Jan Nepomuk Kubíček

Jan Nepomuk Kubíček (1801, Kingdom of Bohemia - 1880, Brazil) (in Portuguese: "Kubitschek") was one of the great-grandfathers of the former Brazilian president, Juscelino Kubitschek. Kubíček was a Catholic carpenter born in Trebon (nowadays a town in the Czech Republic). He was among the first group of Czech immigrants to arrive in Brazil (in 1823). Nicknamed as "João Alemão" ("German John"), Jan Kubíček settled down in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, and became the first patriarch of the Kubitschek family in Brazil. [Brož, Ivan - [http://www.kapital.cz/2002.07/clanky/68.htm Brazilský prezident českého původu] ] [Consulado Geral da República Tcheca em São Paulo - [http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?ido=14929&idj=39&amb=128 Curiosidades] ] [Fňukal, Miloš RNDr. Ph.D. - Regionální geografie Ameriky: [http://geography.upol.cz/soubory/lide/fnukal/KGG_RGAM_Brazilie.htm Brazílie] ]

ee also

*Czech Brazilians
*Immigration to Brazil
*Juscelino Kubitschek

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