Kerekes is a Hungarian-language surname and Jewish (from Hungary): metonymic occupational name for a wheelwright, from kerék 'wheel' a derivative of kerek 'round'. It may be phonetically transcribed into other languages as "Kerekeš", "Kerekesh", "Chiricheș" , "Kerkeshi" or "קרקש".
Notable people with the surname include:
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Attila Kerekes
Attila Kerekes (born 4 April 1954) is a Hungarian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.
Career
Born in Budapest, Kerekes played club football in both Hungary and Turkey for Békéscsaba and Bu ...
(born 1954), Hungarian footballer
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Gréta Kerekes
Gréta Kerekes (born 9 October 1992 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She represented her country at the 2016 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final.
Her personal bests are 12.95 secon ...
(born 1992), Hungarian hurdles
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Ljubomir Kerekeš
Ljubomir Kerekeš (born 16 January 1960) is a Croatian film, theatre and television actor.
Life and work
Kerekeš began acting in 1980 in his hometown of Varaždin and between 1982 and 1996 was a member of the theatre ensemble at the Croatian Nat ...
(born 1960), Croatian theatre, television and film actor
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Vica Kerekes
Éva "Vica" Kerekes (born 28 March 1981) is a Slovak actress of Hungarian ethnicity. She is active in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. She is often referred to and credited as Vica Kerekésová, Vica Kerekešová, and Kerekes Vica. Sh ...
(born 1981), Slovak actress
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Zsolt Kerekes (born c. 1972), Hungarian skater
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Zsombor Kerekes (born 1973), Hungarian footballer
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Mat Kerekes
Mat Kerekes (born April 22, 1994) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band Citizen, of which he is a founding member. He is also a solo artist and a member of The Flats.
Biography
Kerekes was born and gr ...
(born 1994), American singer and songwriter
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/sk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kerekes Peter Kerekes(born 1973), Slovak film director and writer
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/sk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katar%C3%ADna_Kerekesov%C3%A1 Katarína Kerekesová(born 1974), Slovak film director, writer and producer
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/hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerekes_%C3%89va Éva Kerekes(born 1966), Hungarian actress
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/hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerekes_J%C3%B3zsef_(sz%C3%ADnm%C5%B1v%C3%A9sz) József Kerekes(born 1962), Hungarian actor
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/he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9D Zsigmond Kerekes(1897-1973), Israeli architect
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/hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerekes_Vikt%C3%B3ria Viktória Kerekes(born 1970), Hungarian actress
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/he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A9_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A9 János Kerekes(1913-1996), Hungarian composer
References
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Hungarian-language surnames