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
Radek Pilař (23 April 1931 – 7 February 1993) was a Czech artist. He is best known as a children's book illustrator and animator, but he was also a graphic artist, painter, filmmaker and film director. His most famous works include the images o ...
, Czech painter
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Radek Sikorski, Polish politician
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Radek Smoleňák
Radek Smoleňák (born December 3, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey winger. He is currently playing with the Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga. Smoleňák was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 3rd round (73rd overall) of t ...
, 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
Doctor (title), Dr. Radek Zelenka is a fictional character of a scientist in the 2004 television series ''Stargate Atlantis,'' portrayed by David Nykl. He is a member of the original expedition from Earth to the Ancient (Stargate), Ancient city ...
, 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
Air Force One is the official air traffic control-designated Aviation call signs, call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modifie ...
''
*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