Havel (name)
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Havel (feminine: Havlová) is a Czech surname and given name. The given name was derived from the Latin name Gallus, meaning 'inhabitant of Gaul', and the surname was derived from the given name.[1] Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Dagmar Havlová (born 1953), Czech actress, First Lady of the Czech Republic
- Daniel Havel (born 1991), Czech sprint canoeist
- Gustav Havel (1930–1967), Czech motorcycle road racer
- Hippolyte Havel (1871–1950), Czech-American anarchist
- Ivan M. Havel (1938–2011), Czech scientist and philosopher
- Jan Havel (born 1942), Czech ice hockey player
- Jana Havlová (born 1978), Czech volleyball player
- Joseph Havel (born 1954), American sculptor
- Lukáš Havel (footballer) (born 1996), Czech footballer
- Lukáš Havel (ice hockey) (born 1981), Czech ice hockey player
- Milan Havel (born 1994), Czech footballer
- Miloš Havel (1899–1968), Czech film producer and studio executive
- Miroslav Havel (1922–2008), Czech designer
- Olga Havlová (1933–1996), Czech dissident and activist, First Lady of the Czech Republic
- Radek Havel (ice hockey) (born 1994), Czech ice hockey player
- Radek Havel (swimmer) (born 1961), Czech swimmer
- Václav Havel (1936–2011), Czech writer and politician, president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
- Václav Havel (canoeist) (1920–1979), Czech canoeist
Given name
- Havel of Markvartice (flourished 1230–1280), Czech nobleman
- Havel Medek of Valdek (died 1410), Czech nobleman
- Havel Rowe (1928–2019), Australian rules footballer
See also
- All pages with titles containing Havel
- All pages with titles containing Havlova
- Havel (disambiguation)
- Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Havell, an English surname
References
- ^ "O původu příjmení: Havel" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2025-10-10.