Moravec (; feminine: Moravcová) is a Czech surname. "Morava" (

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

) is the root of the surname. It may refer to: *

David Moravec David Moravec (born March 24, 1973 in Opava, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional ice hockey left wing who played for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga and now works as a hockey coach. He was drafted in the eighth round, 218th overa ...

(born 1973), Czech ice hockey player. *

Emanuel Moravec Emanuel Moravec (; 17 April 1893 – 5 May 1945) was a Czech army officer and writer who served as the collaborationist Minister of Education of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia between 1942 and 1945. He was also chair of the Board of T ...

(1893–1945), Czech-Czechoslovak army officer, and Nazi collaborator. *

František Moravec František Moravec CBE (23 July 1895 – 26 July 1966) was the chief Czechoslovak military intelligence officer before and during World War II. He moved to the United States after the war. Biography In 1915, Moravec was drafted into Austro-Hun ...

(1895–1966), Czech army officer and writer. *

(born 1939), Czech parasitologist. *

Fritz Moravec Fritz Moravec (27 April 1922 – 17 March 1997) was an Austrian mountaineer and author. He is best known for his numerous expeditions in the Karakoram range, where he participated in the first ascent of Gasherbrum II (8,034 m, 26,358 ft). Morave ...

(1922–1997), Austrian mountaineer. *

Hans Moravec Hans Peter Moravec (born November 30, 1948, Kautzen, Austria) is an adjunct faculty member at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is known for his work on robotics, artificial intelligence, and writings on ...

(born 1948), Austrian-Canadian scientist. *

Ivan Moravec Ivan Moravec (9 November 1930 – 27 July 2015) was a Czech concert pianist whose performing and recording career spanned nearly half a century. Media and critics worldwide often called Moravec "a poet of the piano" or "pianist supreme". He is cons ...

(1930–2015), Czech pianist. * Jan Moravec (born 1987), Czech footballer. * Jana Moravcová (1937–2018), Czech writer. * Jiří Moravec (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player. * Josef Moravec, Czech painter. *

József Moravetz József Moravetz or Iosif Moravet' (14 January 1911 – 16 February 1990) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. Biography Moravetz was born in Austria-Hungary, now in Romania. He played in Liga I for RGMT Timişoara, and pl ...

(1911–1990), Romanian footballer. * Klára Moravcová (born 1983), Czech skier and biathlete. *

Martina Moravcová Martina Moravcová (born 16 January 1976) is a Slovak medley, butterfly, and freestyle swimmer. She made her international swimming debut in 1991 for Czechoslovakia, and has gone on to compete in five consecutive Summer Olympics (1992–2008). ...

(born 1976), Slovak swimmer. *

Miroslav Moravec Miroslav Moravec (6 January 1939, in Prague – 29 March 2009, in Prague) was a Czech actor. He starred in the film '' Poslední propadne peklu'' under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982. Moravec voiced Junior in the Czech dub of ''Home on the Rang ...

(1939–2009), Czech actor. *

Ondřej Moravec Ondřej Moravec (; born 9 June 1984) is a former Czech biathlete. Life and career Moravec represented the Czech Republic at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won silver medals in both the pursuit and the mixed rela ...

(born 1984), Czech biathlete. * Paul Moravec (born 1957), an American composer. * Roman Moravec (1950–2009), Slovak athlete. * Rosemary Dorothy Moravec (1946–2013), Austrian-British musicologist, author and composer. * Stanislav Moravec (born 1964), Slovak. * Vlastimil Moravec (1949–1986), Czech cyclist. *

Zdeněk Moravec Zdeněk Moravec (born 1968) is a Czech astronomer and astrophysicist. Zdeněk Moravec is a graduate from Charles University in Prague. He became a prolific discoverer of minor planets, during his stay at the Kleť Observatory in South Bohemia, ...

(born 1968), Czech astronomer.

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