Horváth is a common Hungarian surname. "Horváth" is the 2nd or 4th most common surname in Hungary as well as the most common in

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. It's thought to derive from Hungarian horvát ("Croat") spelled without the final h in old orthography. The related Croatian surname Horvat, which is derived from an older version of the noun "Hrvat" ("Croat"), is the most common surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora. Members of this family can be found across the world, and are most numerous in the United States. Variations of the name include Horvat, Horvaty, Hrvat, Chorbadi, Orbath, Orvath, Orvat. The spelling of Horváth is of exclusive Hungarian origin.

People named Horváth or Horwath

Aaron Horvath Aaron James Horvath (born August 19, 1980) is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for co-developing the animated series ''Teen Titans Go!'' (2013–2025) alongside Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network, wh ...

(born 1980), American animator *

Ádám Horváth Ádám Horváth (born 14 July 1981) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (2015), European Junior Chess Championship winner (2000). Biography Ádám Horváth was a multiple medalist of the Hungari ...

(born 1981), Hungarian chess grandmaster * Adrián Horváth (born 1987), Hungarian footballer * Adrian Pavel Horvat (born 1990), Romanian footballer *

Adrienne Horvath Adrienne Horvath (23 March 1925 – 4 July 2012) was a French politician. She represented the 3rd district of Gard in the French National Assembly from 19 March 1978 to 22 May 1981, as a member of the French Communist Party. She was born in Tu ...

(1925–2012), French politician *

Alexander Horváth Alexander Horváth (28 December 1938 – 31 August 2022) was a Slovak footballer who played as a defender. He made 26 appearances for the Czechoslovakia scoring 3 goals. Horváth was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He played mostly ...

(1938–2022), Slovak footballer *

András Horváth (disambiguation) András Horváth may refer to: * András Horváth (footballer, born 1980), Hungarian footballer * András Horváth (footballer, born 1988), Hungarian footballer * András Horváth (ice hockey) (born 1976), Hungarian ice hockey player * András ...

Andrea Horwath Andrea Lynn Horwath (; born October 24, 1962) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 58th List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario, mayor of Hamilton since 2022. Horwath served as the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) from 200 ...

(born 1962), Leader of the New Democratic Party in Ontario, Canada of Hungarian ancestry (father) * Antonio Horvath (1950–2018), Chilean senator of Hungarian ancestry *

Attila Horváth (disambiguation) Attila Horváth may refer to: * Attila Horváth (discus thrower) (1967–2020), Hungarian discus thrower * Attila Horváth (footballer, born 1971), Hungarian retired international football player * Attila Horváth (footballer, born 1988), Hungar ...

Blake Horvath Blake Horvath is an American college football quarterback for the Navy Midshipmen. Early life Horvath attended Hilliard Darby High School in Hilliard, Ohio. Coming out of high school, he committed to play college football for the Navy Midship ...

, American football player *

Bronco Horvath Bronco Joseph Horvath (March 12, 1930 – December 17, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 434 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1955 and 1968. Early life Horvath was born to an ethnic Hungarian family t ...

(1930–2019), Canadian hockey player * Csaba Horváth (canoeist) (born 1971), Hungarian sprint canoeist *

Csaba Horváth (chemical engineer) Csaba Horváth (25 January 1930 – 13 April 2004) was a Hungarian-American chemical engineer, particularly noted for building the first high-performance liquid chromatograph. Early life and education Csaba Horváth was born in Szolnok, Hun ...

(1930–2004), Hungarian-American chemical engineer *

Csaba Horváth (chess player) Csaba Horváth (born 5 June 1968) is a Hungarian Grandmaster (GM) (1993), two-times Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1994, 1998). Biography In 1984–1988 Csaba Horváth five times represented Hungary at World Youth Chess Championships a ...

(born 1968), Hungarian chess grandmaster *

Csaba Horváth (footballer) Csaba Horváth (; born 2 May 1982) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently serves as the president of his former club ŠTK 1914 Šamorín. Career He scored in his debut match for ADO Den Haag again ...

(born 1982), Slovak football central defender *

Dániel Horváth Dániel Márk Horváth (born 5 March 1996) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for Ajka Ajka () is a city in Hungary with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the hills of Bakony. History Around 1000 BCE, the area was inhabited by Celts ...

, Hungarian footballer *

Deana Horváthová Deana Jakubisková (née Horváthová, born 11 March 1958) is a Slovak film producer and a former stage and film actress. Biography Deana Jakubisková was born on 11 March 1958 in Banská Bystrica. She studied acting at the Academy of Perfor ...

(born 1958), Slovak actress and film producer * Dezsö J. Horváth, Canadian businessman and educator *

Eva Horváthová Eva Horváthová (née Eva Mitterpachová, born 29 December 1974) is a Slovak physician and politician. She has served as a Member of the National Council for the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities Slovakia (), known as Ordinary Pe ...

(born 1974), Slovak physician and politician, MP (since 2012) *

Ethan Horvath Ethan Shea Horvath (born June 9, 1995) is an American professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for club Cardiff City and the United States national team. Early years Horvath was born and raised in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Hi ...

(born 1995), American soccer player *

Ferenc Horváth Ferenc Horváth (born 6 May 1973) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is now a manager, most recently coaching at Budapest Honvéd FC. He made his debut for the Hungary national team in 1996, and got 32 ...

(born 1973), Hungarian footballer *

Gábor Horváth (disambiguation) Gábor Horváth may refer to: * Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1985), Hungarian sprint canoeist, competed since 2006 * Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1971), Hungarian sprint canoer, competed from 1993 to 2005 in kayak * Gábor Horváth (footba ...

Gergely Horváth Gergely Horváth (; born 5 June 1975 in Budapest) is a retired Hungarian male javelin thrower and seven time national champion. His personal best throw is 81.55 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Nyíregyháza, which is also the Hungarian nat ...

(born 1975), Hungarian javelin thrower *

Géza Horváth Géza Horváth (; 23 November 1847 – 8 September 1937) was a Hungarian medical doctor and entomologist internationally recognized for his work on bugs (Hemiptera). He also contributed extensively to the study of Hungarian scale insect fauna. H ...

(1847–1937), Hungarian entomologist *

Joan Horvath Joan Horvath is an American aeronautical engineer, writer, and entrepreneur. She worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for sixteen years, in the technology transfer office and on the Magellan and TOPEX/Poseidon flight projects. She was CEO of ...

, American astronomer, aeronautic scientist, writer, and entrepreneur * Johann Horvath (1903–1968), Austrian footballer * Johann Baptiste Horvath (1732–1799), Hungarian academic and university professor *

József Horváth (disambiguation) József Horváth may refer to: * József Horváth (footballer, born 1890) (1890-1945), Hungarian association football player * József Horváth (equestrian) (born 1947), Hungarian Olympic equestrian * József Horváth (handballer) (1947–2022), Hu ...

* Karoly Horvath, Hungarian-American pediatric gastroenterologist * Károly Horváth (1950–2015), Romanian-born Hungarian musician * László Horváth (disambiguation) *

Laura Horvath Laura Horváth is a Hungarian professional CrossFit athlete. She won the 2023 CrossFit Games, earning the title "the fittest woman on earth". She has also won two silver medals in 2018 and 2021, and a bronze in 2022. Horvath has a background i ...

(born 1997), Hungarian CrossFit athlete *

Les Horvath Leslie Horvath (October 12, 1921 – November 14, 1995) was an American football quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy while playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 1944. Horvath was the first Ohio State player to win the Heisman, an award give ...

(1921–1995), American football player * Michal Horváth, Slovak economist *

Mihály Horváth Mihály Horváth (20 October 1809, Szentes Szentes () is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád county, near the Tisza, Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. It is the third most ...

(1809–1878), Hungarian bishop, historian, and politician. *

Nick Horvath Nick Horvath (born February 18, 1981) is an American-New Zealand former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). In 2010, he became the first person to win an NCA ...

(born 1981), American-New Zealand basketball player *

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901 – 1 June 1938) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the ''nom de plume'' Ödön von Horváth (). He was one of the most critically admired writers of his g ...

(1901–1938) German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist * Opika von Méray Horváth (1889–1977), Hungarian figure skater * Pavel Horváth (born 1975), Czech footballer *

Péter Horváth Péter Horváth (born 30 August 1974 in Budapest)H ...

(born 1974), Hungarian swimmer *

Polly Horvath Polly Horvath (born January 30, 1957 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American-Canadian author of novels for children and young adults. She won the 2003 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for '' The Canning Season'', published by ...

(born 1957), American-Canadian author *

Rudolf Horvat Rudolf Horvat (14 March 1873 – 25 May 1947) was a Croatian historian. Horvat was born in Koprivnica, and graduated from the University of Zagreb in history and geography in 1896, as well as law in 1918. He worked as a history teacher in Osijek, ...

(1873–1947), Croatian historian *

Rudolf Horváth Rudolf Horváth (born June 28, 1947) is a former Slovak handball player. He played for Czechoslovakia and won the gold medal in the 1967 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic coun ...

(born 1947), Slovak Olympic handball player * Ryan Horvath (born 1983), American college football player * Sascha Horvath (born 1996), Austrian footballer * Sharon Horvath (born 1958), American mixed media artist, painter, educator * Steve Horvath (born 1967), American aging researcher and inventor of the Horvath clock * Tamás Horváth (born 1951), Hungarian chess master *

Vlastimil Horváth Vlastimil Horváth (born 18 October 1977 in Čerčany) is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * On ...

(born 1977), Romani singer * William Horvath (born 1938), American politician and conservationist *

Zander Horvath Alexander "Zander" John Horvath (born December 10, 1998) is an American professional Running back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Purdue, and has previously played in the NFL for the Los Ange ...

(born 1998), American football player *

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 ...

Fictional characters

* Detective Carl Horvath character in the TV series ''

Queer as Folk ''Queer as Folk'' may refer to: * Queer as Folk (British TV series), ''Queer as Folk'' (British TV series), 1999–2000 * Queer as Folk (American TV series), ''Queer as Folk'' (American TV series), a 2000–2005 American and Canadian version of th ...

'' *

Dale Horvath Dale (full name in the television series: Dale Horvath) is a fictional character from the comic book series '' The Walking Dead'' and was portrayed by Jeffrey DeMunn in the American television series of the same name. The character's death in t ...

in ''The Walking Dead'' * Hannah Horvath, character in the TV series ''Girls'' * Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath in ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller ( Tom Hanks) ...

'', portrayed by

Tom Sizemore Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (; November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023) was an American actor. Born in Detroit, he started his career with supporting appearances in '' Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), '' Lock Up'' (1989), and '' Blue Steel'' (19 ...

* Dr. Anthony Horvath, a Galactic scientist in ''

The Mote in God's Eye ''The Mote in God's Eye'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between ...

'' * Villain in the movie ''The Sorcerers Apprentice'' portrayed by

Alfred Molina Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 1953) is a British and American actor. He is known for his leading roles and character actor roles on the stage and screen. In a career spanning over five decades he has received a Drama Desk Award ...

* Horvath Blayne, appearing in

August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. He made contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Lovecraftian horror, cosmi ...

's short fiction story ''The Black Island''

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