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Vitek, Vítek or Vítková may refer to:


People with the surname

Vítek, feminine Vítková, is a Czech surname. Notable bearers include: *
Jack Vitek Jack Vitek is the Journalism professor in the English department at Edgewood College. Vitek has worked at the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The Washington Daily News'', ''Newsday'', the ''Palm Beach Post'' and ''Outdoor Life'' magazine. He is the a ...
, American educator *
Jaroslav Vítek Jaroslav Vítek (14 January 1915 – 15 May 1966) was a Czechoslovak athlete. He was specialized in shot put and also competed in discus throwing. He represented Czechoslovakia at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Paris ...
, Czech athlete *
John Vitek John M. Vitek (July 8, 1907 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Vitek went to Tilden Technical High School. He was in the real estate and insurance business. From 1961 to 1967 and from ...
(1907–1989), American politician *
Miroslav Vítek Miroslav Vítek (30 March 1909 – 30 March 1976) was a Czechoslovak athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw and shot put at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1909 births 1976 deaths Athletes (track ...
, Czech athlete *
Olga Vitek Olga Vitek is a biostatistician and computer scientist specializing in bioinformatics, proteomics, mass spectrometry, causal inference of biological function, and the development of open-source software for statistical analysis in these ar ...
, biostatistician and computer scientist *
Pavel Vítek Pavel Vítek (born 30 September 1962) is a Czech singer and actor. He performed in the musicals ''Les Misérables'' (as Marius), ''Miss Saigon'' (as John), '' Grease'' (as Teen Angel), and in the play '' Romeo and Juliet'' (as Mercutio). He is ...
(born 1962), Czech singer and actor *
Petra Vítková Petra Vítková (born 18 August 1979) is a Czech handballer for Baník Most and the Czech national team. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitkova, Petra 1979 births Living people Czech female handball players Sportspeople from Prague ...
, Czech handballer *
Veronika Vítková Veronika Vítková (; born on 9 December 1988) is a Czech former biathlete. She comes from a family of skiers and switched from cross-country to biathlon at age 10. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. A ...
, Czech biathlete *
Zdeněk Vítek Zdeněk Vítek () (born 25 July 1977) is a Czech former biathlete. Vítek retired from the sport at the end of the 2013–14 season. In May 2014, he was named as the head coach for the Czech Republic's women biathlon team. After four years in th ...
(born 1977), Czech biathlete


People with the given name

Vitek is a
Slavic given name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...
cognate to
Vitomir Vitomir ( pl, Witomir, sr, Витомир) is an old given name of Slavic origin. The word is derived from two Proto-Slavic elements: ''vito'' which means "to rule" and ''mir'' which means "peace, world, prestige". The ''vit'' is also found in ...
. Notable people with the name include: *
Vitek Tracz Vitek Tracz (born 31 May 1940) is a London-based entrepreneur who has been involved in science publishing, pharmaceutical information and mobile phone-based navigation. Early life Tracz was born in 1940 in Poland. He studied Mathematics in War ...
, London-based entrepreneur of Polish origin *
Vítek Vaněček Vítek Vaněček (born 9 January 1996) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Vaněček originally played as youth within HC Havlíčkův Brod through to the u ...
, Czech ice hockey player * Vitek Kieltyka, Polish musician


See also

* 30253 Vítek, main-belt asteroid {{Given name, type=both Czech-language surnames