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Ferenc () is a
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
of Hungarian origin. It is a
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of
Francis Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural M ...
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Francisco Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de Asís was known as '' ...
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Francesco Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...
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François François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, Kin ...
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Frank Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curre ...
and
Franz Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see ...
. People with the name include: *
Ferenc Batthyány Ferenc Batthyány de Németújvár ( hu, németújvári Batthyány Ferenc, hr, Franjo Baćan; 28 October 1497 – 28 November 1566) was a Hungarian magnate and general, member of the prestigious Batthyány family. He served as Ban of Croatia, Dalm ...
, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist *
Ferenc Csik Ferenc Csik (12 December 1913 – 29 March 1945) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In the 1936, Olympics he won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle event and a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freesty ...
, Hungarian swimmer *
Ferenc Deák (politician) Ferenc Deák de Kehida (archaically English: Francis Deak, hr, Franjo Deák; 17 October 180328 January 1876) was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation" and one of the greatest figures of Hunga ...
, Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice *
Ferenc Erkel Ferenc Erkel ( hu, Erkel Ferenc , german: link=no, Franz Erkel; November 7, 1810June 15, 1893) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still o ...
, Hungarian composer and conductor *
Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (22 September 1713 – 22 February 1770) was a Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, and vice-ispán of the county of Zala (''alispán of Zala'') between 1761 and 1769. Biography Born in Zalaboldogfa in the county ...
(1713–1770), Hungarian nobleman *
Ferenc Farkas (Jesuit priest) Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (13 December 1742 – 4 June 1807) was a Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest, parish priest of Nemesapáti, poet, and Canon (priest), master canon of the Diocese of Veszprém. Life Ferenc (in English language, English: Fran ...
, Hungarian Jesuit priest *
Ferenc Farkas (Zala county auditor) Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (15 September 1838 – 20 January 1908) was a Hungarian nobleman, Zala county auditor, monetary comptroller of the county, administrative committee member of Zala county, economist, landowner. Life Ferenc (in English: ...
, Hungarian nobleman *
Ferenc Farkas Ferenc Farkas (; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer. Biography Born into a musical family (his father played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) in Nagykanizsa, Farkas began his musical studies in Budape ...
, Hungarian composer *
Ferenc Fricsay Ferenc Fricsay (; 9 August 1914 – 20 February 1963) was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen. Biography Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914 and studied music under Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, E ...
, Hungarian conductor *
Ferenc Gyurcsány Ferenc Gyurcsány (; born 4 June 1961) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he held the position of Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports between 2003 and 2004. He ...
, Hungarian Prime Minister *
Ferenc Karinthy Ferenc Karinthy (June 2, 1921 – February 29, 1992) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. His father was the writer and journalist Frigyes ...
, Hungarian writer and translator *
Ferenc Kölcsey Ferenc Kölcsey (archaically English: Francis Kolcsey, 8 August 1790 in Sződemeter – 24 August 1838) was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the poli ...
, Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, politician *
Ferenc Koncz Ferenc Koncz (2 October 1959 – 10 July 2020) was a Hungarian teacher and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Szerencs (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Constituency XI) from 2010 to 2014, and for Tiszaújváros (Borsod-Abaúj-Zem ...
, Hungarian politician *
Ferenc Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
(1811–1886), Hungarian composer and conductor known as Franz Liszt *
Ferenc Mádl Ferenc Mádl (; 29 January 1931 – 29 May 2011)Elhunyt Mádl Ferenc
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, Hungarian legal scholar, politician, professor *
Ferenc Molnár Ferenc Molnár ( , ; born Ferenc Neumann; 12 January 18781 April 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary’s most celebrated and controversial playw ...
, Hungarian author *
Ferenc Móra Ferenc Móra (19 July 1879 – 8 February 1934) was a Hungarian novelist, journalist, and museologist. Life Ferenc Móra was born in Kiskunfélegyháza, into a financially poor family. His father Márton Móra was a tailor, and his mother ...
, Hungarian novelist, journalist, and museologist *
Ferenc Paragi Ferenc Paragi (21 August 1953 – 21 April 2016) was a Hungarian athlete who, on 23 April 1980 established a world record of 96.72 meters in the javelin throw, eclipsing the global standard set by fellow countryman Miklós Németh at the 1976 Su ...
, Hungarian track and field athlete *
Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás (, ; born Ferenc Purczeld; 1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian football player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. A forward, ...
, Hungarian footballer *
Ferenc Rados Ferenc Rados (born 26 October 1934, in Budapest) is a Hungarian pianist and professor of piano and chamber music. Until 1996, he taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. After retiring, he gave master classes in Europe and ...
(born 1934), Hungarian pianist *
Ferenc Szekeres Ferenc Szekeres (born 21 March 1947) is a retired long-distance runner from Hungary, who twice won the Amsterdam Marathon, in 1979 and 1981. He represented his native country in at two Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=n ...
, Hungarian long-distance runner *
Ferenc Szálasi Ferenc Szálasi (; 6 January 1897 – 12 March 1946), the leader of the Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement, became the "Leader of the Nation" (''Nemzetvezető'') as head of state and simultaneously prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary' ...
, Hungarian politician, the leader of the
Arrow Cross Party The Arrow Cross Party ( hu, Nyilaskeresztes Párt – Hungarista Mozgalom, , abbreviated NYKP) was a far-right Hungarian ultranationalist party led by Ferenc Szálasi, which formed a government in Hungary they named the Government of National ...
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Ferenc Weisz Ferenc Weisz (23 February 1885 – 8 July 1944) was a Hungarian football player and manager. Weisz, who was Jewish, played club football as a striker for Ferencváros and MTK, winning the Hungarian league nine times. He also represented his c ...
(1885–1943), Hungarian footballer * Paul Ferenc, fictional character in ''Far Cry 2''


Ferencz

''"Ferencz"'' is an old spelling of "Ferenc": * János Ferencz Fetzer *
Ferenc Gyulay Count Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnémethi et Nádaska (, 1 September 1799 – 1 September 1868), also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Austrian Governor of Lombardy-Venetia and command ...
(1799–1868), Austrian-Hungarian nobleman * (born 1973) *
Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist * F ...
(1767–1826), Hungarian nobleman * Steven ''(István)'' Ferencz Udvar-Házy * Benjamin Berell Ferencz, Transsylvania-born Jewish American lawyer * (born 1944), Hungarian architect *
Károly Ferencz Károly Ferencz (14 October 1913 – 21 June 1984) was a Hungarian sport wrestler. He was born in Budapest. He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, lightweight class, at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the capita ...
(1913–1984), Hungarian Olympic sport wrestler * (born 1961), Hungarian chemical engineer * Réka Ferencz (born 1989), birthname of Romanian biathlete Réka Forika {{surname, Ferencz


See also

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Ferenci (disambiguation) Ferenci, Ferenczi, or Ferenczy may refer to: * Ferenci (surname), a Hungarian surname * 11584 Ferenczi, an asteroid * Ferenci, Karlovac County, a village near Ozalj, Croatia * Ferenci, Istria County, a village near Vižinada Vižinada ( it, Vis ...
Hungarian masculine given names Surnames