Václav

Václav (pronounced|ˈvaːtslaf) is a Czech male first name, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas . These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Vencslav. In the Czech calendar, the saint day of Saint Václav (Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia) is celebrated on 28th September as a state holiday. "Václav" is in many cases informally shortened to Vašek.

Dukes and Kings of Bohemia

*Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas)
*Wenceslas II, Duke of Bohemia
*Wenceslas I, King of Bohemia
*Wenceslas II of Bohemia
*Wenceslas III of Bohemia
*Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, was born as Wenceslas.
*Wenceslas, Holy Roman King (also Wenceslas IV of Bohemia)

Asteroid 8740 Václav was named after Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia, and other Bohemian rulers of this name.

Other people named Václav

*Václav Brožík, painter
*Václav Hanka, philologist
*Václav Havel, last President of Czechoslovakia (1989 – 1992) and first President of the Czech Republic (1993 – 2003)
*Václav Hollar, graphic artist
*Václav Klaus, current President of the Czech Republic (2003 – )
*Václav Kliment Klicpera, playwright, author, and poet
*Václav Matěj Kramerius, publisher, journalist and writer
*Josef Václav Myslbek, sculptor
*Václav Nelhýbel, composer
*Václav Neumann, conductor, violinist and viola player
*Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer
*Wacław Potocki, Polish nobleman, poet and writer
*Václav Prospal, NHL hockey player
*Václav Talich, conductor and violinist
*Václav Varaďa, former NHL hockey player