Otakar

Otakar is a Czech masculine given name. It was derived from the German name Ottokar, which was derived from the medieval Germanic name Audovacar. Notable people with the name include:

Arts and entertainment

Otakar Brousek Sr. (1924–2014), Czech actor
Otakar Bystřina (1861–1931), pen name for a Czech writer and lawyer
Otakar Černý (1943–2021), Czech sports journalist and TV presenter
Otakar Diblík (1929–1999), Czech industrial designer
Otakar Hollmann (1894–1967), Czech pianist
Otakar Jeremiáš (1892–1962), Czech composer, conductor and pedagogue
Otakar Lebeda (1877–1901), Czech painter
Otakar Kraus (1909–1980), Czech-British opera singer and pedagogue
Otakar Kubín (1883–1969), Czech painter and sculptor
Otakar Mařák (1872–1939), Czech opera singer
Otakar Ostrčil (1879–1935), Czech composer and conductor
Otakar Sedloň (1885–1973), Czech painter
Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934), Czech violinist and pedagogue
Otakar Šín (1881–1943), Czech composer, theoretician and pedagogue
Otakar Slavík (1931–2010), Czech painter and draughtsman
Otakar Španiel (1881–1955), Czech sculptor and engraver
Otakar Švec (1892–1955), Czech sculptor
Otakar Vávra (1911–2011), Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue
Otakar Zich (1879–1934), Czech composer and aesthetician

Sports

Otakar Hemele (1926–2001), Czech footballer
Otakar Hořínek (1929–2015), Czech sport shooter
Otakar Janecký (born 1960), Czech ice hockey player
Otakar Kouba (1906–?), Czech canoeist
Otakar Lada (1883–1956), Czech fencer
Otakar Mareček (1943–2020), Czech rower
Otakar Německý (1902–1967), Czech Nordic skier
Otakar Nožíř (1917–2006), Czech footballer
Otakar Škvajn (1894–1941), Czech footballer
Otakar Švorčík (1886–1955), Czech fencer
Otakar Vejvoda (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
Otakar Vindyš (1884–1949), Czech ice hockey player

Other

Otakar Batlička (1895–1942), Czech adventurer, journalist and resistance fighter
Otakar Borůvka (1899–1995), Czech mathematician
Otakar Hostinský (1847–1910), Czech historian and musicologist
Otakar Hromádko (1909–1983), Czech journalist and military leader
Otakar Jaroš (1912–1943), Czech military leader
Otakar Motejl (1932–2010), Czech lawyer and politician
Otakar Odložilík (1899–1973), Czech historian and archivist
Otakar Pertold (1884–1965), Czech Indologist, religious studies historian and ethnologist

References

↑ "Otakar". České zvyky, tradice a pranostiky (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-03-20.

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[1] "Otakar". České zvyky, tradice a pranostiky (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-03-20.

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