{{Infobox surname |name = Slezak |pronunciation = |image = |imagesize = |caption = |meaning = derived from ''slezsko'', meaning "Silesia" |region = Silesia |origin = Czech language |variant = Slezák, Ślęzak and Ślężak |footnotes = }}{{wiktionarypar|Slezak}} '''Slezak''' is a Czech, Slovak and Polish surname, which originally meant a person from Silesia, derived from the Czech word ''slezsko''.<ref>''Dictionary of American Family Names''. [http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=slezak "Slezak Family History"], Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016.</ref> Variants of the name include Ślązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák, and Szlazak. The name may refer to:
*Dalibor Slezák (born 1970), Czech football player *Erika Slezak (born 1946), American actress *Janusz Ślązak (1907–1985), Polish rower *Jim Slezak (born 1966), American politician *John Slezak (1896–1984), American businessman *Katarina Krpež Slezak (born 1988), Serbian handballer *Leo Slezak (1873–1946), Czech opera singer * Margarete Slezak (1901–1953), Austrian actress *Ron Slenzak (born 1948), American photographer *Victor Slezak (born 1957), American actor *Walter Slezak (1902–1983), Austrian actor *Zoltán Szlezák (born 1967), Hungarian footballer
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==See also== * {{intitle|Slezak}} * {{intitle|Slazak}}
{{surname|Slezak, Slązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák}} Category:Czech-language surnames Category:Slovak-language surnames Category:Polish-language surnames Category:Toponymic surnames