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, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name

Vladislav Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław, ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include ''Volodislav'', ''Vlastislav'' and ''Vlaslav' ...

. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.

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In Bulgarian and

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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. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being frequ ...

'' is a Hungarian variation of this name.

Athletes

* Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player * Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player * Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer *

Ladislav Dluhoš Ladislav Dluhoš (born October 6, 1965 in Čeladná) is a Czechoslovakian/Czech former ski jumper who competed from 1984 to 1995. He earned two bronze medals in the Team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1984, 1989) ...

, Czechoslovak ski jumper * Ladislav Fouček * Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player *

Ladislav Hrubý Ladislav Hrubý (born 22 November 1934) is a Czech cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre event at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympisch ...

, cross-country skier * Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager * Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovak footballer and coach * Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player *

Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder. He played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of app ...

, Czechoslovak footballer *

Ladislav Lubina Ladislav Lubina (11 February 1967 – 13 September 2021) was a Czech ice hockey player and coach. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars in the 11th round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, but never played in the National Hockey League (NHL). P ...

, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach *

Ladislav Maier Ladislav Maier (born 4 January 1966 in Boskovice) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played seven matches for the Czech Republic and participated at Euro 1996 and Euro 2000. At club level he took part in fi ...

, Czech footballer *

Ladislav Nagy Ladislav Nagy (; born 1 June 1979) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played eight seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars, and Los Angeles Kings ...

, Slovak ice hockey player *

Ladislav Novák Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.

, Czechoslovak footballer *

Ladislav Pataki Ladislav Pataki (June 20, 1946 – April 5, 2007) was an American coach, sports scientist, and masters track and field thrower. He defected from Czechoslovakia in 1985 with his wife and daughter, settling in Los Gatos, California. Dr. Pataki se ...

, Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist *

Ladislav Pavlovič Ladislav Pavlovič (8 April 1926 – 28 January 2013) was a Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals. He was a participant at the Euro 1960, where he played in five matches and scor ...

, Czechoslovak footballer *

Ladislav Petráš Ladislav Petráš (born 1 December 1946) is a former Slovak football player. He played 19 matches for Czechoslovakia national team and scored six goals. Petráš was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where he played three matches and s ...

, Czechoslovak footballer *

Ladislav Prášil Ladislav Prášil (; born 17 May 1990) is a Czech shot putter. He won his first major medal, a bronze, at the 2013 European Indoor Championships. He repeated this achievement on home soil, coming third at the 2015 European Indoor Championshi ...

, Czech shot putter *

Ladislav Rybánsky Ladislav Rybánsky (born 19 December 1984) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Career Rybánsky began his career 2001 with Spartak Trnava. In 2005, he was loaned to FK Nove Zamky. After one season with FK Nove Zamky, he returned ...

, 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 Ladislav Švanda (born 14 February 1959 in Prague) is a former Czech cross-country skier who raced from 1982 to 1990. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter O ...

, 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 Ladislav Adamec (10 September 1926 – 14 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak communist politician. Early life Adamec was born in Moravia on 10 September 1926. Career Adamec joined the Presidium in March 1987 and served as the prime minister o ...

, Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician * Ladislav Miko, Czech politician and expert on environmental issues * Ladislav Pejačević, Croatian politician, Ban of Croatia

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 Ladislav Klíma (22 August 1878 – 19 April 1928), was a Czech philosopher and novelist influenced by George Berkeley, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. His philosophy is referred to varyingly as existentialism and subjective idealism. Life Ladis ...

, 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 Ladislav Jan Šaloun (1 August 1870, Prague – 18 October 1946, Prague) was a prominent Czech sculptor of the Art Nouveau period. Life Šaloun was born in 1870 in Prague and he studied in the studios of Tomáš Seidan and Bohuslav Schnirch.< ...

, Czechoslovak sculptor * Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovak conductor *

Ladislav Smoček Ladislav Smoček (born 24 August 1932, Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech writer, playwright and theater director. Biography He comes from a family with a military tradition. His father was an officer in The Czechoslovakian Army. After studyi ...

, Czech playwright and theater director * Ladislav Smoljak, Czechoslovak film and theater director * Ladislav Stroupežnický, Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director *

Ladislav Vycpálek Ladislav Vycpálek (Vršovice, Prague, 23 February 1882 – Prague, 9 January 1969) was a Czech Republic, Czech composer and Viola, violist. Vycpálek studied composition under Vítězslav Novák. However, he very soon found his own expressive st ...

, Czechoslovak composer and violinist

Others

* Ladislav Hudec, Austro-Hungarian/Slovak architect * Ladislav Kovács, Slovak Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player *

Ladislav Prokeš Ladislav Prokeš (7 June 1884 – 9 January 1966) was a Czech chess master and one of the most prolific composers of endgame studies in chess. He was born and died in Prague. Prokeš was joint Czechoslovak Chess Championship, Czech Champion in 19 ...

, Czechoslovak chess master and composer of endgame studies * Ladislav Žák, Czechoslovak architect and painter *

Ladislav Zgusta Ladislav Zgusta (20 March 1924 in Libochovice – 27 April 2007 in Urbana, Illinois) was a Czech-American historical linguist and lexicographer, who wrote one of the first textbooks on lexicography. He was a professor of linguistics and classics ...

, Czechoslovak linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography

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