Bednář (feminine Bednářová) is a Czech surname (meaning "cooper"). Notable people with the surname include:
Sportspeople
editBaseball
edit- Andy Bednar (1908–1937), American baseball player
- David Bednar (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
- Will Bednar (born 2000), American baseball player
Football (soccer)
edit- Roman Bednář (born 1983), Czech footballer
- Vladimír Bednár (born 1979), Slovak footballer
Ice hockey
edit- Jan Bednář (born 2002), Czech ice hockey player
- Jared Bednar (born 1972), Canadian ice-hockey coach and former player
- Jaroslav Bednář (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
- Vladimír Bednář (born 1948), Czech ice hockey player
Other
edit- Franz Bednar (1910 – after 1936), Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s
- George Bednar (1942–2007), American football player and beverage executive
- Karolína Bednářová (born 1986), Czech volleyball player
- Marcela Bednar, West German-German sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s
- Markéta Bednářová (born 1981), Czech basketball player
- Pavel Bednář (born 1970), Czech sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s
- Robert Bednar (born 1911 – after 1936), Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s
Other
edit- Breck Bednar, 14-year-old English murder victim
- David Bednar (general manager) (born 1952), American-born former theatre manager in Canada
- David A. Bednar (born 1952), American educator and religious leader
- Eva Bednářová (1937–1986), Czech printmaker
- Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), Czech poet, translator, prose writer, dramatist and publishing house editor
Fictional characters
edit- Captain Bednar, a police captain in the novel The Man with the Golden Arm