Václav
Václav (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvaːtslaf]) is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas . These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Vencslav.
People
Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929) (svatý Václav)
Václav Brožík, painter
Václav Hanka, philologist
Václav Havel, last President of Czechoslovakia (1989 – 1992) and first President of the Czech Republic (1993 – 2003)
Václav Holek, Designer of the ZB-26 light machinegun for Zbrojovka Brno and its descendants
Václav Hollar, graphic artist
Václav Kadlec, a Football player of Czech Republic who involved in Sparta Prague
Václav Klaus, second President of the Czech Republic (2003 – 2013)
Václav Kliment Klicpera, playwright, author, and poet
Václav Matěj Kramerius, publisher, journalist and writer
Josef Václav Myslbek, sculptor
Václav Nelhýbel, composer
Václav Neumann, conductor, violinist and viola player
Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer