Jan Nepomuk Kubíček


Jan Nepomuk Kubíček was one of the great-grandfathers of the former Brazilian president, Juscelino Kubitschek. Kubíček was a Catholic carpenter born in Třeboň. He was among the first group of Czech immigrants to arrive in Brazil. Nicknamed as João Alemão, Jan Kubíček settled down in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, and became the first patriarch of the Kubitschek family in Brazil.