Bednář (feminine: Bednářová) is a Czech surname. Bednár (feminine: Bednárová) is a Slovak surname. Both are meaning 'cooper'. Notable people with the surname include:
Sports Andy Bednar (1908–1937), American baseball player David Bednar (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player Franz Bednar (1910–1987), Austrian bobsledder George Bednar (1942–2007), American football player and beverage executive Jan Bednář (born 2002), Czech ice hockey player Jared Bednar (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player and coach Jaroslav Bednář (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player Karolína Bednářová (born 1986), Czech volleyball player Marcela Bednar, German sprint canoer Markéta Bednářová (born 1981), Czech basketball player Martin Bednár (born 1999), Slovak footballer Pavel Bednář (born 1970), Czech sprint canoer Robert Bednar (1911–1993), Austrian bobsledder Roman Bednář (born 1983), Czech footballer Vladimír Bednár (born 1979), Slovak footballer Vladimír Bednář (born 1948), Czech ice hockey player Will Bednar (born 2000), American baseball player
Other David Bednar (general manager) (born 1952), American-Canadian theatre manager David A. Bednar (born 1952), American educator and religious leader Eva Bednářová (1937–1986), Czech printmaker Kamil Bednář (1912–1972), Czech poet, translator and writer Otta Bednářová (1927–2023), Czech journalist and writer Štefan Bednár (1909–1976), Slovak painter
Fictional characters Captain Bednar, a police captain in the novel The Man with the Golden Arm
See also
Murder of Breck Bednar