Dvořák (surname)
Dvořák (feminine: Dvořáková) is a Czech surname. Originally the word dvořák referred to a servant or an official of manorial estate or royal court, or denoted a free peasant on a large estate. There is also a theory that the surname was derived from the adjective zdvořilý ('polite').[1] As of 2022, it is the fourth most common surname in the Czech Republic.[2]
An anglicized form of the surname is Dvorak. A diminutive form of the surname is Dvořáček. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts
- Ann Dvorak, stage name of Anna McKim (1912–1979), American actress
- Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer
- Eva Švankmajerová (née Dvořáková; 1940–2005), Czech surrealist artist
- František Dvořák (painter), (1862–1927), Czech painter
- Helena Dvořáková (born 1979), Czech actress
- Josef Dvořák (born 1942), Czech actor
- Ludmila Dvořáková (1923–2015), Czech operatic soprano
- Lukáš Dvořák (born 1982), Czech photographer
- Max Dvořák (1874–1921), Austrian art historian
- Miloš Dvořák (1938–2025), Czech actor
- Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák (1864–1921), Czech photographer
Science
- August Dvorak (1894–1975), co-creator of the Dvorak keyboard layout
- Harold F. Dvorak, American pathologist and vascular researcher
- John C. Dvorak (born 1952), computer-industry columnist and new-media personality
- Lubomír Dvořák (born 1940), Czech physicist
- Vinko Dvořák (1848–1922), Czech-Croatian physicist
- Vernon Dvorak (1928–2022), meteorologist, developer of method to estimate tropical-cyclone intensity
- Zdeněk Dvořák (born 1981), Czech mathematician
Sports
- Bedřich Dvořák (1930–2018), Czech canoeist
- Ben Dvorak (1895–1974), American football running back
- Bill Dvořák (born 1958), American pioneering whitewater rafter
- Christian Dvorak (born 1996), American ice hockey player
- David Dvořák (born 1992), Czech mixed-martial artist
- Dominik Dvořák (born 1992), Czech bobsledder
- Dusty Dvorak (born 1958), American volleyball player
- Filip Dvořák (canoeist) (born 1988), Czech canoeist
- Filip Dvořák (ice hockey, born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
- Filip Dvořák (ice hockey, born 1997), Czech ice hockey player
- Libor Dvořák (born 1957), Czech canoeist
- Milan Dvořák (1934–2022), Czech footballer
- Miroslav Dvořák (ice hockey) (1951–2008), Czech ice hockey player
- Miroslav Dvořák (skier) (born 1987), Czech skier
- Oldřich Dvořák (born 1953), Czech wrestler
- Pavel Dvořák (born 1989), Czech footballer
- Radek Dvořák (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player
- Tomáš Dvořák (born 1972), Czech decathlon and heptathlon athlete
- Veronika Dvořáková (born 2000), Czech handball player
Other
- Denisa Dvořáková (born 1989), Czech model
- Oskar Dvořák (born 1991), Slovak politician
People with related surnames
- Gábor Dvorschák (born 1989), Hungarian football defender
- Henry Dworshak (1894–1962), United States Senator from Idaho
- Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (1900–1976), Roman Catholic Bishop of Fargo
See also
- All pages with titles containing Dvořák
- All pages with titles containing Dvořáková
- Dvorak (disambiguation)
References
- ^ "O původu příjmení: Dvořák" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ Hora, Josef (2022-05-22). "Mizející příjmení. Řiťku či Voserku už nenajdete, končí i rod Uchcanejch". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-09-26.