Kállay family is a Hungarian noble family. The family name derived from their estates at Nagy-Kalló, in Szabolcs, and they claimed descent from the Hungarian Balogh-Semjén genus (

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), which colonized the counties of Borsod,

Szabolcs Szabolcs may refer to: * Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, current administrative unit (county) of Hungary *Szabolcs (village) in Hungary's Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county *Szabolcs (county), the historical administrative unit of the Kingdom of Hungary *Szabo ...

, and Szatmár, at the close of the 9th century. János Kállay de Nagy-Kálló was given the title Count by Hungarian Queen

Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' (in her own right). ...

in 1778, but the comital line became extinct.Magyar Kancelláriai Levéltár – Acta generalia – 1778 – N°. 1224 * Béni Kállay de Nagykálló (german: link=no, Benjamin von Kállay; 1839 – 1903), Austro-Hungarian statesman * Tibor Kállay de Nagykálló (1881–1964), Hungarian politician * Miklós Kállay de Nagykálló (1887, Nyíregyháza – 1967, New York City), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II * András Kállay-Saunders (born 1985), Hungarian-American singer, songwriter, and record producer

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