Radek is a masculine Christian name of
Slavic origin. It is often nickname of
Radovan,
Ctirad and
Radoslav. It is used as a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Radek Baborák, Czech conductor and French horn player
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Radek Bejbl, Czech footballer
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Radek Bělohlav, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Dosoudil, Czech footballer
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Radek Duda, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Jaroš, Czech mountaineer and author
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Radek John, Czech publicist, author and writer
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Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Pilař, Czech painter
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Radek Sikorski, Polish politician
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Radek Smoleňák, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
, Czech tennis player
Fictional characters
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Radek Zelenka, character in ''
Stargate:Atlantis''
Surname
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Karl Radek
Karl Berngardovich Radek (; 31 October 1885 – 19 May 1939) was a revolutionary and writer active in the Polish and German social democratic movements before World War I and a Communist International leader in the Soviet Union after the Russian ...
(1885–1939), Bolshevik and international Communist leader
*General Ivan Radek, fictional communist terrorist leader of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
in the movie ''
Air Force One''
*Viktor Radek, fictional character from the computer games ''
Sin Episodes''
Articles
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Articles beginning with "Radek"
External links
Radek on Behind The Name
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Masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names
Czech masculine given names