Hungarian language
Hungarian, or Magyar (, ), is an Ugric language of the Uralic language family spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Out ...
equivalent of the name
Stephen
Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...
Stephen I of Hungary
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( ; ; ; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038. The year of his bi ...
(c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first king of Hungary
* Stephen Rozgonyi (died after 1440), ''ispán'' (Count) of Temes County
* Stephen III Báthory (died 1444), Palatine of Hungary
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Stephen V Báthory
Stephen Báthory of Ecsed (, ; ; 1430–1493) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian commander, 'dapiferorum regalium magister' (1458–?), judge royal (1471–1493), and voivode of Transylvania (1479–1493). He rose to power under K ...
(1430–1493), Hungarian commander, judge royal and Voivode of Transylvania
* Stephen VIII Báthory (1477–1534), Voivode of Transylvania
* Stephen VII Báthory (1480–1530), Count of Temesvár and Palatine of Hungary
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Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory (; ; ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) as well as Prince of Transylvania, earlier Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576).
The son of Stephen VIII Báthory ...
(1533–1586), Voivode of Transylvania, Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
* Stephen Báthory (1555–1605), judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary
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Stephen Bocskai
Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay (, ; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the Eastern Hungarian Kin ...
(1557–1606), Prince of Transylvania and Hungary
* Stephen Bethlen (1582–1648), Prince of Transylvania
Politicians
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István Balogh (politician)
Father István Balogh (30 March 1894, Budapest – 20 July 1976) was a Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician who later tolerated the rule of the Hungarian Communist Party.
Balogh initially joined the Independent Smallholders Pa ...
(1894–1976), Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician
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István Bethlen
Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (8 October 1874 – 5 October 1946) was a Hungarians, Hungarian Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and politician, statesman and served as prime minister from 1921 to 1931.
Early life
The scion of an old Bethlen ...
(1874–1946), Prime Minister of Hungary
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István Bethlen (born 1946)
István Bethlen (19 June 1946 – 4 September 2018) was a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from MDF Budapest Regional List between 1990 and 1994.
Biography
He was born as Count István Bethlen de Bethlen ...
(1946–2018), Hungarian economist and politician
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István Bibó
István Bibó (7 August 1911, Budapest – 10 May 1979, Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist.
Life
During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian Revolution he acted as the Minister ...
(1911–1979), Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist
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István Bittó
Count István Bittó de Sárosfa et Nádasd (3 May 1822 in Sárosfa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire – 7 March 1903 in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 10 September ...
(1822–1903), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
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István Dobi
István Dobi (; 31 December 1898 – 24 November 1968) was a Hungarian communist politician who was Prime Minister of Hungary from 1948 to 1952 and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1952 to 1967.
Ear ...
(1898–1968), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
* István Farkas de Boldogfa (1875–1921), Hungarian nobleman and jurist
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István Friedrich
István Friedrich (Anglicisation, anglicised as Stephen Frederick; 1 July 1883 – 25 November 1951) was a Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months between August and November i ...
(1883–1951), Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner, Prime Minister of Hungary for three months
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István Gorove
István Gorove de Gáttája (20 August 1819 in Pest – 31 May 1881 in Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Uni ...
(1819–1881), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister
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István Hiller
István Hiller (born 7 May 1964) is a Hungarian politician and former chairman of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007, succeeding László Kovács, succeeded by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A co-founder of ...
(born 1964), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister
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István Horthy
István Horthy de Nagybánya (9 December 1904 – 20 August 1942) was a Hungarian politician and fighter pilot during World War II. He was briefly Vice-Regent of Hungary in 1942, and was the eldest son of Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy.
Biog ...
(1904–1942), Hungarian World War II anti-Nazi politician and fighter pilot
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István Nagy (politician, born 1954)
István Nagy (born January 1, 1954) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It ...
, Hungarian politician
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István Nagy (politician, born 1967)
István Nagy (born 6 October 1967) is a Hungarian agricultural engineer and politician who has served as the Minister of Agriculture in Hungary since 2018.
Profession
Nagy was born in Újfehértó, where he spent his childhood and attended el ...
, Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician
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István Pálfi
István Pálfi (23 September 1966, Berettyóújfalu – 15 July 2006, Berettyóújfalu) was a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party. He sat on the Euro ...
(1966–2006), Hungarian politician
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István Pásztor (politician)
István Pásztor (; ; 20 August 1956 – 30 October 2023) was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 until his death in 2023. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians f ...
(1956–2023), Serbian politician
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István Széchenyi
Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (, ; archaically English: Stephen Széchenyi; 21 September 1791 – 8 April 1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesme ...
(1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer
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István Szent-Iványi
István Szent-Iványi (born 12 November 1958, Kecskemét, Hungary) is a Hungarian politician, Hungarian Ambassador to Slovenia, founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats political party, and former Member of the European Parliament
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(born 1958), Hungarian politician and diplomat
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István Tisza
Count István Imre Lajos Pál Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged (, English: Stephen Emery Louis Paul Tisza, short name: Stephen Tisza); (22 April 1861 – 31 October 1918) was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary, prime minister ...
(1861–1918), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister, political scientist, international lawyer and macroeconomist
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István Varga (politician, born 1953)
István Varga (born 18 October 1953) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, a member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1994 to 2002, and from 2010 to 2014.
Political career
He joined Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) in 1988, and served as Presi ...
, Hungarian lawyer and politician
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István Varga (politician, born 1956)
István Varga (born 23 June 1956) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development and Economy between 2009 and 2010. Gordon Bajnai
György Gordon Bajnai (; born 5 March 1968) is a Hungarian entreprene ...
, Hungarian politician, economist and former Minister of National Development and Economy
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István Werbőczy
István Werbőczy or Stephen Werbőcz (also spelled ''Verbőczy'' and Latinized to ''Verbeucius'' 1458? – 1541) was a Hungarian legal theorist and statesman, author of the Hungarian Customary Law, who first became known as a legal scholar ...
(1458–1541), Hungarian legal theorist, statesman and theologian, author of the Hungarian Customary Law
Musicians and artists
* István Árkossy (born 1943), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
* István Cserháti (1954–2005), Hungarian hard rock keyboardist
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István Csók
István Csók (13 February 1865, Sáregres – 1 February 1961, Budapest) was a Hungarian Impressionist painter.
Although he was born in Transdanubia, his narrower homeland was not a hill country, but the flat greens of the Sárrét, the ...
(1865–1961), Hungarian painter
* István Ferenczy (1792–1856), Hungarian sculptor
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Istvan Kantor
Istvan Kantor (aka "Monty Cantsin", and "Amen!") (; born August 27, 1949, Hungary) is a Canadian performance art, performance and video artist, industrial music and electropop singer, and one of the early members of Neoism.
Life
Kantor was born ...
(born 1949), Canadian performance and video artist and industrial music and electropop singer
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István Kertész (conductor)
István Kertész (28 August 192916 April 1973) was a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, P ...
(1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
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István Kiss (sculptor)
István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.
Education
Kiss attended secondary school at Nagys ...
(1927–1997), Hungarian sculptor
* István Láng (1933–2023), Hungarian composer and academic teacher
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István Nagy (painter)
István Nagy (28 March 1873 – 13 February 1937) was a Hungarian artist who specialized in landscapes and figure painting.
Biography
A native of Csíkmindszent, Harghita County, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was born into a land-owning fami ...
(1873-1937), Hungarian painter
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István Orosz
István Orosz (born 24 October 1951) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphose ...
(born 1951), Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director
Authors
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István Fekete
István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to:
People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal
* Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...
(1900–1970), Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories
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István Küzmics
István Küzmics (also known in Slovene as Štefan or Števan Küzmič, c.1723 – December 22, 1779) was the most critical Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary.
He was born at Strukovci, in the Prekmurje region of what was then Vas Count ...
(1723–1779), the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary
* István Zsemlics (1840–1891), Slovene author and Catholic priest
Academics
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István Fáry
István Fáry (30 June 1922 – 2 November 1984) was a Hungarian-born mathematician known for his work in geometry and algebraic topology.. He proved Fáry's theorem that every planar graph has a straight-line embedding in 1948, and the Fáry ...
(1922–1984), Hungarian mathematician
* István Gyöngy (born 1951), Hungarian mathematician
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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
* István Hont (1947–2013), Hungarian-born British historian of economics and political thought
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István Mészáros (philosopher)
István Mészáros (, , ; 19 December 1930 – 1 October 2017) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher. Described as "one of the foremost political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries" by ''Monthly Review'', Mészár ...
(1930–2017), Hungarian Marxist philosopher
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István Perczel
István Perczel (; born 1957) is a Hungarian scholar of Byzantine history and early Christianity and a hyperpolyglot. He is a professor at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria. He holds a doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Scien ...
(born 1951), Hungarian historian
Chess players
* István Bilek (1932–2010), Hungarian chess grandmaster
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István Csom
István Csom (2 June 1940 – 28 July 2021) was a Hungarian chess player who held the FIDE titles of Grandmaster and International Arbiter. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He was Hun ...
(1940–2021), Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter
* István Fazekas (1898–1967), Hungarian–British chess master
Sportspeople
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István Avar
István Avar (, ) (28 May 1905 – 13 October 1977) was a footballer and manager of German people, German descent who at various times competed for both Hungary national football team, Hungary and Romania national football team, Romania as a Forw ...
(1905–1977), football player and manager who played for both Hungary and Romania
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István Bagyula
István Bagyula (born 2 January 1969) is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter.
Bagyula was born in Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of citi ...
(born 1969), Hungarian retired pole vaulter
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Istvan Bakx
Istvan Bakx (born 20 January 1986) is a Dutch former professional Association football, footballer. He was a left-footed Midfielder#Winger, winger, and could also be used as a Striker (association football), striker.
Club career
Bakx was discove ...
István Bárány
István Bárány (20 December 1907 – 21 February 1995) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.
In 1924 he was twelfth in the 100 m freestyle. Four years later he won a silver medal in 100 ...
(1907–1995), Hungarian swimmer
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István Beé
István Beé (born 4 July 1972, in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-4 200 m: 1998, 1999, 200 ...
(born 1972), Hungarian sprint canoer
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István Déván
István Déván (; 4 November 1891 – 20 April 1977) was a Hungarian track and field athlete and cross-country skier who competed for Hungary in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
He was born in Pressburg (Pozsony) ...
(1890–1977), Hungarian sprinter and cross-country skier
* István Donogán (1897–1966), Hungarian discus thrower
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István Énekes
István Énekes (20 February 1911 – 2 January 1940) was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Background
In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Flyweight class after winning the final against Francisco Cabañ ...
(1911–1940), Hungarian boxer
* István Ferenczi (born 1977), Hungarian footballer
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István Géczi
István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungary, Hungarian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC.
He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer ...
(1944–2018), Hungarian football goalkeeper
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István Gulyás
István Gulyás (; 14 October 1931 – 31 July 2000) was a Hungarian tennis player. He was the second Hungarian man to reach a major singles final, after Jozsef Asboth in 1947. Gulyás was defeated in the 1966 French Championships final to T ...
István Kiss (long-distance runner) István Kiss may refer to:
* István Kiss (architect) (1857–1902), Hungarian architect
* István Kiss (decathlete) (born 1924), Hungarian decathlete; see 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
* István Kiss (footballer) (born ...
István Kovács (boxer)
István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian people, Hungarian retired world champion boxing, boxer. He is a Secretary General of the International Boxing Association, AIBA.
As an amateur, he wo ...
(born 1970), Hungarian retired world and Olympic champion boxer
* István Kozma (footballer) (born 1964), Hungarian former footballer
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István Kozma (wrestler)
István Kozma (27 November 1939 – 9 April 1970) was a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in 1964 and in 1968, and the World Championship in 1962, 1966, and 1967. In 1967 he was selected as the Hungarian Sportsman of ...
(1939–1970), Hungarian wrestler
* István Lang (1933–2007), Hungarian cyclist
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István Lévai
István Lévai (born July 23, 1957) is a former boxer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by titleholder Teófilo Steve ...
(born 1957), Hungarian retired boxer
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István Major
István Major (20 May 1949 – 5 May 2014) was a Hungarian high jumper. He won four medals at the European Indoor Championships between 1971 and 1974, as well as two silver medals at the Universiade. His best Olympic performance was a sixth ...
(1949–2014), Hungarian high jumper
* István Molnár (water polo) (1913–1983), Hungarian water polo player
* István Mudin (1881–1918), Hungarian athlete who competed in the throwing events and the pentathlon
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István Nagy (athlete)
István Nagy (born 28 April 1959 in Heves) is a retired 100 and 200 metres runner from Hungary. He won the Hungarian outdoor championships 7 times, he also won the Hungarian Indoor championships at 60/200 metres on 6 occasions also.
He competed ...
(born 1959), Hungarian sprinter
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István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) István Nagy may refer to:
* István Nagy (actor) (1909–1976), Hungarian actor
* István Nagy (athlete) (born 1959), Hungarian sprinter
* István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1999), Hungarian footballer
* István Nagy (footballer, born 19 ...
(1939–1999), Hungarian footballer
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István Nagy (footballer, born 1986)
István Nagy (born 16 May 1986) is a Hungarian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), ...
, Hungarian footballer
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István Nyers
István Nyers (; 25 May 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the grea ...
(1924–2005), Hungarian footballer
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István Pelle
István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986) – ''olympic-medallists.com'' (Retrieved on March 31, 2008) was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.
He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received gold meda ...
(1907–1986), Hungarian gymnast
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István Reszeli Soós
István Reszeli Soós (born 14 August 1962, died 21 March 2015) was a Hungarian professional football manager and former player.
Managerial career
Győr
He debuted on 25 July 1998 with a draw against Gázszer FC in the 1998–99 Nemzeti Ba ...
(1962–2015), Hungarian football manager
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István Rózsavölgyi
István Rózsavölgyi (30 March 1929 – 27 January 2012) was a Hungary, Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres.
Career
Rózsavölgyi was born in Budapest. One of the star pupils of Mihály Iglói, he entered the 1956 S ...
(1929–2012), Hungarian middle-distance runner
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István Séllyei
István Séllyei (8 June 1950 – 19 July 2020) was a Hungarian wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 90 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and o ...
István Szilágyi
István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player.
His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on further ...
(born 1950), Hungarian handball player
* István Sztáni (born 1937), Hungarian football manager and former player
* István Takács (born 2000), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler
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István Tóth (canoeist)
István Tóth is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won three medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (1983, 1985) and a bronze (1982
Events ...
István Varga (judoka)
István Varga (22 August 1960 – 12 February 2023)István Vaskuti (born 1955), Hungarian sprint canoer
* István Verpecz (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
* István Vincze (born 1967), Hungarian football manager and former football player
* István Vituska (born 1988), Hungarian footballer
Other
* István Básthy (1896–1970), Hungarian art director
* István Dobó (c. 1502–1572), Hungarian soldier and baron
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István Kiss (architect)
István Kiss (May 4, 1857 – January 9, 1902) was an architect from Austria-Hungary.Kiss István Hungar ...
(1857–1902), Hungarian architect
* István Mihály (1892–1945), Hungarian screenwriter
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Stephen Pongracz
Stephen Pongracz (; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church.
Biography
Stephen Pongracz was born in Alvincz Castle in Principality of Transylvania, entered the Society of Jesus in 1602, and studied in ...
(1584–1619), Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint
* István Vágó (1949–2023), Hungarian television host and political activist