Prokop
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Prokop may mean either of two Hussite
generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan:
Other people who bore the name Prokop:
Places:
Hussite
The Hussites were a Christian movement following the teachings of Czech reformer Jan Hus , who became one of the forerunners of the Protestant Reformation...
generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan:
- Prokop the GreatProkop the GreatProkop or Prokop the Great was one of the most prominent Hussite generals of the Hussite Wars...
- Prokop the Lesser
Other people who bore the name Prokop:
- ProcopiusProcopiusProcopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine scholar from Palestine. Accompanying the general Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the principal historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History...
, 6c historian - Saint Prokop, or Procopius of SázavaProcopius of SázavaSaint Procopius of Sázava was a Czech saint. He studied at Prague where he was also ordained. He was a canon and a hermit and then became the founding abbot of Sázava near Prague. He is an alleged author of the Reims Gospel....
, a Czech saint - Prokop, bishop of Kraków (1292–1294)
- Adolf ProkopAdolf ProkopAdolf Prokop , is a former football referee from East Germany. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1978 and one in 1982. He was also active at UEFA Euro 1984 and refereed the 1984 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.-External links:*...
, football referee - Gerhard ProkopGerhard ProkopGerhard "Gerd" Prokop was a German football player and manager.He played for SV Zweckel , Sportfreunde Gladbeck , Alemannia Aachen and Eupen ....
, German football manager - Gert ProkopGert ProkopGert Prokop was a German writer of science fiction and crime fiction. He spent much of his life in the former East Germany. In crime fiction one of his best known works is "Detective Pinky" about an American boy who dreams of being like Allan Pinkerton and at least one of his crime novels was filmed...
, a German writer - Liese ProkopLiese ProkopLiesel Prokop-Sykora was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and, later in her life, an Austrian politician....
, Austrian athlete and politician
Places:
- Prokop (Belgrade)Prokop (Belgrade)The Prokop railway station or Belgrade [Centre] railway station is the new railway station as the core of the massive reconstruction of the Belgrade railway junction in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia that officially started 1974...
— an urban neighborhood in Belgrade, Serbia