Čapek (feminine Čapková; , ) is a

Czech surname Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...

a diminutive of

Čáp Čáp is a Czech surname literally meaning "stork". Notable people with the surname include: *František Čáp (1913–1972), also known as Franz Cap, Czech film director and screenwriter * Tomáš Čáp (born 1978), Czech footballer * Vladimír � ...

, literally meaning "little stork". It originated as a nickname of a son whose father had surname or nickname

. Notable people with the surname include: *

František Čapek František Čapek (24 October 1914 – 31 January 2008) was a Czechoslovakian canoe racing, sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in L ...

(1914–2008), Czechoslovak canoeist *

Jan Čapek of Sány Jan Čapek of Sány (; 1390, Sány – 1452, probably in Hukvaldy) was a Czech Hussite noble, general of Władysław III of Poland. Biography He fought as a cavalry commander at the Battle of Lipany in 1434, and has been condemned for fleeing ...

(died after 1445), Czech commander of the Hussites *

Josef Čapek Josef Čapek (; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word "robot", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek. ...

(1887–1945), Czech painter and writer *

Josef Čapek (footballer) Josef Čapek (1 August 1902 – 5 May 1983) was a Czech footballer who played for SK Slavia Prague, SK Kladno and the Czechoslovak national team. Career Born in Prague in 1902, he begin playing with Viktoria Žižkov in 1914 but in 1915 he joi ...

(1902–1983), Czech footballer *

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...

(1890–1938), Czech journalist, writer and playwright *

Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (; 21 February 1860 – 3 November 1927) was a Czech naturalist writer and a journalist. Biography In 1879, he graduated at the gymnasium in Domažlice. He was a long-term cooperator of the ''Národní listy'' journal, ...

(1860–1927), Czech writer *

Milič Čapek Milič Čapek, (26 January 1909 – 17 November 1997) was a Czech Republic, Czech–United States, American philosopher. Čapek was strongly influenced by the process philosophy of Henri Bergson and to a lesser degree by Alfred North Whitehead. Mu ...

(1909–1997), Czech-American philosopher *

Norbert Čapek Norbert Fabián Čapek (Czech pronunciation: �tʃapɛk 3 June 1870 – 30 October 1942) was the founder of the modern Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. Early life Čapek was born into a Roman Catholic family on 3 June 1870 in Radomyšl, a ma ...

(1870–1942) founder of the Unitarian Church in what became Czechoslovakia *

Tereza Čapková Tereza Čapková (; born 24 July 1987, in Příbram) is a Czech track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She has also competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade and 2012 European Athletics Championships The 2012 European A ...

(born 1987), Czech athlete *

John Capek John Capek is a composer, arranger, keyboardist, and producer. Biography John Capek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) on 27 November 1947. He is the son of Fred Capek, a concert pianist and mechanical engineer, and Irene ...

, Czech-Australian songwriter * Irene Capek (1924–2006), Czech Holocaust survivor and MBE recipient

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