Shimek Explained

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Schimek (disambiguation), Germanized version of the same name