Shimek

 ( Surnames Of Slavic Origin ) 

Shimek is the English language spelling of the Slavic surname Šimek. The name comes from a hypocorism of the name Šimon. Simek is a surname that may be either Anglicized spelling of Šimek, or directly a Slavic hypocorism of the name Simon. Notable people with the surname include:

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Shimek

• Bohumil Shimek (1861–1937), American naturalist and conservationist
• Liz Moeggenberg née Shimek (born 1984), American basketball player

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Simek

• 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

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See also

• Schimek, Germanized version of the name
• 14098 Šimek, an asteroid
• Shimek State Forest, Iowa, U.S.

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