Horváth is a common
Hungarian surname. "Horváth" is the 2nd or 4th most common surname in Hungary as well as the most common in
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
It's thought to derive from
Hungarian horvát ("Croat") spelled without the final h in old orthography. The related Croatian surname
Horvat
Horvat is a surname of Croatian origin. It is the most frequent surname in Croatia and the second most frequent in Slovenia. Its variant Horvath is very frequent in Hungary and Slovakia.
The surname originates in Croatia, ''Horvat'' being the o ...
, which is derived from an older version of the noun "Hrvat" ("Croat"), is the most common surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora. Members of this family can be found across the world,
and are most numerous in the United States.
Variations of the name include Horvat, Horvaty, Hrvat, Chorbadi, Orbath, Orvath, Orvat.
People named Horváth
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Ádám Horváth
Ádám Horváth (born 14 July 1981) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (2015), European Junior Chess Championship winner (2000).
Biography
Ádám Horváth was a multiple medalist of the Hungarian ...
(born 1981), Hungarian chess grandmaster
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Adrián Horváth (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
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Adrian Pavel Horvat (born 1990), Romanian footballer
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Adrienne Horvath
Adrienne Horvath (23 March 1925 – 4 July 2012) was a French politician. She represented the 3rd district of Gard in the French National Assembly from 19 March 1978 to 22 May 1981, as a member of the French Communist Party.
She was born in Tu ...
(1925–2012), French politician
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Alexander Horváth
Alexander Horváth (28 December 1938 – 31 August 2022) was a Slovak footballer who played as a defender. He made 26 appearances for the Czechoslovakia scoring 3 goals.
Horváth was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He played mostly f ...
(born 1938), Slovak footballer
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András Horváth (disambiguation) András Horváth may refer to:
* András Horváth (footballer, born 1980), Hungarian footballer
* András Horváth (footballer, born 1988), Hungarian footballer
* András Horváth (ice hockey) (born 1976), Hungarian ice hockey player
* András ...
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Andrea Horwath
Andrea Horwath (; born October 24, 1962) is a Canadian politician who has been the 58th mayor of Hamilton since 2022. Horwath previously served as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Hamilton Centre from 2004 to 2022, as leader of t ...
(born 1962), Leader of the New Democratic Party in Ontario, Canada
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Antonio Horvath (1950–2018), Chilean senator
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Attila Horváth (disambiguation) Attila Horváth may refer to:
* Attila Horváth (discus thrower) (1967–2020), Hungarian discus thrower
* Attila Horváth (footballer, born 1971), Hungarian retired international football player
* Attila Horváth (footballer, born 1988), Hungar ...
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Bronco Horvath
Bronco Joseph Horvath (March 12, 1930 – December 17, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 434 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1955 and 1968.
Early life
Horvath was born to an ethnic Hungarian family t ...
(1930–2019), Canadian hockey player
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Csaba Horváth (canoeist)
Csaba Horváth (born 4 April 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won two medals with teammate György Kolonics. This included a gold ...
(born 1971), Hungarian sprint canoeist
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Csaba Horváth (chemical engineer)
Csaba Horváth (25 January 1930 – 13 April 2004) was a Hungarian-American chemical engineer, particularly noted for building the first high-performance liquid chromatograph.
Early life and education
Csaba Horváth was born in Szolnok, Hun ...
(1930–2004), Hungarian-American chemical engineer
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Csaba Horváth (chess player)
Csaba Horváth (born 5 June 1968) is a Hungarian Grandmaster (GM) (1993), two-times Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1994, 1998).
Biography
In 1984–1988 Csaba Horváth five times represented Hungary at World Youth Chess Championships an ...
, Hungarian chess grandmaster
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Csaba Horváth (footballer)
Csaba Horváth (; born 2 May 1982) is a former Slovak football central defender who last played for the Slovak 2. Liga side Fluminense Šamorín.
Career
He scored in his debut match for ADO Den Haag against Sparta Rotterdam.
On 12 August 200 ...
(born 1982), Slovak football central defender
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Dániel Horváth
Dániel Márk Horváth (born 5 March 1996) is a Hungarian footballer. He plays for Ajka.
International career
He was also part of the Hungarian U-20 team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition o ...
, Hungarian footballer
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Dezsö J. Horváth
Dezsö Joseph Horváth, is a Canadian businessman and educator. He was the dean of York University's Schulich School of Business from 1988 until 2020, and is a director of Inscape Corporation and UBS Bank (Canada). He is a former director of n ...
, Canadian businessman and educator
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Eva Horváthová
Eva Horváthová (née Eva Mitterpachová, born 29 December 1974) is a Slovak physician and politician. She has served as a Member of the National Council for the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party since 2012.
Horváthová teach ...
(born 1974), Slovak physician and politician,
MP (since 2012)
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Ethan Horvath
Ethan Shea Horvath (born June 9, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Luton Town, on loan from Nottingham Forest, and the United States national team.
Early years
Horvath was bo ...
(born 1995), American soccer player
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Ferenc Horváth
Ferenc Horváth (born 6 May 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is now a manager, most recently coaching at Budapest Honvéd FC.
He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1996, and got 32 ...
(born 1973), Hungarian footballer
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Gábor Horváth (disambiguation) Gábor Horváth may refer to:
* Gábor Horváth (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoeist, competed since 2006
* Gábor Horváth (kayaker) (born 1971), Hungarian sprint canoer, competed from 1993 to 2005 in kayak
* Gábor Horváth (footballer, born 198 ...
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Gergely Horváth
Gergely Horváth (; born 5 June 1975 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian male javelin thrower and seven time national champion. His personal best throw is 81.55 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Nyíregyháza, which is also the Hungarian nat ...
(born 1975), Hungarian javelin thrower
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Géza Horváth
Géza Horváth (; 23 November 1847 – 8 September 1937) was a Hungarian doctor and entomologist internationally recognized for his work on bugs ( Hemiptera). He also contributed extensively to the study of Hungarian scale insect fauna. He pub ...
(1847–1937), Hungarian entomologist
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Joan Horvath
Joan Horvath is an American aeronautical engineer, writer, and entrepreneur. She worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for sixteen years, in the technology transfer office and on the Magellan and TOPEX/Poseidon flight projects.
She served as C ...
, American astronomer, aeronautic scientist, writer, and entrepreneur
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Johann Horvath
Johann "Hans" Horvath (20 May 1903 – 30 July 1968) was an Austrian footballer. Normally a forward, Horvath was one of the most noted Austrian footballers of his generation, and was well–known for his passing ability and technique.
Club care ...
(1903–1968), Austrian footballer
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Johann Baptiste Horvath
Johann Baptiste Horvath ( hu, Keresztély János Horváth, 13 July 1732 in Kőszeg – 20 October 1799 in Buda) was a Hungarian Jesuit Professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy in Nagyszo ...
(1732–1799), Hungarian academic and university professor
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József Horváth (disambiguation) József Horváth may refer to:
*József Horváth (footballer, born 1890) (1890-1945), Hungarian association football player
* József Horváth (equestrian) (born 1947), Hungarian Olympic equestrian
* József Horváth (handballer) (1947–2022), Hun ...
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Karoly Horvath, Hungarian-American pediatric gastroenterologist
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Károly Horváth
Károly Horváth (26 October 1950 – 4 November 2015) was a Romanian-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.
Biography
Born in Oradea, Horváth graduated from the Music Lyceum in 1970 and w ...
(1950–2015), Romanian-born Hungarian musician
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Les Horvath
Leslie Horvath (October 12, 1921 – November 14, 1995) was an American football quarterback and halfback who won the Heisman Trophy while playing for Ohio State University in 1944. Horvath was the first Ohio State player to win the Heisman, an ...
(1921–1995), American football player
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Mihály Horváth
Mihály Horváth (20 October 1809, Szentes – 19 August 1878, Karlsbad) was a Hungarian Roman Catholic bishop, historian, and politician. He was an exponent of Hungarian nationalism
Hungarian nationalism developed in the late 18th century a ...
(1809–1878), Hungarian bishop, historian, and politician.
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Nick Horvath
Nick Horvath (born February 18, 1981) is an American-New Zealand former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). In 2010, he became the first person to win an NCA ...
(born 1981), American-New Zealand basketball player
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Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, Sušak, Rijeka, Austria-Hungary – 1 June 1938, Paris France) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the name of ''nom de guerre'' Ödön von Horváth. He was ...
(1901–1938) German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
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Opika von Méray Horváth
Opika von Méray Horváth (December 30, 1889 – April 25, 1977), a.k.a. Zsófia Méray-Horváth, was a Hungarian figure skater. She won three consecutive World titles (1912–1914).
Biography
Méray Horváth was born in Arad in 1889. She bega ...
(1889–1977), Hungarian figure skater
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Pavel Horváth
Pavel Horváth (; born 22 April 1975) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and a football manager. He was in charge of Příbram.
He spent the better part of his 22-year professional career with Slavia Prague (f ...
(born 1975), Czech footballer
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(born 1974), Hungarian swimmer
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Polly Horvath
Polly Horvath (born 30 January 1957) is an American-Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. She won the 2003 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for ''The Canning Season'', published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ...
(born 1957), American-Canadian author
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Rudolf Horváth
Rudolf Horváth (born June 28, 1947) is a former Slovak handball player.
He played for Czechoslovakia and won the gold medal in the 1967 World Men's Handball Championship
The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor ...
(born 1947), Slovak Olympic handball player
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Ryan Horvath
Ryan Matthew Horvath (born August 4, 1983) is a former American football punter. He was signed by the Sentinels as a street free agent in 2009. He played college football at Drake.
Early years
Horvath attended Blue Valley North High School in ...
(born 1983), American college football player
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Sascha Horvath
Sascha Horvath (born 22 August 1996) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for LASK. He plays as a central midfielder.
Club career
Horvath is a youth exponent from FK Austria Wien. He made his Bundesliga debut at 3 November 2013 aga ...
(born 1996), Austrian footballer
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Steve Horvath
Steve Horvath is a German–American aging researcher, geneticist, and biostatistician. As the familyname Horváth indicates, he is of hungarian ancestry.
He is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles known for developing the Epi ...
(born 1967), American aging researcher and inventor of the
Horvath clock
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Vlastimil Horváth
Vlastimil Horváth (born 18 October 1977 in Čerčany) is a Czech singer and winner of the second '' Česko hledá SuperStar'' show. He is of Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma ...
(born 1977), Romani singer
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William Horvath (born 1938), American politician and conservationist
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Zander Horvath
Alexander John Horvath (born December 10, 1998) is an American football fullback who is a free agent. He played college football at Purdue.
Early years
Zander went to Mishawaka Catholic for elementary and middle school, where he played footbal ...
(born 1998), American football player
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Zoltán Horváth (disambiguation) Zoltán Horváth is the name of:
* (born 1966), Swiss animation film director
* Zoltán Horváth (basketball) (1979–2009), Hungarian basketball player
* Zoltán Horváth (equestrian) (born 1954), Hungarian equestrian
* Zoltán Horváth (fence ...
Fictional characters
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Detective Carl Horvath character in the TV series ''
Queer as Folk (American TV series)
''Queer as Folk'' is a serial drama television series that ran from December 3, 2000, to August 7, 2005. The series was produced for Showtime by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in as ...
''
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Dale Horvath
Dale, later revealed as Dale Horvath in the television series, is a fictional character from the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and was portrayed by Jeffrey DeMunn in the American television series of the same name. The character's deat ...
in ''The Walking Dead'
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Hannah Horvath
''Girls'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by and starring Lena Dunham, executive-produced by Judd Apatow. The series depicts four young women living in New York City. The show's premise was drawn from Dunham's own life, as w ...
, character in the TV series ''Girls''
* Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath in ''
Saving Private Ryan
''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war, especially its depictio ...
'', portrayed by
Tom Sizemore
Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (; born November 29, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his supporting roles in films such as ''Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' (1991), ''Passenger 5 ...
* Dr. Anthony Horvath, a Galactic scientist in ''
The Mote in God's Eye
''The Mote in God's Eye'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between hu ...
''
* Villain in the movie
The Sorcerers Apprentice portrayed by
Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 1953) is a British-American actor known for his work on the stage and screen. He first rose to prominence in the West End, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Pla ...
* Horvath Blayne, appearing in
August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the ...
's short fiction story ''The Black Island''
See also
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''Horvát (Horvat)''
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''Hrovat (Chrovat)''
References
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Hungarian-language surnames
Hungarian words and phrases
Surnames of Slavic origin
Ethonymic surnames