Václav (pronounced [ˈvaːtslaf]]) is a Czech male first name, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas . In the Czech calendar, the saint day of Saint Václav (Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia ) is celebrated on 28th September as a state holiday.
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
