Mucha

Mucha (; Czech and Slovak feminine: Muchová) is a Slavic surname, derived from mucha, meaning "fly". Mucha is the standard form for males in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and for people of both genders in Poland. In other Slavic countries, the surname may appear as Mukha or Muha.

Mucha may refer to:

Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech painter

Anna Mucha (born 1980), Polish actress

Barb Mucha (born 1961), American golfer

Fred Mucha (1999–present), Kenyan academician

Geraldine Mucha (1917–2012), British composer

Ján Mucha (born 1982), Slovak footballer

Ján Mucha (footballer, born 1978), Slovak footballer

Ján Mucha (ice hockey) (born 1984), Slovak ice hockey player

Jan Mucha (speedway rider) (1941–2014), Polish motorcyclist

Jaroslava Muchová (1909–1986), Czech painter

Jiří Mucha (1915–1991), Czech writer

Joanna Mucha (born 1976), Polish politician

Josef Mucha (born 1967), Czech footballer

Karolína Muchová (born 1996), Czech tennis player, daughter of Josef Mucha

Kurtis Mucha (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player

Olive Mucha (1915–2006), American swimmer

Robert Mucha (1890–1959), American boxer

Rudy Mucha (1918–1982), American football player

Viktor Mucha (1877–1919), Austrian doctor

See also

IS-2 Mucha, a single-seat training glider

SZD-22 Mucha Standard, a single-seat glider

Mucha (fly) a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae

References

West Slavic-language surnames

Czech-language surnames

Polish-language surnames