Ladislav
# Ladislav

Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.

Folk etymology occasionally links Ladislav with the Slavic goddess Lada.

## Spellings and variations

In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in Cyrillic: Ладислав.

László is a Hungarian variation of this name.

## Athletes

* Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player
* Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player
* Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer
* Ladislav Dluhoš, Czechoslovak ski jumper
* Ladislav Fouček
* Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player
* Ladislav Hrubý, cross-country skier
* Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager
* Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovak footballer and coach
* Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player
* Ladislav Kuna, Czechoslovak footballer
* Ladislav Lubina, Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach
* Ladislav Maier, Czech footballer
* Ladislav Nagy, Slovak ice hockey player
* Ladislav Novák, Czechoslovak footballer
* Ladislav Pataki, Czechoslovak/American coach and sports scientist
* Ladislav Pavlovič, Czechoslovak footballer
* Ladislav Petráš, Czechoslovak footballer
* Ladislav Prášil, Czech shot putter
* Ladislav Rybánsky, Slovak footballer
* Ladislav Rygl, Jr., Czech Nordic combined Olympic skier
* Ladislav Rygl, Sr., Czechoslovak Nordic combined Olympic skier
* Ladislav Ščurko, Slovak ice hockey player and confessed murderer
* Ladislav Šimůnek, Czechoslovak footballer
* Ladislav Škorpil, Czech football manager
* Ladislav Šmíd, Czech ice hockey player
* Ladislav Švanda, Czech Olympic cross country skier
* Ladislav Troják, Czechoslovak ice hockey player
* Ladislav Trpkoš, Czechoslovak Olympic basketball player
* Ladislav Vácha, Czechoslovak Olympic gymnast
* Ladislav Vízek, Czechoslovak footballer
* Ladislav Volešák, Czech footballer

## Politicians

* Ladislav Adamec, Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician
* Ladislav Miko, Czech politician and expert on environmental issues
* Ladislav Pejačević, Croatian politician, Ban of Croatia

## Scientists

* Ladislav Brožek, Slovak astronomer
* Ladislav František Čelakovský, Czech mycologist and botanist
* Ladislav Josef Čelakovský, Czech botanist
* Ladislav Mucina, Slovak botanist, ecologist, and vegetation expert

## Writers and artists

* Ladislav Bublík (1924-1988), Czech writer
* Ladislav Fialka, Czechoslovak mime
* Ladislav Fuks, Czechoslovak novelist
* Ladislav "Ladi" Geisler, Czechoslovak musician
* Ladislav Klíma, Czech philosopher and novelist
* Ladislav Kralj, Croatian painter and engraver
* Ladislav Kubík, Czechoslovak/American composer
* Ladislav Kupkovič, Czechoslovak composer and conductor
* Ladislav Mňačko, Czechoslovak writer and journalist
* Ladislav Mráz, Czechoslovak opera singer
* Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé, Slovak writer, literary critic, and doctor
* Ladislav Šaloun, Czechoslovak sculptor
* Ladislav Slovák, Czechoslovak conductor
* Ladislav Smoček, Czech playwright and theater director
* Ladislav Smoljak, Czechoslovak film and theater director
* Ladislav Stroupežnický, Austro-Hungarian/Czech author, playwright, and director
* Ladislav Vycpálek, Czechoslovak composer and violinist
* Ladislav (Laco) Zrubec, Slovak author and writer

## Others

* Ladislav Hudec, Austro-Hungarian/Slovak architect
* Ladislav Kovács, Slovak Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player
* Ladislav Prokeš, Czechoslovak chess master and composer of endgame studies
* Ladislav Žák, Czechoslovak architect and painter
* Ladislav Zgusta, Czechoslovak linguist, historian and theorist of lexicography
