Jelinek
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Jelinek or is a surname of Czech origin that remains common in the Czech Republic
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Notable persons with this surname include:
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
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Notable persons with this surname include:
- Bordan Jelínek, Czech poet
- Elfriede JelinekElfriede JelinekElfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."-...
, Austrian feminist playwright and novelist, winner of the Nobel prize - Frederick JelinekFrederick JelinekFrederick Jelinek was a Czech American researcher in information theory, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing...
, pioneer in automatic speech recognition and natural language processing - George Jelinek, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Western Australia. He is known for his expertise (and several books on) on multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
, based in Perth, Western AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaPerth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. - George Jelinek, music critic for Stereo ReviewStereo ReviewStereo Review was an American magazine first published in 1958 by Ziff-Davis with the title HiFi and Music Review. It was one of a handful of magazines then available for the individual interested in high fidelity. Throughout its life it published a blend of record and equipment reviews, articles...
- Hanns JelinekHanns JelinekHanns Jelinek was an Austrian composer of Czech descent who is also known under the pseudonym Hanns Elin....
, Austrian 20th century composer - Ivan Jelínek, Czech poet
- Jan JelinekJan JelinekJan Jelinek is a German electronic musician who also operates under the names of Farben, Gramm and The Exposures. His music is usually categorized as minimal techno, glitch or microhouse, and is characterized by deep basslines, extensive use of samples from earlier jazz and rock recordings, and...
, German electronic musician - Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter)Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter)Jiří Jelínek was a Czech painter, illustrator, jazz trumpeter and popular singer, one of the music legends of the Semafor Theatre in 1960s...
, Czech trumpeter and singer - Otto JelinekOtto JelinekOtto John Jelinek, PC is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War.-Figure skating career:...
, Canadian businessman, former figure skater, and politician - Pavel JelínekPavel JelínekPavel Jelínek is a Czech physicist and one of the international group of scientists , that with the help of atomic force microscope and quantum-mechanical computation identified chemically as the first ones in the world a single atom.-References:...
, Czech physicist - Petr JelínekPetr JelínekPetr Jelínek is a Czech professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HC Slavia Praha of the Czech Extraliga.Jelínek played previously also for Moose Jaw Warriors, Prince George Cougars, HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi, HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod and MšHK Žilina.-External links:...
, Czech ice hockey player