Shimek
# Shimek

Shimek, Szymek, or Simek are different spellings of a Czech family name. The name is derived from Czech and Croatian Šimek, or Polish Szymek. The name comes from a hypocorism of the name Simon (Szymon in Polish and Czech). Shimek is the Anglicized spelling.

## Shimek

* Bohumil Shimek (1861–1937), American naturalist and conservationist
* Liz Moeggenberg née Shimek (1984), American professional 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

* 14098 Šimek, an asteroid
* Artie Simek (1916–1975), an American calligrapher best known as a letterer for Marvel Comics
* Frank Simek (1984), an American association football (soccer) player
* Juraj Šimek (1987), a Swiss professional ice-hockey player
* Martin Šimek, a Dutch television personality and brother to Miloslav Šimek
* Miloslav Šimek (1940–2004), a Czech comedian
* Miroslav Šimek (1959), a Czech slalom canoer
* Péter Simek (1980), a Hungarian football (soccer) player
* Radim Šimek, Czech ice hockey player
* Rudolf Simek (1954), an Austrian philologian and historian
