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Kálmán
Kálmán is an ancient Germanic origin Hungarian surname and male given name. Outside Hungary, the name occurs sometimes in the form Kalman. It was derived from the Germanic name: Koloman, Coloman or Kolman. The Germanic name Coloman has been used by Germans since the 9th century. Kalman ( in Yiddish and Hebrew, occasionally spelled Calman in Roman letters) is also a Yiddish given name that is a short form of the Greco-Jewish name Kalonymos (, meaning "beautiful name", a reference to a miracle worked in God's name). Sometimes the long form and short forms are used together, as in the compound name Kalman Kalonymos. The Yiddish and Hungarian names are a convergence with separate origins (the Yiddish name first appearing in the Rhineland in the middle ages with the famed Kalonymos family). People with the name Kalman or Kálmán include: Surname * Attila Kálmán (born 1968), Hungarian organist and pianist * Charles Kálmán (1929–2015), Hungarian-Austrian Jewish compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmerich Kálmán
Emmerich Kálmán ( hu, Kálmán Imre; 24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are '' Die Csárdásfürstin'' (1915) and ''Gräfin Mariza'' (1924). Influences on his compositional style include Hungarian folk music (such as the csárdás), the Viennese style of precursors such as Johann Strauss II and Franz Lehár, and, in his later works, American jazz. As a result of the ''Anschluss,'' Kálmán and his family fled to Paris and then to the United States. He eventually returned to Europe in 1949 and died in Paris in 1953. Biography Kálmán was born Imre Koppstein in Siófok, then in Austria-Hungary, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, to a Jewish family. Kálmán initially intended to become a concert pianist, but because of early-onset arthritis, he focused on composition instead. He studied music theory and composition at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Kandó
Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova (''egerfarmosi és sztregovai Kandó Kálmán''; 10 July 1869 – 13 January 1931) was a Hungarian engineer, the inventor of phase converter and a pioneer in the development of AC electric railway traction. Education and Family Kálmán Kandó was born on July 8, 1869 in Pest into an ancient Hungarian noble family. His father was Géza Kandó (1840-1906) his mother was Irma Gulácsy (1845-1933). He began his grammar school studies at the Budapest Lutheran High School, at the Sütő street. His parents transferred him from a crowded school to a smaller school, a practice grammar school founded by Mór Kármán. He was enrolled in Budapest Technical University. In 1892 he received a degree in mechanical engineering. He completed his studies with excellent qualifications. He successfully used his knowledge of mechanics and electricity later in his career. Kandó served as a volunteer for the Austro-Hungarian Navy until 1893. Kálmán Kand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Kalocsay
Kálmán Kalocsay (; 6 October 1891 in Abaújszántó – 27 February 1976) was a Hungarian Esperantist poet, translator and editor who considerably influenced Esperanto culture, both in its literature and in the language itself, through his original poetry and his translations of literary works from his native Hungarian and other languages of Europe. His name is sometimes Esperantized as Kolomano Kaloĉajo, and some of his work was published under various pseudonyms, including ''C.E.R. Bumy, Kopar, Alex Kay, K. Stelov, Malice Pik'' and ''Peter Peneter''. Kalocsay studied medicine and later became a surgeon and the chief infectious disease specialist at a major Budapest hospital. He learned both Esperanto and its breakaway dialect Ido in his adolescence but became more inclined towards Esperanto after he had seen its greater literary potential. In 1921 his first original collection of poems, ''Mondo kaj Koro'' (“World and heart”) was published. A further decade passed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Kánya
Kálmán de Kánya (7 November 1869 – 28 February 1945), Foreign Minister of Hungary during the Horthy era. He started his diplomatic career in Constantinople. In 1913 he appointed as Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Mexico later to Berlin. From 1933 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. During his ministership Hungary joined to the Tripartite Pact, the county became an ally of the Nazi Germany. Inside this he tried to counterbalance Germany's hegemony with increased cooperation with Italy. On the other hand, he kept good connections with the Little Entente. He was flying with the Prime Minister Béla Imrédy to Berchtesgaden and asked Hitler for the support of the Hungarian territorial claims. Kánya was leader of the Hungarian-Czechoslovak delegation which attended on the negotiations in Komárom. On 21 November 1938 he had to resign because of the German-Italian démarche Carpathian Ukraine's planned attack failed, when the Imrédy cabinet cancelled. During the end of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi
Kálmán Ferenczfalvi (15 March 1921, Debrecen, Hungary – 8 April 2005, Debrecen, Hungary) was a Hungarian humanitarian, named as one of the Righteous Among the Nations after World War II. Holocaust Kálmán Ferenczfalvi is credited with having saved the lives of more than 2000 people*. A Hungarian Army Supply Officer, he created a phantom unit and in falsifying military documents, payroll books, food ration cards and bilingual open orders in order to rescue Jews and forced laborers*. He also smuggled people under blankets of his horse-drawn wagon out of deportation camps and ghettos. By taking in the first Jewish family into his parents' home, he endangered not only himself, but also his own family*. After World War II Ferenczfalvi was a bookkeeper for various state companies and kept silent for decades about his actions during the war. Through a chance “discovery” a forced laborer, who himself was rescued by Ferenczfalvi, made Ferenczfalvi’s heroism known. Shortly t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Kittenberger
Kálmán Kittenberger (Léva, 10 October 1881 - Nagymaros, 4 January 1958) was a Hungarian traveller, natural historian, biologist and collector. He was born in Léva, now in Slovakia (''Levice''). He made six travels to Africa, the first time in 1902, where he was accompanying a wealthy nobleman on a hunting trip and supported by the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. He spent altogether ten and a half years in Africa. During his journeys he faced financial difficulties as he received no sponsorship, but he was still able to grant 60,000 items to the biological collections of the Hungarian National Museum, including 300 new animal species. (Almost 40 of them were named after Kittenberger, including '' Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri'') Part of that collection was annihilated by a fire in 1956. On museum specimen labels his name has been altered by a department head against his will to Katona. Many of the taxonomic names dedicated to him are using this pseudonym e.g. Brachiopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Darányi
Kálmán Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy et Tetétlen (22 March 1886 in Budapest – 1 November 1939 in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1936 to 1938. He also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 5 December 1938 to 12 June 1939 and from 15 June 1939 to 1 November 1939. Darányi was associated with the radical right in Hungarian politics, and although not sympathetic to the Hungarian fascists, pursued an increasingly authoritarian policy at home, and an alliance with the fascist powers Germany and Italy abroad. Early life His parents were Béla Darányi and Antónia Nagy. His uncle was Ignác Darányi who served as Minister of Agriculture during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Darányi started his civil service career in 1909 at Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County. After the revolutions of 1918–1919 he served as commissioner then ispán (county head) of Győr County, Komárom County and Győr. Darányi bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Kálmán
Attila Kálmán (22 October 1938 – 28 October 2015) was a Hungarian educator and politician, who served as Political Secretary of State for Education between 1991 and 1994. He was also a National Assembly of Hungary, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tata, Hungary, Tata (Komárom-Esztergom County Constituency II) from 1990 to 1994. He was a founding member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF). After the 1990 Hungarian parliamentary election, 1990 parliamentary election, he worked in the Committee on Human Rights, Minorities and Religious Affairs from 1990 until 1991, when he was appointed Secretary of State under Minister of Education (Hungary), Minister of Education Bertalan Andrásfalvy then Ferenc Mádl. He had an important role in the restitution of the formerly nationalized educational institutions by the Communist regime to the Christian and other churches. Following the failure 1994 Hungarian parliamentary election, 1994 parliamentary election, Kálmán left MDF in that ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Hunyady De Kéthely
Count Kálmán Hunyady de Kéthely (born 13 October 1828, died 17 May 1901 Retrieved May 20, 2013.) was a Hungarian aristocrat, horse rider and by birth member of the prominent Hunyady de Kéthely family. Early life Kálmán was born as the second son Count Ferenc Hunyady de Kéthely (1804–1882) and his wife, Countess Júlia Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1808–1873). His other siblings were his brother Count László Hunyady de Kéthely (1826-1898) an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Ihász
Kálmán Ihász (6 March 1941 – 31 January 2019) was a Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Vasas SC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He also won a gold medal in football at the 1964 Summer Olympics The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on 11 October and ended on 23 October. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. The tournament features 14 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 14 t .... References Sources * External links * * 1941 births 2019 deaths Footballers from Budapest Hungarian footballers Hungary international footballers Olympic footballers of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1964 European Nations' Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Giergl
Kálmán Giergl (born as Koloman Giergl, 29 June 1863 in Pest, Hungary, Habsburg Empire – 10 September 1954 in Verőce, Hungary), was a Hungarian-German architect and a significant figure in the Austro-Hungarian eclectic architectural style. A member of the Györgyi-Giergl artistic family. Family background Giergl's family originated from the Tyrol region but for generations were known for their artistic endeavors in Pest. His father Henrik Giergl (1827–1871) was a famous glass artist and among his cousins were Géza Györgyi (hu) (1851–1934) who was an architect and Kálmán Györgyi (hu) (1860–1930) who was an expert on applied arts. Career Giergl finished his studies at Budapest Technical University and the Berlin University of the Arts. He also began his career working for the Gropius and Schmieden company in the German capital. Upon his return to Budapest, he came to work under Alajos Hauszmann at the Budapest Technical University. This is the period w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oszkár Kálmán
Oszkár Kálmán (19 June 1887 - 17 September 1971) was a Hungarian bass, remembered as the first Bluebeard. He was Jewish and born in Kisszentpéter (in present day Romania) and in 1913 made his debut as Sarastro at the Royal Opera House in Budapest, where created the title role of Béla Bartók's opera '' A kékszakállú herceg vára'' in 1918. He was among the first singers of Zoltán Kodály's opus nine songs at the Budapest conservatory. By the 1920s, he was resident at the Berlin Staatsoper, and in 1929 he took part in the premiere of Brecht's '' Badener Lehrstück vom Einverständnis'' with music by Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne .... In 1941, he was singing Osmin at the Goldmark Theatre in Budapest. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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