Dvořák (feminine Dvořáková) is a Czech surname, originally referring to a servant or an official of manorial estate or royal court. Notable people include:

People

Dvořák or Dvorak

Arts

* Ann Dvorak (1912–1979), American film actress (stage name) * Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer * František Dvořák (painter), (1862-1927), Czech painter *

Josef Dvořák Josef Dvořák (born 25 April 1942 in Horní Cerekev, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) is a Czech actor. He started his career in Kadaň from where Pavel Fiala took him to Kladivadlo in Ústí nad Labem. He was an external actor in theatr ...

(born 1942), Czech actor *

Max Dvořák Max Dvořák (4 June 1874 – 8 February 1921) was a Czech-born Austrian art historian. He was a professor of art history at the University of Vienna and a famous member of the Vienna School of Art History, employing a ''Geistesgeschichte'' met ...

(1874–1921), Austrian art historian *

Tomáš Dvořák Tomáš Dvořák (), born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov (now Zlín), Czechoslovakia, is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in the decathlon and heptathlon for the team ''Dukla Prague''. He is a three-time decathlon ...

(1978–), Czech composer

Science

August Dvorak August Dvorak (May 5, 1894 – October 10, 1975) was an American educational psychologist and professor of education at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, are best known fo ...

(1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout * John C. Dvorak (born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality * Vernon Dvorak (1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity

Sports

Bedřich Dvořák Bedřich Dvořák (10 November 1930 – 14 March 2018) was a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He finished seventh in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Hel ...

canoeist * Ben Dvorak, NFL football player * Bill Dvořák (born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter * Christian Dvorak (born 1996), American ice hockey player *

David Dvořák David Dvořák (born June 5, 1992) is a Czech mixed martial artist. A professional since 2010, he currently competes in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of December 19, 2022, he is #10 in the UFC flyweight ...

, Czech mixed-martial artist * Dominik Dvořák (born 1992), Czech bobsledder *

Dusty Dvorak Douglas Scott "Dusty" Dvorak (born July 29, 1958 in San Diego, California) is a former volleyball player from the United States, who was a member of the American Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 ...

(born 1958), American volleyball player * Filip Dvořák (born 1988), Czech canoeist *

Karel Dvořák (biathlete) At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1948, the last military patrol competition was held as a demonstration sport. This was in part to the aftermath of World War II, which decimated Europe. This sport would be superseded b ...

, Czechoslovak cross-country skier * Libor Dvořák canoeist *

Milan Dvořák Milan Dvořák (19 November 1934 – 21 July 2022) was a Czech footballer. Though he played mostly on a position of defender, Dvořák was a universal player who could operate also as midfielder and forward. Dvořák started his career at Bohe ...

(born 1934), Czechoslovak footballer * Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey) (1951-2008), Czechoslovak ice hockey player * Oldřich Dvořák, Czech wrestler * Pavel Dvořák (born 1989), Czech footballer *

Radek Dvořák Radek Dvořák (born March 9, 1977) is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger. Dvořák was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, tenth overall, by the Florida Panthers. A veteran of 1,260 NHL games, Radek has pla ...

(born 1977), Czech NHL ice hockey player *

(born 1972), Czech decathlon and heptathlon athlete

Dvořáková or Dvorakova

* Denisa Dvořáková (born 1989), Czech model *

Eva Švankmajerová Eva Švankmajerová (September 25, 1940 – October 20, 2005) was a Czech surrealist artist. She was born Eva Dvořáková. A native of the Czech town of Kostelec nad Černými lesy, she moved to Prague in 1958 to study at the Prague School of ...

née Dvořáková (1940-2005), Czech surrealist artist * Helena Dvořáková (born 1979), Czech actress * Veronika Dvořáková (born 2000), Czech handball player

Dvorschák, Dworschak or Dworshak

* Gábor Dvorschák (born 1989), Hungarian football defender *

Henry Dworshak Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894July 23, 1962) was a United States Senator and Congressman from Idaho. Originally from Minnesota, he was a Republican from Burley, and served over 22 years in the House and Senate. Early years Born in ...

(1894–1962), United States Senator from Idaho * Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (1900–1976), Roman Catholic Bishop of Fargo

Other uses

* Dvorak (game), a customizable card game *

Dvorak Awards John C. Dvorak (; born 1952) is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a regular columnist in a variety of magazines. He was vice president of Mevio ...

for "excellence in telecommunications" * Dworshak Dam, a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States *

Dvorak keyboard layout Dvorak is a keyboard layout for English patented in 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, as a faster and more ergonomic alternative to the QWERTY layout (the ''de facto'' standard keyboard layout). Dvorak proponent ...

, an alternative to the QWERTY keyboard layout, named after August Dvorak *

Dworshak National Fish Hatchery Dworshak National Fish Hatchery is a mitigation hatchery located on the Clearwater River within the Nez Perce Reservation near Ahsahka, in north-central Idaho, United States. It was constructed in 1969 by the Army Corps of Engineers, and is co-ma ...

, a "mitigation" hatchery *

Dvorak technique The Dvorak technique (developed between 1969 and 1984 by Vernon Dvorak) is a widely used system to estimate tropical cyclone intensity (which includes tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane/typhoon/intense tropical cyclone intensitie ...

, a subjective method of deriving cyclone intensity from satellite imagery {{DEFAULTSORT:Dvorak Czech-language surnames West Slavic-language surnames