Adamec (feminine: Adamcová) is a surname of Czech and Slovak origin. It comes from the personal name

Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

and the Czech/Slovak suffix -ec. Pronounced "a-da-mets", it is occasionally Germanized as Adametz. Notable people with the surname include: *

Austin Adamec Austin Mark Adamec (born March 21, 1988) is an American Christian musician and guitarist, who primarily plays Christian pop music. He has released one studio album, ''All the Brighter'', in 2015. The song, "My Only Answer", charted on the ''Bi ...

(born 1988), American musician * Jiří Adamec (born 1982), Czech footballer *

Joseph Victor Adamec Joseph Victor Adamec (August 13, 1935 – March 20, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2011. On March 1, 2016, Pennsylvania Attorney ...

(1935–2019), American Roman Catholic bishop *

Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec (26 February 1942 – 24 December 2018) was a Slovak football forward and manager. Adamec won seven Czechoslovak First League titles in his club career, winning two with Dukla Prague during his military service, followed by five ...

(1942–2018), Slovak footballer *

Ladislav Adamec Ladislav Adamec (10 September 1926 – 14 April 2007) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, communist politician. Early life Adamec was born in Moravia on 10 September 1926. Career Adamec joined the Presidiu ...

(1926–2007), Czechoslovak prime minister * Luboš Adamec (born 1959), Czech sport shooter *

Ludwig W. Adamec Ludwig W. Adamec (10 March 1924 – 1 January 2019) was a noted scholar on the Middle East and Afghanistan. He was a professor emeritus in the School of Middle East and North African Studies at the University of Arizona.

(1924–2019), American academic and historian * Petr Adamec (born 1960), Czech swimmer * Quido Adamec (1924–2007), Czech ice hockey referee *

Zdeněk Adamec Zdeněk Adamec (born January 9, 1956) is a retired javelin thrower, who represented Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. He finished seventh at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland and seventeenth in his qualifying round at the 198 ...

(born 1956), Czechoslovak javelin thrower

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{{surname, Adamec Czech-language surnames Slovak-language surnames

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