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My Take
It is too easy to file Ivana Trump under a famous surname, and I think that misses the better story. A girl from Zlín who skied competitively, studied at Charles University, and crossed the Cold War divide to reinvent herself in North America was operating on pure nerve. What I find compelling is her refusal to disappear after the very public divorce — she pivoted into business and books and kept trading under her own first name, which says everything. She could be flamboyant to the point of self-parody, but underneath the glamour sat a survivor's discipline. Her passing in 2022 closed a genuinely transatlantic twentieth-century life.
Overview
Ivana Marie Trump (née Zelníčková; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ivana Trump
- Name (Japanese)
- イヴァナ・トランプ
- Reading
- いゔぁな・とらんぷ
- Born
- February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Ox
- Origin
- Zlín, Zlín Region, Czech Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / entrepreneur / skier / novelist / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Charles University
Awards & achievements
- Czech Medal of Merit
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Model — see all → · Entrepreneur — see all → · More people from Czech Republic →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.