Dvořák (feminine Dvořáková) is a Czech surname, originally referring to a servant or an official of manorial estate or royal court. Notable people include:

People

Dvořák or Dvorak

Arts

Ann Dvorak Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...

(1912–1979), American film actress (stage name) *

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...

(1841–1904), Czech composer *

František Dvořák (painter) František Dvořák, born Bruner, also known as Franz Dvorak or Franz Bruner (14 November 1862, Přelouč - 7 June 1927, Prague) was a Czech painter. Life and work He was the son of a tailor named Václav Bruner. He later changed his name to ...

, (1862-1927), Czech painter * Josef Dvořák (born 1942), Czech actor * Max Dvořák (1874–1921), Austrian art historian * Tomáš Dvořák (1978–), Czech composer

Science

* August Dvorak (1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout *

John C. Dvorak John C. Dvorak (; born 1952) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a regular columnist in a variety of magazines. He was vice president of Mevio ...

(born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality *

Vernon Dvorak Vernon Francis Dvorak (November 15, 1928 – September 19, 2022) was an American meteorologist. He studied meteorology at the University of California, Los Angeles and wrote his Master thesis ''An investigation of the inversion-cloud regime over ...

(1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity

Sports

* Bedřich Dvořák canoeist *

Ben Dvorak Benjamin Anton Dvorak (October 21, 1895 - May 7, 1974) was an American football running back who played one season in the National Football League, American Professional Football Association (APFA) for the Minneapolis Marines. He scored two touch ...

, NFL football player *

Bill Dvořák Bill Dvorak is a Salida, Colorado-based whitewater rafting outfitter. He is best known for organizing multi-day rafting trips on the Dolores and Green Rivers where professional classical musicians give nightly concerts. He claims to be a fifth c ...

(born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter *

Christian Dvorak Christian Dvorak (born February 2, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dvorak was drafted 58th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Playing ca ...

(born 1996), American ice hockey player * David Dvořák, Czech mixed-martial artist *

Dominik Dvořák Dominik Dvořák (born in Prague) is a Czech bobsledder.FIBT Profile
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(born 1992), Czech bobsledder * Dusty Dvorak (born 1958), American volleyball player *

Filip Dvořák Filip Dvořák (born 30 July 1988, in Prague) is a Czech sprint canoeist and marathon canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's C-2 1000 metres, together with Jaroslav Radoň, finishing 5th. Dvořák and Radoň also w ...

(born 1988), Czech canoeist * Karel Dvořák (biathlete), Czechoslovak cross-country skier *

Libor Dvořák Libor Dvořák (born 13 June 1957) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished fourth in the C-1 1000 m event. He is son of Bedřich Dvořák and father of Filip Dvořák ...

canoeist * Milan Dvořák (born 1934), Czechoslovak footballer *

Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey) Miroslav Dvořák (October 11, 1951 – June 12, 2008), nicknamed "Cookie", was a Czechoslovak professional ice hockey defenseman who played three seasons in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers. He is also well known as a famous player of Czec ...

(1951-2008), Czechoslovak ice hockey player *

Oldřich Dvořák Oldřich Dvořák (born 22 December 1953) is a Czech wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyski ...

, Czech wrestler *

Pavel Dvořák Pavel Dvořák (born 19 February 1989) is a Czech association football, football player who currently plays for FC Hradec Králové. References Profile at iDNES.cz(Czech) External links Profileat ČMFS website Guardian Football
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(born 1989), Czech footballer * Radek Dvořák (born 1977), Czech NHL ice hockey player * Tomáš Dvořák (born 1972), Czech decathlon and heptathlon athlete

Dvořáková or Dvorakova

Denisa Dvořáková Denisa Dvořáková (born 28 May 1989) is a Czech Republic, Czech Model (person), model, who is best known as the winner of the Elite Model Look 2006. Early life Denisa was born in Prague, Czech Republic. Career Dvořáková's career started ...

(born 1989), Czech model * Eva Švankmajerová née Dvořáková (1940-2005), Czech surrealist artist *

Helena Dvořáková Helena Dvořáková or Helena Dvořák (born 30 January 1979) is a Czech actress. Biography She was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She studied at an academic gymnasium and later continued her studies of dramatic arts at the Janáček Academy ...

(born 1979), Czech actress *

Veronika Dvořáková Veronika Dvořáková (born 7 December 2000) is a Czech handball player who plays for DHK Baník Most DHK Baník Most is a professional women's handball club from Most, Czech Republic. In the 2019–20 season they made history by qualifying ...

(born 2000), Czech handball player

Dvorschák, Dworschak or Dworshak

Gábor Dvorschák Gábor Dvorschák (born 14 September 1989) is a Hungarian defender who plays for Kazincbarcika Kazincbarcika is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of the river Sajó, away from the ...

(born 1989), Hungarian football defender * Henry Dworshak (1894–1962), United States Senator from Idaho *

Leo Ferdinand Dworschak Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (April 6, 1900 – November 5, 1976) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Fargo in North Dakota from 1960 to 1970. He previously served as auxiliary bishop ...

(1900–1976), Roman Catholic Bishop of Fargo

Other uses

Dvorak (game) {{Unreferenced, date=November 2021 Dvorak is a customizable card game that begins with a deck of blank index cards. These index cards (or pieces of paper or cardboard) are written and drawn upon by players before or during the game. Alternatively, ...

, a customizable card game * Dvorak Awards for "excellence in telecommunications" *

Dworshak Dam Dworshak Dam is a concrete gravity dam in the western United States, on the North Fork of the Clearwater River in north central Idaho. In Clearwater County, the dam is located approximately northwest of Orofino and impounds the Dwor ...

, a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States * Dvorak keyboard layout, an alternative to the QWERTY keyboard layout, named after August Dvorak * Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, a "mitigation" hatchery * Dvorak technique, a subjective method of deriving cyclone intensity from satellite imagery {{DEFAULTSORT:Dvorak Czech-language surnames West Slavic-language surnames