Jelinek

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:

• Bordan Jelínek, Czech poet
• Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian feminist playwright and novelist, winner of the Nobel prize
• 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
• Hanns Jelinek, Austrian 20th century composer
• Ivan Jelínek, Czech poet
• Jan Jelinek, German electronic musician
• Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter), Czech trumpeter and singer
• Otto Jelinek, Canadian businessman, former figure skater, and politician
• Pavel Jelínek, Czech physicist
• Petr Jelínek, Czech ice hockey player

See also

• Jellinek