Havel (disambiguation)
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The Havel
is a river in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
As a name, it is Czech
and Slovak
cognate
of Gallus
.
People with the given name Havel:
People with the surname Havel:
Havel
The Havel is a river in north-eastern Germany, flowing through the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe river and in length...
is a river in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
As a name, it is Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
and Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
cognate
Cognate
In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus . Cognates within the same language are called doublets. Strictly speaking, loanwords from another language are usually not meant by the term, e.g...
of Gallus
Gallus
Gallus may refer to:People* several ancient Romans; see Gallus * Gaius Cornelius Gallus , Roman poet, orator and politician *Saint Gall , 7th century...
.
People with the given name Havel:
- Havel of MarkvarticeHavel of MarkvarticeHavel of Markvartice was a prominent Bohemian nobleman, the Duke of Lemberk. He married Zdislava Berka when she was 17 years old...
(flourished 1230-1280), prominent Czech nobleman - Havel RoweHavel RoweHavel Rowe is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL in between 1948 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club.- References :* Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996...
(born 1928), former Australian rules footballer - Qayin and Havel, the first and second sons of Adam and Eve according to Genesis
People with the surname Havel:
- Gustav HavelGustav HavelGustav Havel is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former Czechoslovakia. Havel began his Grand Prix career in 1961 with Jawa. He enjoyed his best season in 1961 when he finished the season in third place in the 350cc world championship behind Gary Hocking and his Jawa team-mate,...
(born 1930), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer - Hippolyte HavelHippolyte HavelHippolyte Havel was a Czech anarchist who lived in Greenwich Village, New York, which he declared to be "a spiritual zone of mind". He was close friends with Emma Goldman....
(1871-1950), Czech anarchist - Joseph HavelJoseph HavelJoseph Havel is a modernist American sculptor who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He earned a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Minnesota and an MFA from Pennsylvania State University. He received a National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship in 1987 and a Louis Comfort Tiffany...
(born 1954), modernist American sculptor - Miroslav HavelMiroslav HavelMiroslav Havel was the chief designer for Waterford Crystal.Born in Držkov, Czechoslovakia, he trained as a glass craftsman in Železný Brod and in the Academy of Art and Industrial Design in Prague. During his study at Umprum, he interned in a glass factory in Světlá nad Sázavou owned by Karel...
(1922-2008), the chief designer for Waterford Crystal - Václav HavelVáclav HavelVáclav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...
(born 1936), last president of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic - Václav Havel (canoer)Václav Havel (canoer)Václav Havel was a Czechoslovak slalom and sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s...
(1920-1979), Czech canoer - V. J. HavelV. J. HavelV. J. Havel is a Czech mathematician known for his work with S. L. Hakimi independently on realizing a set of integers as a degree sequence of a graph. This algorithm was found out at the same time Erdős–Gallai gave their mathematical criteria.-References:...
, Czech mathematician