Vojta can be either a shorter version of the first name
Vojtěch Vojtěch (Czech pronunciation: ) or Vojtech is a, respectively, Czech and Slovak given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of two parts: ''voj'' – "troops"/"war(rior)" and ''těch'' – "consolator"/"rejoicing man". So, the name could be interp ...
or a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Andreas Vojta
Andreas Vojta (born 9 June 1989 in Vienna) is an Austrian distance runner. He competed in the 1500 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the current Austrian marathon champion.
Running career
Andreas Vojta began his running car ...
(born 1989), Austrian Olympic distance runner
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Jakub Vojta (born 1991), Czech association football player
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Jakub Vojta (ice hockey) (born 1987), Czech ice hockey player
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Jan Ignác František Vojta (–1701), Czech composer
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Jaroslav Vojta
Jaroslav Vojta (27 December 1888 – 20 April 1970) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1921 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* ''Karel Havlíček Borovský'' (1925)
* '' The Lantern'' (1925)
* '' Hraběn ...
(1888–1970), Czechoslovak film actor
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Josef Vojta (1935–2023), Czechoslovak association football player
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Paul Vojta
Paul Alan Vojta (born September 30, 1957) is an American mathematician, known for his work in number theory on Diophantine geometry and Diophantine approximation.
Contributions
In formulating Vojta's conjecture, he pointed out the possible exis ...
(born 1957), American mathematician
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Přemysl Vojta (born 1983), Czech horn player
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Rudolf Vojta (1912–1984), Austrian ice hockey player
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Václav Vojta (1917–2000), Czech doctor
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Vojta Beneš
Vojta Beneš (11 May 1878 – 20 November 1951) was a Czech educator, political leader in Czechoslovakia and brother of Edvard Beneš.
Life and career
Vojta Beneš was born in Kožlany, Bohemia, then a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ...
(1878–1951), Czech educator and political leader
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