# Ladislav

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'''Ladislav''' is a [Czech](/source/Czech_language), [Slovak](/source/Slovak_language) and [Croatian](/source/Croatian_language) variant of the [Slavic](/source/Slavs) name [Vladislav](/source/Vladislav).{{citation needed|date=January 2009}} The female form of this name is '''Ladislava'''.

[Folk etymology](/source/Folk_etymology) occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess [Lada](/source/Lada_(goddess)).{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}

== Spellings and variations ==
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In [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarian_language) and [Russian](/source/Russian_language) this name is spelled in {{Cyrl|Ладислав}}.

''[László](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3)'' is a [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language) variation of this name.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}

== Athletes ==
* [Ladislav Beneš](/source/Ladislav_Bene%C5%A1), Czechoslovak Olympic handball player
* [Ladislav Benýšek](/source/Ladislav_Ben%C3%BD%C5%A1ek), Czech ice hockey player
* [Ladislav Čepčianský](/source/Ladislav_%C4%8Cep%C4%8Diansk%C3%BD), Czechoslovak sprint canoer
* [Ladislav Dluhoš](/source/Ladislav_Dluho%C5%A1), Czechoslovak ski jumper
* [Ladislav Fouček](/source/Ladislav_Fou%C4%8Dek)
* [Ladislav Hecht](/source/Ladislav_Hecht) (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player
* [Ladislav Hrubý](/source/Ladislav_Hrub%C3%BD), cross-country skier
* [Ladislav Jurkemik](/source/Ladislav_Jurkemik), Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager
* [Ladislav Kačáni](/source/Ladislav_Ka%C4%8D%C3%A1ni), Czechoslovak footballer and coach
* [Ladislav Kohn](/source/Ladislav_Kohn), Czech ice hockey player
* [Ladislav Kuna](/source/Ladislav_Kuna), Czechoslovak footballer
* [Ladislav Lubina](/source/Ladislav_Lubina), Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach
* [Ladislav Maier](/source/Ladislav_Maier), Czech footballer
* [Ladislav Nagy](/source/Ladislav_Nagy), Slovak ice hockey player
* [Ladislav Novák](/source/Ladislav_Nov%C3%A1k), Czechoslovak footballer
* [Ladislav Pataki](/source/Ladislav_Pataki), Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist
* [Ladislav Pavlovič](/source/Ladislav_Pavlovi%C4%8D), Czechoslovak footballer
* [Ladislav Petráš](/source/Ladislav_Petr%C3%A1%C5%A1), Czechoslovak footballer
* [Ladislav Prášil](/source/Ladislav_Pr%C3%A1%C5%A1il), Czech shot putter
* [Ladislav Rybánsky](/source/Ladislav_Ryb%C3%A1nsky), Slovak footballer
* [Ladislav Rygl, Jr.](/source/Ladislav_Rygl%2C_Jr.), Czech Nordic combined Olympic skier
* [Ladislav Rygl, Sr.](/source/Ladislav_Rygl%2C_Sr.), Czechoslovak Nordic combined Olympic skier
* [Ladislav Ščurko](/source/Ladislav_%C5%A0%C4%8Durko), Slovak ice hockey player and confessed murderer
* [Ladislav Šimůnek](/source/Ladislav_%C5%A0im%C5%AFnek), Czechoslovak footballer
* [Ladislav Škorpil](/source/Ladislav_%C5%A0korpil), Czech football manager
* [Ladislav Šmíd](/source/Ladislav_%C5%A0m%C3%ADd), Czech ice hockey player
* [Ladislav Švanda](/source/Ladislav_%C5%A0vanda), Czech Olympic cross country skier
* [Ladislav Troják](/source/Ladislav_Troj%C3%A1k), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
* [Ladislav Trpkoš](/source/Ladislav_Trpko%C5%A1), Czechoslovak Olympic basketball player
* [Ladislav Vácha](/source/Ladislav_V%C3%A1cha), Czechoslovak Olympic gymnast
* [Ladislav Vízek](/source/Ladislav_V%C3%ADzek), Czechoslovak footballer
* [Ladislav Volešák](/source/Ladislav_Vole%C5%A1%C3%A1k), Czech footballer

== Politicians ==
* [Ladislav Adamec](/source/Ladislav_Adamec) (1926–2007), Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician
* [Ladislav Miko](/source/Ladislav_Miko) (born 1961), Czech politician and expert on environmental issues
* [Ladislav Pejačević](/source/Ladislav_Peja%C4%8Devi%C4%87) (1824–1901), Croatian politician, [Ban](/source/Ban_(title)) of Croatia
* [Ladislav Polka](/source/Ladislav_Polka) (1952–2025), Slovak politician

== Scientists ==
* [Ladislav Brožek](/source/Ladislav_Bro%C5%BEek), Slovak astronomer
* [Ladislav František Čelakovský](/source/Ladislav_Franti%C5%A1ek_%C4%8Celakovsk%C3%BD), Czech mycologist and botanist
* [Ladislav Josef Čelakovský](/source/Ladislav_Josef_%C4%8Celakovsk%C3%BD), Czech botanist
* [Ladislav Mucina](/source/Ladislav_Mucina), Slovak botanist, ecologist, and vegetation expert

== Writers and artists ==
* [Ladislav Bublík](/source/Ladislav_Bubl%C3%ADk) (1924–1988), Czech writer
* [Ladislav Fialka](/source/Ladislav_Fialka), Czechoslovak mime
* [Ladislav Fuks](/source/Ladislav_Fuks), Czechoslovak novelist
* [Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler](/source/Ladi_Geisler), Czechoslovak musician
* {{anbl|Ladislav Hejdánek}}
* [Ladislav Klíma](/source/Ladislav_Kl%C3%ADma), Czech philosopher and novelist
* [Ladislav Kralj](/source/Ladislav_Kralj), Croatian painter and engraver
* [Ladislav Kubík](/source/Ladislav_Kub%C3%ADk), Czechoslovak/American composer
* [Ladislav Kupkovič](/source/Ladislav_Kupkovi%C4%8D), Czechoslovak composer and conductor
* [Ladislav Mňačko](/source/Ladislav_M%C5%88a%C4%8Dko), Czechoslovak writer and journalist
* [Ladislav Mráz](/source/Ladislav_Mr%C3%A1z), Czechoslovak opera singer
* [Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé](/source/Ladislav_N%C3%A1da%C5%A1i-J%C3%A9g%C3%A9), Slovak writer, literary critic, and doctor
* [Ladislav Šaloun](/source/Ladislav_%C5%A0aloun), Czechoslovak sculptor
* [Ladislav Slovák](/source/Ladislav_Slov%C3%A1k), Czechoslovak conductor
* [Ladislav Smoček](/source/Ladislav_Smo%C4%8Dek), Czech playwright and theater director
* [Ladislav Smoljak](/source/Ladislav_Smoljak), Czechoslovak film and theater director
* [Ladislav Stroupežnický](/source/Ladislav_Stroupe%C5%BEnick%C3%BD), Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director
* [Ladislav Vycpálek](/source/Ladislav_Vycp%C3%A1lek), Czechoslovak composer and violinist
* Ladislav (Laco) Zrubec, Slovak author and writer

== Others ==
* [Ladislav Hudec](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Hudec), Austro-Hungarian/Slovak architect
* [Ladislav Kovács](/source/Ladislav_Kov%C3%A1cs), Slovak Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player
* [Ladislav Prokeš](/source/Ladislav_Proke%C5%A1), Czechoslovak chess master and composer of endgame studies
* [Ladislav Žák](/source/Ladislav_%C5%BD%C3%A1k), Czechoslovak architect and painter
* [Ladislav Zgusta](/source/Ladislav_Zgusta), Czechoslovak linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography

==See also==
* [Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County](/source/Ladislav%2C_Bjelovar-Bilogora_County)
* [Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County](/source/Ladislav%2C_Virovitica-Podravina_County), historical name of [Zvonimirovo](/source/Zvonimirovo)
* [Ladislao](/source/Ladislao)
* [Ladislaus (disambiguation)](/source/Ladislaus_(disambiguation))
* [László](/source/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3)
* [Volodyslav](/source/Volodyslav) – Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав
* [Vladislav](/source/Vladislav)
* [Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians](/source/W%C5%82odzis%C5%82aw%2C_Duke_of_Lendians)
* [Slavic names](/source/Slavic_names)

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