Ladislav

Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav.^{[ citation needed ]} The female form of this name is Ladislava.

Folk etymology occasionally links Ladislav with the Slavic goddess Lada.^{[ citation needed ]}

Spellings and variations

In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in Cyrillic : Ладислав.

László is a Hungarian variation of this name.^{[ citation needed ]}

Places

• Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County
• Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County, historical name of Zvonimirovo

Athletes

• Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player
• Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer
• Ladislav Dluhoš, Czechoslovak ski jumper
• Ladislav Fouček
• Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player
• Ladislav Hrubý, cross-country skier
• Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager
• Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovak footballer and coach
• Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Kuna, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Lubina, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach
• Ladislav Maier, Czech footballer
• Ladislav Nagy, Slovak ice hockey player
• Ladislav Novák, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Pataki, Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist
• Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Petráš, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Prášil, Czech shot putter
• Ladislav Rybánsky, Slovak footballer
• Ladislav Rygl, Jr., Czech Nordic combined Olympic skier
• Ladislav Rygl, Sr., Czechoslovak Nordic combined Olympic skier
• Ladislav Ščurko, Slovak ice hockey player and confessed murderer
• Ladislav Šimůnek, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Škorpil, Czech football manager
• Ladislav Šmíd, Czech ice hockey player
• Ladislav Švanda, Czech Olympic cross country skier
• Ladislav Troják, Czechoslovak ice hockey player
• Ladislav Trpkoš, Czechoslovak Olympic basketball player
• Ladislav Vácha, Czechoslovak Olympic gymnast
• Ladislav Vízek, Czechoslovak footballer
• Ladislav Volešák, Czech footballer

Politicians

• Ladislav Adamec (1926–2007), Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician
• Ladislav Miko (born 1961), Czech politician and expert on environmental issues
• Ladislav Pejačević (1824–1901), Croatian politician, Ban of Croatia
• Ladislav Polka (1952–2025), Slovak politician

Scientists

• Ladislav Brožek, Slovak astronomer
• Ladislav František Čelakovský, Czech mycologist and botanist
• Ladislav Josef Čelakovský, Czech botanist
• Ladislav Mucina, Slovak botanist, ecologist, and vegetation expert

Writers and artists

• Ladislav Bublík (1924-1988), Czech writer
• Ladislav Fialka, Czechoslovak mime
• Ladislav Fuks, Czechoslovak novelist
• Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler, Czechoslovak musician
• Ladislav Klíma, Czech philosopher and novelist
• Ladislav Kralj, Croatian painter and engraver
• Ladislav Kubík, Czechoslovak/American composer
• Ladislav Kupkovič, Czechoslovak composer and conductor
• Ladislav Mňačko, Czechoslovak writer and journalist
• Ladislav Mráz, Czechoslovak opera singer
• Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé, Slovak writer, literary critic, and doctor
• Ladislav Šaloun, Czechoslovak sculptor
• Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovak conductor
• Ladislav Smoček, Czech playwright and theater director
• Ladislav Smoljak, Czechoslovak film and theater director
• Ladislav Stroupežnický, Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director
• Ladislav Vycpálek, Czechoslovak composer and violinist
• Ladislav (Laco) Zrubec, Slovak author and writer

Others

• Ladislav Hudec, Austro-Hungarian/Slovak architect
• Ladislav Kovács, Slovak Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player
• Ladislav Prokeš, Czechoslovak chess master and composer of endgame studies
• Ladislav Žák, Czechoslovak architect and painter
• Ladislav Zgusta, Czechoslovak linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography

See also

• Ladislao
• Ladislaus (disambiguation)
• László
• Volodyslav - Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав
• Vladislav
• Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians
• Slavic names