Balogh is a Hungarian surname of nobility, a variant of Balog, see article

Balog (genus) Balog or Balogh was a medieval family or clan (Latin '' generatio'') of Hungarian nobles which is believed to have been founded by the German knight Altmann von Friedberg, somewhat around 1046, when he settled in the Kingdom of Hungary. The fami ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ádám Balogh Ádám Balogh de Bér (c. 1665 in Bérbaltavár, Kingdom of Hungary – 1711 in Buda) was one of the most famous kuruc colonels of the Hungarian army during Rákóczi's War for Independence against the rule of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty. Li ...

, one of the most famous kuruc colonels during Rákóczi's War for Independence *

Béla Balogh Béla Balogh (1 January 1885 in Székesfehérvár – 30 March 1945 in Budapest) was a Hungarian film director, one of the most prominent of the early 20th century. He was prominent in both silent and voiced productions, and is most known ...

, a Hungarian football (soccer) player *

Brian Balogh Brian Balogh is an American historian, and professor at the University of Virginia. Balogh is the director of the National Fellowship Program hosted by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. He also co-hosts the radio program, " Backstory with the Ame ...

, an American historian *

Ernő Balogh Ernő Balogh (4 April 1897, Budapest – died 2 June 1989, Mitchellville, Maryland) was a United States-based Hungarian-born pianist, composer, editor, and teacher. Biography Balogh attended the Budapest Conservatory from 1905 to 1917. His teac ...

, a Hungarian-born and -trained classical pianist *

Fritz Balogh Fritz Balogh (16 December 1920 – 14 January 1951) was a German footballer who played as a forward. His first club was ''DSK Preßburg'' (Bratislava). In 1941, he joined Hertha BSC as a wartime guest player. After the Second World War, Balogh ...

, a German football (soccer) player * János Balogh (disambiguation), multiple people * József Balogh (disambiguation), multiple people *

Kálmán Balogh Kálmán Balogh (born 18 January 1959) is a Hungarian cimbalom player and leader of Kalman Balogh's Gypsy Cimbalom Band. History Balogh is a Hungarian cimbalom player part of a lineage of Hungarian Gypsy musicians. A graduate of Franz Liszt ...

, a Hungarian cimbalom player * László Balogh (painter), Hungarian painter * László Balogh (sport shooter) (born 1958), Hungarian former sport shooter *

Mary Balogh Mary Balogh (born Mary Jenkins on 24 March 1944) is a Welsh-Canadian novelist writing historical romance, born and raised in Swansea. In 1967, she moved to Canada to start a teaching career, married a local coroner and settled in Kipling, Sas ...

, a Welsh-Canadian novelist *

Norbert Balogh Norbert Sándor Balogh (born 21 February 1996) is a Hungarian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, DAC Dunajská Streda and the Hungary national football team, ...

, Hungarian footballer *Steve Balogh, a member of the Canadian rock band

Pink Mountaintops Pink Mountaintops is a Canadian rock and roll band from Vancouver led by Stephen McBean. The band's first album, ''The Pink Mountaintops'', featured Amber Webber and Joshua Wells. The tracks varied from alt-country to indie rock. The band's re ...

Suzanne Balogh Suzanne Elspeth (Suzy) Balogh OAM (born 8 May 1973 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is a sport shooter from Australia. Balogh competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in Trap. She also competed in the Double Trap event ...

, an Australian gold medalist in Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's trap *

Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh (2 November 190520 January 1985), born Balog Tamás, was a British economist and member of the House of Lords. The elder son of a wealthy Budapest Jewish family (his father was head of public transport, his mother ...

, a Hungarian economist and member of the English House of Lords *

Zoltán Tibor Balogh Zoltán "Zoli" Tibor Balogh (December 7, 1953 – June 19, 2002) was a Hungarian-born mathematician, specializing in set-theoretic topology. His father, Tibor Balogh, was also a mathematician. His best-known work concerned solutions to problems ...

, a Hungarian mathematician

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