Václav
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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

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