Use unidecode. (This package needs installing.)
>>> from unidecode import unidecode
>>> unidecode('kožušček')
'kozuscek'
>>> unidecode('北亰')
'Bei Jing '
>>> unidecode('François')
'Francois'Use unidecode. (This package needs installing.)
>>> from unidecode import unidecode
>>> unidecode('kožušček')
'kozuscek'
>>> unidecode('北亰')
'Bei Jing '
>>> unidecode('François')
'Francois'