Miklós (, ) is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''

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In Hungarian politics

Miklós Bánffy Count Miklós Domokos Pál Bánffy de Losoncz (30 December 1873 – 5 June 1950) was a Hungarian nobleman, liberal politician, and historical novelist. His books include '' The Transylvanian Trilogy'' (''They Were Counted'', ''They Were Found Wa ...

, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist *

Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary Hungary between the World Wars, during the ...

, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary * Miklós Kállay, Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II * Miklós Lukáts, Hungarian politician and state secretary * Miklós Németh, Prime Minister of Hungary * Miklós Pálffy (1657 – 1732), Hungarian nobleman * Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian statesman

In Hungarian literature

* Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet from Budapest who fell victim to the Holocaust * Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer * Miklós Mészöly, Hungarian writer

In artistry

Miklós Barabás Miklós Barabás (10 February 1810, in Márkosfalva, Háromszék County, Hungary – 12 February 1898, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian painter. He is mostly known for his portrait paintings, including a famous portrait of a young F ...

, Hungarian painter * Miklós Izsó, Hungarian sculptor Miklós Izsó *

Miklós Ybl Miklós Ybl (6 April 1814 in Székesfehérvár – 22 January 1891 in Budapest) was one of Europe's leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century as well as Hungary's most influential architect during his career. His most well-known w ...

, one of Europe's leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century

In sport

* Miklós Fehér, Hungarian football player * Miklós Gaál, football player of Hajduk Split *

Miklos Tassilo Csillaghy Baron Miklós Tassilo Csillaghy de Pacsér von Fürstenberg (born 1992) is an Italian equestrian who has competed for Italy and Austria. Early life and family Csillaghy is the eldest child of the late Virginia von Fürstenberg and Alexandre ...

, Italian equestrian * Miklós Herczeg, Hungarian football player * Miklós Kovács International football player and coach *Miklós Mandl, birth name of Nickolas Muray (1892-1965), Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer *

Miklos Molnar Miklos Jon Molnar (; born 10 April 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the " Danish Dynamite", Molnar played for a number of European clubs as well as the Denmark national team. He was the top goa ...

, Danish football (soccer) player *

Miklós Németh (sportsman) Miklós Németh (, born 24 January 1948) is a retired Hungarian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 24 November 1988 to 23 May 1990. He was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party, Hungary's Communi ...

, Hungarian javelin thrower

In military

, Regent of Hungary during the interwar years and throughout most of World War II *

Miklós Steinmetz Miklós Steinmetz (1913–December 1944) was a Hungarian-born Soviet Red Army captain. His parents were communists, and, after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, the family fled to South America before immigrating to the So ...

, Hungarian-born Soviet Red Army captain

In other fields

Miklós Ajtai Miklós Ajtai (born 2 July 1946) is a computer scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center, United States. In 2003, he received the Knuth Prize for his numerous contributions to the field, including a classic sorting network algorithm (devel ...

, (born 1946) Hungarian-American computer scientist *

Miklós Hajmássy Miklós Hajmássy (1900–1990) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Nemeskürty & Szántó p.84 A prominent actor of the Horthy era, he emigrated to Argentina following the Second World War where he was active with the Hungarian National Theatr ...

(1900–1990), Hungarian actor * Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor *

Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including ''Szegénylegények, The Round-Up'' ...

, Hungarian film director and screenwriter *

Miklos Kanitz Miklos Samual Kanitz (1939 – November 9, 2006) was a Hungarian-Canadian Holocaust survivor living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He narrowly escaped being transported to the German death camp at Auschwitz in June 1944 at the age of six, because ...

, Hungarian-Canadian Holocaust survivor *

Miklós Laczkovich Miklós Laczkovich (born 21 February 1948) is a Hungarian mathematician mainly noted for his work on real analysis and geometric measure theory. His most famous result is the solution of Tarski's circle-squaring problem in 1989.Ruthen, R. (1989 ...

, Hungarian mathematician noted for his work on geometric measure theory *

Miklós Nyiszli Miklós Nyiszli (17 June 1901 – 5 May 1956) was a Hungarian prisoner of Jewish heritage at Auschwitz concentration camp. Nyiszli, his wife, and young daughter, were transported to Auschwitz in June 1944. Upon his arrival, Nyiszli vo ...

, Jewish prisoner doctor at Auschwitz *

Paulo Miklos Paulo Roberto de Souza Miklos (known as Paulo Miklos , born on January 21, 1959) is a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor. He is best known for his tenure with the band Titãs, in which he was a vocalist, guitarist and occasional ...

, Brazilian rock musician. * Miklos Perlus (born 1977), Canadian actor and screenwriter *

Miklós Rózsa Miklós Rózsa (; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensi ...

, Hungarian-American composer *

Miklós Szabó (middle-distance runner) Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000) was a Hungarian middle distance runner who held world records over two distances. Szabó won a silver medal in the first ever European Championship final, finishing second to Lui ...

(1908-2000), Hungarian middle distance runner *

Miklós Szabó (long-distance runner) Miklós Szabó (22 December 1928 – 29 June 2022)Miklós Zrínyi Miklós Zrínyi (, ; 5 January 1620 – 18 November 1664) was a Croatian and Hungarian military leader, statesman and poet. He was a member of the House of Zrinski, a Croatian- Hungarian noble family. Full e-text available at He is the a ...

, aka Nikola Zrinski 17th century military leader, statesman and poet * Miklós Balogh de Galántha, Hungarian involved with the

Russian Revolution of 1905 The Russian Revolution of 1905, also known as the First Russian Revolution, was a revolution in the Russian Empire which began on 22 January 1905 and led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy under the Russian Constitution of 1906, t ...

In fiction

* Miklos Atreides, fictional historical character in Frank Herbert's Dune universe * Lukas Miklos, character in the Left Behind novel series * Miklós Molnar, comedic character portrayed on television by

Ernie Kovacs Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years after his dea ...

* Miklós Toldi, a legendary strong hero in Hungarian folklore.

References

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