Kertész is a Hungarian

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, which means

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, derived from ''kert'' and ''kertez'' ("

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").''Dictionary of American Family Names''
"Kertész Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 20 January 2016. Alternative spellings include Kertesz and Kertes. The surname may refer to: *

Adolf Kertész Adolf Kertész (15 March 1892 – November 1920; nicknamed "Kertész III") was a Hungarian footballer who played as a half back at both the professional level for MTK Budapest (winning the Hungarian League championship four times and the Hungar ...

(1892–1920), Hungarian footballer *

Alice Kertész Alice Kertész (also Alíz Kertész; born November 17, 1935) is a former Hungarian gymnast. She is Jewish, and was born in Budapest, Hungary. She helped Hungary win the silver medal in the team event in gymnastics at the 1954 World Artistic Gymn ...

(born 1935), Hungarian gymnast * Amir Kertes (born 1975), Israeli musician *

André Kertész André Kertész (; 2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Andor Kertész, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition (visual arts), composition and the photo essay. In the early y ...

(1894–1985), Hungarian photographer *

Daniella Kertesz Daniella Kertesz ( he, דניאלה קרטס; born ) is an Israeli actress. She played Segen in the film ''World War Z'', and starred as Onie in the psychological thriller film '' AfterDeath''. She played a starring role as Racheli Warburg in S ...

(born 1989), Israeli actress * Dezsö Kertész (1892–1965), Hungarian actor *

Edith Kertész-Gabry Edith Kertész-Gabry (18 July 1927 – 10 February 2012) was a Hungarian soprano and professor of opera at the Cologne University of Music. Early years and education Edith Kertész-Gabry, born Edith Gáncz in Budapest, Hungary, studied at the Fr ...

(1927–2012), Hungarian singer *

Géza Kertész Géza Kertész (18 November 1894 – 6 February 1945), also known as Kertész IV, was a Hungarian footballer and manager from Budapest. He is most noted for his career as a football manager in Italy at clubs such as Lazio, Roma and Atalanta. De ...

(1894–1945), Hungarian football player and manager *

Gyula Kertész Gyula Kertész (also known as ''Julius Kertész''; 29 February 1888 – 1 May 1982) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a winger alongside his two brothers, Vilmos and Adolf. Kertész was born in Kálnica in what was then Hung ...

(1888–1982), Hungarian footballer *

Imre Kertész Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...

(1929–2016), Hungarian writer *

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 conductor *

István Kertész (diplomat) István Kertész (later known as Stephen Denis Kertesz) (April 8, 1904–January 26, 1986) was a Hungarian diplomat who represented Hungary during the peace talks following World War II. Biography He was born on April 8, 1904 in Putnok, Hungary, t ...

(1904–1986), Hungarian diplomat *

János Kertész János Kertész is a Hungarian physicist. He is one of the pioneers of econophysics, complex networks and application of fractal geometry in physical problems. He is the director of the Institute of Physics in Budapest University of Technology a ...

(born 1965), Hungarian physicist *

Joseph Kertes Joseph Kertes (born 1951) is a writer who escaped from Hungary with his family to Canada after the revolution of 1956. He studied English at York University and the University of Toronto, where he was encouraged in his writing by Irving Layton a ...

(born 1951), Canadian writer *

Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov, Sáros County – 28 December 1922 Budapest) was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. ...

(1867–1922), Hungarian entomologist * Manó Kertész Kaminer (Kertész Mihály) (1886–1962), birth name of Hungarian-American film director Michael Curtiz *

Mihalj Kertes Mihalj Kertes ( sr-Cyrl, Михаљ Кертес, hu, Kertész Mihály; 29 August 194729 December 2022), nicknamed "Bracika", was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician. An ethnic Hungarians in Serbia, Hungarian, he became a member of the League o ...

(born 1947), Serbian politician * Tom Kertes (born 1973), American political activist *

Vilmos Kertész Vilmos Kertész (21 March 1890 – 15 September 1962) was a Hungarian international Olympian footballer. He played alongside his two brothers, Gyula and Adolf. Early life Kertész was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Career Kertész ...

(1890–1962), Hungarian footballer * Zoltan I. Kertesz (1903–1968), Hungarian food scientist

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