Shimek

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

Shimek

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

 * 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

Šimek

 * 14098 Šimek, an asteroid
 * David Šimek (born 1998), Czech association football player
 * Juraj Šimek (born 1987), Swiss ice-hockey player
 * Miloslav Šimek (1940–2004), Czech comedian
 * Miroslav Šimek (born 1959), Czech slalom canoer
 * Radim Šimek (born 1992), Czech ice hockey player