Shimek
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Shimek, Simek, Šimek and Szymek are different spellings of a Slavic family name. The name is derived from Czech and Croatian Šimek and Polish Szymek. The name comes from a hypocorism of the name Simon (Šimon in Czech, Szymon in Polish). Shimek is the Anglicized spelling.
Shimek
[edit]- Bohumil Shimek (1861–1937), American naturalist and conservationist
- Liz Moeggenberg née Shimek (born 1984), American basketball player
- Mazarine Shimek, a character from the 2003 novel The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
- Shimek State Forest, Iowa, U.S.
Simek
[edit]- Artie Simek (1916–1975), American calligrapher best known as a letterer for Marvel Comics
- Frank Simek (born 1984), American association football player
- Péter Simek (born 1980), Hungarian association football player
- Rudolf Simek (born 1954), Austrian philologian and historian
Šimek
[edit]- 14098 Šimek, an asteroid
- David Šimek (born 1998), Czech association football player
- Juraj Šimek (born 1987), Swiss ice-hockey player
- Miloslav Šimek (1940–2004), Czech comedian
- Miroslav Šimek (born 1959), Czech slalom canoer
- Radim Šimek (born 1992), Czech ice hockey player
See also
[edit]- Schimek (disambiguation), Germanized version of the same name