Wilk (family name)
Wilk is a family name of English-speaking origin (a short form of Wilkin , Wilkins or Wilkinson and derived from William ) or of Polish origin (meaning: wolf ). The name and its variants Wilks and Wilkes is most common in the United States , other English-speaking countries, and Poland.
Name bearer
- Adam Wilk (* 1987), American baseball player
- Andrew Carl Wilk , American Emmy-winning producer, conductor and director
- Barbara Wilk-Mincu (* 1939), German art historian, librarian and Heinrich von Kleist researcher
- Brad Wilk (* 1968), American drummer for the band Rage Against the Machine
- Cezary Wilk (* 1986), Polish football player
- Chester Wilk , American chiropractor, made famous through the Wilk v. American Medical Association
- Diane Wilk , American screenwriter and producer
- Florian Wilk (* 1961), German Protestant theologian
- Heinz von Wilk (* 1949), German author and musician
- Helmut Wilk (soccer player) (* 1940), German soccer player
- Helmut Wilk (handball player) (* 1955), German handball player and trainer
- Herbert Wilk (1905–1977), German actor
- Jacek Wilk (* 1974), Polish politician
- Jair Wilk , Australian soccer player
- Jakub Wilk (* 1985), Polish soccer player
- Jan Kazimierz Wilk (* 1951), Roman Catholic bishop of Polish origin
- Janine Wilk (* 1977), German author
- Joe Wilk , American boxer
- Johanna Wilk-Mutard (* 1935), Austrian ballet dancer, actress, dance teacher and owner of a ballet school
- Katarzyna Wilk (* 1992), Polish swimmer
- Mariusz Wilk (* 1955), Polish journalist and writer
- Martin Wilk (statistician) (1922–2013), Canadian statistician, co-inventor of the Shapiro-Wilk test
- Martin Wilk (* 1970), German clergyman and vicar general
- Maurice Wilk , American violinist
- Max Wilk (1920–2011), American screenwriter, dramaturge and writer
- Michael Wilk (composer) , American composer and producer
- Michael Wilk (* 1956), German author
- Peter Wilk , American physician, publicist and director of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Rafał Wilk (* 1974), Polish paracycler and speedway driver
- Rainer Wilk (* 1963), German soccer goalkeeper
- Scott Wilk (* 1959), American politician
- Selene Vigil-Wilk (* 1965), American singer
- Stanisław Wilk (* 1944), Polish religious, rector of the Catholic University of Lublin
- Udo-Wolfgang Wilk (1928–2015), German director
- Vic Wilk (* 1960), American professional golfer
- Werner Wilk (1900–1970), German writer, lecturer and editor
- Willy Wilk-Kern (1931–2016), Swiss civil engineer
- Wioletta Wilk (* 1967), Polish badminton player
- Wojciech Wilk (* 1972), Polish politician
Fictional characters
- Carl Wilk and Mary Ann Wilk, characters in American Gun , played by Donald Sutherland and Linda Cardellini
- Jonathan Wilk, main character and famous lawyer in the American film The Compulsion to Evil , played by Orson Welles
- Patricia Wilk, supporting character in the US TV series Scrubs , played by Michael Learned
- Kelly Wilk, character in American Dad
- Fred Wilk, character in the American TV series Invasion of Vega
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.houseofnames.com/wilk-family-crest
- ↑ http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=wilk
- ^ Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surname from Census 2000, United States Census Bureau