Arts •
B. J. Novak (born 1979), American writer, comedian and actor •
Brett Novak, American filmmaker and director •
Dávid Novák, 18th-century Hungarian poet •
Evelin Novak (born 1965), Croatian operatic soprano •
Gabi Novak (1936–2025), Croatian pop singer •
Gary Novak (born 1969), American session drummer •
Jan Novák (composer) (1921–1984), Czech composer of classical music •
Jan Novák (writer) (born 1953), Czech writer and playwright •
Jana Nováková (actress) (1948–1968), Czech film actress and model •
Jane Novak (1896–1990), American actress •
Jim Novak (1955–2018), American comic book letterer •
Johann Baptist Novak (1756–1833), Slovenian composer •
John Novak (actor) (born 1955), Venezuelan-Canadian actor •
Kate Novak, American fantasy writer •
Kayvan Novak (born 1978), British-Iranian actor •
Kim Novak (born 1933), American actress •
Kristýna Badinková Nováková (born 1983), Czech actress •
Laila Novak (born 1942), Swedish model and actress •
Marzenka Novak (1945–2011), Argentine actress •
Mel Novak (1934–2025), American actor •
Mirjam Novak (born 1981), German actress and screenwriter •
Petr Novák (musician) (1945–1997), Czech rock musician •
Slobodan Novak (1924–2016), Croatian writer •
Teréza Nováková (1853–1912), Czech feminist author, editor and ethnographer •
Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894–1941), Hungarian painter and graphic artist •
Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949), Czech composer •
Vjenceslav Novak (1859–1905), Croatian writer •
Vladimír Novák (painter) (1947–2024), Czech painter
Sports •
Anatole Novak (1937–2022), French bicycle racer •
Andrew Novak (born 1995), American golfer •
Andriy Novak (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer •
Anthony Novak (born 1994), Canadian soccer player •
Brandon Novak (born 1978), American skateboarder •
David Novák (born 1979), Czech footballer •
Dennis Novak (born 1993), Austrian tennis player •
Dezső Novák (1939–2014), Hungarian footballer •
Doug Novak, American basketball coach •
Džoni Novak (born 1969), Slovenian footballer •
Emil Novák (born 1989), Czech snowboarder •
Éva Novák-Gerard (1930–2005), Hungarian swimmer •
Ferenc Novák (born 1969), Hungarian canoer •
Filip Novák (ice hockey) (born 1982), Czech ice hockey player •
Filip Novák (footballer) (born 1990), Czech footballer •
Grigory Novak (1919–1980), Ukrainian weightlifter •
Ilona Novák (1925–2019), Hungarian swimmer •
Ivana Nováková (born 1965), Czech basketball player •
Ján Novák (footballer) (born 1985), Slovak footballer •
Jan Novák (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1968), Czech footballer •
Jan Novak (footballer, born 1997), Slovenian footballer •
Jan Novák (handballer) (born 1960), Czech handball player •
Jan Novák (ice hockey) (born 1979), Czech ice hockey player •
Jana Nováková (footballer) (born 1960), Czech footballer •
Jeff Novak (born 1967), American footballer •
Jiří Novák (born 1975), Czech tennis player •
Joe Novak (born 1945), American football player and coach •
John Novak (rugby union) (born 1947), English rugby union player •
Josef Novák (born 1956), Czech footballer •
Karel Novák, Czech slalom canoeist •
Kevin Novak (born 1982), American soccer player •
Ladislav Novák (1931–2011), Czech football player and manager •
Martin Novák (born 1988), Czech ice hockey player •
Matěj Novák (born 1989), Czech figure skater •
Michael Novak (footballer) (born 1990), Austrian footballer •
Mike Novak (1915–1978), American basketball player •
Nicholas Novak (born 1996), Czech-American skier •
Nick Novak (born 1981), American football placekicker •
Otto Novák (1902–1984), Czech footballer •
Petr Novák (athlete) (born 1975), Czech Paralympic athlete •
Petr Novák (skier) (born 1982), Czech skier •
Petr Novák (ice hockey) (born 1967), Czech ice hockey coach •
Petra Nováková (born 1993), Czech cross-country skier •
Rudolph Novak (1887–1968), Czech-born American gymnast •
Šárka Nováková (born 1971), Czech high jumper •
Soňa Nováková (born 1975), Czech beach volleyball player •
Stan Novak (–2006), American basketball player, coach and scout •
Steve Novak (born 1983), basketball player •
Tommy Novak (born 1997), American ice hockey player •
Vladimír Novák (skier) (1904–1986), Czech Nordic skier •
Vratislava Nováková, Czechoslovak slalom canoer •
Zbyněk Novák (born 1983), Czech ice hockey player
Other •
Alexander Novak (born 1971), Russian politician •
Arne Novák (1880–1939), Czech literary historian and critic •
Augustin Novák (1890–1970), Czech World War I flying ace •
Barbara Novak (born 1929), American art historian •
Dalma Novak, Australian electrical engineer •
David Novak (born 1941), American theologian and philosopher •
David C. Novak (born 1952), American businessman and philanthropist •
David J. Novak (born 1961), American judge •
Dragutin Novak (1892–1978), Croatian aviator •
Eva Nováková (born 1938), Czech politician •
Franz Novak (1913–1983), Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer •
Grga Novak (1888–1978), Croatian historian, archaeologist and geographer •
John Philip Novak (born 1946), American politician •
Jorge Novak (1928–2001), Argentine bishop •
Joseph D. Novak (1930–2023), American educator •
Katalin Novák (born 1977), Hungarian politician, president of Hungary in 2022–2024 •
Ljudmila Novak (born 1959), Slovenian politician •
Michael Novak (1933–2017), American Roman Catholic philosopher and diplomat •
Miroslav Novák (1907–2000), Czech Hussite bishop •
Robert Novak (1931–2009), American journalist, writer and political commentator •
Slobodan Prosperov Novak (born 1951), Croatian literary historian •
Starina Novak (1530–1601), Serbian brigand and rebel •
Štefan Novák (1879–1932), Slovak Greek Catholic bishop •
Tom Novak, American economist and academic •
Viktor Novak (1889–1977), Croat historian •
Viveca Novak, American journalist •
Zdeněk Novák (1891–1988), Czech military officer ==Given name bearers==