Novotný (surname)
Novotný is a Czech and Slovak surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Anna Dasha Novotny, American country singer-songwriter
- Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak president 1957–1968
- Antonín Novotný (actor), Czech film actor
- Antonín Novotný (chess composer), Czech chess composer
- Antonín Novotný (water polo), Czech Olympic water polo player in 1920
- Boris Novotný, Slovak judoka
- David Novotný, Czech actor
- David Jan Novotný, Czech writer
- Eduard Novotný, Czech bobsledder
- Franz Novotny, Austrian film producer, director, screenwriter
- Franz Nikolaus Novotny, Austrian organist and composer at the Esterházy court
- Fritz Novotny, Austrian art historian
- Geeta Novotny, American mezzo-soprano and writer
- Irena Novotná-Česneková, Czech biathlete
- Jakub Novotný, Czech volleyball player
- Jan Novotný, Czech glass artist and painter
- Jan Novotný (footballer), Czech football midfielder
- Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
- Jarmila Novotná, Czech actress
- Jeanne Novotny, American professor of nursing
- Jiří Novotný (footballer), Czech football defender
- Jiří Novotný (futsal player), Czech futsal defender
- Jiří Novotný (ice hockey), Czech ice hockey centre
- John Novotny, American basketball player
- Josef Novotný, Czech volleyball player
- Kamila Novotná, Slovak sport shooter
- Kateřina Novotná, Czech short- and long-track speed-skater
- Manfred Novotný, Czech luger
- Mariella Novotny, English socialite and prostitute involved in the Profumo affair
- Mark Novotny, American physicist
- Michal Novotný, Czech snowboarder
- Michal Novotný (curator), Czech art curator, critic, and writer
- Milos Novotny, American chemist
- Monica Novotny, American television journalist
- Nancy Novotny, American voice actress
- Nataša Novotná, Czech dancer and choreographer
- Ondřej Novotný, Czech football forward
- Paul Novotny, American politician in Minnesota
- Pavel Novotný, Czech football defensive midfielder
- Petra Novotná (orienteer), Czech orienteering competitor
- Petra Novotná (volleyball), Czech volleyball player
- Radek Novotný, Czech orienteering competitor
- Ray Novotny, US football player
- Reid Novotny, American politician in Maryland
- René Novotný, Czech figure skater
- Roman Novotný, Czech long jumper
- Růžena Novotná, Czech canoer
- Sabrina Novotná, Czech handball player
- Štěpán Novotný, Czech ice hockey winger
- Tuva Novotny, Swedish actress and singer
- Viliam Novotný, Slovak neurosurgeon and politician
- Vlasta Novotna, Czech dancer
Fictional
- Debbie Novotny, in the American TV series Queer as Folk
- Hunter Novotny-Bruckner, in the American TV series Queer as Folk
- Michael Novotny, in the American TV series ''Queer as Folk''