Václav 322124 173853497 2007-11-26T08:27:14Z Kwamikagami 93143 update IPA link using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''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 {{disambig}} [[Category:Given names]] [[Category:Czech given names]] [[cs:Václav]]