Nagy () is the most common Hungarian surname, meaning "great".
The surname is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern
Serbia
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n province of
Vojvodina
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, where it is spelled
Nađ Nađ is a Serbian-language phonetic transcription of the Hungarian surname Nagy. Notable people with this surname include:
* Albert Nađ (born 1974), footballer
* Antonija Nađ (born 1986), sprint canoer
* Kosta Nađ
Konstantin "Kosta" Nađ ( hu ...
() and may be transliterated in other languages as
Nadj Nadj is a surname. It may be a transliteration variant the Hungarian surname Nagy and some other surnames derived from "Nagy" in other languages ( Nađ, Nad, etc.).
Notable people with this surname include:
* Alexander Nadj, Swedish footballer ...
.
In
Romania
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Nagyová Nagyová is a Czech- and Slovak-language feminine surname derived from the Hungarian surname Nagy according to the rules of Czech name and Slovak name formation, literally meaning "of Nagy".
Notable people with this surname include:
* Jana Nag ...
is a Czech-language and Slovak-language feminine surname derived from the Hungarian surname Nagy according to the rules of
Czech name
Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the brideg ...
formation.
It is transliterated into Russian and Ukrainian as Надь and rendered in English as Nad.
Given name
Notable people with the given name include:
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Nagy Aguilera
Nagy Aguilera De La Rosa (born May 28, 1986) is a Dominican professional boxer. He is perhaps best known for his upset first-round knockout win over former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev.
Professional career
2009
Nagy Aguilera knocked ...
(born 1968), Dominican Republic boxer
* Nagy Habib (born 1952), Egyptian professor, surgeon
Surname
Notable people with the surname include:
* Ádám Nagy (born 1995), Hungarian football player
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Andrea Nagy
Andrea Nagy (born November 16, 1971) is a retired professional basketball player. After a stand-out career playing at Florida International University, Nagy was drafted into the ABL before finishing her career in the WNBA playing as a point gua ...
(born 1971), Hungarian basketball player
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Andrej Prean Nagy
Andrej Prean Nagy (8 September 1923 – 5 September 1997) also referred to as André Nagy or Andras Nagy, was a Romanian-born Hungarian footballer and coach. As a player Nagy played for both Ferencváros and Hungary.
Nagy left the country in 1945 ...
(born 1923), Hungarian footballer
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Adrienn Nagy
Adrienn Nagy (born 24 March 2001) is a Hungarian tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 515 in singles, achieved on 12 September 2022, and 245 in doubles, set on 26 September 2022.
Her mother Virág Csurgó also was a professional t ...
(born 2001), Hungarian tennis player
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Anikó Nagy
Anikó Nagy (born April 1, 1970, in Sajószentpéter) is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most pop ...
(born 1970), Hungarian handball player
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Antal Nagy (disambiguation) Antal Nagy may refer to:
*Antal Nagy (footballer born 1944), Hungarian footballer who played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup
*Antal Nagy (footballer born 1956), Hungarian footballer who played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup
*Antal Nagy de Buda
Antal Nagy ...
, several people
* Balazs Nagy, birth name of
Michel Varga
Michel Varga (born Balázs Nagy; June 23, 1927 – August 23, 2015) was a Hungarian and French Trotskyist activist.
Varga was active in the Union of Working Youth, student organisation of the Hungarian Working People's Party, within which he was r ...
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Bill Nagy
Bill Nagy (born October 26, 1987) is a former American football center and guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin. He was also a member of the ...
(born 1987), former American football center and guard
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Charles Nagy
Charles Harrison Nagy (born May 5, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from to . He played for the Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He served as th ...
(born 1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher for Cleveland Indians
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Christine Nagy
Christine Nagy is an American radio broadcaster, of Hungarian ancestry. She is a morning radio personality at WLTW-FM (106.7 Lite FM), which is New York City's highest-rated radio station. She is also an actress.
Before working for Lite FM, Nagy ...
, actress and American radio personality
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Dániel Nagy (disambiguation) Dániel Nagy may refer to:
* Dániel Nagy (footballer, born 1984), Hungarian football right winger for BFC Siófok
* Dániel Nagy (footballer, born 1991)
Dániel Nagy (born 15 March 1991) is a Hungarian football midfielder.
Club statistics
...
, several people
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Dávid Nagy
David Nagy (February 16, 1981) is a singer, guitarist. He currently plays with his soloband. He was member of the Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép from 2001 to 2010, but penned lyrics for the 2000 album Csakazértis.
In February 2013 he star ...
(born 1981), Hungarian guitarist
* Dennis M. Nagy, former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
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Ferenc Nagy
Ferenc Nagy (; 8 October 1903 – 12 June 1979) was a Hungarian politician of the Smallholders Party who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1946 until his forced resignation in 1947. He was also a Speaker of the National Assembly of Hung ...
(1903–1979), Hungarian politician
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Ferenc Nagy (boxer)
Ferenc Nagy (27 October 1916 – 11 May 1977) was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Cegléd.
In 1936 he finished fourth in the heavyweight class. After his win in the quarterfinals against Olle Ta ...
(1916–1977), Hungarian boxer
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Feró Nagy
Ferenc "Feró" Nagy (born 14 January 1946 in Letenye, Hungary) is a Hungary, Hungarian rock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano.
Career
Feró studie ...
(born 1946), Hungarian rock singer
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Fritz Nagy
Frederick Karl "Fritz" Nagy (January 3, 1924 – June 5, 1989) was an American former Basketball Association of America player. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Ironmen in the 1947 BAA draft, Fritz played for just one season, 1948–49, with the Ind ...
(1924–1989), American basketball player
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Gábor Nagy (footballer born 1981) Gábor Nagy may refer to:
* Gábor Tamás Nagy (born 1960), Hungarian jurist and politician
* Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1981), Hungarian football player for Gyirmót SE
* Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1985), Hungarian football player for Újpes ...
, Hungarian football player
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Gábor Nagy (footballer born 1985) Gábor Nagy may refer to:
* Gábor Tamás Nagy (born 1960), Hungarian jurist and politician
* Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1981), Hungarian football player for Gyirmót SE
* Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1985), Hungarian football player for Újpes ...
, Hungarian football player
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Gáspár Nagy
Gáspár Nagy (May 4, 1949, Bérbaltavár – January 3, 2007, Budapest) was a Hungarian poet and writer.
Life
He graduated from the Benedictine Grammar School of Pannonhalma where he studied Library Science in Szombathely, then Aesthetics and So ...
(1949–2007), Hungarian poet and writer
* George Nagy (born 1957), Canadian swimmer
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Géza Nagy
Géza Nagy (29 December 1892, Satoraljaujhely – 13 August 1953, Kaposvár) was a Hungarian chess master.
He was Hungarian Champion in 1924. He took 6th at Budapest 1926 (Grandmasters Ernst Grünfeld and Mario Monticelli won).
Nagy played f ...
(1892–1953), Hungarian chess master
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Gregory Nagy
Gregory Nagy ( hu, Nagy Gergely, ; born October 22, 1942 in Budapest)"CV: Gregory Nagy" ''gr ...
, classicist
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Gyula Nagy
Gyula Nagy (7 April 1924 – 10 March 1996), also referred to as Jules Nagy, was a former Hungarian football player and manager.
Born in Szob, Nagy began his career with Vasas SC and then joined France where he played for numerous clubs. He had ...
(born 1924), Hungarian football player
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György Nagy
György Nagy (21 December 1926 – 7 September 2004) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known a ...
(born 1924–2004), Hungarian basketball player
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György Nagy (curler)
György Nagy ( hu, Nagy György; born 2 January 1965 in Budapest) is a Hungary, Hungarian male Curling, curler.
On international level he is runner-up of 2009 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and bronze medallist of 2013 European Mixed ...
(born 1965), Hungarian curler
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Ibolya Nagy
Ibolya Nagy (9 February 1864, Szentes, Kingdom of Hungary – 22 August 1946, Budapest) was a Hungarian actress. From 1884 to 1923, she was an actress at the National Theatre in Budapest.
Life
A graduate from the Academy of Drama and Film in ...
(1864–1946), Hungarian actress
* Ilona Nagy (born 1951), Hungarian handball player
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Imre Nagy
Imre Nagy (; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (''de facto'' Prime Minister) of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader ...
(1896–1958), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary
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István Nagy (disambiguation) István Nagy may refer to:
*István Nagy (painter) (1873-1937), Hungarian painter
*:hu:Nagy_István_(író), István Nagy (writer) (1904–1977), Hungarian writer
*István Nagy (floristics) (1905–1974), Hungarian botanist
* István Nagy (actor) ( ...
, several people
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Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (May 19, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was a Hungarian-American psychiatrist and one of the founders of the field of family therapy. Born Iván Nagy, his family name was changed to Böszörményi-Nagy during his childhood. He e ...
(1920–2007), therapist and writer on family relations
* János Nagy (diplomat) (born 1928), Hungarian diplomat and politician
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János Nagy (footballer)
János Nagy (born 7 August 1992) is a Hungarian striker player who plays for Kazincbarcika.
Club statistics
''Updated to games played as of 27 June 2020.''
Honours
Újpest
*Hungarian Cup
The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hunga ...
(born 1992), Hungarian footballer
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Jenene Nagy
Jenene Nagy, a native of New York is a Portland, Oregon, based installation artist and curator. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Oregon in 2004 and has co-curated the noted Tilt Gallery and Project Space in the Everett ...
, American installation artist
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John A. Nagy
John Allan Nagy was a nonfiction writer on the American Revolution with an expertise in the field of espionage and mutinies.
Nagy was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and graduated from Perth Amboy High School in 1964. In 1968 he graduated from Sa ...
, American author of espionage during the American Revolution
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József Nagy (disambiguation) József Nagy may refer to:
*József Nagy (athlete), Hungarian athlete who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics
*József Nagy (boxer, born 1934), Hungarian boxer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
*József Nagy (boxer, born 1953), Hu ...
, several people
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Judit Földing-Nagy
Judit Földing-Nagy (in Hungary: ''Földingné Nagy Judit'', born 9 December 1965) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the marathon. She was born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron. She is the current Hungarian record-holder in marathon. She wa ...
, Hungarian marathon runner
* Károly Nagy, Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politician
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Kira Nagy
Kira Nagy (born 29 December 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won 18 singles and ten doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit.
Kira won her first match on the WTA Tour in 2007 at the Palermo Ladies Open, d ...
(born 1977), Hungarian tennis player
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Ladislav Nagy
Ladislav Nagy (; born 1 June 1979) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played eight seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars, and Los Angeles Kings.
E ...
(born 1979), Slovak ice hockey player
* Lajos Nagy (1326–1382), a.k.a.
Louis I of Hungary
Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Veliki; sk, Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian ( pl, Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 ...
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Lajos Nagy (footballer)
Lajos Nagy (born 17 December 1975 in Székesfehérvár) is a Hungarian football (midfielder) player who currently plays for Ceglédi VSE
Ceglédi Vasutas Sportegyesület, commonly referred to as Ceglédi VSE is a Hungarian sports club based ...
(born 1975), Hungarian football player
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László Moholy-Nagy
László Moholy-Nagy (; ; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate of the i ...
(1895–1946), artist, designer and photographer, instructor at the Bauhaus
* László Nagy (disambiguation), several people
*
Marcell Deák-Nagy
Marcell Deák-Nagy (born 28 January 1992) is a Hungarian sprinter who specialises in the 200 and 400 metres.
At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, Deák-Nagy won a silver medal over 400 metres.
At the 201 ...
(born 1992), Hungarian sprinter
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Marianna Nagy (figure skater)
Marianna Nagy (13 January 1929 – 3 May 2011) was a Hungarian pair skater. Together with her brother László Nagy she won five bronze medals at the Olympic Games (1952 and 1956) and World championships (1950, 1953, 1955), as well as two Euro ...
(born 1929), Hungarian pair skater
* Marianna Nagy (handballer) (born 1957), Hungarian Olympic handball player
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Matt Nagy
Matthew Nagy ( or ; born April 24, 1978) is an American football coach, and former arena football quarterback, who is the senior assistant and quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head ...
(born 1978), American football player and coach
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Mike Nagy
Michael Timothy Nagy (born March 25, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers and Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted and threw right-ha ...
(born 1948), baseball pitcher
* Nicholas Nagy-Talavera (1929–2000), Hungarian-American dissident and professor
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Olivér Nagy
Olivér Nagy (born 30 January 1989) is a Hungarian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football ...
(born 1989), Hungarian footballer
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Orsolya Nagy
Orsolya Nagy (, born 17 November 1977) is a Hungarian fencer who competed in the women's individual sabre
A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry ...
Phyllis Nagy
Phyllis Nagy ( ; born November 7, 1962) is an American theatre director, theatre and film director, screenwriter and playwright. In 2006, Nagy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Mi ...
(born 1962), American theater and film director
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Róbert Nagy (disambiguation) Róbert Nagy may refer to:
* Róbert Nagy (cyclist) (born 1972), Slovak cyclist
* Róbert Nagy (footballer) (born 1987), Hungarian football (soccer) player
* Róbert Nagy (speedway rider) (born 1967), Hungarian motorcycle speedway rider
* Rober ...
Scott Nagy
Scott Michael Nagy (; born June 7, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach for Wright State Raiders men's basketball. He had previously served as head coach at South Dakota State for 21 seasons (1995–2016).
Bo ...
(born 1966), American college basketball coach
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Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy (born Dorothea Maria Pauline Alice Sybille Pietzsch; October 29, 1903 – January 8, 1971) was an architectural and art historian. Originally a German citizen, she accompanied her second husband, the Hungarian Bauhaus artist Lás ...
, art historian
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Stanislaw Nagy Stanislav and variants may refer to:
People
*Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.)
Places
* Stanislav (Village), Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine
* Sta ...
(born 1921), Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
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Stefan Nagy
Stefan Nagy (31 July 1951 – 23 June 2016) was a former Swedish darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation events.
Career
At the 1992 BDO World Darts Championship he was defeated 3–0 by Rod Harrington in the first round. 2002 ...
(born 1961), Swedish darts player
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Steve Nagy (baseball)
Stephen Nagy (May 28, 1919 – July 24, 2016) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played parts of two seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and the Washington Senators in . Listed at 5' 9", 174 lb., Nagy batted and threw left ha ...
Tibor P. Nagy
Tibor Peter Nagy Jr. (born April 29, 1949) is a former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and a former United States, American United States Foreign Service, foreign service officer who served as the American ambassad ...
, Hungarian-American diplomat
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Tímea Nagy
Tímea Nagy (born 22 August 1970) is a Hungarian right-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, 2006 individual world champion, and two-time Olympic champion.
Awards
* Hungarian Fencer of the Year (3): 2000, 2004, 2006
* National Defence ...
(born 1970), épée fencer
* Timea Nagy (born 1978), Hungarian Canadian activist against human trafficking
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Timo Nagy
Timo Nagy (born 20 April 1983) is a German football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defen ...
(born 1983), German footballer
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Vilmos Nagy
Vilmos Nagy is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the ...
, Hungarian sprint canoer
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Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon
Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon (30 May 1884 – 21 June 1976) was a commanding general of the Royal Hungarian Army (1920–1945), Minister of Defence, a military theorist and historian.
Career highlights
* Commissioned lieutenant in 1905 after gr ...
(1884–1976), Hungarian general
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Vince Nagy
Vince Nagy de Losonc (4 March 1886 – 1 June 1964) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1918 and 1919 during the Hungarian Democratic Republic. After the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he returned ...
Zsolt Nagy (disambiguation) Zsolt Nagy may refer to:
* , Hungarian actor, in '' Kontroll'' and many other films
* Zsolt Nagy (footballer, born 1979), Hungarian footballer
* Zsolt Nagy (footballer, born 1993), Hungarian footballer
* Zsolt Nagy (politician)
Zsolt Nagy (born J ...
, several people
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Zsuzsanna Nagy
Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 10 June 1986) is a Hungarian former competitive ice dancer. With Máté Fejes, she is the 2011 Pavel Roman Memorial champion and a two-time Hungarian national champion. They competed in the final segment at two European Ch ...
(born 1986), Hungarian ice dancer
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Krisztina Nagy
Krisztina Nagy is a female former international table tennis player from Hungary.
Table tennis career
She won a bronze medal for Hungary at the 1987 World Table Tennis Championships in the Corbillon Cup (women's team event) with Csilla Bátorfi, ...
See also
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Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy (29 July 1913, Kolozsvár – 21 December 1998, Szeged) was a Hungarian mathematician. His father, Gyula Szőkefalvi-Nagy was also a famed mathematician. Szőkefalvi-Nagy collaborated with Alfréd Haar and Frigyes Riesz, f ...
(1913–1998), Hungarian mathematician
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Gábor Takács-Nagy
Gábor Takács-Nagy (born 17 April 1956,''International Who's Who in Classical Music'' (25th edition). Routledge (London), p. 807 (2009) (). Budapest), is a Hungarian violinist and conductor. He began violin studies at age 8. He attended the Franz ...