Bednář (feminine: Bednářová) 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 ...
.Bednár (feminine: Bednárová) is a
Slovak surname
Slovak names consist of a given name and surname. Slovakia uses the Western name order with the given name being listed before surname. However, there is a historical tradition to reverse this order, especially in official contexts including admi ...
. Both are meaning '
cooper
Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to:
* Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels
Arts and entertainment
* Cooper (producers), an alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads
* "Cooper", a song by Roxette from ...
'. Notable people with the surname include:
Sports
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Andy Bednar (1908–1937), American baseball player
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David Bednar (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
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Franz Bednar (1910–1987), Austrian bobsledder
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George Bednar (1942–2007), American football player and beverage executive
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Jan Bednář
Jan Bednář (born 26 August 2002) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender for Ässät of the Finnish Liiga. Bednář was drafted 107th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
During the 2018–19 Cze ...
(born 2002), Czech ice hockey player
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Jared Bednar
Jared Garry Bednar (born February 28, 1972) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously coached the Lake Erie Monsters of the Am ...
(born 1972), Canadian ice-hockey coach and former player
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Jaroslav Bednář
Jaroslav Bednář (born 9 November 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays with HC Vrchlabà in the Czech.2 Liga
Playing career
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Bednář began his career with Slavia Prague in 1994 a ...
(born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
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KarolÃna Bednářová
KarolÃna Bednárová (born ) is a Czech female volleyball player. She was part of the Czech Republic women's national volleyball team.
She participated in the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was ...
(born 1986), Czech volleyball player
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Marcela Bednar, German sprint canoer
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Markéta Bednářová
Markéta Bednářová (née Mokrošová, born 17 April 1981 in Nové Město na Moravě) is a Czech basketball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ...
(born 1981), Czech basketball player
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Martin Bednár
Martin Bednár (born 22 April 1999) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for MFK ZemplÃn Michalovce.
Club career ZemplÃn Michalovce
Bednár made his Fortuna Liga debut for ZemplÃn Michalovce in an away
Away may r ...
(born 1999), Slovak footballer
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Pavel Bednář
Pavel Bednář (born 25 June 1970) is a Czech sprint canoeist and marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-1 10000 m: 1993) and a bronze (C-2 200 m: 1997).
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(born 1970), Czech sprint canoer
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Robert Bednar (1911–1993), Austrian bobsledder
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Roman Bednář
Roman Bednář (born 26 March 1983) is a Czech Republic, Czech association football, football coach and former player.
Club career
Czech Republic
Born in Prague, Bednář started his career as a youth player at ČAFC Prague before he stepped u ...
(born 1983), Czech footballer
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VladimÃr Bednár (born 1979), Slovak footballer
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VladimÃr Bednář
VladimÃr Bednář (born 1 October 1948) is a Czech ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport ...
(born 1948), Czech ice hockey player
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Will Bednar (born 2000), American baseball player
Other
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David Bednar (general manager)
David Bednar (born 1952) is an American-born former theatre manager in Canada. He served as the general manager of the Canadian National Exhibition Association, which runs an annual fair called the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). He retired ...
(born 1952), American-Canadian theatre manager
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David A. Bednar (born 1952), American educator and religious leader
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Eva Bednářová
Eva Bednářová (8 May 1937 – 6 December 1986) was a Czech printmaker and illustrator.
Born in Prague, Bednářová was a graduate of the University of Applied Arts in that city. Throughout her career she produced illustrations for more than 4 ...
(1937–1986), Czech printmaker
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Kamil Bednář
Kamil Bednář, also known by his pen name Prokop Kouba (4 July 1912 – 23 May 1972), was a Czech poet, translator, prose writer, dramatist and publishing house editor.
Life
Bednář was born in Prague. After 1931, he studied law, and then six ...
(1912–1972), Czech poet, translator and writer
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Otta Bednářová
Otta Bednářová (née Šmirousová; 18 June 1927 – 5 September 2023) was a Czech journalist, writer, screenwriter, television producer and dissident during Czechoslovakia's communist era. She was an early Charter 77 signatory in 1976 and co ...
(1927–2023), Czech journalist and writer
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(1909–1976), Slovak painter
Fictional characters
*Captain Bednar, a police captain in the novel ''
The Man with the Golden Arm
''The Man with the Golden Arm'' is a 1955 American independent drama film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren. Starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren Mc ...
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See also
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Murder of Breck Bednar
Czech-language surnames
Slovak-language surnames
Occupational surnames
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