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Slezak

Field	Value
name	Slezak
meaning	derived from slezsko, meaning "Silesia"
region	Silesia
origin	Czech language
variant	Slezák, Ślęzak and Ślężak

Slezak is a Czech, Slovak and Polish surname, which originally meant a person from Silesia, derived from the Czech word slezsko. Variants of the name include Ślązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák, and Szlazak. The name may refer to:

Dalibor Slezák (born 1970), Czech football player
Erika Slezak (born 1946), American actress
Janusz Ślązak (1907–1985), Polish rower
Jim Slezak (born 1966), American politician
John Slezak (1896–1984), American businessman
Katarina Krpež Slezak (born 1988), Serbian handballer
Leo Slezak (1873–1946), Czech opera singer
Margarete Slezak (1901–1953), Austrian actress
Ron Slenzak (born 1948), American photographer
Victor Slezak (born 1957), American actor
Walter Slezak (1902–1983), Austrian actor
Zoltán Szlezák (born 1967), Hungarian footballer

References

''Dictionary of American Family Names''. [http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=slezak "Slezak Family History"], Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016.

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