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Deák or Deak is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrienn Henczné Deák (1890–1956), Hungarian painter * Edit DeAk (1948–2017), née Deak, Hungarian-born American art critic and writer * Edward Deak, professor of economics * Ferenc Deák (politician) (1803–1876), Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice * Ferenc Deák (footballer) (1922–1998), Hungarian football player * István Deák (1926–2023), Hungarian-born American historian, author and academic * Jon Deak (born 1943), Hungarian-American double bassist and composer * Kristóf Deák (born 1982), Hungarian film director, screenwriter, film producer and editor * Ladislav Deák (1931–2011), Slovak historian * László Deák (1891–1946), Hungarian army officer who served in World War I and World War II * Nicholas Deak (1905–1985), Hungarian-American banker and OSS and CIA agent * Stefan Deak (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Tamás Deák (composer) (born 1927), composer and conductor for ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienn Henczné Deák
Adrienn Henczné Deák (Budapest, 1890 – Budapest, 1956) was a Hungarian painter. The Hungarian National Gallery The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, ), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the w ... hosts her oil painting "Csendélet". References 1890 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Hungarian painters Painters from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian women painters {{Hungary-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edit DeAk
Edit DeAk (; formerly deAk; ; September 16, 1948 – June 9, 2017) was a Hungarian-American art critic and writer, co-founder of the journal '' Art-Rite'' and the non-profit bookstore and artist book distributor Printed Matter, Inc. Early life and education DeAk was born Edit Deák in Budapest, Hungary, to Elvira (née Csutkai) and Béla Deák. In 1968, DeAk escaped Communist Hungary in the trunk of a car into Yugoslavia. She and her husband, Péter Grósz, eventually came to New York City via Italy. In 1972, DeAk received a B.A. in Art History from Columbia University. Career After taking an art criticism class taught by Brian O'Doherty, DeAk, and two fellow Columbia students – Walter Robinson and Joshua Cohn – were invited to write for the publication '' Art in America,'' where O'Doherty was an editor. DeAk was initially puzzled that an established publication wanted to recruit "baby blood," though she, Robinson, and Cohn still wrote for ''Art in America''. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Deak
Dr. Edward Deak is the former Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics and retired Chair of the Department of Economics at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Deak is also a Board Member and the Connecticut Forecast Manager for the New England Economic Partnership. In 2007, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell named Dr. Deak to the Governor's Economic Advisory Council, an eight-member panel of leading economists from throughout the state to advise her on key issues affecting the Connecticut economy. Dr. Deak published a book, ''The Economics of e-Commerce and the Internet'' (Southwestern Thomson Learning 2003), in which he tackles misconceptions about the economics of the Internet. He testified on the Y2K problem before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, and was the Governor's appointee and chair to the Connecticut Economic Conference Board. Dr. Deak earned his bachelor's, master's and doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Deák (politician)
Ferenc Deák de Kehida (archaically English: Francis Deak, ; 17 October 1803 – 28 January 1876) was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation" and one of the greatest figures of Hungary's liberal movement. He was an instrumental contributor to a number of major events in Hungarian history, including passing and support of the April laws, the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the Hungarian Nationalities Law (1868). While generally supporting reformist policies, he was well recognized for finding and negotiating reasonable middle ground compromises between various extremist political factions throughout his career. Early life and law career Born in Söjtör in the county of Zala, in southwestern Hungary, Deák belonged to an ancient noble family. His father was Ferenc Deák de Kehida (1761–1808), jurist, landowner, chief magistrate of the district (''főszolgabíró'') of Kapornak. His mother was the noble lady Erzs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Deák (footballer)
Ferenc Deák (16 January 1922 – 18 April 1998) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a striker for clubs such as Szentlőrinci AC, Ferencváros and Budapesti Dózsa, and who played internationally for Hungary, scoring 29 goals in just 20 caps. His nickname was Bamba. With over 795 goals in official matches scored during his career, the bulk of which came during World War II, Deák is the seventh top goalscorer of all time. Including friendly and unofficial matches, he is also the seventh top goalscorer of all time with over 1375 goals in just 839 matches. Early life He was born on 16 January 1922 in Ferencváros, Budapest. Deák, who also worked in his family's bakery, began his career as a goalkeeper at the age of thirteen, but his parents banned him from football when a shot hit him in the head and he lost consciousness. However, outside the field, his talent to strike a ball skilfully, powerfully and accurately was quickly noticed by a coach who was searching for tale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Deák
István Deák (11 May 1926 – 9 January 2023) was a Hungarian-born American historian, author and academic. He was a specialist in modern Europe, with special attention to Germany and Hungary. Life and work István Deák was born in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, into an assimilated History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish family that had converted to Catholicism. His parents were Istvan and Anna (Timár) Deák. He was educated at a Catholic gymnasium (high school) in Budapest and began his university studies in 1945 at the University of Budapest. His studies were disrupted by the war and postwar chaos, and he left Hungary in 1948, following the Communist Party of Hungary, communist takeover. He then studied history at the Paris University, Sorbonne in Paris and worked as a journalist in France and for Radio Free Europe in West Germany. In 1956, unable to gain residence in France, he settled in New York City where he studied modern European history at Columbia University under Fritz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Deak
Jon Deak (born April 27, 1943) is an American composer, contrabassist and education specialist. He is a former Associate Principal Bassist of the New York Philharmonic, a position he held from 1973 to 2009 after joining the Philharmonic in 1969 under Leonard Bernstein, and a prominent contemporary composer of orchestral and chamber works. He currently serves as the Young Composers Advocate of the New York Philharmonic, where he founded the award-winning Very Young Composers Program in 1995. Early life Jon Deak was born in Hammond, Indiana and grew up in an artistic environment in Oak Park, Illinois, where he attended Oak Park and River Forest High School, playing in the orchestra under Harold Little and The Deuces dance band. His father and mother were sculptors and painters from Eastern Europe; he himself has worked in sculpture and was active in the "performance art" movement in New York's Soho district. He attended Oberlin College, The Juilliard School, the University of Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristóf Deák
Kristóf Deák (; born June 7, 1982) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, film producer and editor who is best known for his work on ''Sing'', which earned him critical appraisal and recognition including the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017. Life Starting his studies in electrical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, he later switched to the University of Theater and Film's film production course. During this time, he learned editing from his classmates, and subsequently worked as a freelance editor. In 2010, he completed the MA in Film and TV Directing course at the University of Westminster. In 2011, he directed episodes of the popular Hungarian television series Hacktion. In 2017, his short film Sing won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Filmography Television Awards and honors * Audience Award – 32nd Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille (''Sing'', 2016) * Aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Deák
Ladislav Deák (13 January 1931 – 15 November 2011) was a prominent Slovak historian. He was born in Markovce on 13 January 1931. He graduated from Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava in 1957, then he has worked as a teacher. In 1962 he became a research scientist at the Institute of History of Socialistic Countries of Slovak Academy of Sciences. In the first part of his career (until half of 80's), he was focused on research of foreign policy issues of Central European states and Yugoslavia in the interwar period (1918-1939). Later, he researched relationships between Czechoslovakia and Hungary with focus on Hungarian policy towards Slovakia. He held various functions in scientific organisations, including positions in bilateral international commissions of historians. He did extensive consultation and expert work for public authorities and civil society organizations. He was an author or coauthor of 15 books, more than 100 studies and numerous scientifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Deák
László Deák (1 July 1891 – 5 November 1946) was a Hungarian army officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was accused and convicted of war crimes due to his involvement in the massacre of Serbian and Jewish civilians during the Axis armies' invasion of Yugoslavia. He was sentenced to death by hanging and was executed in 1946. Military record In the years 1906–1909 Deák was a student at the School of Infantry in Sopron. In 1912 he graduated from the Royal Military Academy "Ludovika" as a Lieutenant, accepting a post to the Royal Hungarian Honvéd's 19 Infantry Regiment, stationed in Peczu. He took part in the First World War, and after the war he joined the Hungarian Army. He rose to the rank of colonel. As a Honvéd Colonel who had participated in the 1942 raid in southern Bačka or "''Razzia''" in January 1942 in the Bačka region. In August 1942, he was pensioned and retired from the army due to his role in the massacres of Serbian and Jewish civilians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Deak
Nicolas Louis Deák (8 October 1905, Hátszeg, Transylvania, Hungary (now Hațeg, Romania) — 18 November 1985, New York City, US) was a Hungarian-born American banker, chairman of the Deak-Perera group and a secret service operative, serving both in the OSS during World War II and its successor the CIA during the Cold War. Deak earned a Ph.D. from the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland in 1929. In 1939 he came to New York to open Deak & Company, a foreign exchange business. During World War II he worked for the Office of Strategic Services, serving in Egypt, Burma, Thailand and Malaya. In 1946 he returned to New York and resumed his business, subsequently acquiring Perera U.S., Inc. His business expanded into banking and dealing in gold coins and bullion. His worldwide financial group, spanning both legitimate enterprises and fronts for CIA operations, was shaken in the late '70s and early '80s by multiple scandals involving money laundering and criminal connections. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Deak
Stefan Deak (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Деак, Hungarian: Deák István; born 23 March 1991) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a central defender in Hungary for Mosonmagyaróvár. Club career Deák made his senior debuts with local FK Veternik in 2009. In January 2010, he signed with PFC Spartak Nalchik, being assigned #23 jersey. However, he failed to appear with the club, only being on the bench in a match against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg on 3 October. On 21 January 2011, Deák signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Deportivo de La Coruña, being assigned to the reserves. However, after a below-average debut and struggling with muscular injuries, he was loaned to Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. in July 2012, later joining BFC Siófok, also on loan. In June 2013, Deák was called up to ''Depor'' first team, taking part of the club's pre-season squad. On 12 September, he finally made his debut with the main squad, starting and being sent off in a 2–2 draw against C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
