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 Ann Dvorak (born Anna McKim; August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told ''The Literary Digest'' in 1936: "My fake name is properly pronounced ''vor'shack ...

(1912–1979), American film actress (stage name) *

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist exampl ...

(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 theat ...

(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'' me ...

(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 decathlo ...

(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 for ...

(1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout *

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

(born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality *

Vernon Dvorak Vernon Francis Dvorak (November 15, 1928 – September 19, 2022) was an American meteorologist. He studied meteorology at the University of California, Los Angeles and wrote his Master thesis ''An investigation of the inversion-cloud regime over ...

(1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity

Sports

* Bedřich Dvořák canoeist * Ben Dvorak, NFL football player * Bill Dvořák (born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter *

Christian Dvorak Christian Dvorak (born February 2, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dvorak was drafted 58th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Playing ...

(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 The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is ...

(born 1958), American volleyball player *

Filip Dvořák Filip Dvořák (born 30 July 1988, in Prague) is a Czech sprint canoeist and marathon canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's C-2 1000 metres, together with Jaroslav Radoň, finishing 5th. Dvořák and Radoň also w ...

(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 (born 1934), Czechoslovak footballer *

Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey) Miroslav Dvořák (October 11, 1951 – June 12, 2008), nicknamed "Cookie", was a Czechoslovak professional ice hockey defenseman who played three seasons in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers. He is also well known as a famous player of Czec ...

(1951-2008), Czechoslovak ice hockey player *

Oldřich Dvořák Oldřich Dvořák (born 22 December 1953) is a Czech wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 100 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyski ...

, Czech wrestler *

Pavel Dvořák Pavel Dvořák (born 19 February 1989) is a Czech football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football th ...

(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 play ...

(born 1977), Czech NHL ice hockey player *

(born 1972), Czech decathlon and heptathlon athlete

Dvořáková or Dvorakova

Denisa Dvořáková Denisa Dvořáková (born 28 May 1989) is a Czech model, who is best known as the winner of the Elite Model Look 2006. Early life Denisa was born in Prague, Czech Republic. Career Dvořáková's career started when she attended a scouting ...

(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 ...

née Dvořáková (1940-2005), Czech surrealist artist *

Helena Dvořáková Helena Dvořáková or Helena Dvořák (born 30 January 1979) is a Czech actress. Biography She was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She studied at an academic gymnasium and later continued her studies of dramatic arts at the Janáček Acade ...

(born 1979), Czech actress *

Veronika Dvořáková Veronika Dvořáková (born 7 December 2000) is a Czech handball player who plays for DHK Baník Most and the Czech Republic national team. Achievements * Czech First Division: **''Winner'': 2018 References 2000 births Living people Pe ...

(born 2000), Czech handball player

Dvorschák, Dworschak or Dworshak

Gábor Dvorschák Gábor Dvorschák (born 14 September 1989) is a Hungarian defender who plays for Kazincbarcika. External links Player profile at HLSZ * 1989 births Footballers from Budapest Living people Hungarian footballers Association football de ...

(born 1989), Hungarian football defender *

Henry Dworshak Henry Clarence Dworshak Jr. (August 29, 1894July 23, 1962) was a United States Senator and Congressman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically ...

(1894–1962), United States Senator from Idaho *

Leo Ferdinand Dworschak Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (April 6, 1900 – November 5, 1976) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Fargo in North Dakota from 1960 to 1970. He previously served as auxiliary bishop ...

(1900–1976), Roman Catholic Bishop of Fargo

Other uses

Dvorak (game) {{Unreferenced, date=November 2021 Dvorak is a customizable card game that begins with a deck of blank index cards. These index cards (or pieces of paper or cardboard) are written and drawn upon by players before or during the game. Alternatively, ...

, 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, an ...

for "excellence in telecommunications" *

Dworshak Dam Dworshak Dam is a concrete gravity dam in the western United States, on the North Fork of the Clearwater River in north central Idaho. In Clearwater County, the dam is located approximately northwest of Orofino and impounds the Dwor ...

, 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 proponents ...

, 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 intensities ...

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