Bohuslav (given name)

Bohuslav () is a Czech masculine given name. The Polish form of the name is Bogusław.

The name is derived from the roots Bohu- ("Bůh", meaning "God" in Czech, but originally "fortune, chance") and -slav ("fame, glory").

Notable people with the name include:

• Bohuslav Balbín (1621–1688), Czech writer and historian
• Bohuslav Balcar (1943–2017), Czech mathematician
• Bohuslav Beránek (1946–2007) Czech orienteering competitor
• Bohuslav Braum (born 1956), Czech weightlifter
• Bohuslav Brauner (1855–1935), Czech chemist
• Bohuslav Bílejovský (c. 1480 – 1555), Czech historian and theologian
• Bohuslav Ceplecha (1977–2012), Czech rally co-driver
• Bohuslav Chňoupek (1925–2004), Czechoslovak politician, journalist and writer
• Bohuslav, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin (1829–1896), Bohemian nobleman, landowner and diplomat
• Bohuslav DiviÅ¡ (1942–1976), Czech mathematician
• Bohuslav Ebermann (born 1948), Czech ice hockey player
• Bohuslav Ečer (1893–1954), Czechoslovak general and lawyer
• Bohuslav Fiala (canoeist), Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
• Bohuslav Fiala (general) (1890–1964), Czechoslovak brigadier general
• Bohuslav Fuchs (1895–1972), Czech modernist architect
• Bohuslav HasiÅ¡tejnský z Lobkovic (1461–1510), Bohemian nobleman and writer
• Bohuslav Havránek (1893–1978), Czech philologist
• Bohuslav Hostinský (1884–1951), Czech mathematician and theoretical physicist
• Bohuslav HykÅ¡, Czech tennis player
• Bohuslav Karlík (1908–1996), Czech canoeist
• Bohuslav Kirchmann, Czechoslovak fencer
• Bohuslav Kokotek (1949–2016), Polish-Czech Lutheran clergyman and journalist
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959), Czech composer of modern classical music
• Bohuslav MatouÅ¡ek (born 1949), Czech violinist
• Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684–1742), Czech composer and organist
• Bohuslav Niemiec (born 1982), Czech politician
• Bohuslav Pilný (born 1973), Czech football player and manager
• Bohuslav Pospíchal, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
• Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971), Czech poet, writer, painter and translator
• Bohuslav Rylich (1934–2020), Czech basketball player
• Bohuslav Schnirch (1845–1901), Czech sculptor and designer
• Bohuslav Sobotka (born 1971), Czech politician, prime minister of the Czech Republic in 2014–2017
• Bohuslav Svoboda (born 1944), Czech politician, mayor of Prague
• Bohuslav Šťastný (born 1949), Czech ice hockey player

See also

• Erich Bohuslav (1927–1961), Austrian water polo player
• Bogusław (given name)