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, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name

Vladislav Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав, ) is a male given names, given name of Slavs, Slavic origin. Variatio ...

. The female form of this name is Ladislava.

Folk etymology Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a mo ...

occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess

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Spellings and variations

In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in . ''

László László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, ...

'' is a Hungarian variation of this name.

Places

* Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County * Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County, historical name of

Zvonimirovo Zvonimirovo, formerly Ladislav, Malo Gaćište, Novo Obilićevo, and Zvonimirovac, is a village in Croatia. History On 20 September 1941, the NDH changed the name of the town from Novo Obilićevo to Zvonimirovac. Demographics References

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Athletes

* Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player * Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player * Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer *

Ladislav Dluhoš Ladislav Dluhoš (born 6 October 1965 in Čeladná) is a Czechoslovakian/ Czech former ski jumper who competed from 1984 to 1995. He earned two bronze medals in the Team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1984, 1 ...

, Czechoslovak ski jumper * Ladislav Fouček * Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player * Ladislav Hrubý, cross-country skier *

Ladislav Jurkemik Ladislav Jurkemik (born 20 July 1953) is a former Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played in the Czechoslovak First League for Inter Bratislava and Dukla Banská Bystrica. Jurkemik played internationally for Czechoslova ...

, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager *

Ladislav Kačáni Ladislav Kačáni (1 April 1931 – 5 February 2018) was a Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 20 matches and scored three goals. He was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, where he played in two matches ...

, Czechoslovak footballer and coach *

Ladislav Kohn Ladislav Kohn (born March 4, 1975) is a Czech former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), Forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Atlanta Thrashers and ...

, Czech ice hockey player *

Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder. Kuna played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of appea ...

, Czechoslovak footballer *

Ladislav Lubina Ladislav Lubina (11 February 1967 – 13 September 2021) was a Czech ice hockey player and coach. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 11th round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, but never played in the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach *

Ladislav Maier Ladislav Maier (born 4 January 1966 in Boskovice) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, Maier helped Slovan Liberec win promotion to the Czech First League in 1993, going on to make 148 First ...

, Czech footballer *

Ladislav Nagy Ladislav Nagy (; born 1 June 1979) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played eight seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars, and Los Angeles Kings ...

, Slovak ice hockey player *

Ladislav Novák Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.

, Czechoslovak footballer *

Ladislav Pataki Ladislav Pataki (June 20, 1946 – April 5, 2007) was an American coach, sports scientist, and masters track and field thrower. He defected from Czechoslovakia in 1985 with his wife and daughter, settling in Los Gatos, California. Dr. Pataki s ...

, Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist *

Ladislav Pavlovič Ladislav Pavlovič (8 April 1926 – 28 January 2013) was a Slovak footballer. A winger, he played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals. He was a participant at the Euro 1960, where he played in five matches and ...

, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Petráš, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Prášil, Czech shot putter *

Ladislav Rybánsky Ladislav Rybánsky (born 19 December 1984) is a Slovak professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa, Slovan Duslo Šaľa. Career Rybánsky began his career ...

, Slovak footballer * Ladislav Rygl, Jr., Czech Nordic combined Olympic skier * Ladislav Rygl, Sr., Czechoslovak Nordic combined Olympic skier * Ladislav Ščurko, Slovak ice hockey player and confessed murderer * Ladislav Šimůnek, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Škorpil, Czech football manager * Ladislav Šmíd, Czech ice hockey player * Ladislav Švanda, Czech Olympic cross country skier * Ladislav Troják, Czechoslovak ice hockey player * Ladislav Trpkoš, Czechoslovak Olympic basketball player * Ladislav Vácha, Czechoslovak Olympic gymnast * Ladislav Vízek, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Volešák, Czech footballer

Politicians

Ladislav Adamec Ladislav Adamec (10 September 1926 – 14 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak communist politician. Early life Adamec was born in Moravia on 10 September 1926. From 1958 to 1961 he studied at the Political College of the Central Committee of th ...

(1926–2007), Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician * Ladislav Miko (born 1961), Czech politician and expert on environmental issues * Ladislav Pejačević (1824–1901), Croatian politician, Ban of Croatia * Ladislav Polka (1952–2025), Slovak politician

Scientists

* Ladislav Brožek, Slovak astronomer *

Ladislav František Čelakovský Ladislav František Čelakovský (3 December 1863 – 31 December 1916) was a mycologist and botanist from Bohemia. Biography Born in Prague, he was the son of botanist Ladislav Josef Čelakovský (1834–1902). Čelakovský was a professor of pl ...

, Czech mycologist and botanist * Ladislav Josef Čelakovský, Czech botanist * Ladislav Mucina, Slovak botanist, ecologist, and vegetation expert

Writers and artists

* Ladislav Bublík (1924-1988), Czech writer * Ladislav Fialka, Czechoslovak mime * Ladislav Fuks, Czechoslovak novelist * Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler, Czechoslovak musician * Ladislav Klíma, Czech philosopher and novelist * Ladislav Kralj, Croatian painter and engraver * Ladislav Kubík, Czechoslovak/American composer * Ladislav Kupkovič, Czechoslovak composer and conductor * Ladislav Mňačko, Czechoslovak writer and journalist * Ladislav Mráz, Czechoslovak opera singer *

Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé Dr Ján Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (12 February 1866, in Dolný Kubín – 2 July 1940, in Dolný Kubín) was a Slovak writer, literary critic and doctor. Life He was born into a lawyer's family in Dolný Kubín, and studied in Kežmarok, Ružo ...

, Slovak writer, literary critic, and doctor * Ladislav Šaloun, Czechoslovak sculptor * Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovak conductor * Ladislav Smoček, Czech playwright and theater director *

Ladislav Smoljak Ladislav Smoljak (9 December 1931 – 6 June 2010) was a Czechs, Czech film and theater director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Smoljak was born in Prague. He tried to study at an art academy but failed the admission process. He went on to ...

, Czechoslovak film and theater director * Ladislav Stroupežnický, Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director * Ladislav Vycpálek, Czechoslovak composer and violinist *Ladislav (Laco) Zrubec, Slovak author and writer

Others

* Ladislav Hudec, Austro-Hungarian/Slovak architect * Ladislav Kovács, Slovak Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player * Ladislav Prokeš, Czechoslovak chess master and composer of endgame studies * Ladislav Žák, Czechoslovak architect and painter * Ladislav Zgusta, Czechoslovak linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography