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
See also
Ottokar I of Bohemia, king of Bohemia (Czech: Přemysl Otakar I.) Ottokar II of Bohemia, king of Bohemia (Czech: Přemysl Otakar II.) Otakars, medieval dynasty in Styria Ottakar's, bookshop chain
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