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'''Václav''' ({{pronounced|ˈvaːtslaf]}}) is a [[Czech language|Czech]] male [[first name]], sometimes translated into [[English language|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|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]], [[Russians|Russian]] ballet dancer
*[[Wacław Potocki]], [[Poles|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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