Ladislav is a Czech, 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 occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.

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, 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 * 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