István () is a

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equivalent of the name

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or Stefan. It may refer to:

People with the given name

Nobles, palatines and judges royal

Stephen I of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the ...

(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 *

Stephen V Báthory Stephen Báthory of Ecsed ( hu, Báthory István, ; ro, Ștefan Báthory; 1430–1493) was a Hungarian commander, 'dapiferorum regalium magister' (1458–?), judge royal (1471–1493) and voivode of Transylvania (1479–1493). ...

(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 *

Stephen Báthory Stephen Báthory ( hu, Báthory István; pl, Stefan Batory; ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) ...

(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 *

Stephen Bocskai Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay ( hu, Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of th ...

(1557–1606), Prince of Transylvania and Hungary * Stephen Bethlen (1582–1648), Prince of Transylvania

Politicians

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 Par ...

(1894–1976), Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician * István Bethlen (1874–1946), Prime Minister of Hungary * István Bethlen (born 1946) (1946–2018), Hungarian economist and politician *

István Bibó István Bibó (7 August 1911, Budapest – 10 May 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist. Life During the Hungarian Revolution he acted as the Minister of State for the Hungarian National G ...

(1911–1979), Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist * István Bittó (1822–1903), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary *

István Dobi István Dobi (; 31 December 1898 – 24 November 1968) was a Hungarian 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. Early life Dob ...

(1898–1968), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary * István Farkas de Boldogfa (1875–1921), Hungarian nobleman and jurist *

István Friedrich István Friedrich (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 in 1919. His ten ...

(1883–1951), Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner, Prime Minister of Hungary for three months *

István Gorove István Gorove de Gáttája (20 August 1819 in Pest – 31 May 1881 in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician with Armenian ancestry.Gudenus János József: Örmény eredetű magyar nemesi családok genealógiája Erdélyi Örmény Gyökerek, B ...

(1819–1881), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister *

István Hiller István Hiller (born 7 May 1964) is a Hungarian politician and former chairman of the governing Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007, succeeding László Kovács, succeeded by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A co-founder o ...

(born 1964), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister * István Horthy (1904–1942), Hungarian World War II anti-Nazi politician and fighter pilot * István Nagy (politician, born 1954), Hungarian politician * István Nagy (politician, born 1967), Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician * István Pálfi (1966–2006), Hungarian politician *

István Pásztor (politician) István Pásztor (; sr, Иштван Пастор, Ištvan Pastor; born 20 August 1956) is a Serbian politician who has been the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina since 2012. An ethnic Hungarian, he has led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hu ...

(born 1956), Serbian politician * István Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer * István Szent-Iványi (born 1958), Hungarian politician and diplomat * István Tisza (1861–1918), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister, political scientist, international lawyer and macroeconomist * István Varga (politician, born 1953), Hungarian lawyer and politician * István Varga (politician, born 1956), Hungarian politician, economist and former Minister of National Development and Economy * István Werbőczy (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 * István Csók (1865–1961), Hungarian painter * István Ferenczy (1792–1856), Hungarian sculptor *

Istvan Kantor Istvan Kantor (aka "Monty Cantsin", and "Amen!") ( hu, Kántor István; born August 27, 1949, Hungary) is a Canadian performance and video artist, industrial music and electropop singer, and one of the early members of Neoism. Life Kantor was bo ...

(born 1949), Canadian performance and video artist and industrial music and electropop singer *

István Kertész (conductor) István Kertész (28 August 192916 April 1973) was an internationally acclaimed Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who, throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelph ...

(1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor * István Kiss (sculptor) (1927–1997), Hungarian sculptor * István Nagy (painter) (1873-1937), Hungarian painter *

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 anamorphos ...

(born 1951), Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director

Authors

* István Fekete (1900–1970), Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories *

István Küzmics István Küzmics (also known in Slovene as Štefan or Števan Küzmič, c.1723 – December 22, 1779) was the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary. He was born at Strukovci, in the Prekmurje region of what was then Vas C ...

(1723–1779), the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary * István Zsemlics (1840–1891), Slovene author and Catholic priest

Academics

* István Fáry (1922–1984), Hungarian mathematician * István Gyöngy (born 1951), Hungarian mathematician * István Hatvani (1718–1786), Hungarian mathematician * István Hont (1947–2013), Hungarian-born British historian of economics and political thought * István Mészáros (philosopher) (1930–2017), Hungarian Marxist philosopher *

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 Budapest, Hungary. He holds a doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Sci ...

(born 1951), Hungarian historian

Chess players

* István Bilek (1932–2010), Hungarian chess grandmaster *

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 Hung ...

(1940–2021), Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter * István Fazekas (1898–1967), Hungarian–British chess master

Sportspeople

* István Avar (1905–1977), football player and manager who played for both Hungary and Romania *

István Bagyula István Bagyula (born 2 January 1969) is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter. Bagyula was born in Budapest and is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new ...

(born 1969), Hungarian retired pole vaulter * Istvan Bakx (born 1986), Dutch footballer *

István Balogh (footballer) István Balogh (21 September 1912, Budapest – 27 October 1992, Budapest) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Újpest FC, as well as representing the Hungarian national football team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Although Hungary got to th ...

(1912–1992), Hungarian footballer *

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 *

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 *

István Déván István Déván ( sk, Štefan 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 ...

(1890–1977), Hungarian sprinter and cross-country skier * István Donogán (1897–1966), Hungarian discus thrower * István Énekes (1911–1940), Hungarian boxer * István Ferenczi (born 1977), Hungarian footballer * István Géczi (born 1944), Hungarian football goalkeeper * István Gulyás (1931–2000), Hungarian tennis player * István Havasi (1930–2003), Hungarian race walker *

István Herczeg István Herczeg (December 7, 1887 – July 4, 1949) was a Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Hungarian team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912. He ...

(1887–1949), Hungarian gymnast * István Kiss (decathlete) (born 1924), Hungarian decathlete; see 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon * István Kiss (footballer) (born 1970), Hungarian footballer * István Kiss (gymnast) (born 1948), Hungarian Olympic gymnast * István Kiss (long-distance runner) (born 1940), Hungarian long-distance runner; see 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres * István Kiss (water polo) (born 1958), Hungarian former water polo player * István Kovács (boxer) (born 1970), Hungarian retired world and Olympic champion boxer * István Kozma (footballer) (born 1964), Hungarian former footballer * István Kozma (wrestler) (1939–1970), Hungarian wrestler * István Lévai (born 1957), Hungarian retired boxer * István Major (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 * István Nagy (athlete) (born 1959), Hungarian sprinter * István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1999), Hungarian footballer * István Nagy (footballer, born 1986), Hungarian footballer * István Nyers (1924–2005), Hungarian footballer * István Pelle (1907–1986), Hungarian gymnast * István Rózsavölgyi (1929–2012), Hungarian middle-distance runner * István Séllyei (1950–2020), Hungarian wrestler * István Serényi (1911–1996), Hungarian field handball player * István Somodi (1885–1963), Hungarian high jumper * István Szabó (handballer) (born 1945), Hungarian handball player *

István Szabó (canoeist) István Szabó (born 15 June 1950) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976. S ...

(born 1950), Hungarian sprint canoer * István Szilágyi (born 1950), Hungarian handball player * István Sztáni (born 1937), Hungarian football manager and former player * István Tóth (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoer in the 1980s *

István Tóth (footballer) István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur footballer. He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not pla ...

(1891–1945), Hungarian amateur footballer, manager and coach * István Tóth (wrestler) (born 1951), Hungarian wrestler * István Varga (handballer) (1943–2014), Hungarian handball player * István Varga (judoka) (born 1960), Hungarian judoka * 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 Dobó (c. 1502–1572), Hungarian soldier and baron * István Kiss (architect) (1857–1902), Hungarian architect * Stephen Pongracz (1584–1619), Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint * István Vágó (born 1949), Hungarian television host and political activist {{DEFAULTSORT:Istvan Hungarian masculine given names