Shimek

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title: "Shimek" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-slavic-origin"] topic_path: "general/surnames-of-slavic-origin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimek" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Shimek is the Anglicized 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:

Shimek

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

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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