Kádár (Hungarian, ' cooper', ) is a Hungarian surname which may refer to: *

Ján Kadár Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 – 1 June 1979) was a Slovak film writer and director of Jewish heritage. As a filmmaker, he worked in Czechoslovakia, the United States, and Canada. Most of his films were directed in tandem with Elmar Klos. The two b ...

, Slovak-Hungarian film director *

János Kádár János József Kádár (; ; né Czermanik; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989) was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retireme ...

(1912–1989), Hungarian politician, top leader during the communist era *

Flóra Kádár Flóra Kádár (; 4 August 1928 – 3 January 2003) was a Hungarian actress. She was known for her roles of ''Mrs. Hackl'' in the film Sunshine, ''Redl's sister'' in the film Colonel Redl, and ''Erzsi, Jóska's wife'' in the film Adoption. Li ...

(1928–2002), Hungarian actress *

Kálmán Kádár Kálmán János Kádár (; born 11 June 1979) is a Romanian water polo player. Kádár, who comes from the Hungarian minority in Romania, was part of the Romania men's national water polo team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

, Romanian water polo player of Hungarian descent *

Matthias Kadar Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew (given name), Matthew. Notable people Notable people named Matthias include the following: Religion * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 t ...

, a composer of German-Hungarian descent *

Tamás Kádár Tamás Kádár (born 14 March 1990) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club MTK Budapest. He is a defender and is equally capable at centre-back or left-back. He made his debut for Zalaegerszegi TE at the ...

, Hungarian footballer *

Zoltán Kádár Zoltán Kádár (born 4 October 1966)Dobre, Adi (30 June 2008). Egyelőre nem akarnak hazajönni. ''Erdélyi Napló''. Volume 20, No 148. is a Romanian former professional footballer who serves as an assistant for Swiss Super League club Young ...

, Romanian footballer of Hungarian descent * Gyula Kadar, Hungarian military officer during

world war two World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilisi ...

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