Čech (feminine Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning Czech. It was used to distinguish an inhabitant of Bohemia from Slovaks, Moravians and other ethnic groups. Notable people with the surname include:
Donovan Cech (born 1974), South African rower
Eduard Čech (1893–1960), Czech mathematician whose work focused on projective differential geometry and topology
Forefather Čech (antiquity), legendary figure, one of three brothers (Lech, Čech and Rus) who, according to folk mythology, founded regional Slavic nations
Kateřina Čechová, Czech athlete
Ludwig Czech (1870–1942), Czech-German-Jewish political figure of the interwar period; victim of the Holocaust who died at Theresienstadt concentration camp
Marek Čech (Czech footballer) (born 1976), goalkeeper who played in youth clubs from age 8 and professionally as of 1996; with Lokomotiv Moscow since 2008
Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), left back/left winger whose playing career dates to 2000; with West Bromwich Albion since 2008
Martin Čech (1976–2007), Czech ice hockey defenseman whose career lasted from 1993 until his death in an automobile accident at age 31
Petr Čech (born 1982), Czech football goalkeeper who has been playing for domestic and international teams since 1999; with Arsenal F.C as of June 2015
Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet whose late 1880s satirical novels were used as basis for Leoš Janáček's opera The Excursions of Mr. Broucek
Thomas Cech (born 1947), American chemist whose research into the transcription of the DNA genetic code into RNA brought him 1989 Nobel Prize
Vladimír Čech (1951–2013), Czech voice actor
