István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan (given name), Stefan. It may refer to:

People with the given name

Nobles, palatines and judges royal

* Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first king of Hungary * Stephen Rozgonyi (died after 1440), ''ispán'' (Count) of Temes County * Stephen III Báthory (died 1444), Palatine of Hungary * Stephen V Báthory (1430–1493), Hungarian commander, judge royal and Voivode of Transylvania * Stephen VIII Báthory (1477–1534), Voivode of Transylvania * Stephen VII Báthory (1480–1530), Count of Temesvár and Palatine of Hungary * Stephen Báthory (1533–1586), Voivode of Transylvania, Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania * Stephen Báthory (1555–1605), judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary * Stephen Bocskai (1557–1606), Prince of Transylvania and Hungary * Stephen Bethlen (1582–1648), Prince of Transylvania

Politicians

* István Balogh (politician) (1894–1976), Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician * István Bethlen (1874–1946), Prime Minister of Hungary * István Bethlen (born 1946) (1946–2018), Hungarian economist and politician * István Bibó (1911–1979), Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist * István Bittó (1822–1903), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary * István Dobi (1898–1968), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary * István Farkas de Boldogfa (1875–1921), Hungarian nobleman and jurist * István Friedrich (1883–1951), Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner, Prime Minister of Hungary for three months * István Gorove (1819–1881), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister * István Hiller (born 1964), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister * István Horthy (1904–1942), Hungarian World War II anti-Nazi politician and fighter pilot * István Nagy (politician, born 1954), Hungarian politician * István Nagy (politician, born 1967), Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician * István Pálfi (1966–2006), Hungarian politician * István Pásztor (politician) (1956–2023), Serbian politician * István Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer * István Szent-Iványi (born 1958), Hungarian politician and diplomat * István Tisza (1861–1918), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister, political scientist, international lawyer and macroeconomist * István Varga (politician, born 1953), Hungarian lawyer and politician * István Varga (politician, born 1956), Hungarian politician, economist and former Minister of National Development and Economy * István Werbőczy (1458–1541), Hungarian legal theorist, statesman and theologian, author of the Hungarian Customary Law

Musicians and artists

* István Árkossy (born 1943), Hungarian painter and graphic artist * István Cserháti (1954–2005), Hungarian hard rock keyboardist * István Csók (1865–1961), Hungarian painter * István Ferenczy (1792–1856), Hungarian sculptor * Istvan Kantor (born 1949), Canadian performance and video artist and industrial music and electropop singer * István Kertész (conductor) (1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor * István Kiss (sculptor) (1927–1997), Hungarian sculptor * István Láng (1933–2023), Hungarian composer and academic teacher * István Nagy (painter) (1873-1937), Hungarian painter * István Orosz (born 1951), Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director

Authors

* István Fekete (1900–1970), Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories * István Küzmics (1723–1779), the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary * István Zsemlics (1840–1891), Slovene author and Catholic priest

Academics

* István Fáry (1922–1984), Hungarian mathematician * István Gyöngy (born 1951), Hungarian mathematician * István Hatvani (1718–1786), Hungarian mathematician * István Hont (1947–2013), Hungarian-born British historian of economics and political thought * István Mészáros (philosopher) (1930–2017), Hungarian Marxist philosopher * István Perczel (born 1951), Hungarian historian

Chess players

* István Bilek (1932–2010), Hungarian chess grandmaster * István Csom (1940–2021), Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter * István Fazekas (1898–1967), Hungarian–British chess master

Sportspeople

* István Avar (1905–1977), football player and manager who played for both Hungary and Romania * István Bagyula (born 1969), Hungarian retired pole vaulter * Istvan Bakx (born 1986), Dutch footballer * István Balogh (footballer) (1912–1992), Hungarian footballer * István Bárány (1907–1995), Hungarian swimmer * István Beé (born 1972), Hungarian sprint canoer * István Déván (1890–1977), Hungarian sprinter and cross-country skier * István Donogán (1897–1966), Hungarian discus thrower * István Énekes (1911–1940), Hungarian boxer * István Ferenczi (born 1977), Hungarian footballer * István Géczi (1944–2018), Hungarian football goalkeeper * István Gulyás (1931–2000), Hungarian tennis player * István Havasi (1930–2003), Hungarian race walker * István Herczeg (1887–1949), Hungarian gymnast * István Kiss (decathlete) (1924–2011), Hungarian decathlete; see 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon * István Kiss (footballer) (born 1970), Hungarian footballer * István Kiss (gymnast) (born 1948), Hungarian Olympic gymnast * István Kiss (long-distance runner) (born 1940), Hungarian long-distance runner; see 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres * István Kiss (water polo) (born 1958), Hungarian former water polo player * István Kovács (boxer) (born 1970), Hungarian retired world and Olympic champion boxer * István Kozma (footballer) (born 1964), Hungarian former footballer * István Kozma (wrestler) (1939–1970), Hungarian wrestler * István Lang (1933–2007), Hungarian cyclist * István Lévai (born 1957), Hungarian retired boxer * István Major (1949–2014), Hungarian high jumper * István Molnár (water polo) (1913–1983), Hungarian water polo player * István Mudin (1881–1918), Hungarian athlete who competed in the throwing events and the pentathlon * István Nagy (athlete) (born 1959), Hungarian sprinter * István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1999), Hungarian footballer * István Nagy (footballer, born 1986), Hungarian footballer * István Nyers (1924–2005), Hungarian footballer * István Pelle (1907–1986), Hungarian gymnast * István Reszeli Soós (1962–2015), Hungarian football manager * István Rózsavölgyi (1929–2012), Hungarian middle-distance runner * István Séllyei (1950–2020), Hungarian wrestler * István Serényi (1911–1996), Hungarian field handball player * István Somodi (1885–1963), Hungarian high jumper * István Stefanov (1964–2024), Hungarian footballer * István Szabó (handballer) (born 1945), Hungarian handball player * István Szabó (canoeist) (born 1950), Hungarian sprint canoer * István Szilágyi (born 1950), Hungarian handball player * István Sztáni (born 1937), Hungarian football manager and former player * István Takács (born 2000), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler * István Tóth (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoer in the 1980s * István Tóth (footballer) (1891–1945), Hungarian amateur footballer, manager and coach * István Tóth (wrestler) (born 1951), Hungarian wrestler * István Varga (handballer) (1943–2014), Hungarian handball player * István Varga (judoka) (born 1960), Hungarian judoka * István Vaskuti (born 1955), Hungarian sprint canoer * István Verpecz (born 1987), Hungarian footballer * István Vincze (born 1967), Hungarian football manager and former football player * István Vituska (born 1988), Hungarian footballer

Other

* István Básthy (1896–1970), Hungarian art director * István Dobó (c. 1502–1572), Hungarian soldier and baron * István Kiss (architect) (1857–1902), Hungarian architect * István Mihály (1892–1945), Hungarian screenwriter * Stephen Pongracz (1584–1619), Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint * István Vágó (1949–2023), Hungarian television host and political activist

References

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