István () is a

Hungarian language Hungarian, or Magyar (, ), is an Ugric language of the Uralic language family spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Out ...

equivalent of the name

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or Stefan. It may refer to:

People with the given name

Nobles, palatines and judges royal

Stephen I of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( ; ; ; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038. The year of his bi ...

(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 István Bibó (7 August 1911, Budapest – 10 May 1979, Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist. Life During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian Revolution he acted as the Minister ...

(1911–1979), Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist *

István Bittó Count István Bittó de Sárosfa et Nádasd (3 May 1822 in Sárosfa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire – 7 March 1903 in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 10 September ...

(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 István Gorove de Gáttája (20 August 1819 in Pest – 31 May 1881 in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Uni ...

(1819–1881), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister *

István Hiller István Hiller (born 7 May 1964) is a Hungarian politician and former chairman of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007, succeeding László Kovács, succeeded by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A co-founder of ...

(born 1964), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister *

István Horthy István Horthy de Nagybánya (9 December 1904 – 20 August 1942) was a Hungarian politician and fighter pilot during World War II. He was briefly Vice-Regent of Hungary in 1942, and was the eldest son of Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy. Biog ...

(1904–1942), Hungarian World War II anti-Nazi politician and fighter pilot *

István Nagy (politician, born 1954) István Nagy (born January 1, 1954) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It ...

, Hungarian politician *

István Nagy (politician, born 1967) István Nagy (born 6 October 1967) is a Hungarian agricultural engineer and politician who has served as the Minister of Agriculture in Hungary since 2018. Profession Nagy was born in Újfehértó, where he spent his childhood and attended el ...

, Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician *

István Pálfi István Pálfi (23 September 1966, Berettyóújfalu – 15 July 2006, Berettyóújfalu) was a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party. He sat on the Euro ...

(1966–2006), Hungarian politician *

István Pásztor (politician) István Pásztor (; ; 20 August 1956 – 30 October 2023) was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 until his death in 2023. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians f ...

(1956–2023), Serbian politician *

István Széchenyi Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (, ; archaically English: Stephen Széchenyi; 21 September 1791 – 8 April 1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesme ...

(1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer *

István Szent-Iványi István Szent-Iványi (born 12 November 1958, Kecskemét, Hungary) is a Hungarian politician, Hungarian Ambassador to Slovenia, founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats political party, and former Member of the European Parliament ...

(born 1958), Hungarian politician and diplomat *

István Tisza Count István Imre Lajos Pál Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged (, English: Stephen Emery Louis Paul Tisza, short name: Stephen Tisza); (22 April 1861 – 31 October 1918) was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary, prime minister ...

(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 István Werbőczy or Stephen Werbőcz (also spelled ''Verbőczy'' and Latinized to ''Verbeucius'' 1458? – 1541) was a Hungarian legal theorist and statesman, author of the Hungarian Customary Law, who first became known as a legal scholar ...

(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 István Orosz (born 24 October 1951) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphose ...

(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) István Mészáros (, , ; 19 December 1930 – 1 October 2017) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher. Described as "one of the foremost political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries" by ''Monthly Review'', Mészár ...

(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 István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungary, Hungarian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC. He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer ...

(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 István Reszeli Soós (born 14 August 1962, died 21 March 2015) was a Hungarian professional football manager and former player. Managerial career Győr He debuted on 25 July 1998 with a draw against Gázszer FC in the 1998–99 Nemzeti Ba ...

(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

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