Katona is a
Hungarian surname meaning "soldier".
People
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Ervin Katona (born 1977), Serbian strongman competitor
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Gábor Katona
Gábor Katona (born 1 October 1952) is a retired Hungarian triple jumper.
He won the bronze medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. He became the Hungarian triple jump cha ...
, retired Hungarian triple jumper
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George Katona, Hungarian-born American psychologist
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Gyula O. H. Katona, Hungarian mathematician
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Gyula Y. Katona
Gyula Y. Katona (born 4 December 1965) is a Hungarian mathematician, the son of mathematician Gyula O. H. Katona. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akad ...
, Hungarian mathematician, son of Gyula O. H. Katona
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Iggy Katona, American stock car racer
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Jacqui Katona
Jacqui Katona is a western-educated Aboriginal Australian woman who led the campaign to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory. In 1998 the Mirrar Aboriginal people, together with environmental groups, used peaceful on-site c ...
, environmental and cultural protection activist
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József Katona, Hungarian playwright and poet
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Kálmán Katona
Kálmán Katona (8 April 1948 – 5 February 2017) was a Hungarian politician as a member of Parliament and President of the Electorate of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) conservative party.
He served as Vice-President of the Committee fo ...
, Hungarian politician
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Kerry Katona, TV presenter, writer, columnist and former pop singer
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Nándor Katona
Katona Nándor or Nathan Ferdinand Kleinberger (12 September 1864 Szepesófalu (Spišská Stará Ves), Kingdom of Hungary now Slovakia – 1 August 1932, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian Jewish painter.
One of seven children of a dismally po ...
, Hungarian-Slovak painter
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Nisha Katona,
MBE, British former barrister, now a celebrity chef and restaurateur
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Péter Katona, member of the guitar duo
Katona Twins
The Katona Twins are a Hungarian guitar duo, composed of identical twins Péter and Zoltán Katona. They have performed at prestigious venues and at major music festivals around the world. Their performances and recordings have been widely revi ...
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Sándor Katona, Hungarian glider aerobatic pilot
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Sándor Katona, Hungarian association footballer
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Tamás Katona
Tamás Katona (2 February 1932 – 28 June 2013)Zoltán Katona Zoltán () is a Hungarian language, Hungarian masculine given name. The name days for this name are 8 March and 23 June in Hungary, and 7 April in Slovakia.
Zoltána is the feminine version.
Notable people
* Zoltán of Hungary
* Zoltan Bathory, ...
, member of the guitar duo
Katona Twins
The Katona Twins are a Hungarian guitar duo, composed of identical twins Péter and Zoltán Katona. They have performed at prestigious venues and at major music festivals around the world. Their performances and recordings have been widely revi ...
Places
* ''Katona'' is the Hungarian name for
Cătina Commune, Cluj County, Romania
See also
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Katonah (disambiguation) Katonah may refer to:
* Katonah (Native American leader)
* Katonah, New York
Katonah is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Bedford, Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York. The Katonah CDP had a population o ...
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Hungarian words and phrases
Hungarian-language surnames
Occupational surnames