Radek is a masculine Christian name of
Slavic origin. It is often nickname of
Radovan
Radovan ( sr-cyr, Радован) is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective ''radovati'' ("rejoice"), itself from root ''rad-'' meaning "care, joy". It is found in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, M ...
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Ctirad and
Radoslav. It is used as a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Radek Baborák
Radek Baborák (born 11 March 1976 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech conductor and French horn player.
Career
Radek Baborák was born into a musical family. He commenced his horn studies at the age of eight under the tutelage of Karel Kre ...
, Czech conductor and French horn player
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Radek Bejbl
Radek Bejbl (born 29 August 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He notably played four seasons with Atlético Madrid and played in the UEFA Euro 1996 final with the Czech Republic national team. ...
, Czech footballer
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Radek Bělohlav
Radek Bělohlav (born 11 April 1970) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player, and a current coach. He played with HC Kladno in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season
The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Bonk
Radek Bonk (born 9 January 1976) is a former Czech professional ice hockey player who most recently played for Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga.
Playing career
Bonk was born in Czechoslovakia and began his hockey career playing for Sl ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Dosoudil
Radek Dosoudil (born 20 June 1983) is a Czech footballer, who plays as a centre back. He last played for Dinamo Tbilisi.[Radek Duda
Radek Duda (born January 28, 1979 in Chodov) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. He was selected by the Calgary Flames in the 7th round (192nd overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. played in the WHL with the Regina Pats
Duda playe ...]
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Dvořák
Radek Dvořák (born March 9, 1977) is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger. Dvořák was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, tenth overall, by the Florida Panthers. A veteran of 1,260 NHL games, Radek has pla ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Faksa
Radek Faksa (born 9 January 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). In his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he was the League's leading rookie scorer when he was ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Jaroš
Radek Jaroš (born 29 April 1964) is a Czech mountaineer and author.
Jaroš was born in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic. In 1998 he climbed his first eight-thousander Mount Everest in the second attempt via its ...
, Czech mountaineer and author
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Radek John
Radek John (; born 6 December 1954) is a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter and politician who served as the Minister of Interior from 2010 to 2011 and as Leader of the Public Affairs party from 2009 to 2013. His novel '' Memento'' is the fi ...
, Czech publicist, author and writer
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Radek Martínek
Radek Martínek (born August 31, 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Martínek was an eighth-round selection, 228th overall, by ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Pilař
Radek Pilař ( 23 April 1931 Písek - 7 February 1993) was a Czech artist active in illustrations, animation, graphics, painting, filmmaking, and film directing . He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague with Professor . He is best known ...
, Czech painter
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Radek Sikorski Radek is a masculine Christian name of Slavic origin. It is often nickname of Radovan, Ctirad and Radoslav. It is used as a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Radek Baborák, Czech conductor and French ...
, Polish politician
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Radek Smoleňák, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 10 ...
, Czech tennis player
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Radek McGuire Radek is a masculine Christian name of Slavic origin. It is often nickname of Radovan, Ctirad and Radoslav. It is used as a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Radek Baborák, Czech conductor and French ...
, man who does it all from Calgary Alberta Canada
Fictional characters
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Radek Zelenka
Dr. Radek Zelenka is a fictional character of a scientist in the 2004 television series ''Stargate Atlantis,'' portrayed by David Nykl. He is a member of the original expedition from Earth to the Ancient city of Atlantis in the Pegasus galaxy, ...
, character in ''
Stargate:Atlantis''
Surname
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Karl Radek
Karl Berngardovich Radek (russian: Карл Бернгардович Радек; 31 October 1885 – 19 May 1939) was a Russian revolutionary and a Marxist active in the Polish and German social democratic movements before World War I and a ...
(1885–1939), Bolshevik and international Communist leader
*General Ivan Radek, communist terrorist leader of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
in the ''
Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. In common parlance, the term is used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and us ...
'' movie
*Viktor Radek, fictional character from the computer games ''
Sin Episodes''
Articles
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Articles beginning with "Radek"
External links
Radek on Behind The Name
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Masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names
Czech masculine given names