work.[1]Kopalinski also authored several books which are not dictionaries, including 125 Fairy Stories To Tell the Children, Lexicon of Love Themes, and the Book of Quotations from Polish Belles-Lettres.[1]Kopalinski was a member of the Polish Writers' Society. He also wrote a regular column in Zycie Warszawy, ran a Polish radio station, and translated English-language books into Polish.[1]