Bonk (surname)

Bonk is a surname. It is a variant of the Polish surname Bąk (), which has several meanings, including

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, child, and bumblebee. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bartłomiej Bonk Bartłomiej Wojciech Bonk (born 11 October 1984) is a Polish weightlifter. He won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an inter ...

(born 1984), Polish weightlifter * Charles S. Bonk (1920–1976), American businessman and politician *

Gerd Bonk Gerd Bonk (26 August 1951 – 20 October 2014) was a weightlifter active for East Germany from 1969 to 1980 who during his career won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics, set two world records an ...

(1951–2014), German weightlifter *

James Bonk James Frederick Bonk (February 6, 1931 – March 15, 2013) was an American university professor noted for eschewing a research career in favor of teaching introductory chemistry courses for over 50 years, primarily at Duke University. He did, how ...

(1931–2013), American chemist and academic *

John Bonk John Bonk (born August 27, 1950 in Stoney Creek, Ontario) is a former all-star offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League. The four-time All-Star played from 1973 to 1985 for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Bonk won the CFL's Most Outstanding ...

(born 1950), 2008 inductee into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame *

Julia Bonk Julia Bonk (born 29 April 1986) is a former Left Party politician who served in the Landtag of Saxony from 2004 to 2014. Elected at age 18, she became the youngest member of a parliament in Germany. Career Bonk became a member of the Landtag ...

(born 1986), German politician *

Keiko Bonk Keiko Cecilia Bonk (born 1954) is an American artist, musician and politician from Hawaii. Bonk co-founded the Hawaii Green Party and was the first person in North America elected to a partisan level office as a member of the Green Party of the ...

(born 1954), Hawaiian activist, artist, musician and politician *

Radek Bonk Radek Bonk (born 9 January 1976) is a former Czech professional ice hockey player who most recently played for Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga. Playing career Bonk was born in Czechoslovakia and began his hockey career playing for Slez ...

(born 1976), Czech professional ice hockey player *

Steven Bonk Steven Bonk is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2016 provincial election.Tino Bonk Tino Bonk (born 1 March 1967 in Dresden, Saxony) is an East German-German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1990 (for East Germany) a bronze ...

(born 1967), German bobsledder {{surname, Bonk Polish-language surnames Surnames of Polish origin