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VáclavVáclav is a Czech male first name, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas . Dukes and Kings of Bohemia Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (Saint Wenceslas)Wenceslas II, Duke of BohemiaWenceslas I, King of BohemiaWenceslas II of BohemiaWenceslas III of BohemiaCharles IV, Holy Roman ..
Václavov u BruntáluVáclavov u Bruntálu is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 490 inhabitants. Václavov u Bruntálu consists from two administrative parts: villages Dolní Václavov and Horní Václavov. External link [Village website] (cz) ..
Václav BělohradskýVáclav Bělohradský (b. 1944) is one of the most famous contemporary Czech philosophers. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. External links [link] () ..
Václav Beneš TřebízskýVáclav Beneš Třebízský (1849-1884) was a popular Czech novelist. He is the author of numerous historical novels and children's stories. His most novel novel is arguably In the Early Evening of the Five-petaled Roses (1885). ..
Václav BlažekThe subject of this article seems to fail Wikipedia's consensually-accepted [Notability criteria for inclusion of biographies]. If you are familiar with the subject, please expand the article to establish its [Notabilitynotability], [Cite sourcesciting] [Reliable..
Václav BrožíkVáclav Brožík (5 March 1851 – 15 April 1901) was the greatest Czech academic painter. Since 1868 he studied at the Academy of Arts in Prague, Dresden, and Munich. In 1879 he went on study journey to the Netherlands. He married a daughter of a wealthy art dealer in Paris, who helped him achiev..
Václav CílekVáclav Cílek (born 1955 in Brno) is Czech Republic geologist and science popularizer. In his youth he lived in Tanzania and in Příbram. Studied geology at Charles University in Prague. Since then he works in Geologic Instuture of Czech Academy of Science and specializes on geology of Cenozoic E..
Václav DaněkVáclav Daněk (born 22 December, 1960), is a retired Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 22 matches and scored 9 goals. In his country he played for Baník Ostrava. ..
Václav DrobnýVáclav Drobný (born September 9, 1980 in Mělník, Czech Republic) is a footballer and central defender currently playing for Sparta Prague. Drobný was the captain of the Under-21 Czech Republic team and debuted for the senior team against Japan - though he failed to secure a spot in Euro 2004. ..
Václav František KocmánekVáclav František Kocmánek (1607-1679) was a Baroque Czech poet, author, and historian of great synthesis. External Links [Extensive Biography] () ..
Václav HamplVáclav Hampl (born 1962) is a Czech physiologist. Hampl was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1962 and received a Ph.D. from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1990. He did postgraduate work at the University of Minnesota Medical School and, since 2002, has been a professor of physiology at..
Václav HankaVáclav Hanka Václav Hanka (June 10, 1791 - January 12, 1861) was a Czech philologist born at Hořiněves near Hradec Králové. He was sent in 1807 to school at Hradec Králové, to escape the conscription, then to the University of Prague, where he founded a society for the culti..
Václav HavelVáclav Havel speaking at the opening ceremonies of the IMF/World Bank Meeting on September 26, 2000 Václav Havel, GCB, CC (IPA: [ˈva:ʦlaf ˈɦavɛl]) (born October 5, 1936 in Prague) is a Czech writer and dramatist. He was the last President of Czechoslovakia..
Václav HlavatýVáclav Hlavatý (1894-1969) was a noted Czech-American mathematician. ..
Václav HollarPortrait of Jan Meyssens Wenzel Hollar: St. Martinsdom in Mainz; pen-and-ink drawing 1632 Václav Hollar (also styled Wenceslaus or Wenzel) (July 13, 1607 - March 28, 1677), Bohemian etcher, was born at Prague, and died in London, being buried at St Margaret's church, Westminster. His f..
Václav KaplickýVáclav Kaplický (August 28 1895, Sezimovo Ústí – October 4 1982, Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and epic poet. He is most known as author of historical fiction. Kaplický studied at Gymnasium in Tábor, finishing in 1914. In 1915 he was sent to the front in Galicia where he was taken..
Václav KaprálVáclav Kaprál (1889-1947) was a famous Czech pianist and composer. Kapral studied composition with Leoš Janáček in the Brno Organ School (1908-1910) and with Vítězslav Novák (1919-1920) in Prague. Later, he studied piano interpretation with Alfred Cortot in Paris (1923-1924). Kaprál compo..
Václav KlausVáclav Klaus (IPA: [ˈva:ʦlaf ˈklau̯s]) (born 19 June 1941) is the second President of the Czech Republic and a former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Václav Klaus Klaus grew up in the residential Vinohrady neighborhood of his native Prague and graduated from t..
Václav Kliment KlicperaA Portrait of Václav Kliment Klicpera Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792-1859) was a Czech playwright, author, and poet. He was one of the first presenters of Czech drama, and was especially influential in the foundation of comedic Czech theater. Klicpera was born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou. After ..
Václav KlofáčThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Václav Jaroslav Klofáč (1868 - 1942) was a Czech politician and one of the founders of the Czech National..
Václav KorunkaVáclav Korunka is a former Czech cross country skier who raced from 1988 to 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter Olympics finish was a 13th in the 50km event in 1992. Korunka also won a bronze medal in the 4 x..
Václav LáskaVáclav Láska (1862-1943) was a renowned Czech astronomer, geophysicist, and mathematician. He conducted most of his work at Charles University. External Links [MacTutor Entry] () ..
Václav MašekVáclav Mašek (born March 21, 1941), is a Czech football player. He was a member of the Czechoslovakia national football team, for which he played 16 matches and scored 5 goals. He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where his country won the 3rd place. In a match against Mexico, he beca..
Václav Matěj KrameriusVáclav Matěj Kramerius (sometimes written Kramérius, February 9 1753 in Klatovy - March 22 1808 in Prague) was a Czech publisher, journalist and writer. He is one those who helped with reborn and survival of Czechs as a nation. Kramerius studied at Jesuit gymnasium in Klatovy, then in Prague ph..
Václav NelhýbelVáclav Nelhýbel (September 24, 1919 – March 22, 1996) was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. He was born the youngest of five children in Polanka, Czechoslovakia. He received his early musical training in Prague, going to both Prague University and Prague C..
Václav NěmečekVáclav Němeček (born 1967), is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played total 60 matches. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He played for example for SK Hradec Králové, AC Sparta Praha, Toulouse FC and Servette Gene..
Václav NeumannVáclav Neumann (October 29, 1920 - September 2, 1995) was a Czech conductor, violinist and viola player. Neumann was born in Prague and studied at the conservatoire there. He co-founded, and played 1st violin in, the Smetana Quartet, before holding conducting posts in Carlsbad and Brno. In 1956 he..
Václav Prokop DivišVáclav Prokop Diviš (born 26 March, 1698 in Helvíkovice – died 25 December, 1765 in Přímětice) was a Czech theologian and natural scientist who invented the lightning rod between 1750 and 1754 independently of Benjamin Franklin, and constructed the first electrified musical instrument in his..
Václav SmetáčekVáclav Smetáček (June 30 1906 - February 18 1986) was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist. He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicology, aesthetics, and philosophy at Charles University. He was the founder and membe..
Václav ŠpálaVáclav Špála (1885-1946) was a Czech painter, graphic designer and illustrator. He studied at Prague Academy. His work he expose with “Stubborn” group. At the beginning of his career his work was influenced by Fauvism, later by Cubism. Since 1923 he painted mainly landscapes and still-lives..
Václav SvěrkošVáclav Svěrkoš (born November 1, 1983 in Třinec) is a Czech footballer who is playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He started his career at VP Frydek-Mistek. When he was 14 years old he changed to Baník Ostrava. In 2003 he changed to Borussia Mönchengladbach. In January 2006 he was on a loa..
Václav TalichVáclav Talich (May 28, 1883 - March 16, 1961) was a Czech conductor and violinist. Born in Kroměříž, Czech Republic, he studied at the conservatory in Prague. For a short period he was the principal violinist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1919 to 1941 he became chief condu..
Václav TomášekVáclav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, in German Johann Wenzel Tomaschek (April 17, 1774, Skuteč – April 3, 1850, Prague) was a Czech composer and music teacher. As a pianist, he was an autodidact, becoming one of the most important piano teachers of Prague for a century. In 1820, he created a con..
Václav Vavřinec ReinerVáclav Vavřinec Reiner (1688-1743) was a Bohemian Baroque painter. External Links [Short Biography] () ..
Václav VojtaVáclav Vojta is a Czech doctor who discovered the principle of reflexlocomotion, which is used to treat various physical and mental disorders through the stimulation of the human sensimotoric system's reflex points. Originally used in the treatment of spastic children, the technique is now used on ..
VCLVCL is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Visual Class Library is the rendering and widget library for OpenOffice.org.Visual Component Library is a computer programming library for Microsoft Windows development.Vixen Controlled Library is an online anthropomorph..
VCL (Vixen Controlled Library)The VCL (Vixen Controlled Library) is the world's largest nearly-uncensored art gallery of furry and anthropomorphic material. VCL was originally an abbreviation for "Velan Central Library" that dated back to the days when its founding administrator, Brian W. Antoine, provided public ftp access to..
V class destroyerTwo classes of destroyers of the Royal Navy are known as the V class: Ships beginning with "V" of the V and W class, built after World War IShips beginning with "V" of the U and V class launched in 1942–1943. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associat..
V class ferryThe V Class Ferries include the following BC Ferries Ships: Queen of Esquimalt Built: Victoria, British Columbia, 1963 Length: 129.9 m (426 ft) Power: 8,500 hp (6.3 MW) Service speed: 19 knots (35 km/h) Gross tons: 9,304 Car capacity: 376 Passenger & crew capacity: 1,656 Route: Vancouver – Vancou..
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