'''Ladislav''' is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}} The female form of this name is '''Ladislava'''.
Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}
== Spellings and variations == <!-- Please do not mix this name with VLADISLAV and its variations, as those are two distinct names and have different etymology and meaning -->
In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in {{Cyrl|Ладислав}}.
''László'' is a Hungarian variation of this name.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}
== Athletes == * Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player * Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player * Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer * Ladislav Dluhoš, Czechoslovak ski jumper * Ladislav Fouček * Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player * Ladislav Hrubý, cross-country skier * Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager * Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovak footballer and coach * Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player * Ladislav Kuna, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Lubina, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach * Ladislav Maier, Czech footballer * Ladislav Nagy, Slovak ice hockey player * Ladislav Novák, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Pataki, Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist * Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Petráš, Czechoslovak footballer * Ladislav Prášil, Czech shot putter * Ladislav Rybánsky, 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 (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, 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 * {{anbl|Ladislav Hejdánek}} * 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, Slovak writer, literary critic, and doctor * Ladislav Šaloun, Czechoslovak sculptor * Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovak conductor * Ladislav Smoček, Czech playwright and theater director * Ladislav Smoljak, 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
==See also== * Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County * Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County, historical name of Zvonimirovo * Ladislao * Ladislaus (disambiguation) * László * Volodyslav – Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав * Vladislav * Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians * Slavic names
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