Porges ( he, פורגס) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Gabriel Porges **Moses Porges, (since 1841) Moses Porges, (Edler) von Portheim (1781, Prague - 1870, Prague), Czech-Austrian industrialist, vice-burgomaster of Smichow *** Joseph Porges(, Edler) von Portheim (1817, Prague - 1904, Prague), a Jewish Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron, son of Moses *Simon Porges (1801–1869) ∞ Charlotte Porges (1801–1869) ** Heinrich Porges (1837, Prague - 1900, München), Jewish Czech-Austrian/German choirmaster, music-critic ∞ Wilhelmine Merores *** Else (Elsa) Bernstein(-Porges), née Porges) (1866, Vienna - 1949, Hamburg-

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quarter. Geography ...

) * Julius "Jules" Porgès (born ''Yehuda Porges''; 1839, Vienna - 1921), Austria-born Paris-based financier and

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* Nathan Porges (1848, Prostějov, Moravia - 1924), Czech-German rabbi * Moritz Porges (1857–1909), Jewish Czech chess player * Arthur Porges (1915, Chicago, Illinois - 2006), US pulp magazine author of short stories *

Paul Peter Porges Paul Peter Porges (February 7, 1927, Vienna – December 20, 2016, Kingston, Jamaica) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in many places, including ''The New Yorker'', ''Mad'' magazine, ''Playboy'', '' Harper's'', '' Look'' and the '' ...

(born 1927, Vienna), Jewish Austrian-American cartoonist * Jan (Filip) Klusák (né Porges) (born 1934, Prague), Jewish Czech composer, author of film *Ingo Porges (born 1938, Hamburg), German footballer (de) * Stephen Porges (born 1945, New Brunswick, New Jersey), US Professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago * Seth Porges, technology journalist, television commentator, and editor at

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magazine * Nenad Porges (born 1946, Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)), Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship *József Porgesz hu, Porgesz József, Jewish Hungarian architect *Waldo William Porges (1899-1976), Old Etonian and Queen's Counsel (UK), son of Gustav Porges, Quartermaster, American Expeditionary Force, WW1.

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