Marek (given name)
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Marek is a West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine given name, the equivalent of Mark in English. It is also the 46th most popular masculine given name in Estonian.{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/marek |title=Nimede statistika |website=www.stat.ee |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922133030/https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/MAREK |archive-date=2017-09-22}}
Notable people bearing the name Marek include:
Sports
Association football
- Marek Bakoš (born 1983), Slovak footballer
- Marek Bęben (born 1958), Polish goalkeeper
- Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), Slovak footballer
- Marek Čech (Czech footballer) (born 1976), Czech footballer
- Marek Heinz (born 1977), Czech football striker
- Marek Hamšík (born 1987), Slovak footballer
- Marek Hovorka (footballer) (born 1991), Czech footballer
- Marek Jankulovski (born 1977), Czech footballer
- Marek Kaljumäe (born 1991), Estonian footballer
- Marek Lemsalu (born 1972), Estonian footballer
- Marek Mintál (born 1977), Slovak footballer
- Marek Nikl (born 1976), Czech footballer
- Marek Saganowski (born 1978), Polish footballer
- Marek Szmid (born 1982), English footballer
- Marek Suchý (born 1988), Czech footballer
- Marek Zając (born 1973), Polish footballer
- Marek Zúbek (born 1975), Czech footballer
Ice hockey
- Marek Batkiewicz (born 1969), Polish ice hockey player
- Marek Černošek (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
- Marek Cholewa (born 1963), Polish ice hockey player
- Marek Hovorka (ice hockey) (born 1984), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marek Langhamer (born 1994), Czech ice hockey player
- Marek Marušiak (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marek Posmyk (born 1978), Czech ice hockey player
- Marek Stebnicki (born 1965), Polish ice hockey player
- Marek Svatoš (1982–2016), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marek Vanacker (born 2006), Canadian ice hockey player
- Marek Viedenský (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marek Vorel (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player
- Marek Zachar (born 1998), Czech ice hockey player
- Marek Zagrapan (born 1986), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marek Židlický (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player
Other sports
- Marek Avamere (born 1970), Estonian rower
- Marek Bajan (born 1956), Polish pentathlete
- Marek Bílek (born 1973), Czech discus thrower
- Marek Cieślak (born 1950), Polish speedway rider and coach
- Marek Deska (born 1985), Polish-Canadian baseball player, pitcher and Leon's inventory
- Marek Daćko (born 1991), Polish handball player
- Marek Doronin (born 1983), Estonian basketball player
- Marek Galiński (cyclist) (1974–2014), Polish mountain biker and road racing cyclist
- Marek Garmulewicz (born 1968), Polish former wrestler
- Marek Gniewkowski (born 1965), Polish fencer
- Marek Gołąb (1940–2017), Polish weightlifter
- Marek Jóźwik (born 1947), Polish hurdler
- Marek Kaleta (born 1961), Estonian javelin thrower
- Marek Karbarz (born 1950), Polish volleyball player
- Marek Kolbowicz (born 1971), Polish rower
- Marek Krawczyk (born 1976), Polish breaststroke swimmer
- Marek Maslanka, Polish slalom canoeist
- Marek Minařík (born 1993), Czech baseball pitcher
- Marek Niit (born 1972), Estonian sprinter
- Marek Noormets (born 1971), Estonian basketball player
- Marek Piotrowski (born 1964), Polish heavyweight kickboxer and boxer
- Marek Rutkiewicz (born 1981), Polish road racing cyclist
- Marek Sikora (ice hockey) (born 1986), Czech ice hockey player
- Marek Sitnik (born 1975), Polish Greco-Roman wrestler
- Marek Stępień (born 1964), Polish fencer
- Marek Švec (wrestler) (born 1973), Czech wrestler
- Marek Ulrich (born 1997), German swimmer
- Marek Uram (born 1974), Slovak ice hockey player
- Marek Witkowski (born 1974), Polish sprint canoer
- Marek Wrona (born 1966), Polish racing cyclist
Others
- Marek Balt (born 1973), Polish politician, economist
- Marek Biliński (born 1953), Polish composer of electronic music
- Marek Beer (born 1988), Czech volleyball player.
- Marek Borowski (born 1946), Polish politician
- Marek Kac (1914–1984), Polish-American mathematician
- Marek Całka (born 1966), Polish civil servant and career diplomat
- Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (born 1962), Polish-American historian specializing in Central European history
- Marek Djordjevic (born 1969), Serbian automobile designer
- Marek Edelman (1919 or 1922–2009), Jewish-Polish political and social activist, cardiologist, and the longest living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
- Marek Gazdzicki (born 1956), Polish nuclear physicist, the initiator and spokesperson of the NA61 Shine Experiment
- Marek Gatty-Kostyal (1886–1965), Polish chemist and pharmacist
- Marek Grechuta (1945–2006), Polish musician and songwriter
- Marek Halter (born 1936), Polish-French writer and activist
- Marek Hłasko (1934–1969), Polish author and screenwriter
- Marek Huberath (born 1954), Polish professor of physics
- Marek Jastrzębiec-Mosakowski (born 1962), Polish author
- Marek Jiras (born 1976), Czech slalom canoeist
- Marek Jürgenson (born 1977), Estonian politician
- Marek Kalbus (born 1969), German opera and concert singer
- Marek Kawa (born 1975), Polish politician
- Marek Kohn, British science writer on evolution, biology and society
- Marek Kondrat (born 1950), Polish actor and director
- Marek Kukula (born 1969), British astronomer
- Marek Larwood (born 1976), English comedian and actor
- Marek Łatas (born 1960), Polish politician
- Marek Napiórkowski (born 1969), Polish jazz guitarist and composer
- Marek Olędzki born (1951), Polish archaeologist
- Marek Opioła (born 1976), Polish politician
- Marek Oramus (born 1952), Polish science fiction writer
- Marek Pavelec (born 1989), Czech solo violinist
- Marek Marian Piątek (born 1954), Polish-born bishop in the Catholic Church
- Marek Potemski, French-Polish physicist
- Marek Reinaas (born 1971), Estonian entrepreneur and politician
- Marek Rosa (born 1979), Slovak video game producer and designer
- Marek Sanak (born 1958), Polish geneticist and molecular biologist, professor of medical sciences
- Marek Šindler (born 1992), Czech slalom canoeist
- Marek Sikora (actor) (1959-1996), Polish film actor and theatre director
- Marek Sikora (astronomer), Polish astronomer
- Marek Strandberg (born 1965), Estonian materials scientist, businessman, caricaturist and politician
- Marek Štryncl, Czech conductor, violoncellist, choirmaster and composer
- Marek Surin, Slovak record producer, mixer, engineer, writer and musician
- Marek Trojanowicz (born 1944), Polish chemist, professor of chemical sciences
- Marek W. Urban, American professor, polymer and materials scientist
- Marek Wielgus (1950–1996), Polish sports activist, photographer, and Sejm deputy
- Marek Wolf (born 1957), Czech astronomer
- Marek Zalewski (archbishop) (born 1963), Polish prelate of the Catholic Church
- Marek Żukow-Karczewski (born 1961), Polish historian, journalist, and author
- Marek Żuławski (1908–1985), London-based Polish painter, graphic artist and art historian
- Marek Zvelebil (1952–2011), Czech-Dutch archaeologist and prehistorian
See also
- Marek
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References
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