Jelinek
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Jelinek or (Czech: Jelínek or "little deer") is a surname of Czech origin that remains common in the Czech Republic.
Notable persons with this surname include:
- Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian feminist playwright and novelist
- Hanns Jelinek, Austrian 20th century composer
- Jan Jelinek, German electronic musician
- Otto Jelinek, Canadian businessman, former figure skater, and politician
- Frederick Jelinek, 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 sclerosis, based in Perth, Western Australia.
- George Jelinek, music critic for Stereo Review