Zdeněk is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Zdeněk Černický (born 1914), Czechoslovak canoeistZdeněk Ščasný (born 1957), Czech football manager and former playerZdeněk Šafář (born 1978), Czech freestyle skier who specializes in skicrossZdeněk Šenkeřík (born 1980), Czech football strikerZdeněk Škára (born 1950), Czechoslovak handball playerZdeněk Škrland (1914–1996), Czechoslovak sprint canoeistZdeněk Šmejkal (born 1988), professional Czech football playerZdeněk Špinar (1916–1995), Czech paleontologist and authorZdeněk Štěpánek (1896–1968), Czech actorZdeněk Štybar (born 1985), Czech professional cyclo-cross cyclistZdeněk Adamec (born 1956), retired javelin thrower who represented CzechoslovakiaZdeněk Bárta (1891–1987), Bohemian Olympic fencerJan Zdeněk Bartoš (1908–1981), Czech composerZdeněk Bažant (born 1937), Professor at Northwestern University's Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceZdeněk Blatný (born 1981), Czech professional ice hockey left wingZdeněk Bohutínský (born 1946), Czechoslovak sprint canoeistZdeněk Bradáč (born 1981), Czech illusionist, magician, escapologist, juggler and record breakerZdeněk Burian (1905–1981), Czech painter and book illustratorZdeněk Chalabala (1899–1962), Czech conductorZdeněk Doležal (born 1931), pair skater who competed for CzechoslovakiaZdeněk Fibich (1850–1900), Czech composer of classical musicZdeněk Fierlinger (1891–1976), Czech politicianZdeněk Fifka, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1960sZdeněk Folprecht (born 1991), professional Czech football playerZdeněk Frolík (1933–1989), Czech mathematicianZdeněk Groessl (born 1941), Czech former volleyball playerZdeněk Grygera (born 1980), Czech football playerZdeněk Hnát (born 1935), Czech classical pianistZdeněk Hruška (born 1954), former Czechoslovakian footballer and football managerZdeněk Humhal (born 1933), Czech former volleyball playerZdeněk Jarkovský (1918–1948), ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national teamZdeněk Jirotka (1911–2003), Czech writer of radio-broadcast plays and author of humorous novels, short stories, feuilletonsZdeněk Kalista (1900–1982), Czech historian, poet, literary critic, and editorZdeněk Košler (1928–1995), Czech conductorZdeněk Kopal (1914–1993), Czech astronomer who mainly worked in EnglandZdeněk Koukal (born 1984), Czech football playerZdeněk Kovář (1917–2004), Czech industrial designerZdeněk Kroča (born 1980), Czech footballerZdeněk Kroupa (1921–1999), Czech operatic bass singerZdeněk Kudrna (1946–1982), international speedway riderZdeněk Kutlák (born 1980), Czech ice hockey playerZdeněk Lenhart (born 1948), orienteering competitor who competed for CzechoslovakiaZdeněk Liška (1922–1983), Czech composer who produced a large number of film scoresZdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007), prolific Czech composer having composed over 330 worksZdeněk Mácal (born 1936), Czech conductorZdeněk Měšťan (born 1944), Czechoslovak slalom canoeistZdeněk Matějček (born 1922), Czech children's psychologist and researcherZdeněk Matějka (1937–2006), Czech chemist known for his contributions to development of ion exchangeZdeněk Miler (February 21, 1921), Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole character and its adventuresZdeněk Mlynář (1930–1997), Czech intellectualZdeněk Moravec, Czech astronomerZdeněk Nedvěd (born 1975), professional ice hockey playerZdeněk Nehoda (born 1952), Czech football forwardZdeněk Nejedlý (born 1878), Czech musicologist, music critic, author, and politicianZdeněk Neubauer (born 1942), Czech philosopher and biologistZdeněk Opočenský (1896–1975), Czech gymnastZdeněk Otava (1902–1980), Czech operatic baritoneZdeněk Pazdírek (born 1953), former Czechoslovakian figure skaterZdeněk Pecka (born 1954), Czech rowerZdeněk Podskalský (1923–1993), Czech film director and screenwriterZdeněk Pololáník (born 1935), Czech contemporary composerZdeněk Pospěch (born 1978), Czech footballerZdeněk Rohlíček (born 1980), Czech actor known especially for his stage workZdeněk Rygel (born 1951), former football player from CzechoslovakiaZdeněk Sádecký (1925–1971), Czech musicologistZdeněk Simota (born 1985), currently rides in the Czech ExtraLeague with AK PlzeňFrantišek Zdeněk Skuherský (1830–1892), Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoreticianZdeněk Srstka (born 1935), Czech actor, stunt and weightlifterZdeněk Svěrák (born 1936), Czech actor, humorist and scriptwriterZdeněk Svoboda (born 1972), former professional footballerZdeněk Tůma (born 1960), Czech economist and a former Governor of the Czech National BankZdeněk Vávra (born 1891), Olympic fencer who competed for Bohemia in 1912 and Czechoslovakia in 1920Zdeněk Vítek (born 1977), Czech biathleteZdeněk Valenta, Czechoslovak slalom canoeistZdeněk Veselovský (1928–2006), important Czech zoologistZdeněk Zeman (born 1947), Czech-Italian football coachZdeněk Ziegler, Czechoslovak sprint canoeistZdeněk Zikán (born 1937), Czech former football playerZdeněk Zlámal (born 1985), Czech football goalkeeperZdenek Altner (born 1947), Doctor of Laws, is a Czech lawyer and advocate