Hatvani/Hatvany is a Hungarian

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Hatvan Hatvan ( German: ''Hottwan)'' is a town in Heves County, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is the county's third most populous town following Eger and Gyöngyös. Etymology Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a com ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

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István Hatvani István Hatvani (21 November 1718 – 1786) was a Hungarian polyhistor, mathematician, natural philosopher and theologian. Born in Rimavská Sobota (then Rimaszombat), he studied at the Debrecen Reformed Theological University before setting ...

(1718–1786), Hungarian mathematician, scientist * ''

Mihály Hatvani Mihály () is a Hungarian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English Michael and may refer to: * Mihály András (1917–1993), Hungarian cellist, composer, and academic teacher * Mihály Apafi (1632–1690), Hungarian Prince of Transy ...

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Mihály Horváth Mihály Horváth (20 October 1809, Szentes Szentes () is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád county, near the Tisza, Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. It is the third most ...

(1809–1878) ''Hatvany'' *

Sándor Hatvany-Deutsch Baron Sándor Hatvany-Deutsch (12 November 1852 – 18 February 1913) was a leading Hungarian Jewish industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist, investor and art patron. He led the family's sugar company with its factories ''Nagy-Surányi C ...

(1852–1913), Hungarian industrialist *

Ferenc Hatvany Baron Ferenc Hatvany (29 October 1881 – 7 February 1958) was a Hungarian painter and art collector. A son of Sándor Hatvany-Deutsch and a member of the , he graduated in the Académie Julian in Paris. His collection included paintings by Ti ...

(1881–1958) *

Béla Hatvany Béla Hatvany is a pioneer in the automation of libraries and the information industry. Companies founded by him have been responsible for the first Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), the first CD-ROMs, the first networked CD-ROM, the first cli ...

(1938–), Entrepreneur * Baroness Katalin Hatvany de Hatvan (1947–), Hungarian designer

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