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Mašek

Mašek (sometimes rendered Machek or Maschek) is a Czech surname.

It was the surname of a notable family of musicians, including:

  • Vincenc Mašek (1755–1831), Bohemian composer
  • Pavel Mašek (1761–1826), Czech composer, brother of Vincenc
  • Kašpar Mašek (or Gašpar) (1794-1873), Czech composer, son of Vincenc
  • Albín Mašek (1804-1878), Czech choirmaster and composer, son of Vincenc
  • Kamilo Mašek (1831–1859), Czech composer, son of Kašpar

It is also the name of the following people:

  • Ervín Mašek (b. 1967), Czech ice hockey player
  • Jiří Mašek (b. 1978), Czech football player
  • Karel Mašek (1867-1922; pseudonym Fa Presto), Czech poet
  • Karel Vítězslav Mašek (1865-1927), Czech painter
  • Václav Mašek, Czech footballer