Kohoutek (feminine: Kohoutková) is a

Czech surname Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...

. It is a diminutive of the word ''kohout'' and the surname Kohout. Notable people with the surname include: * Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer and music theorist *

Luboš Kohoutek Luboš Kohoutek (; 29 January 1935 – 30 December 2023) was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary ne ...

(1935-2023), Czech astronomer

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