Pokorný

Pokorný (feminine Pokorná) is a Czech or Slovak surname, meaning "the humble one". Notable people with the surname include:

• Adolf Pokorny (1895–?), Austrian dermatologist.
• Amos Pokorný (1890–1949), Czech chess master.
• Bedřich Pokorný (1904–1968), Czech communist state security officer.
• Franciszek Pokorny (1891–1966), Polish Army officer.
• Frank Pokorny (1923–1999), American politician.
• František Pokorný (1905–?), Czech sport shooter.
• František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794), Czech Classical era composer and violinist.
• Franz Pokorny (1797–1850), Austrian theatre manager.
• Gene Pokorny (born 1953), American tubist.
• Hermann Pokorny (1882–1960), Hungarian general.
• Jakub Pokorný (born 1996), Czech footballer.
• Jaroslava Pokorná (born 1946), Czech actress.
• Josef Pokorný (born 1955), Czech rower.
• Julius Pokorny (1887–1970), comparative linguist from Austria–Hungary and expert in Celtic languages.
• Miloslav Pokorný (1926–1948), Czech ice hockey player.
• Peter Pokorny (born 1940), Austrian tennis player
• Petr Pokorný (born 1975), Czech footballer.
• Petr Pokorný (1933–2020), Czech theologian.
• Regina Pokorná (born 1982), Slovak chess player.
• Stefan Pokorny, an Austrian karateka.
• Stefan Pokorny (designer) (born 1966), a Korean American designer and artist.
• Vladimír Pokorný (born 1980), Czech footballer.

• 10205 Pokorný, minor planet

Surname list

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