title: Shimek
text: # 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
  