Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of cz,
Václav Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav.
Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda
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, Latinized as
Wenceslaus.
For etymology and cognates in other languages, see
Wenceslaus.
It may refer to:
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Wacław Leszczyński
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Wacław of Szamotuły
Wacław z Szamotuł ( Szamotuły, near Poznań, c. 1520 – c. 1560, Pińczów), also called Wacław Szamotulski and (in Latin) Venceslaus Samotulinus, was a Polish composer.
Life
Wacław z Szamotuł was a student at the Lubrański Academy in Po ...
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Wacław Hański
Wacław Hański (1782–1841) was a Polish noble (Korczak coat of arms), landowner, marszałek of the nobility in the Volhynian Governorate. He was the first husband of Ewelina Hańska
Eveline Hańska (; 6 January – 11 April 1882) was ...
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Wacław Michał Zaleski
Wacław Michał Zaleski (8 September 1799 in Olesko, eastern Galicia – 24 February 1849 in Vienna), pseudonym ''Wacław from Olesko'' ( pl, Wacław z Oleska), was a Polish nobleman, poet, writer, researcher of folklore, theatre critic, political ...
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Wacław Sierpiński
Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński (; 14 March 1882 – 21 October 1969) was a Polish mathematician. He was known for contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and to ...
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Wacław Kiełtyka
Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka (born 17 December 1981) is a Polish musician, best known as the guitarist of the death metal band Decapitated. In addition to Decapitated, Wacław has been the guitarist of Lux Occulta since 1998, as well as a former memb ...
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Wacław Gajewski
Wacław Gajewski (; 28 Februari 1911 – 12 December 1997) was a Polish geneticist, one of the founders of the Polish post-war genetics and author of academic and popular scientific books.
Biography
Gajewski was born in Krakow in 1911. He ...
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Wacław Szybalski
Wacław Szybalski (9 September 1921 – 16 December 2020) was a Polish-American professor of oncology at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School.
Life
Wacław Szybalski was born in September 1 ...
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Wacław Maciejowski
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Wacław Kopisto
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Wacław Zawadowski
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Wacław Micuta
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Wacław Kuchar
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Wacław Szymanowski
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Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski
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Wacław Cimochowski
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Wacław Sieroszewski
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Wacław Zagórski
Other forms of Wenceslaus exist natively in Polish, but only as a surname, including Wącław, Węcław, and Więcław, as well as their respective phonetic spellings Woncław, Wencław, and Wiencław.
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Polish masculine given names