Katona is a Hungarian surname meaning "soldier".

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Ervin Katona Ervin Katona (Serbian Cyrillic: Ервин Катона; born 5 January 1977) is a Serbian strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He has competed in 99 International strongman competitions (fourth hig ...

(born 1977), Serbian strongman competitor * Gábor Katona, retired Hungarian triple jumper *

George Katona George Katona (6 November 1901, Budapest – 18 June 1981, West Berlin) was a Hungarian-born American psychologist who was one of the first to advocate a rapprochement between economics and psychology. He graduated with a doctorate in Experime ...

, Hungarian-born American psychologist *

Gyula O. H. Katona Gyula O. H. Katona (born 16 March 1941 in Budapest) is a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in combinatorial set theory, and especially for the Kruskal–Katona theorem In algebraic combinatorics, the Kruskal–Katona theorem gives a co ...

, Hungarian mathematician * Gyula Y. Katona, Hungarian mathematician, son of Gyula O. H. Katona *

Iggy Katona Egnatius "Iggy" Katona (August 16, 1916 – December 4, 2003) was an American stock car racing driver from Willis, Michigan. He is most famous for his performance in the ARCA series in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, where he won six championships ...

, American stock car racer *

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 *

József Katona József Katona (11 November 1791, Kecskemét – 16 April 1830, Kecskemét) was a Hungarian playwright and poet, creator of the Hungarian historical tragedy ''Bánk bán''. Biography József Katona was born and died in Kecskemét. He studi ...

, Hungarian playwright and poet *

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 *

Kerry Katona Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona (born 6 September 1980) is a British media personality and singer. She was a member of girl group Atomic Kitten from 1998 until her first departure in 2001 and again from 2012 until her second departure in 2017. ...

, TV presenter, writer, columnist and former pop singer * Nándor Katona, Hungarian-Slovak painter *

Nisha Katona Nisha Katona, MBE (born 23 October 1971) is a British chef and TV presenter. She is the founder of Mowgli Street Food restaurants and the Mowgli Trust charity, a food writer, television presenter, she was a child protection barrister for 20 year ...

MBE Mbe may refer to: * Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo * Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria * Mbe language, a language of Nigeria * Mbe' language, language of Cameroon * ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language Molal ...

, British former barrister, now a celebrity chef and restaurateur * 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 ...

Sándor Katona Sándor Katona is a Hungarian glider aerobatic pilot. He is a professional aerobatics instructorSándor Katona Sándor Katona is a Hungarian glider aerobatic pilot. He is a professional aerobatics instructorTamás 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

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* ''Katona'' is the Hungarian name for Cătina Commune, Cluj County, Romania

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