| Ján Horecký | |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1920 |
| Death Place: | Stupava, Slovakia |
| Citizenship: | Slovakia |
| Fields: | Linguistics |
| Workplaces: | Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| Alma Mater: | Comenius University |
| Awards: | Scientist of the Year (Slovak Academy of Sciences) Pribina Cross 1st class, Honorary doctorate of the University of Prešov, Honorary doctorate of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius |
Ján Horecký (8 January 1920 - 11 August 2006)[1] was a Slovak linguist.[2]
In 1944 he graduated in Slovak and Latin language at the Slovak University in Bratislava (now Comenius University). After graduation, Horecký became a researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.[3]
In addition to study of the Slovak language, he also studied Czech, Hungarian, Latin, Ancient Greek and various constructed languages. He was particularly interested in the Romani language, a topic he collaborated on with his daughter, the Indologist Anna Rácová.