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 The prime minister of Hungary () is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the government of Hungary, Cabinet are collectively accountability, accountable for their policies and actions to the National Assembly (Hungary), Par ...

(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 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine () is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, acco ...

* 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 leader * György Carabelli (1787–1842), Hungarian dentist * György Csányi (1922–1978), Hungarian athlete * György Cserhalmi (born 1948), Hungarian actor * György Csesznek, Hungarian aristocrat * György Csordás (1928–2000), Hungarian freestyle swimmer * György Czakó (1933–2023), Hungarian figure skater * György Cziffra (1921–1994), Hungarian virtuoso pianist * György Dózsa (c. 1470–1514), Székely

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 kni ...

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Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

* György Enyedi (geographer) (1930–2012), Hungarian economist and geographer * György Faludy (1910–2006), Hungarian-born poet, writer and translator * György Fehér (1939–2002), Hungarian film director * György Festetics (1815–1883), a Hungarian politician * György Fráter (1482–1551), Croatian nobleman, Pauline monk and Hungarian statesman * György Garics (born 1984), Austrian football defender of Hungarian and Slovakian Croat roots * György Gedó (born 1949), Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer * György Gerendás (born 1954), Hungarian former water polo player * György Gurics (1929–2013), Hungarian wrestler * György Gyimesi (born 1980), Slovak politician * György Hajós (1912–1972), Hungarian mathematician * György Hevesy (1885–1966), Hungarian radiochemist and awarded the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry () is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outst ...

* György Horkai (born 1954), Hungarian former water polo player * György Káldy (1573–1634), Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator * György Károly (1953–2018), Hungarian poet and writer * György Kárpáti (1935–2020), Hungarian former water polo player * György Keleti (1946–2020), Hungarian politician, who served as

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

* György Kenéz (born 1956), Hungarian former water polo player * György Klapka (1820–1892), Hungarian general * György Klein (1925–2016), Hungarian–Swedish microbiologist and public intellectual * György Kolonics (1972–2008), Hungarian sprint canoeist * György Konrád (1933–2019), Hungarian novelist and essayist * György Kulin (1905–1989), Hungarian astronomer * György Kurtág (born 1926), Hungarian composer * György Kutasi (1910–1977), Hungarian water polo player * György Lahner (1795–1849), Hungarian general *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde music, avant-garde composers in the latter half of the ...

(1923–2006), Hungarian composer *

György Lukács György Lukács (born Bernát György Löwinger; ; ; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, literary critic, and Aesthetics, aesthetician. He was one of the founders of Western Marxism, an inter ...

(1885–1971), Hungarian Marxist philosopher * György Marx (1927–2002), Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor * György Matolcsy (born 1955), Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the

Hungarian National Bank The Hungarian National Bank ( , MNB) is the central bank of Hungary and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). It was established in 1924 as a successor entity of the Austro-Hungarian Bank, under the economic assistance ...

György Mitró György Mitró (6 March 1930 – 4 January 2010) was a Hungarian swimming (sport), swimmer and Olympic medalist. He participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 x 200 me ...

(1930–2010), Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist * György Moldova (1934–2022), Hungarian author * György Oláh (1927–2017), Hungarian and American chemist and awarded the

* György Orbán (born 1947), Romanian-born Hungarian composer * György Orth (1901–1962), Hungarian footballer and manager * György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist * György Petri (1943–2000), Hungarian poet * György Piller (1899–1960), Hungarian Olympic and world champion fencer * György Pólya (1887–1985), Hungarian mathematician * I György Rákóczi (1593–1648), Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until 1648 * II György Rákóczi (1621–1660), Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania from 1648 until 1660 * György Sándor (1912–2005), Hungarian pianist * György Sándor (footballer) (born 1984), Hungarian footballer * György Sárosi (1912–1993), Hungarian footballer * György Sebők (1922–1999), Hungarian-born American pianist * György Spiró (born 1946), Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist * György Szabados (1939–2011), Hungarian jazz pianist * György Szepesi (1922–2018), Hungarian radio personality and sports executive * György Szondy (died 1552), 16th century Hungarian hero * György Zala (sculptor) (1858–1937), Hungarian sculptor * George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Hungarian-born American Olympic medalist fencer * George Soros, born György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian-born American investor

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