thumb|right|vÃ¡clav i duke of bohemia equestrian statue in prague. josef vÃ¡clav myslbek, 1912. vÃ¡clav () 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 (907â935 or 929) (svatÃ½ vÃ¡clav) * vÃ¡clav broÅ¾Ã­k, painter * vÃ¡clav hanka, philologist * vÃ¡clav havel, last president of czechoslovakia (1989 â 1992) and first president of the czech republic (1993 â 2003) * vÃ¡clav holek, designer of the zb-26 light machinegun for zbrojovka brno and its descendants * vÃ¡clav hollar, graphic artist * vÃ¡clav kadlec, a football player of czech republic who involved in sparta prague. * vÃ¡clav klaus, second president of the czech republic (2003 â 2013) * vÃ¡clav kliment klicpera, playwright, author, and poet * vÃ¡clav matÄj kramerius, publisher, journalist and writer * josef vÃ¡clav myslbek, sculptor * vÃ¡clav nelhÃ½bel, composer * vÃ¡clav neumann, conductor, violinist and viola player * vaslav nijinsky, russian ballet dancer * wacÅaw potocki, polish nobleman, poet and writer * vÃ¡clav prospal, nhl hockey player * vÃ¡clav talich, conductor and violinist * vÃ¡clav trojan, czech composer and arranger * vÃ¡clav varaÄa, former nhl hockey player ==other== * 8740 vÃ¡clav, an asteroid named after wenceslas i, duke of bohemia, and other bohemian rulers of this name * vÃ¡clav (film), a 2007 film ==see also== * boleslaus * boleslav (disambiguation), includes boleslaw * wenceslaus (disambiguation)  
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