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György Zsigmond
György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy * György Apponyi (1808–1899), Hungarian politician * György Gordon Bajnai (born 1968), Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10) * György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. * György Bárdy (1921–2013), Hungarian film and television actor * György Békésy (1899–1972), Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * György Bessenyei (1747–1811), Hungarian playwright and poet * György Bródy (1908–1967), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion * György Bulányi (1919–2010), Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina (name)
Georgina is a given name and the feminine form of George (given name), George, along with Georgia (name), Georgia and Georgiana. It comes from the Greek language, Greek word (; , , "earth" + , , "work"), meaning "farmer". The name's recent increase in usage, especially among Hispanic parents, has been attributed to the influence of Georgina Rodríguez, the subject of the Netflix series ''I Am Georgina'' in early 2022. People *Georgina Andrews, Australian actress *Georgina Bardach (born 1983), Argentine swimmer *Georgina Beyer (1957–2023), New Zealand politician *Georgina Bloomberg (born 1983), American equestrian *Georgina Bouzova (born 1976), British actress *Georgina Brandolini d'Adda (born 1949), French-Brazilian fashion executive * Georgina Campbell (born 1992), English actress * Georgina Castle (born 1992), English musical theatre actress *Georgina Cates (born 1975), British actress *Georgina Chang, Singaporean journalist *Georgina Chapman (born 1976), British fashion desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Bessenyei
''György Bessenyei'' (1747–1811) was a Hungarian playwright and poet. Works * 1772 – Ágis tragédiája * 1777 – A magyar néző * 1777 – A filozófus * 1778 – Magyarság * 1779 – A holmi * 1781 – Egy magyar társaság iránt való jámbor szándék * 1799 – A természet világa * 1804 – Tarimenes utazása Hungarian male dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Hungarian poets 18th-century Hungarian male writers People from the Habsburg monarchy Hungarian male poets 1747 births 1811 deaths {{Hungary-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-at-arms
A man-at-arms was a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully-armoured heavy cavalryman. A man-at-arms could be a knight, or other nobleman, a member of a knight's or nobleman's retinue, or a mercenary in a company serving under a captain. Such men could serve for pay or through a feudal obligation. The terms ''knight'' and ''man-at-arms'' are often used interchangeably, but while all knights equipped for war were men-at-arms, not all men-at-arms were knights. Terminology Though in English the term man-at-arms is a fairly straightforward rendering of the French ''homme d'armes'', in the Middle Ages, there were numerous terms for this type of soldier, referring to the type of arms he would be expected to provide: In France, he might be known as a ''lance'' or '' glaive'', while in Germany, ''Spieß'', '' Helm'' or ''Gleve'', and in various places, a '' bascinet''. In Italy, the term '' barbut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Székelys
The Székelys (, Old Hungarian script, Székely runes: ), also referred to as Szeklers, are a Hungarians, Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. In addition to their native villages in Suceava County in Bukovina, a significant population descending from the Székelys of Bukovina currently lives in Tolna County, Tolna and Baranya County, Baranya counties in Hungary and certain districts of Vojvodina, Serbia. In the Middle Ages, the Székelys played a role in the defense of the Kingdom of Hungary#Middle Ages, Kingdom of Hungary against the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans in their posture as guards of the eastern border. With the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, Transylvania (including the Székely Land) became part of Romania, and the Székely population was a target of Romanianization efforts. In 1952, during the Socialist Republic of Romania, communist rule of Romania, the former counties with the highest concentration of Székely population – Mureș County#His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Dózsa
György Dózsa (or ''György Székely'', Romanian: ''Gheorghe Doja''; – 20 July 1514) was a Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility during the reign of King Vladislaus II of Hungary. The rebellion was suppressed, and Dózsa captured, tortured, and executed by being seated on a throne (itself smouldering according to legend), crowned with red-hot iron, devoured alive by his followers under duress, and then quartered. Ancestry and early life György Dózsa was of Székely origins and known to his contemporaries as György Székely. Based on primary sources, he was probably in his forties or fifties at the time of his execution and thus must have been born around 1470. Nothing more specific is known of his ancestry, family, or early life. His birthplace has been suggested as Dálnok (today Dalnic, Romania). It was asserted by Márki in his 1913 biography of Dózsa that he was the man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Cziffra
Christian Georges Cziffra (; born Cziffra Krisztián György; 5 November 192115 January 1994) was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Among his teachers was Ernő Dohnányi, a pupil of István Thoman, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt. Born in Budapest, he became a French national in 1968. Cziffra is known for his recordings of works of Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann, and also for his technically demanding arrangements or paraphrases of several orchestral works for the piano, including Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's '' Flight of the Bumblebee'' and Johann Strauss II's '' The Blue Danube''. Cziffra left a sizeable body of recordings. He died in Senlis in 1994 aged 72. Early years Cziffra was born to a poor Romani family of musicians in Budapest in 1921.Morrison (n.d.). In his memoirs, Cziffra describes his father, a player of the cimbalom, as "a cabar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Czakó
György Czakó (11 July 1933 – 9 February 2023) was a Hungarian figure skater. He was a three-time (1951, 1952, 1954) Hungarian national champion. He represented Hungary at the 1952 Winter Olympics where he placed 12th. He was the father of Krisztina Czakó. Career György Czakó started skating at age 6 at the suggestion of a paediatrician. He won the Hungarian Figure Skating Championships three times and competed at the European Figure Skating Championships, the World Figure Skating Championships, and the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, were a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Discussions about Oslo hosting .... He won the silver medal at the 1955 Winter Universiade. The Czako jump is named after him. After his retirement from competitive skating, he toured professionally. He joined the Ice-Revue in 1958. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Csordás
György Csordás (6 October 1928 – 9 May 2000) was a freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1948. on www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-07 His best individual result came in 1948, when he placed fourth in 1500 m freestyle. At the European Championships
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György Cseszneky De Milvány Et Csesznek
György Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was a Hungarian aristocrat in the 16th century. Member of the Cseszneky family. In 1526 when the disastrous battle with the Ottoman Empire, Turks happened and Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, Louis II died in the battlefield, György Cseszneky was the castellan of the Castle of Tata, Hungary, Tata. The plundering Ottoman army ransacked the area, but Cseszneky successfully defended the castle. In the struggle for the throne of Hungary between Voivode János Szapolyai, John Zapolya and Archduke Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand of Habsburg, he supported Ferdinand's claim. In 1528 he and Tamás I Nádasdy, Tamás Nádasdy occupied the castle of Győr for Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand of Habsburg. Queen Mary, widow of King Louis II and sister of Ferdinand, appointed him royal court judge of Győr. In 1532 when the Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V had sent Garcilaso de la Vega (poet), Garcilaso de la Vega i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
