Otakar is a masculine Czech given name of Germanic origin (cf. Audovacar). Notable people with the name include: *Otakar Batlička (1895–1942), Czech adventurer, journalist, ham radio operator, member of Czech Nazi resistance group in World War II *Otakar Borůvka (1899–1995), Czech mathematician best known today for his work in graph theory *Otakar Bystřina (1861–1931), pen name for a Czech writer who was a subject of Austria for much of his life *Otakar Hemele (1926–2001), Czech football player, who was a devoted player of Slavia Prague *Otakar Hollmann (1894–1967), Czech pianist who was notable in the repertoire for left-handed pianists *Otakar Hořínek (1929–2015), Czech sport shooter *Otakar Hostinský (1847–1910), Czech historian, musicologist, and professor of musical aesthetics *Otakar Janecký (born 1960), retired Czech ice hockey forward *Otakar Jaroš (1912–1943), Czech officer in the Czechoslovak forces in the Soviet Union *Otakar Jeremiáš (1892–1962), Czech composer, conductor and teacher *Otakar Kouba (1906–?), Czechoslovak canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics *Otakar Kraus (1909–1980), Czech (later British), operatic baritone and teacher *Otakar Kubín (1883–1969), Czech painter and sculptor born in Boskovice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary *Otakar Lada (1883–1956), Bohemian fencer *Otakar Mařák (1872–1939), tenor Czech opera singer *Otakar Mareček (1943–2020), Czech rower and Olympic competitor *Otakar Motejl (1932–2010), Czech lawyer and politician *Otakar Německý (1902–1967), Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined and Cross-country skiing in the 1920s *Otakar Nožíř (1917–2006), Czech football midfielder *Otakar Odložilík (1899–1973), Czech historian and archivist who wrote about the history of Protestantism in Bohemia and Moravia *Otakar Ostrčil (1879–1935), Czech composer and conductor *Otakar Pertold (1884–1965), Czech Indologist, religious studies historian and ethnologist *Otakar Sedloň (1885–1973), Czech realistic painter living in Prague *Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934), Czech violinist and influential teacher *Otakar Švec (1892–1955), Czech sculptor best known for his colossal granite Monument to Stalin in Prague *Otakar Švorčík (1886–1955), Czech fencer *Otakar Vávra (1911–2011), Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue *Otakar Vindyš (1884–1949), Czechoslovak ice hockey player and Olympic competitor *Otakar Zich (1879–1934), distinguished Czech composer and aesthetician

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