Czesław

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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

| languageorigin = 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 elements ča{{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}}{{rp|113}} (to await) and slava{{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
• 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