Wacław is a Polish masculine given name. It is a borrowing of , Latinized as
Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Slavic names#In Slovakia and Czech_Republic, Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are , , , , , , among others. It origina ...
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For etymology and cognates in other languages, see
Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Slavic names#In Slovakia and Czech_Republic, Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are , , , , , , among others. It origina ...
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It may refer to:
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Wacław Cimochowski (1912–1982), Polish philologist
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Wacław Gajewski (1911–1997), Polish geneticist
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Wacław Hański (1782–1841), Polish nobleman
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Wacław Kiełtyka (born 1981), Polish musician
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Wacław Kopisto (1911–1993), Polish Army officer
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Wacław Kuchar (1897–1981), Polish athlete
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Wacław Leszczyński (1605–1666), Primate of Poland
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Wacław Maciejowski (1792–1883), Polish historian
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Wacław Micuta (1915–2008), Polish economist
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Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski (1784–1831), Polish explorer, poet and orientalist
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Wacław Sieroszewski
Wacław Kajetan Sieroszewski (24 August 1858 – 20 April 1945) was a Polish writer, Polish Socialist Party activist, and soldier in the World War I-era Polish Legions (decorated with the Virtuti Militari). For activities subversive of th ...
(1858–1945), Polish writer
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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 ...
(1882–1969), Polish mathematician
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Wacław Szybalski (1921–2020), Polish-American medical researcher, geneticist
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Wacław Szymanowski (1859–1930), Polish sculptor and painter
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Wacław of Szamotuły (c. 1520 – c. 1560), Polish composer
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Wacław Zagórski (1909–1982), Polish lawyer
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Wacław Michał Zaleski (1799–1849), Polish poet and writer
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Wacław Zalewski (1917–2016), Polish engineer
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Wacław Zawadowski
Jan Wacław Zawadowski, pseudonym Zawado, (14April 1891– 15November 1982) was a Polish painter of Landscape painting, landscapes (mainly of Provence), still life, portraits, and figural scenes. Influenced mainly by Post-Impressionism, he was a p ...
(1891–1982), Polish painter
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
Masculine given names