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 language, 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'' maga ...

, 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 f ...

(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 The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and o ...

, 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 areas. ...

, 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 al ...

(born 1962), Czech singer and actor *

Petra Vítková Petra Vítková (née Valová; 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 Handball players f ...

, 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. At ...

, 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's biathlon team. After four years in ...

(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-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ' ...

cognate to

Vitomir Vitomir (, ) is an old given name of Slavic origin. In various Slavic languages, ''mir'' means "peace, world, prestige". The ''vit'' is also found in the name of the Slavic deity Svetovit. Feminine forms include Vitomira and Witomira. Nickname ...

. 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 Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Vaněček originally played as a youth with BK Havlíčkův Brod, HC Havlíčkův B ...

, Czech ice hockey player * Vitek Kieltyka, Polish musician

People with the surname

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