# Shimek

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**Shimek** is the [Anglicized](/source/English_language) spelling of the Slavic surname [Šimek](/source/%C5%A0imek). The name comes from a [hypocorism](/source/Hypocorism) of the name [Šimon](/source/Simon_(given_name)). **Simek** is a surname that may be either Anglicized spelling of Šimek, or directly a Slavic hypocorism of the name [Simon](/source/Simon_(given_name)). Notable people with the surname include:

## Shimek

- [Bohumil Shimek](/source/Bohumil_Shimek) (1861–1937), American naturalist and conservationist
- [Liz Moeggenberg](/source/Liz_Moeggenberg) née Shimek (born 1984), American basketball player

## Simek

- [Artie Simek](/source/Artie_Simek) (1916–1975), American calligrapher best known as a letterer for Marvel Comics
- [Frank Simek](/source/Frank_Simek) (born 1984), American association football player
- [Péter Simek](/source/P%C3%A9ter_Simek) (born 1980), Hungarian association football player
- [Rudolf Simek](/source/Rudolf_Simek) (born 1954), Austrian philologian and historian

## See also

- [Schimek](/source/Schimek), Germanized version of the name
- [14098 Šimek](/source/14098_%C5%A0imek), an asteroid
- [Shimek State Forest](/source/Shimek_State_Forest), Iowa, U.S.

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