Jelínek (feminine Jelínková) is a Czech surname that means "little deer". Notable people include: Antonín Jelínek, Czech wrestler Arthur J. Jelinek (1928 – 2022), American anthropologist specializing in the Eurasian paleolithic Bohumil Jelínek, Czech footballer David Jelínek (born 1990), Czech basketball player Dora Jelínková, Czech volleyball player Ellen Marianne Mattson Jelinek (born 1973), Swedish actress Eloise Jelinek (1924–2007), American linguist Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), Austrian writer František Cína Jelínek, Czech painter Frederick Jelinek (1932–2010), American information theorist Hanns Jelinek (1901–1969), Austrian composer Jan Jelinek (born 1949), German musician Jan Jelínek (legionary) (1893–1974), Czech writer Jiří Jelínek (ballet dancer) (born 1977), Czech ballet dancer Jiří Jelínek (trumpeter) (1922–1984), Czech musician Josef Jelínek (born 1941), Czech football player Joseph R. Jelinek (1919–1978), American general Karina Jelinek (born 1981), Argentine model and actress Karl Jelinek, Austrian physicist and meteorologist Maria Jelinek (born 1942), Canadian skater Mariann Jelinek (born 1942), American organizational theorist Mercedes Jelinek (born 1985), American photographer Milena Jelinek (1935–2020), Czech-American writer Otto Jelinek (born 1940), Canadian skater and diplomat Pavel Jelínek (born 1972), Czech physicist Petr Jelínek (born 1984), Czech ice hockey player Robert Jelinek (born 1969), Swedish actor Ron Jelinek (born 1945), American politician Šárka Jelínková, Czech politician Tomáš Jelínek, Czech ice hockey player W. Craig Jelinek (born 1952), American businessman Václav Jelínek (born 1944), a Czechoslovak spy, who worked in London under the assumed identity of Erwin van Haarlem Vladislav Jelínek, Czech footballer Wilhelm Jelinek, Austrian handball player Žuži Jelinek (1920–2016), Croatian writer See also Jellinek Czech-language surnames Jewish surnames