Ing. arch. Dr. Jaroslav Otruba (11 November 1916 – 5 February 2007) was a Czech architect, urban planner, designer and artist. Jaroslav Otruba was born in Olomouc, Morava, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the son of a cabinetmaker. His life spanned several turbulent periods of Czech Republic's history: World War I before the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918; under Nazi occupation from 1939 until the end of World War II in 1945; and under the rule of the communist Hungarian Soviet Republic from 1948 to 1989.