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György Kézdi
György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy * György Apponyi, Hungarian politician * György Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10) * György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. * György Bárdy, Hungarian film and television actor * György Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * György Bessenyei, Hungarian playwright and poet * György Bródy, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion * György Bulányi, Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader * György Carabelli, Hungarian dentist * György Csányi, Hungarian athlete * György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina (name)
Georgina is a given name and the feminine form of George (given name), George, along with Georgia (name), Georgia and Georgiana. It comes from the Greek word γεωργός(γέω,"earth"+έργο,"work"), meaning farmer. It may refer to: People *Georgina Bardach (born 1983), Argentine swimmer *Georgina Beyer (born 1957), New Zealand politician *Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), American equestrian *Georgina Bouzova (born 1976), British actress *Georgina Brandolini d'Adda (born 1949), French-Brazilian fashion executive *Georgina Cates (born 1975), British actress *Georgina Chang, Singaporean journalist *Georgina Chapman (born 1976), British fashion designer and actress *Georgina Coleridge (1916–2003), Scottish journalist, magazine editor and publishing executive *Georgina Corrick, British softball player *Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Brazilian painter *Georgina Downs (born 1972), British environmentalist *Georgina Evers-Swindell (born 1978), New Zealand rower *Georgina Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Bródy
György Bródy (21 July 1908 in Budapest – 5 August 1967 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a Hungarian water polo player. Career At the 1928 Summer Olympics he was a reserve player of the Hungarian water polo team, but did not compete in a match of the 1928 tournament. He competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal. He played two matches as goalkeeper. Four years later he won the gold medal again with the Hungarian team. At the Berlin Games he played six matches as goalkeeper. Bródy was Jewish; he was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Alba Iulia and Sighișoara. It is also the home of some of Romania's List of World Heritage Sites in Romania, UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of Sighișoara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains and the Rosia Montana Mining Cultural Landsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-at-arms
A man-at-arms was a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully- armoured heavy cavalryman. A man-at-arms could be a knight, or other nobleman, a member of a knight's or nobleman's retinue, or a mercenary in a company serving under a captain. Such men could serve for pay or through a feudal obligation. The terms ''knight'' and ''man-at-arms'' are often used interchangeably, but while all knights equipped for war were men-at-arms, not all men-at-arms were knights. Terminology Though in English the term man-at-arms is a fairly straightforward rendering of the French ''homme d'armes'', in the Middle Ages, there were numerous terms for this type of soldier, referring to the type of arms he would be expected to provide: In France, he might be known as a ''lance'' or ''glaive'', while in Germany, ''Spieß'', ''Helm'' or ''Gleve'', and in various places, a ''bascinet''. In Italy, the term '' barbuta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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