Pokorný

Czech or Slovak surname

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.

## See also

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* 10205 Pokorný, minor planet

Surname list

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