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| name          = Czesław
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|pl|ˈt͡ʂɛs.waf|}}
| gender        = male
| derivation = ''ča-'' + ''slav[a]''
| meaning = "to await" + "glory"
| region        = [[Poland]]
| language      = [[Polish language|Polish]]
| languageorigin        = [[Slavic names|Slavic]]
| alternative spelling = Česlav, Časlav
| nickname      = Czesiu, Czesiek
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'''Czesław''', ({{langx|cs|Česlav}}, {{langx|be|italic=yes|Časłaŭ; Česłaŭ}}, {{langx|lt|[[Česlovas]]}}) is an old [[given name]] derived from the [[Slavic names|Slavic elements]] ''ča''<ref name="miklosich">{{Citation| last=Miklosich| first=Franz| author-link=Franz Miklosich| year=1860| title=Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen| publisher=Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hoff- und Staatdruckerei| place=Vienna| language=German| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=185EAAAAcAAJ| mode=cs1}}</ref>{{rp|113}} (to await) and ''slava''<ref name="miklosich" />{{rp|98}} (glory). Feminine form: Czesława/Česlava. The name may refer to:
* [[Ceslaus]], Christian Saint
* [[Czesław Białobrzeski]], Polish physicist
* [[Czesław Bieżanko]], Polish entomologist and recognized authority on South American butterflies
* [[Czesław Bobrowski]], Polish economist in postwar Poland
* [[Czeslaw Brzozowicz]], consulting engineer for the CN Tower, Toronto-Dominion Centre, first Toronto subway line
* [[Czesław Dźwigaj]], Polish artist and sculptor
* [[Czesław Hoc]], Polish politician
* [[Czeslaw Idzkiewicz]], Polish painter and teacher
* [[Czeslaw Kozon]], Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen
* [[Czesław Kiszczak]], Polish general and politician
* [[Czesław Lang]], Polish former road racing cyclist
* [[Czesław Łuczak]], Polish historian, former rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University
* [[Czesław Marchaj]], Polish yachtsman
* [[Czesław Marek]], Polish composer, pianist
* [[List of Baccano! characters#Czeslaw Meyer|Czesław Meyer]], a fictional character who gained immortality in the Japanese light novel series ''[[Baccano!]]''
* [[Czesław Michniewicz]], Polish football manager and former player
* [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish poet and Nobel Prize recipient
* [[Czesław Młot-Fijałkowski]], a Polish military officer and a  brigadier general of the Polish Army
* [[Czesław Niemen]], Polish singer-songwriter
* [[Czesław Okińczyc]], Polish–Lithuanian politician
* [[Czesław Piątas]], a Polish general, former Chief of General Staff of the Polish Army
* [[Czesław Słania]], Polish-Swedish postage stamp and banknote engraver
* [[Czesław Sobieraj]], Polish sprint canoer
* [[Czesław Warsewicz]], former CEO and chairman of PKP Intercity S.A.
* [[Czesław Wycech]], Polish activist, politician and historian
* [[Czesław Zbierański]], Polish engineer, pioneer of Polish aviation, major of Polish Army
==See also==
* [[Časlav (name)]]
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