Zoltán () is a Hungarian masculine

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Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

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. Zoltána is the feminine version.

Notable people

Zoltán of Hungary Zoltánhttp://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/2733/1/historica_084_011-021.pdf (; 880 or 903 – 950), also Zolta, Zsolt, Solt or Zaltas is mentioned in the ''Gesta Hungarorum'' as the third Grand Prince of the Hungarians who succeeded his father Á ...

Zoltan Bathory Zoltan Bathory (born in 1978) is a Hungarian-American musician and martial artist. He is the founder and rhythm guitarist of Las Vegas-based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he was named Golden God's "Best Shredder" by ''Meta ...

, guitarist of heavy metal band

Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead gui ...

Zoltán Lajos Bay Zoltán Lajos Bay (July 24, 1900 in Gyulavári – October 4, 1992 in Washington, D.C.)"Fizikai Szemle 1999/5 - Zsolt Bor: OPTICS BY HUNGARIANS" (with Zoltán Bay), József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 199KFKI-Hungary-Bor/ref> was a Hu ...

Zoltán Berczik Zoltán Berczik (7 August 1937 – 11 January 2011) was a Hungarian table tennis player. In the late fifties he was ranked among the best European table tennis players and won, with his athletic play, the first two titles at the Table Tennis Eur ...

, six times European Champion in table-tennis. *

Zoltán Czibor Zoltán Czibor (23 August 1929 – 1 September 1997) was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as ...

Zoltán Czukor Zoltán Czukor (born 18 December 1962 in Komló, Baranya) is a male race walker from Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by ...

Zoltán Dani Zoltán Dani ( hu, Dani Zoltán, sr-Cyrl, Золтан Дани; 23 July 1956) is a former officer of the Yugoslav army and former commander of the 3rd battery of the 250th Missile Brigade, which shot down a NATO F-117 Nighthawk near the vil ...

Zoltán Gera (actor) Zoltán Gera (August 19, 1923 – November 7, 2014) was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the Hungarian Nation, the Kossuth Prize, and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary. He has starred in 115 movies (according to ...

* Zoltán Gera (footballer) –

Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London, which compete in the . They have played home games at Craven Cottage since 1896, other than a two-year period spent at Loftus Road whilst Craven Cottage unde ...

Zoltán Halmay Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek (; 18 June 1881, Magasfalu – 20 May 1956, Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics (1900 – 1908), winning the following medals: * 1900: silver (200 m, ...

Zoltán Horváth (disambiguation) Zoltán Horváth is the name of: * (born 1966), Swiss animation film director * Zoltán Horváth (basketball) (1979–2009), Hungarian basketball player * Zoltán Horváth (equestrian) (born 1954), Hungarian equestrian * Zoltán Horváth (fence ...

– several people *

Zoltan Istvan Zoltan Istvan Gyurko, professionally known as Zoltan Istvan (born March 30, 1973), is an American transhumanist, journalist, entrepreneur, political candidate, and futurist. Formerly a reporter for the National Geographic Channel, Istvan now wr ...

– American writer and futurist * Zoltan Kaszas – American comedian *

Zoltán Kammerer Zoltán Kammerer (born 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won three gold medals (K-2 500 m: 2000, K-4 1000 m: 2000, 2004) and a silver medal (K-4 1000 m: 2 ...

Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 19 ...

, pianist, conductor, and composer *

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (; hu, Kodály Zoltán, ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music ed ...

, composer, creator of the Kodály-method. *

Zoltán Korda Zoltan Korda (June 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. He made his first film in Hungary in 1918, and worked with his brother Alexander Korda on film-making there and in London. ...

Zoltán Kovács (ice hockey) Zoltán Kovács (born 2 January 1962) is a Hungarian ice hockey coach and administrator. He joined the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation as a secretary in 1994, then served as its general secretary from 1998 to 2017, and has served as its vice-pr ...

, ice hockey coach and administrator, recipient of the Paul Loicq Award *

, physicist. *

Zoltán Latinovits Zoltán Latinovits (9 September 1931, in Budapest – 4 June 1976, in Balatonszemes) was a Hungarian actor. Early life His mother divorced his father Oszkár Latinovits in 1941 and married István Frenreisz, a medical doctor, with whom she had ...

, Hungarian actor, director. *

Zoltán Magyar Zoltán Magyar (born 13 December 1953) was the world's leading pommel horse gymnast in the 1970s. In this event he won two Olympic, three world, three European and two World Cup titles. Magyar had two moves named after him, the Magyar spindle ( ...

– 2-time Olympic gold medalist in pommel horse gymnast. The ''Magyar spindle'' and the ''Magyar travel'' was named after him. *

Zoltán Meskó Zoltán Meskó de Széplak (12 March 1883, Baja – 10 June 1959, Nagybaracska) was a leading Hungarian Nazi during the 1930s. He led his own Nazi movement during the early 1930s but faded from the political scene when Hungary became a member ...

– Nazi politician. * Zoltan Mesko (American football) *

Zoltán Mujahid Zoltán Mujahid (born 8 August 1979) is a Pakistani-Hungarian singer and music teacher. He is most notable for coming in 10th place in the first series of ''Megasztár'' and participating in '' A Dal 2015''. Personal life Zoltán Mujahid was bor ...

Zoltan Pali Zoltan Pali (born 1960) is an architect from Los Angeles, California. Early life Zoltan Pali was born May 28, 1960 at the French Hospital in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California to Emery Pali and Maria zalacsyPali. His parents were immigrants f ...

, American architect based in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

Zoltán Ozoray Schenker Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (13 October 1880 – 25 August 1966) was a Hungarian Olympic sabre and foil fencer, who won three Olympic medals. Early life Schenker was born in Váradszentmárton, Hungary (now Sânmartin, Bihor County, Romania), a ...

– Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer * Zoltán Sebescen – Hungarian-German footballer and coach * Zoltan Somogyi – creator of the

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programming language * Zoltán Szabó (disambiguation), several people *

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) (born 1983), Hungarian footballer * Zoltán Takács (toxinologist), Hungarian-born toxinologist and tropical adventurer * Zoltan Teglas – front man of the California-based band ''

Ignite To ignite is the first step of firelighting. Ignite may also refer to: Music *Ignite (band), a melodic hardcore band from Orange County, California * ''Ignite'' (Econoline Crush album), 2007 * ''Ignite'' (Shihad album), 2010 * "Ignite" (Eir Aoi s ...

'' *

Zoltán Tildy Zoltán Tildy (; 18 November 1889 – 3 August 1961), was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1946 and president from 1946 until 1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed com ...

– president of Hungary after World War II * Zoltán Varga (disambiguation) * Zoltán Zana aka Ganxsta Zolee Hungarian musician. * Zoltan is a village in

Ghidfalău Ghidfalău ( hu, Gidófalva, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of four villages: *Angheluș / Angyalos *Fotoș / Fotosmartonos *Ghidfalău / Gidófalva *Zoltan / Érfalvazoltán It formed p ...

Commune, Covasna County, Romania * ''Zoltán'' is the Hungarian name for Mihai Viteazu village,

Saschiz Saschiz (german: Keisd or Hünenburg; hu, Szászkézd, Hungarian pronunciation: ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Keist'') is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania. It has a population of 2,048: 88 percent Romanians, 5 percent Germans ...

Commune, Mureș County, Romania, formerly called ''Zoltan'' in Romanian.

Films

* '' Zoltan, Hound of Dracula'', alternative title for ''Dracula's Dog'', a 1978 American horror film starring Michael Pataki and José Ferrer

Fictional characters

* Zoltan (''Dude, Where's My Car?'') * Zoltan, a tomato character in the animated television series ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'' * Zoltan, an alien race in the video game '' FTL: Faster Than Light'' * Zoltan, the name of a pet raven in Stephen King's novel ''

The Gunslinger ''The Gunslinger'' is a dark-fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first volume in the '' Dark Tower'' series. ''The Gunslinger'' was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been publ ...

'' * Zoltan, a talking stuffed wolf character in the television series ''Young Dracula'' * Zoltan Akkanen, the main antagonist in the 2018 anime film ''

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative is a Japanese animated mecha science fiction film produced by Sunrise and distributed by Shochiku. Released as part of the ''Gundam'' franchise, it is based on the 11th '' Gundam Unicorn'' novel, ''Phoenix Hunting''. It was directed by Toshikazu ...

'' * Zoltan Amadeus, a supervillain from the ''

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends may refer to the following shows: * ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' (1981 TV series), a 1981 cartoon series * ''Spidey and His Amazing Friends'' (2021 TV series), a 2021 Disney Junior cartoon {{Disam ...

'' episode "Attack of the Arachnoid" * Zoltan Grundy, a recurring character in the Disney Channel sitcom ''

A.N.T. Farm ''A.N.T. Farm'' is an American teen sitcom which originally aired on Disney Channel from May 6, 2011 to March 21, 2014. It first aired on May 6, 2011, as a special one-episode preview and continued as a regular series starting on June 17, 201 ...

'' * Zoltan Karpathy, a main character in the ''My Fair Lady'' musical * Zoltan Chivay, a recurring character from

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...

novels and

The Witcher (video game) ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin (Warlock)) is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red for Microsoft Windows and CD Projekt on OS X. It was based on the fantasy novel series ''The Witcher'' by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski ...

series * Zoltan Mahany, a recurring character in the

Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in Ne ...

novels by

Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...

Other uses

Zoltan (hand gesture) Zoltan is a hand gesture in which a person has their hands stacked on top of each other in order to form a letter " Z". Originally used in the 2000 stoner film ''Dude, Where's My Car?'', the Zoltan hand gesture also became popular in 2012 with m ...

, a hand sign originally used by characters in ''Dude, Where's My Car?'', later used as a celebration by the Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball as well as by other athletes * Zoltan, a Fortuneteller-machine.

Notable people

Films

Fictional characters

Other uses

See also