Takács is a Hungarian language occupational surname. It comes from Hungarian "takács" ("

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"), which is derived from Slavic *tъkačь. Spelling variants include Takacs, Takach, Takats, and Takac. The name may refer to: *

Ákos Takács Ákos Takács (born 14 February 1982) is a Hungarian former professional football player, who last played for Győri ETO FC. He has played four times for the Hungarian national team and scored one goal. Playing career Takács started his career ...

(born 1982), Hungarian football player *

Albert Takács Albert Takács (born 17 March 1955) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement between 2007 and 2008. References * MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda Zrt., Budapest, 2008, 1082. old., ...

(born 1955), Hungarian politician and jurist *Andre DeTakacs (1880–1919), Hungarian-American illustrator *

Basil Takach Basil Takach (October 27, 1879 – May 13, 1948) was the first bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh, the American branch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. Early life Born in a Rusyn village in Máramaros Co ...

(1879–1948), American bishop *

Bogi Takács Bogi Takács (born 25 December 1983) is a Hungarian poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator. Takács is an intersex, agender trans Jewish writer who has written Torah-inspired Jewish-themed work, and uses ''e''/''em''/''eir''/' ...

(born 1983), Hungarian writer *

Dusmáta Takács Dusmáta Takács (born 15 November 1986 in Dunaújváros) is a former Hungarian handballer Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcou ...

(born 1986), Hungarian handball player *

Fruzsina Takács Fruzsina Takács (born 15 August 1992, in Dunaújváros Dunaújváros (; also known by other alternative names) is an industrial city in Fejér County, Central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. Situated 70 kilometres (43 miles) south ...

(born 1992), Hungarian handball player *

Gábor Takács Gábor Takács (2 October 1959 – 4 May 2007) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv. Takács also finished ...

(born 1959), Hungarian sprint canoeist *

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 ...

(born 1956), Hungarian violinist and conductor * George Takach (born 1957), Canadian lawyer * Gyula Takács (1914–2007), Hungarian field handball player *

Jenő Takács Jenő Takács (; 25 September 1902 – 14 November 2005) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. Life and work Born in Cinfalva on 25 September 1902, he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Joseph Marx in compo ...

(1902–2005), Hungarian-born Austrian composer *

József Takács József Takács (30 June 1904 – 3 September 1983) was a Hungarian international footballer who earned 32 international caps between 1923 and 1933, scoring 26 goals. He was also selected in Hungary's squad for the 1924 Summer Olympics, but he ...

(1904–1983), Hungarian football player *

József Takács (politician) József Takács (14 March 1884 – 2 February 1961) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture age ...

(1884–1961), Hungarian politician * Károly Takács (1910–1976), Hungarian shooter *

Krisztián Takács Krisztián Takács (born 30 December 1985 in Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, Olympic participant and the current national record holder on 50 metre freestyle. Takács set the new Hungarian record on 50m freestyle at the 2009 World Aquatics Ch ...

(born 1985), Hungarian swimmer *

Laco Takács Laco is a Norwegian holding company that has investments within seafood, shipping and other marine activities. Its main subsidiaries are Austevoll Havfiske, Bravo Tug, DOF Holding, Mogstein and Møgster Management. Through this the company co ...

(born 1996), Czech football player *

Lajos Takács Lajos Takács (August 21, 1924 (Maglód) – December 4, 2015) was a Hungarian mathematician, known for his contributions to probability theory and in particular, queueing theory. He wrote over two hundred scientific papers and six books. He st ...

(born 1924), Hungarian mathematician * Gyula Takács (born 1985), Hungarian radiologic technologist *

Marcell Takács Marcell Takács (born 24 July 1989, in Budapest) is a Hungarian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

(born 1989), Hungarian football player *

Miklós Takács Miklós Antal Imre Takács de Saár (Szombathely, Hungary, 1906 – Szombathely, 1967) was a Hungarian silviculturist and Social Democratic politician. He was a member of the Takács de Saár family. Takács studied at the Academy of Forest ...

(1906–1967), Hungarian politician *

Orsolya Takács Orsolya Takács (born 20 May 1985) is a Hungarian female water polo player. She plays for Bologna in the Italian Championship and is also member of the Hungarian national team. Among her successes on club level are two Hungarian Championship ...

(born 1985), Hungarian water polo player * Péter Takács (footballer) (born 1990), Hungarian football player * Péter Takács (fencer born 1956), Hungarian fencer *

Péter Takács (fencer born 1973) Péter Takács (born 29 June 1973) is a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadig ...

, Hungarian fencer *

Rareș Takács Rareș Takács (born 10 December 1991) is a Romanian professional football player who plays as a defender for FK Csíkszereda. Career Born in Turda, Romania, Takács started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for Arieșul Turda. ...

(born 1991), Romanian football player * Robby Takac (born 1964), American musician *

Sándor Takács Sándor Takács (10 February 1893 – 22 April 1932) was a Hungarian chess master, born Károly Sydlauer in Miskolc, Hungary. Career In 1922, Takács took 13th in Vienna (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1924, he took 6th in Meran (Ernst Grünfeld wo ...

(1893–1932), Hungarian chess master * Sándor Takács (handballer) (born 1947), Hungarian handball player *

Silvester Takač Silvester Takač ( Serbian ; born 8 November 1940) is a Serbian-Yugoslavian former football forward and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Honours Manager OGC Nice * Coupe de France: 1997 ...

(born 1940), Serbian football player *

Tamás Takács Tamás Takács may refer to: * Tamás Takács (footballer, born 1979) * Tamás Takács (footballer, born 1991) Tamás Takács ( sr, Tamaš Takač / Тамаш Такач; born 20 February 1991) is a Hungarian football striker who plays for Moso ...

(born 1979), Hungarian football player *

Tibor Takács (director) Tibor Takács is a Hungarian-Canadian director, noted for directing '' The Gate'' (1987) and its sequel, '' The Gate II: Trespassers'' (1990). His career has largely been associated with horror movies, though he has also directed many Christmas-th ...

(born 1954), Hungarian director * Tibor Takács (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoeist * William Takacs (born 1973), American trumpeter * Zoltán Felvinczi Takác (1880–1964), Hungarian art historian s *

Zoltán Takács (musician) Takács Zoltán (born December 17, 1979) is Hungarian musician and record producer, best known internationally as the keyboardist of the Hungarian alternative rock band Heaven Street Seven and the producer of Ivan & The Parazol's ''Mama Don't Y ...

(born 1980), Hungarian musician and record producer *

Zoltán Takács (footballer) Zoltán Takács (born 26 November 1983, in Budapest) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Pátyi SE. Club career Budapest Honvéd Takács spent the first four and a half years of his career at Budapest Honvéd FC where he ...

(born 1983), Hungarian footballer * Zoltán Takács (toxinologist), Hungarian-born toxinologist and tropical adventurer

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