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Kovács (surname)
Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names. History The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means " blacksmith" in Hungarian, and it is probably a loanword from Slavic languages. The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács, and Tóth.Tamás FarkasA Surname Typology Project: The Lessons Learnt from the Distribution of the Most Frequent Hungarian Surnames/ref> Notable people * Ágnes Kovács (born 1981), Hungarian swimmer * Angela Kovács (born 1964), Swedish actress * Barbara Kovács (born 1993), Hungarian racewalker * Balázs Kovács (born 1977), Hungarian hurdler * Bill Kovacs (1949–2006), American pioneer of commercial computer animation technology * Dan Kovacs (born 1970), American powerlifter * Dénes Kovács (1930–2005), Hungarian violinist * Edit Kovács (fencer) (born 1954), Hungarian foil fence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from #Other metals, other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was an historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operation of a whitesmith, who usually worked in Goldsmith, gold, Silversmith, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is called variously a smithy, a forge or a blacksmith's shop. While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and Armourer, armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edit Kovács (fencer)
Edit Kovács (born 9 June 1954, Veszprém Veszprém (; german: Weißbrunn, sl, Belomost) is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county (comitatus or 'megye') of ...) is a Hungarian fencer, who won three Olympic medals in the foil team competitions. She graduated from the Physical Education College in 1986. She became the senior inspector of the Hungarian Fencing Association, then she was secretary general between 1991 and 2001. References External links Nemzeti Sportszövetség (National Sports Association) 1954 births Living people Hungarian female foil fencers Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Kovacs
Julia A. Kovacs is an American chemist specializing in bioinorganic chemistry. She is professor of chemistry at the University of Washington. Her research involves synthesizing small-molecule mimics of the active sites of metalloproteins, in order to investigate how cysteinates influence the function of non-heme iron enzymes, and the mechanism of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC). Early life and education Kovacs completed her undergraduate degree at Michigan State University, graduating with a B.S. in chemistry in 1981. There, she worked with Prof. Bruce Averill on the synthesis of iron-sulfur cluster compounds, which mimic the FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase. She then moved to Harvard University for graduate studies, and there she continued her work on iron-sulfur clusters with Prof. Richard H. Holm. Kovacs graduated with her PhD in 1986. She then moved to California to conduct postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked with Prof. Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kovacs
Joseph Mathias Kovacs (born June 28, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 23.23 meters outdoors and 22.05 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships. He won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. His personal best of 23.23 metres makes him the second best competitor all-time in the shot put event. Since college he was coached by Art Venegas, widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the world and the only coach to have athletes reach 73' with both the glide and rotational techniques in the shot put. Since 2019 he has been coached by his wife, Ashley Kovacs. Early life and education Kovacs was born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1989. He excelled in high school track and field, winning PIAA titles in discus and shot put during his senior season. The winning shot put mark of is the PIAA Class AA state record. He attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kovacs (puppeteer)
Joe Kovacs (Born Joseph Stephen Kovacs; December 15, 1967) is an American puppeteer and actor. Kovacs was born in Independence, Ohio. In 2006 and 2007, Kovacs handled the puppet Madame Madame may refer to: * Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French * Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel * ''Madame'' ..., including a performance on VH1's '' I Love the '70s''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacs, Joe 1967 births American puppeteers Living people People from Independence, Ohio Male actors from Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Kovács
János Kovács (born 11 September 1985) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Pénzügyőr SE as a defender. He has played for MTK, Bodajk, Chesterfield, York City, Lincoln City, Luton Town and Hereford United. Club career MTK Born in Budapest, Kovács started his career with the youth system of hometown club MTK. He made his first team debut towards the end of the 2003–04 season, playing in a 2–1 defeat against Ferencváros in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. He spent the 2004–05 season on loan with Bodajk, the reserve team of MTK, and played regularly for them in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. Chesterfield Kovács joined English League One club Chesterfield on a two-year contract on 3 August 2005 following a trial with the club, with international clearance being received a week later on 11 August. He was sent-off in Chesterfield's game against Southend United on 18 February 2006, which the club appealed against. This was however rejected by The Football Association, who gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Kovács
Iván Kovács (born 8 February 1970) is a Hungarian épée fencer, who won two Olympic silver medals in the team épée competition. References 1970 births Living people Hungarian male épée fencers Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Martial artists from Budapest Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing Universiade silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people {{hungary-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Kovacs
Gregory Mark Kovacs (December 16, 1968 – November 22, 2013) was a Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder. According to Canadian bodybuilding publication, ''Muscle Insider'', Kovacs retired from competitive bodybuilding in 2005 to start his own business and coach competitive athletes., ''Muscle Insider'' bio paragraph. Early life Kovacs was born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. He studied electrical engineering for one year in college, played travelling hockey and soccer before concentrating on his bodybuilding pursuits. Bodybuilding In the latter half of the 1990s, Greg Kovacs was the largest pro bodybuilder. According to ''Muscle Insider'', his height: 6'4", he had an off-season weight of 420 pounds and Contest weight was 330 pounds, his arms measured 25 inches, his chest 70 inches, and his legs 35 inches. He has been reported to have developed over 27 inch arms in the prime of his career. Kovacs earned his IFBB Pro Card in 1996. In June 1997, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Kovács (financier)
Gábor Kovács (born 2 January 1957, in Orosháza) is a Hungarian financier, banker, art collector, philanthropist and founder of KOGART. Life and career Having studied at the Moscow State Institution for International Relations ( MGIMO) between 1975 and 1980, he started his career at the Hungarian National Bank. He was the first managing director of Citibank Budapest from 1985, before becoming the vice-president of Citibank London. Back in Hungary by 1991, he founded Bankár Holding Plc., which he now heads as president and CEO. It was at this time that he began to collect works by, as well as to support, Hungarian artists. His collection spans the history of Hungarian painting from the early 18th to the mid-20th century. On 8 November 2003, he established the Gábor Kovács Art Foundation with a HUF 3 bn capital stock, and opened KOGART House on 20 April 2004. He has been a member of the Trilateral Commission since 2006. Following its full-scale renovation, he reopened, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Kovacs
Fredrich Kovacs is an American former soccer player who earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1972 and 1973. Kovacs gained his first cap in a World Cup qualifier on September 10, 1972. The U.S. lost, 2-1, to Mexico. Kovacs started the game, then came off in the 56th minute for Gary Rensing. Kovacs then played three more full internationals in 1973. His last came in a 2-0 win over Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... on August 5, 1973. Kovacs is also a longtime member of Schwaben Athletic Club of Chicago. He is a former Chicago Sting player. References External links * United States men's international soccer players Chicago Schwaben players Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football players not categorized by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kovacs
Frank Kovacs (December 4, 1919 – February 1990) was an American amateur and professional tennis player in the mid-20th century. He won the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships singles title in 1941. He won the World Professional Championships tournament in 1945 in San Francisco. Kovacs was successful on clay and won the Great Lakes Professional Clay Court Championships near Chicago in 1946, defeating Riggs in the final, and five U.S. Professional Clay Court Championships from 1948 to 1953. Kovacs won the International Professional Championships or U.S. Professional Championships at Cleveland in 1951. He also won the U.S. Professional Challenge Tour in 1947 against Bobby Riggs. Kovacs was ranked the world No. 1 professional tennis player in two different years, by the WPTA (World Professional Tennis Association) for 1945 and by the PTPA (Professional Tennis Players Association) for 1951. Biography Kovacs' father was a Hungarian immigrant upholsterer. In his youth he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kovats Retention Index
In gas chromatography, the Kovats retention index (shorter Kovats index, retention index; plural retention indices) is used to convert retention times into system-independent constants. The index is named after the Hungarian-born Swiss chemist Ervin Kováts, who outlined the concept in the 1950s while performing research into the composition of the essential oils. The retention index of a chemical compound is retention time interpolated between adjacent ''n''-alkanes. While retention times vary with the individual chromatographic system (e.g. with regards to column length, film thickness, diameter and inlet pressure), the derived retention indices are quite independent of these parameters and allow comparing values measured by different analytical laboratories under varying conditions and analysis times from seconds to hours. Tables of retention indices are used to identify peaks by comparing measured retention indices with the tabulated values. Isothermal Kovats retention index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
