Kohoutek (feminine: Kohoutková) is a
Czech surname
Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...
. It is a diminutive of the word ''kohout'' and the surname
Kohout. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer and music theorist
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Luboš Kohoutek
Luboš Kohoutek (; 29 January 1935 – 30 December 2023) was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973.
He also discovered a large number of planetary ne ...
(1935-2023), Czech astronomer
See also
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Comet Kohoutek, a comet discovered by and named in honor of the astronomer
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1850 Kohoutek
1850 Kohoutek, provisional designation , is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was named after Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek.
Discovery
''Kohoutek'' was discover ...
, an asteroid named in honor of the astronomer
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Czech-language surnames