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 Count György Apponyi de Nagyappony (29 December 1808 – 28 February 1899) was a Hungarian conservative politician, who served as Lord Chancellor of Hungary from 1846 to 1848. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1858 ...

, 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 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 i ...

, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion *

György Bulányi György P. Bulányi (Budapest, 9 January 1919 – Budapest, June 6, 2010) was a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader of the Bokor Catholic youth discipleship movements in Croatia and Hungary which faced strong suppression from the Hungarian commu ...

, Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader * György Carabelli, Hungarian dentist *

György Csányi György Csányi (7 March 1922 – 13 December 1978) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the ...

, Hungarian athlete * György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor * György Csesznek, Hungarian aristocrat *

György Csordás György Csordás (October 6, 1928 – May 9, 2000) was a freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of ...

, Hungarian freestyle swimmer *

György Czakó György Czakó (born 11 July 1933 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian figure skater. He is a three-time (1951, 1952, 1954) Hungarian national champion. He represented Hungary at the 1952 Winter Olympics where he placed 12th. He is the father o ...

, Hungarian figure skater * György Cziffra, Hungarian virtuoso pianist *

György Dózsa György Dózsa (or ''György Székely'',appears as "Georgius Zekel" in old texts ro, Gheorghe Doja; 1470 – 20 July 1514) was a Székely man-at-arms (and by some accounts, a nobleman) from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasa ...

Székely Székely may refer to: *Székelys, Hungarian people from the historical region of Transylvania, Romania **Székely Land, historic and ethnographic area in Transylvania, Romania * Székely (village), a village in northeastern Hungary *Székely (sur ...

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 kni ...

from Transylvania * György Enyedi (geographer), Hungarian economist and geographer * György Faludy, Hungarian-born poet, writer and translator *

György Fehér György Fehér (12 February 1939 – 15 July 2002) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film '' Szenvedély'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' III. Richárd'' ( ...

, Hungarian film director * György Festetics, a Hungarian politician *

György Fráter George Martinuzzi, Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit, O.S.P. (born Juraj Utješenović, also known as György Martinuzzi, Brother György, Georg Utiessenovicz-Martinuzzi or György Fráter, hu, Fráter György; 1482 – 16 December 1551), ...

, Croatian nobleman, Pauline monk and Hungarian statesman *

György Garics György Garics (; born 8 March 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Born in Hungary, he made 41 appearances for the Austria national team scoring twice. Football career Born in Szombathely, Hungary, of Croati ...

, Austrian football defender of Hungarian and Slovakian Croat roots *

György Gedó György Gedó (born 23 April 1949) is a retired Hungarian light-flyweight boxer. He competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. He was the European light-flyweight champion in 1969 and 1971.light flyweight boxer * György Gerendás, Hungarian former water polo player *

György Gurics György Gurics (27 January 1929 – 10 September 2013) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Dunapentele in Fejér County. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling from 1952. He won a gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling at ...

, Hungarian wrestler * György Hajós, Hungarian mathematician * György Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry * György Horkai, Hungarian former water polo player *

György Káldy György Káldy (1573–1634) was a Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator. Káldi was born in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary on February 4, 1573. He studied theology at the University of Vienna. In Rome, in 1598 he entered the Jesuit order. In 1 ...

, Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator *

György Károly György Károly (''Károly György'', 31 August 1953 – 26 October 2018) was a Magyars, Hungarian poet and writer. Biography Károly was born in Budapest on 31 August 1953, the only son of György Károly (1924–2003), a butcher, and Ilona Sza ...

, Hungarian poet and writer *

György Kárpáti György Kárpáti (23 June 1935 – 17 June 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, and 1964 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes who wo ...

, Hungarian former water polo player *

György Keleti György Keleti (18 May 1946 – 13 September 2020) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1994 and 1998. Personal life He had been married since 1973. His wife was Erzsébet Petrik. They had three daughters, And ...

, Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence * György Kenéz, Hungarian former water polo player * György Klapka, Hungarian general * György Klein, Hungarian–Swedish microbiologist and public intellectual *

György Kolonics György "Kolo" Kolonics (4 June 1972 – 15 July 2008) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics. He also won a record fifteen gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He die ...

, Hungarian sprint canoeist *

György Konrád György (George) Konrád (2 April 1933 – 13 September 2019) was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom. Life George Konrad was born in Berettyóújfalu, near Debrecen, into a ...

, Hungarian novelist and essayist *

György Kulin György Kulin ( Nagyszalonta 28 January 1905 – 22 April 1989 Budapest) was a Hungarian astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. He discovered 21 asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of a ...

, Hungarian astronomer * György Kurtág, Hungarian composer * György Kutasi, Hungarian water polo player * György Lahner, Hungarian general * György Ligeti, Hungarian composer * György Lukács, Hungarian Marxist philosopher * György Marx, Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor * György Matolcsy, Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank * György Mitró, Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist *

György Moldova :''The native form of this personal name is Moldova György. This article uses the Western name order.'' György Moldova (12 March 1934 – 4 June 2022) was the author of more than seventy books in Hungary that have collectively sold more than 1 ...

, Hungarian author * György Oláh, Hungarian and American chemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry *

György Orbán György Orbán (born 12 July 1947 in Târgu Mureș, Romania) is a Romanian-born Hungarian composer. Biography Orbán studied then taught at the Cluj-Napoca Academy of Music until 1979 when he emigrated from Romania to Hungary, becoming professor ...

, Romanian-born Hungarian composer *

György Orth György Orth (30 April 1901 – 11 January 1962) was a Hungarian football player and manager. As well as being involved in football in his homeland, he also managed in Italy, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Portugal. One of best foot ...

, Hungarian footballer and manager *

György Pazdera 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 Lászl� ...

, Hungarian bassist * György Petri, Hungarian poet * György Piller, Hungarian Olympic and world champion fencer *

György Pólya György () is a Hungarian language, Hungarian version of the name ''George (given name), George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoolog ...

, Hungarian mathematician * I György Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until 1648 * II György Rákóczi, Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania from 1648 until 1660 * György Sándor, Hungarian pianist *

György Sándor (footballer) György Sándor (born 20 March 1984) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Csákvári TK as a midfielder. He was born in Carpathian Ruthenia to an ethnic Hungarian family. Career Sándor started his professional career in Újpest FC. In s ...

, Hungarian footballer *

György Sárosi György Sárosi (; 5 August 1912 – 20 June 1993) was a Hungarian Association football, footballer. Sárosi was a complete footballer renowned for his versatility and technique among other things, and he played in several positions for Ferencv� ...

, Hungarian footballer * György Sebők, Hungarian-born American pianist * György Spiró, Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist * György Szabados, Hungarian jazz pianist *

György Szepesi György Szepesi (né Friedländer; 5 February 1922 – 25 July 2018) was a Hungarian radio personality, journalist and sports executive. In 2006, Szepesi earned the record for the longest career as a sports commentator. Early life Szepesi was b ...

, Hungarian radio personality and sports executive * György Szondy, 16th century Hungarian hero *

György Zala (sculptor) György Zala (1858 in Alsólendva, today Slovenija – 31 July 1937 in Budapest) (sometimes: Georg Zala) was a Hungarian sculptor. Along with Alajos Strobl and János Fadrusz, he is one of Hungary's leading public sculptors of the late 19th ...

, Hungarian sculptor *

George Worth George Vitéz Worth (born György Woittitz; April 1, 1915 – January 15, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American sabre Olympic medalist fencer. Early and personal life Worth was born György Woittitz in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Because ...

, born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Hungarian-born American Olympic medalist fencer * George Soros, born György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian-born American investor

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