Köves 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 ...
surname from the Hungarian word for "stony". Notable people with the surname include:
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Csaba Köves
Csaba Köves (born 27 October 1966, 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 Union by population within city limi ...
(born 1966), Hungarian fencer
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Gábor Köves
Gábor Köves (born 7 January 1970) is a retired Hungarian Olympian tennis player. Seoul gold medalists Ken Flach and Robert Seguso stopped him and partner László Markovits in the second round in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Gabor Köves is cur ...
(born 1970), Hungarian tennis player
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József Köves
József Köves (born July 7, 1938, in Budapest) is a Hungarian publisher, writer, and journalist.
Early life and education
Köves attended the MÚOSZ Journalism School from 1961 to 1962. He later pursued his studies at Eötvös Loránd Univers ...
(born 1938), Hungarian writer
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Nóra Köves
Nóra Köves (born 13 June 1971) is a former Hungarian tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players ea ...
(born 1971), Hungarian tennis player
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Slomó Köves
Slomó Köves (born Máté Köves; 18 May 1979) is a leading Rabbi, Orthodox rabbi and chief rabbi of EMIH () an affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch in Hungary which is led by rabbi Báruch Oberlander.
Köves also serves as the chief Rabbi of the H ...
(born 1979), Hungarian rabbi
Hungarian-language surnames
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Surnames of Hungarian origin