György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''

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''. Some notable people with this given name: *

György Alexits György Alexits (5 January 1899 - 14 October 1978), born in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-la ...

, as a Hungarian mathematician *

György Almásy György Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós ( Felsőlendva (now Grad, Slovenia), 11 August 1867 – Graz, 23 September 1933) was a Hungarian Asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer. His son, László Almásy, was an aviator, ...

, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of

László Almásy László Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós ( hu, Almásy László Ede; ; 22 August/3 November 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader and sportsman who served as the ...

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 The prime minister of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország miniszterelnöke) is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Parliament, to their political party ...

(2009-10) *

György Bálint György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 28 July 191921 June 2020) was a Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. Biography Bálint's parents Braun Izidor and Koc ...

(originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian

horticulturist Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. *

György Bárdy György Bárdy (26 May 1921 – 27 May 2013) was a Hungarian film and television actor. Selected filmography * ''Valahol Európában'' (1948) * '' Nyugati övezet'' (1952) * ''Two Confessions'' (1957) * '' Pillar of Salt'' (1958) * ''A Few S ...

, Hungarian film and television actor * György Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accord ...

György Bessenyei ''György Bessenyei'' (1747–1811) was a Hungarian playwright and poet. Works * 1772 – Ágis tragédiája ''Ágis tragédiája'' is a Hungarian drama play, written by György Bessenyei. It was first produced in 1772 Events Jan ...

, 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 The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the ...

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 György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre. Employment *1971: Debrecen Csokonai Theat ...

, 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 Christian Georges Cziffra (; born Cziffra Krisztián György; 5 November 192115 January 1994) was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Among h ...

, 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 Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

György Enyedi (geographer) György Enyedi (25 August 1930 – 10 September 2012) was an economist and geographer who has played a major role in the long-term development of regional science. In the second part of the 20th century due to the rapid development of integrati ...

, Hungarian economist and geographer *

György Faludy György Faludy (September 22, 1910 – September 1, 2006; ), sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator. Life Travels, vicissitudes, and remembrance Faludy completed his schooling in the Fasori Ev ...

, 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 Count György László Festetics de Tolna (23 April 1815 – 12 February 1883) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King between 1867 and 1871. Family and ancestors He was the offspring from the Hungarian noble family ...

, 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 Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing. Professional boxing The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...

boxer *

György Gerendás György Gerendás (born 23 February 1954) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List o ...

, 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 György Hajós (February 21, 1912, Budapest – March 17, 1972, Budapest) was a Hungarian mathematician who worked in group theory, graph theory, and geometry.. Biography Hajós was born February 21, 1912, in Budapest; his great-grandfathe ...

, Hungarian mathematician * György Hevesy, Hungarian

radiochemist Radiochemistry is the chemistry of radioactive materials, where radioactive isotopes of elements are used to study the properties and chemical reactions of non-radioactive isotopes (often within radiochemistry the absence of radioactivity leads to ...

and awarded the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then "M ...

György Horkai György Horkai (born 1 July 1954) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic ...

, 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, Hungarian politician, who served as

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...

György Kenéz György Kenéz (born 23 June 1956) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * L ...

, Hungarian former water polo player *

György Klapka György (Móric) Klapka (german: Georg Klapka; 7 April 182017 May 1892) was a Hungarian general. He was one of the most important Hungarian generals of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848–1849, politician, member of the Hungarian Parlia ...

, 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 György Kurtág (; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian classical composer and pianist. He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993. Biography György ...

, Hungarian composer *

György Kutasi György Kutasi (September 16, 1910 in Fiume – June 29, 1977 in Melbourne, Australia) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal. He played one matc ...

, Hungarian water polo player *

György Lahner György Lahner (also ''Láner'' or ''Láhner'', german: Georg Lahner; 6 October 1795, in Necpál (present-day Necpaly, Slovakia) – 6 October 1849, in Arad) was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hung ...

, Hungarian general *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...

, Hungarian composer *

György Lukács György Lukács (born György Bernát Löwinger; hu, szegedi Lukács György Bernát; german: Georg Bernard Baron Lukács von Szegedin; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, critic, and ae ...

, Hungarian Marxist philosopher *

György Marx György Marx (25 May 1927 – 2 December 2002) was a Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor. He discovered the lepton numbers and established the law of lepton flavor conservation. Life He was the first non-Briti ...

, Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor *

György Matolcsy György Matolcsy (born 18 July 1955, Budapest) is a Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB). He also served as Minister of Economy (2000–2002) during the first cabinet of Viktor Orbán and ...

, Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the

Hungarian National Bank The Hungarian National Bank ( hu, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB)) is the central bank of Hungary and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The Hungarian National Bank was established in 1924 and succeeded the Royal Hungarian St ...

György Mitró György Mitró (6 March 1930 – 4 January 2010) was a Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and dig ...

, 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

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 György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet. Childhood and youth He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...

, Hungarian poet *

György Piller George Piller (born György Jekelfalussy-Piller) (June 19, 1899 – September 6, 1960) was an Olympic and world champion fencer from Hungary in the 1920s and 1930s who became an internationally respected world-class fencing master in Hungary and ...

, 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 The Prince of Transylvania ( hu, erdélyi fejedelem, german: Fürst von Siebenbürgen, la, princeps Transsylvaniae, ro, principele TransilvanieiFallenbüchl 1988, p. 77.) was the head of state of the Principality of Transylvania from the last d ...

from 1630 until 1648 * II György Rákóczi, Hungarian nobleman,

from 1648 until 1660 *

György Sándor György Sándor (; 21 September 1912 – 9 December 2005) was a Hungarian pianist and writer. Early years Sándor was born in Budapest. He studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest under Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, and debuted as ...

, 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 György Sebők (November 2, 1922 – November 14, 1999) was a Hungarian-born American pianist and professor at the Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. He was known worldwide as a soloist with major ...

, Hungarian-born American pianist *

György Spiró György (George) Spiró (born 4 April 1946 in Budapest) is a dramatist, novelist and essayist who has emerged as one of post-war Hungary's most prominent literary figures. He is a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts. Life ...

, Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist *

György Szabados György Szabados (13 July 1939 – 10 June 2011) was a Hungarian jazz pianist, and is sometimes referred to as the "father" or "unofficial king" of the Hungarian free jazz movement since the 1960s. Biography Szabados was born in Budapest. ...

, 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 György Szondy was a Hungarian soldier and the captain of Drégely Castle. He was a respected soldier, even by his Turkish foes, whose recognition can be seen by his burial by Hadim Ali Pasha with full military honours. Family Szondy's origi ...

, 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 George Soros ( name written in eastern order), (born György Schwartz, August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist. , he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated mo ...

, born György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian-born American investor