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Klimek

Surname list

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 30, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Klimek is a Czech, Polish, Slovak and Sorbian surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alf Klimek, Australian musician

Antonín Klimek (1937–2005), Czech historian

Arkadiusz Klimek, Polish footballer

István Klimek (1913–1988), Hungarian-Romanian footballer

Jan Klimek, Polish politician

Jayney Klimek, Australian singer

Johnny Klimek, Australian film composer

Lukáš Klimek, Czech ice hockey player

Lylian Klimek, Canadian artist and educator

Małgorzata Klimek, Polish mathematician

Mieczysław Klimek (1913–1955), Polish engineer, professor and rector

Octavio Klimek Alcaraz, Mexican politician

Sabine Klimek, Romanian handballer

Teresa Klimek (1929–2013), Polish educator and activist

Thomas Klimek, Danish politician

Tillie Klimek (1876–1936), Polish-born American serial killer

Tony Klimek (1925–2012), American football defensive end player

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Klimek” as surname list. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Klimek, Surname and list.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1937, 2005, 1913, 1988—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Klimek, Surname and list providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Klimek”, the useful work is to connect “surname list” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 30, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1937, 2005, 1913 and 1988.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Klimek”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Klimek primary sources, Klimek archive and Klimek research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from Klimek” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.