Jarek is a Slavic male given name. It can be a nickname for the Polish name

Jarosław Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...

. Notable people with this name include: *

Jarek Broussard Jarek Broussard (born April 24, 2000) is an American football running back. Early life and high school Broussard grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended Bishop Lynch High School. As a senior, he rushed for 745 yards and 10 touchdowns on 63 carrie ...

, American American football player *

Jarek Dymek Jarek Dymek (born January 21, 1971) is a Polish former strongman competitor. He competed in the World's Strongest Man event eight times, making the finals five times; his best finish was fourth in 2005. In the same year he won Europe's Strongest ...

(born 1971), Polish strongman competitor *

Jarek Goebel Jarek Goebel is a New Zealand Rugby league footballer who plays for the Shellharbour Sharks in the Bundaberg Red Cup. He was previously a rugby union player who played provincial rugby for Auckland in the Air New Zealand Cup. Early career Auc ...

(born 1985), New Zealand Rugby player *

Jarek Hardy The Johnstones was a ska punk band from Ajax, Ontario, Canada formed in 2002 and signed to the Union Label Group. In 2006, they signed to Stomp Records of Montreal, released the full-length album Word is Bond and began touring Canada and the U.S. ...

, Canadian musician with The Johnstones *

Jarek Kasar Jarek Kasar (also known by his stage name Chalice; born 3 April 1983) is an Estonian singer. He started his music career as a rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates ...

(born 1983), Estonian singer *

Jarek Kolář Jaroslav Kolář (born November 8, 1977)Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 25513648, PTERODON, s.r.o., the Articles (in Czech ''společenská smlouva'') were signed on 17 October 1997 is a Czech video game designer and ...

(born 1977), Czech video game designer and producer *

Jarek Kupsc Jarosław "Jarek" Kupść (born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American film director and screen writer. Early life and education He started shooting films at the age of sixteen in his native Poland. In 1985, he left Poland for Greece, where he ...

(born 1966), Polish-American film director and screen writer *

Jarek Lancaster Jarek Alexander Lancaster (born March 24, 1990) is a former American football linebacker for the Stanford Cardinal. High school Lancaster attended the Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Helotes, TX, where he played defensive end, linebacker and ...

(born 1990), American American football player *

Jarek Molski Jarek Molski is a disabled man known for filing hundreds of lawsuits against small businesses for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Since a 1985 motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed, Molski has filed over 400 lawsu ...

, American disability rights campaigner * Jarek Nohavica or Jaromír Nohavica, Czech musician and poet *

Jarek Pozarycki Elgibbor, also known as Jarek Pozarycki (age 41) or Fire, is an unblack metal project, that started in 1999. The band went on a hiatus around 2017, but reconvened with a full-lineup in 2020, consisting mostly of former live members. Background El ...

, Polish musician with Elgibbor *

Jarek Srnensky Jarek Srnensky (born 16 January 1963) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Srnensky is Czechoslovakian by birth, but grew up in the Swiss town of Chur. While competing on the professional tour he twice featured in the French Open ...

(born 1963), Swiss tennis player *

Jarek Śmietana Jarosław "Jarek" Śmietana (29 March 1951 – 2 September 2013]) was a Polish jazz guitarist, composer, and band leader.

(1951–2013), Polish jazz musician Fictional characters * Jarek, List of Mortal Kombat characters, Mortal Kombat character

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