Bohumil
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Bohumil is a Slavic male given name. Means "favoured by God" from the Slavic elements bog god and mil favour. Pronounced baw-huw-MIL. Nicknames are Bob, Bobby, Bohouš, Bohoušek, Bohuš, Mila, Milek, Bogie, Boga, Bozha. Another forms are Bogumił, Bogomil, Bogolyub. Feminine version is Bohumila, Bogumiła, Bogumila and Bogomila.
Name Days
- Czech: 3. October
- Slovak: 3rd March
- Polish: 13. January, 18. January, 26. February, 10. June or 3rd November
Famous bearers
- Bohumil HrabalBohumil HrabalBohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, regarded as one of the best writers of the 20th century.- Life and work :...
, Czech writer - Bohumil BrhelBohumil BrhelBohumil Brhel is a Czech speedway rider and he won the 2001 Individual European Champion title. He won the Czechoslovakian title on six occasions-World Final Appearances:* 1989 - Munich, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 1pt...
, Czech speedway rider - Bohumil MořkovskýBohumil MorkovskýBohumil Mořkovský was a Czech gymnast who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Valašské Meziříčí, Moravia.In 1924 he won a bronze medal in the vault competition....
, Czech gymnast - Bohumil KudrnaBohumil KudrnaBohumil Kudrna was a Czechoslovakian flatwater canoer and slalom canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s...
, Czechoslovak flatwater canoer - Bohumil JanoušekBohumil JanoušekBohumil Janoušek is a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague....
, Czech rower - Bohumil GoliánBohumil GoliánBohumil Golián is a Slovak former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Moštenica....
, Slovak former volleyball player - Bohumil NěmečekBohumil NemecekBohumil Němeček was a Czechoslovak welterweight boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold Medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:* *...
, Czechoslovak welterweight boxer - Bohumil KafkaBohumil KafkaBohumil Kafka was a Czech sculptor and pedagogue, born February 14, 1878 in Nova Paka, Bohemia and died on November 24, 1942.He studied in Prague with sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek before moving to Vienna and then Paris to continue his studies. He worked in London, Berlin and Rome before...
, Czech sculptor and pedagogue - Bohumil ShimekBohumil ShimekBohumil Shimek was an American naturalist, conservationist, and a professor at the University of Iowa. The Shimek State Forest in Iowa is named after him.-Family and early life:...
, Naturalist, conservationist and professor - Bohumil MathesiusBohumil MathesiusBohumil Mathesius was a Czech poet, translator, publicist and literary scientist – expert on Russian literature. He was a professor on the Faculty of Philosophy at the Charles University in Prague...
, Czech poet, translator, publicist and literary scientist - Bohumil StasaBohumil StasaBohumil Stasa is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former Czechoslovakia. Stasa began his Grand Prix career in 1961. He enjoyed his best seasons as a rider for the ČZ factory racing team in 1968 and 1969, when he finished both seasons in eighth place in the 350cc world...
, Former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer - Bohumil ModrýBohumil ModrýBohumil Modrý was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.- References :...
, Czech ice hockey player - Bohumil KubištaBohumil KubistaBohumil Kubišta was a Czech painter and art critic, one of the founders of Czech modern painting. He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Prague, but left in 1906 to study at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti in Florence...
, Czech painter and art critic - Bohumil VeselýBohumil VeselýBohumil Veselý is a retired Czech footballer.During his career he played for AC Sparta Prague. He earned 26 caps for the Czechoslovakia national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.-External links:*...
, Czech footballer - Bohumil KučeraBohumil KuceraBohumil Kučera was a Czech physicist.Kučera studied physics at the Charles University in Prague and was the first scientist in Czech lands to examine the newly discovered effect of radioactivity. In 1912 he became professor of experimental physics at the university...
, Czech physicist - Bohumil MüllerBohumil MüllerBohumil Müller was a religious leader of Jehovah's Witnesses in Czechoslovakia during World War II and the communist period, when their activities were banned by the Nazis and later by the communists...
, An underground leader - Bohumil DurdisBohumil DurdisBohumil Durdis was a Czech weightlifter who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the bronze medal in the lightweight class.-External links:*...
, Czech weightlifter - Bohumil CepákBohumil CepákBohumil Cepák is a Czech former handball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the Czechoslovak team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches....
, Czech former handball player - Bohumil DoležalBohumil DoležalBohumil Doležal , is a Czech literary critic, politician and former dissident. He was a political advisor to Václav Klaus, the former Czech prime minister....
, Czech literary critic - Bohumil LaušmanBohumil LausmanBohumil Laušman was a Czech Social Democratic politician.During the World War II he was in exile in Great Britain, where he was a member of Czech government in exile. He returned after the war and was Minister of Industry from 1945 until he was elected chairman of the Social Democratic party in...
, Czech social Democratic
- Bohumila KapplováBohumila KapplováBohumila Kapplová is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. She finished eighth in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
, Czech Olympic canoer