Marek (given name)

For people whose surname is Marek, see Marek (surname).

Marek is a West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine given name, the equivalent of Mark in English. It is also the 46th most popular masculine given name in Estonian.^[1] Notable people bearing the name Marek include:

Sports

Association football

• Marek Bakoš (born 1983), Slovak footballer
• Marek Bęben (born 1958), Polish goalkeeper
• Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), Slovak footballer
• Marek Čech (Czech footballer) (born 1976), Czech footballer
• Marek Heinz (born 1977), Czech football striker
• Marek Hamšík (born 1987), Slovak footballer
• Marek Hovorka (footballer) (born 1991), Czech footballer
• Marek Jankulovski (born 1977), Czech footballer
• Marek Kaljumäe (born 1991), Estonian footballer
• Marek Lemsalu (born 1972), Estonian footballer
• Marek Mintál (born 1977), Slovak footballer
• Marek Nikl (born 1976), Czech footballer
• Marek Saganowski (born 1978), Polish footballer
• Marek Szmid (born 1982), English footballer
• Marek Suchý (born 1988), Czech footballer
• Marek Zając (born 1973), Polish footballer
• Marek Zúbek (born 1975), Czech footballer

Ice hockey

• Marek Alscher (born 2004), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Batkiewicz (born 1969), Polish ice hockey player
• Marek Černošek (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Cholewa (born 1963), Polish ice hockey player
• Marek Hovorka (ice hockey) (born 1984), Slovak ice hockey player
• Marek Langhamer (born 1994), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Marušiak (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player
• Marek Posmyk (born 1978), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Stebnicki (born 1965), Polish ice hockey player
• Marek Svatoš (1982–2016), Slovak ice hockey player
• Marek Vanacker (born 2006), Canadian ice hockey player
• Marek Viedenský (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player
• Marek Vorel (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Zachar (born 1998), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Zagrapan (born 1986), Slovak ice hockey player
• Marek Židlický (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player

Other sports

• Marek Avamere (born 1970), Estonian rower
• Marek Bajan (born 1956), Polish pentathlete
• Marek Bílek (born 1973), Czech discus thrower
• Marek Cieślak (born 1950), Polish speedway rider and coach
• Marek Deska (born 1985), Polish-Canadian baseball player, pitcher and Leon's inventory
• Marek Daćko (born 1991), Polish handball player
• Marek Doronin (born 1983), Estonian basketball player
• Marek Galiński (cyclist) (1974–2014), Polish mountain biker and road racing cyclist
• Marek Garmulewicz (born 1968), Polish former wrestler
• Marek Gniewkowski (born 1965), Polish fencer
• Marek Gołąb (1940–2017), Polish weightlifter
• Marek Houston (born 2004), American baseball player
• Marek Jóźwik (born 1947), Polish hurdler
• Marek Kaleta (born 1961), Estonian javelin thrower
• Marek Karbarz (born 1950), Polish volleyball player
• Marek Kolbowicz (born 1971), Polish rower
• Marek Krawczyk (born 1976), Polish breaststroke swimmer
• Marek Maslanka, Polish slalom canoeist
• Marek Minařík (born 1993), Czech baseball pitcher
• Marek Niit (born 1972), Estonian sprinter
• Marek Noormets (born 1971), Estonian basketball player
• Marek Piotrowski (born 1964), Polish heavyweight kickboxer and boxer
• Marek Rutkiewicz (born 1981), Polish road racing cyclist
• Marek Sikora (ice hockey) (born 1986), Czech ice hockey player
• Marek Sitnik (born 1975), Polish Greco-Roman wrestler
• Marek Stępień (born 1964), Polish fencer
• Marek Švec (wrestler) (born 1973), Czech wrestler
• Marek Ulrich (born 1997), German swimmer
• Marek Uram (born 1974), Slovak ice hockey player
• Marek Witkowski (born 1974), Polish sprint canoer
• Marek Wrona (born 1966), Polish racing cyclist

Others

• Marek Balt (born 1973), Polish politician, economist
• Marek Biliński (born 1953), Polish composer of electronic music
• Marek Beer (born 1988), Czech volleyball player.
• Marek Borowski (born 1946), Polish politician
• Marek Kac (1914–1984), Polish-American mathematician
• Marek Całka (born 1966), Polish civil servant and career diplomat
• Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (born 1962), Polish-American historian specializing in Central European history
• Marek Djordjevic (born 1969), Serbian automobile designer
• Marek Edelman (1919 or 1922–2009), Jewish-Polish political and social activist, cardiologist, and the longest living leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
• Marek Gazdzicki (born 1956), Polish nuclear physicist, the initiator and spokesperson of the NA61 Shine Experiment
• Marek Gatty-Kostyal (1886–1965), Polish chemist and pharmacist
• Marek Grechuta (1945–2006), Polish musician and songwriter
• Marek Halter (born 1936), Polish-French writer and activist
• Marek Hłasko (1934–1969), Polish author and screenwriter
• Marek Huberath (born 1954), Polish professor of physics
• Marek Jastrzębiec-Mosakowski (born 1962), Polish author
• Marek Jiras (born 1976), Czech slalom canoeist
• Marek Jürgenson (born 1977), Estonian politician
• Marek Kalbus (born 1969), German opera and concert singer
• Marek Kawa (born 1975), Polish politician
• Marek Kohn, British science writer on evolution, biology and society
• Marek Kondrat (born 1950), Polish actor and director
• Marek Kukula (born 1969), British astronomer
• Marek Larwood (born 1976), English comedian and actor
• Marek Łatas (born 1960), Polish politician
• Marek Napiórkowski (born 1969), Polish jazz guitarist and composer
• Marek Olędzki born (1951), Polish archaeologist
• Marek Opioła (born 1976), Polish politician
• Marek Oramus (born 1952), Polish science fiction writer
• Marek Pavelec (born 1989), Czech solo violinist
• Marek Marian Piątek (born 1954), Polish-born bishop in the Catholic Church
• Marek Potemski, French-Polish physicist
• Marek Reinaas (born 1971), Estonian entrepreneur and politician
• Marek Rosa (born 1979), Slovak video game producer and designer
• Marek Sanak (born 1958), Polish geneticist and molecular biologist, professor of medical sciences
• Marek Šindler (born 1992), Czech slalom canoeist
• Marek Sikora (actor) (1959-1996), Polish film actor and theatre director
• Marek Sikora (astronomer), Polish astronomer
• Marek Strandberg (born 1965), Estonian materials scientist, businessman, caricaturist and politician
• Marek Štryncl, Czech conductor, violoncellist, choirmaster and composer
• Marek Surin, Slovak record producer, mixer, engineer, writer and musician
• Marek Trojanowicz (born 1944), Polish chemist, professor of chemical sciences
• Marek W. Urban, American professor, polymer and materials scientist
• Marek Wielgus (1950–1996), Polish sports activist, photographer, and Sejm deputy
• Marek Wolf (born 1957), Czech astronomer
• Marek Zalewski (archbishop) (born 1963), Polish prelate of the Catholic Church
• Marek Żukow-Karczewski (born 1961), Polish historian, journalist, and author
• Marek Żuławski (1908–1985), London-based Polish painter, graphic artist and art historian
• Marek Zvelebil (1952–2011), Czech-Dutch archaeologist and prehistorian

See also

• Marek
• All pages with titles containing Marek