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'''Ladislav''' is a [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]] and [[Croatian language|Croatian]] variant of the [[Slavs|Slavic]] name [[Vladislav]].{{citation needed|date=January 2009}} The female form of this name is '''Ladislava'''.

[[Folk etymology]] occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess [[Lada (goddess)|Lada]].{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}

== Spellings and variations ==
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In [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] and [[Russian language|Russian]] this name is spelled in {{Cyrl|Ладислав}}.

''[[László]]'' is a [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] variation of this name.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}

==Places==
*[[Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County]]
*[[Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County]], historical name of [[Zvonimirovo]]

== 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 (title)|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
*[[Ladi Geisler|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 ==
*[[László Hudec|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==

* [[Ladislao]]
* [[Ladislaus (disambiguation)]]
* [[László]]
* [[Volodyslav]] - Ukrainian spelling of Володислав - Владислав
* [[Vladislav]]
* [[Włodzisław, Duke of Lendians]]
* [[Slavic names]]

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