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 (1926–2007), Czechoslovak Prime Minister, Communist politician
• Ladislav Miko (born 1961), Czech politician and expert on environmental issues
• Ladislav Pejačević (1824–1901), Croatian politician, Ban of Croatia
• Ladislav Polka (1952–2025), Slovak politician

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 Hejdánek (1927–2020), Czech philosopher and professor
• 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

See also

• Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County
• Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County, historical name of Zvonimirovo
• Ladislao
• Ladislaus (disambiguation)
• László
• Volodyslav – Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав
• Vladislav
• Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians
• Slavic names