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, the name Nagy is sometimes rendered as Naghi. The name also appears in Slovak and Czech languages, where the feminine form is Nagyová. The name Nagy is transliterated into Russian and Ukrainian as Надь and rendered in English as

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. The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy,

Kovács Kovács or Kovacs, meaning blacksmith, is one of the most common Hungarian family names. History The name is found in Hungary and Hungarian expatriate communities. There are similar names with the Kováts or Kovách spellings. The name means "bl ...

and

Tóth Tóth (sometimes Tót or Toth) is a Hungarian surname, Hungarian ethnonymic surname that was an older term related to the "Tótok" meaning Slavs (of Slavonia i.e. Croats, also Slovenes and Slovaks), since one of the Hungarian names for Slavic part ...

. It is also among the top three Hungarian surnames in Romania: (

Szabó Szabó () is a common Hungarian language, Hungarian surname, meaning "tailor". In 2019, it occurred in 203,126 names, making it the fourth most frequent Hungarian names, Hungarian surname. In Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak, a fem ...

, Nagy, Kovács). A number of Hungarian nationals changed their names meaning 'big' in other languages (Gross/Grosz, Velký/Welky) to 'Nagy' during the Magyarization of personal names. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts

* Attila Nagy (actor) (1933–1992), Hungarian actor * Bella Nagy (1879–1947), Hungarian actress * Dávid Nagy (guitarist) (born 1981), Hungarian guitarist *

Feró Nagy Ferenc "Feró" Nagy (born 14 January 1946 in Letenye, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano. Career Feró studied at th ...

(born 1946), Hungarian rock singer *

Gáspár Nagy Gáspár Nagy (May 4, 1949, Bérbaltavár – January 3, 2007, Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian poet and writer. Life He graduated from the Benedictine Grammar School of Pannonhalma where he studied Library Science in Szombathely, then Aesthet ...

(1949–2007), Hungarian poet and writer * Ibolya Nagy (1864–1946), Hungarian actress *

István Nagy (actor) István Nagy (1909–1976) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.Petrucci p.529 He starred alongside the actress Katalin Karády in several films. He was born in Transylvania which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but was subsequently ...

(1909–1976), Hungarian actor *

István Nagy (painter) István Nagy (28 March 1873 – 13 February 1937) was a Hungarian artist who specialized in landscapes and figure painting. Biography A native of Csíkmindszent, Harghita County, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was born into a land-owning fami ...

(1873–1937), Hungarian painter * Jenene Nagy, American installation artist *

Judita Nagyová Judita Nagyová is a Slovak mezzo-soprano. She is a versatile member of the Oper Frankfurt, who has appeared at European opera houses and festivals. She took part in the world premiere of Arnulf Herrmann's '' Der Mieter''. Career Born in Galan ...

, Slovak mezzo-soprano *

László Nagy (poet) László Nagy (17 July 1925 in Felsőiszkáz – 30 January 1978 in Budapest) was a Hungarian poet and translator. He started as a populist poet and in his early youth was a believer in socialist ideology. His oeuvre comprises more than 400 p ...

(1925–1978), Hungarian poet *

Peter Nagy (artist) Peter Nagy (born 1959) is an American artist known for his post-conceptual art of the 1980s and as an active art gallerist. He is the owner of Gallery Nature Morte, which was founded in New York City's East Village, Manhattan, East Village in 19 ...

(born 1959), American artist *

Peter Nagy (singer) Peter Nagy is a Slovak musician, singer, composer, songwriter, music producer and a photographer. He is one of the most successful singers of the Slovak pop music in the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s. In 1985 he won the Zlatý slávik ( ...

(born 1959), Slovak musician *

Phyllis Nagy Phyllis Nagy ( ; born November 7, 1962) is an American theatre and film director, screenwriter and playwright. In 2006, Nagy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for writing and directing '' Mrs. Harris'' (2005), her screen debut. In 20 ...

(born 1962), American theater and film director *

Robert Nagy (tenor) Robert Nagy (March 3, 1929 – November 7, 2008) was an American operatic tenor who had a lengthy and fruitful association with the Metropolitan Opera that lasted for three decades. His association with the Met began when he won the Metropolitan ...

(1929–2008), American opera singer

Sports

Association football

Ádám Nagy Ádám Nagy (; born 17 June 1995) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Spezia and the Hungary national team. He began his career at Ferencváros, making his professional debut for the reserves in ...

(born 1995), Hungarian footballer *

Andrej Prean Nagy Andrej Prean Nagy (8 September 1923 – 5 September 1997), also referred to as André Nagy or Andras Nagy, was a football player and coach who played for both Ferencváros. Born in Romania, he represented the Hungary national team internationall ...

(1923–1997), Hungarian footballer *

Antal Nagy (footballer born 1944) Antal Nagy (born 16 May 1944 in Budapest) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In his only season for Standard de Liège ( 1968–69), he won the Belgian championship and he became the Belgian First Division t ...

, Hungarian footballer * Antal Nagy (footballer born 1956), Hungarian footballer * Dániel Nagy (footballer, born 1984), Hungarian footballer *

Dániel Nagy (footballer, born 1991) Dániel Nagy (born 15 March 1991) is a Hungarian football midfielder. Club statistics Hamburger SV He was signed from Hungarian Újpest FC in 2007, In 2008, he signed a professional contract with Hamburger SV. He played mainly for the reserv ...

, Hungarian footballer *

Gábor Nagy (footballer born 1981) Gábor Nagy may refer to: * Gábor Tamás Nagy (born 1960), Hungarian jurist and politician * Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1981), Hungarian football player for Gyirmót SE * Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1985), Hungarian football player for Új ...

, Hungarian footballer *

Gábor Nagy (footballer born 1985) Gábor Nagy may refer to: * Gábor Tamás Nagy (born 1960), Hungarian jurist and politician * Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1981), Hungarian football player for Gyirmót SE * Gábor Nagy (footballer, born 1985), Hungarian football player for Újpes ...

, Hungarian footballer * Gyula Nagy (1924–1996), Hungarian footballer *

István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) István Nagy may refer to: * István Nagy (actor) (1909–1976), Hungarian actor * István Nagy (athlete) (born 1959), Hungarian sprinter * István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1999), Hungarian footballer * István Nagy (footballer, born 19 ...

(1939–1999), Hungarian footballer *

István Nagy (footballer, born 1986) István Nagy (born 16 May 1986) is a Hungarian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), ...

, Hungarian footballer * János Nagy (footballer) (born 1992), Hungarian footballer * József Nagy (footballer, born 1892), Hungarian football coach * József Nagy (footballer, born 1960), Hungarian footballer * József Nagy (footballer, born 1988), Hungarian footballer * Lajos Nagy (footballer) (born 1975), Hungarian footballer *

László Nagy (footballer) László Nagy (born 21 October 1949) is a retired Hungarian footballer who played for Újpesti Dózsa. Nagy is most famous for his participation in the gold medal-winning Hungarian team in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and for playing at the ...

(born 1949), Hungarian footballer *

Olivér Nagy Olivér Nagy (born 30 January 1989) is a Hungarian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (w ...

(born 1989), Hungarian footballer * Péter Nagy (footballer) (born 1996), Slovak footballer * Róbert Nagy (footballer) (born 1987), Hungarian footballer * Sándor Nagy (footballer) (born 1988), Hungarian footballer * Tibor Nagy (footballer born 1991), Hungarian footballer *

Timo Nagy Timo Nagy (born 20 April 1983) is a German football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may pla ...

(born 1983), German footballer *

Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1974) Zoltán Nagy may refer to: * Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1974), Hungarian football player and coach * Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1985), Hungarian footballer * Zoltán Nagy (ice hockey) (born 1955), Romanian ice hockey player {{hndis, Nagy ...

, Hungarian football player and coach *

Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1985) Zoltán Nagy may refer to: *Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1974) Zoltán Nagy may refer to: * Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1974), Hungarian football player and coach * Zoltán Nagy (footballer born 1985), Hungarian footballer * Zoltán Nagy (ice h ...

, Hungarian footballer * Zsolt Nagy (footballer, born 1979), Hungarian footballer * Zsolt Nagy (footballer, born 1993), Hungarian footballer

Other sports

* Andrea Nagy (born 1971), Hungarian basketball player *

Adrienn Nagy Adrienn Nagy (born 24 March 2001) is a Hungarian tennis player. Her mother Virág Csurgó also was a professional tennis player, she participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nagy has career-high WTA rankings of 504 in singles, achieved on 26 ...

(born 2001), Hungarian tennis player *

Anikó Nagy Anikó Nagy (born April 1, 1970, in Sajószentpéter) is a former Hungarian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Bill Nagy (American football) (born 1987), American football center and guard *

Charles Nagy Charles Harrison Nagy (born May 5, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from to . He played for the Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He served as t ...

(born 1967), American baseball pitcher * Dániel Nagy (racing driver) (born 1998), Hungarian racing driver * Dávid Nagy (fencer) (born 1999), Hungarian fencer * Dick Nagy (born 1942), American college basketball coach * Ferenc Nagy (boxer) (1916–1977), Hungarian boxer *

Fritz Nagy Frederick Karl "Fritz" Nagy (January 3, 1924 – June 5, 1989) was an American professional basketball player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen in the 1947 BAA draft, Fritz played for just one ...

(1924–1989), American basketball player * George Nagy (born 1957), Canadian swimmer * Géza Nagy (1892–1953), Hungarian chess master * György Nagy (1924–2004), Hungarian basketball player *

György Nagy (curler) György Nagy (; born 2 January 1965 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 limit ...

(born 1965), Hungarian curler *

Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ...

(born 1978), Slovak tennis player * Ilona Nagy (born 1951), Hungarian handball player *

István Nagy (athlete) István Nagy (born 28 April 1959 in Heves) is a retired 100 and 200 metres runner from Hungary. He won the Hungarian outdoor championships 7 times, he also won the Hungarian Indoor championships at 60/200 metres on 6 occasions also. He competed ...

(born 1959), Hungarian sprinter *

Imre Nagy (pentathlete) Imre Nagy (21 February 1933 – 20 October 2013
) was a Hungarian

Imre Nagy (fencer) (1941–2011), Canadian fencer *

József Nagy (athlete) József Nagy (27 January 1884 – 25 October 1952) was a Hungary, Hungarian Athletics (sport), athlete. He was born Sárkeresztúr and competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Olympics Nagy was a member of the Hungary at the 190 ...

(1884–1952), Hungarian athlete * József Nagy (boxer, born 1934), Hungarian boxer *

József Nagy (boxer, born 1953) József Nagy (born 14 July 1953) is a Hungarian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded ...

, Hungarian boxer *

József Nagy (boxer, born 1975) József Nagy may refer to: *József Nagy (athlete) (1884–1952), Hungarian athlete *József Nagy (boxer, born 1934), Hungarian boxer *József Nagy (boxer, born 1953), Hungarian boxer *József Nagy (boxer, born 1975), Hungarian boxer *József Nagy ...

, Hungarian boxer *

Kira Nagy Kira Nagy (born 29 December 1977) is a former tennis player from Hungary. During her professional years, she won 18 singles and ten doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Kira won her first match on the WTA Tour in 2007 at th ...

(born 1977), Hungarian tennis player * Krisztina Nagy, Hungarian table tennis player *

Ladislav Nagy Ladislav Nagy (; born 1 June 1979) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played eight seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars, and Los Angeles Kings ...

(born 1979), Slovak ice hockey player *

László Nagy (canoeist) László Nagy is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid to late 1950s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 1000 m: 1954) and a silver (K-2 500 m: 1958 Events January * ...

, Hungarian sprint canoeist *

László Nagy (figure skater) László Nagy (13 August 1927 – 19 April 2005) was a Hungarian pair skater. Together with his sister Marianna Nagy he won five bronze medals at the Olympic Games (1952 and 1956) and world championships (1950, 1953, 1955), as well as two Eu ...

(1927–2005), Hungarian figure skater *

László Nagy (handballer) László Nagy (born 3 March 1981) is a former Hungarian handball player who played for Telekom Veszprém, FC Barcelona, Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team. Among his achievements at club level are several Spanish championships and cu ...

(born 1981), Hungarian handball player *

Marianna Nagy (figure skater) Marianna Nagy (13 January 1929 – 3 May 2011) was a Hungarian pair skater. Together with her brother László Nagy she won five bronze medals at the Olympic Games (1952 and 1956) and World championships A world championship is generall ...

(1929–2011), Hungarian pair skater * Marianna Nagy (handballer) (born 1957), Hungarian handball player *

Matt Nagy Matthew Nagy ( or ; born April 24, 1978) is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was the head coach of the Chicago ...

(born 1978), American football coach and quarterback * Mike Nagy (born 1948), American baseball pitcher * Orsolya Nagy (born 1977), Hungarian fencer * Peter Nagy (canoeist) (born 1964), Slovak slalom canoeist * Péter Nagy (volleyball) (born 1984), Hungarian volleyball player *

Péter Nagy (weightlifter) Péter Nagy (born 16 January 1986) is a Hungary, Hungarian weightlifter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg, +105 kg event. Nagy won a bronze medal in the +105 kg snat ...

(born 1986), Hungarian weightlifter *

Péter Nagy (tennis) Péter Nagy (born 17 March 1992) is a Hungary, Hungarian tennis coach and a former professional player. Nagy has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 409 achieved on 15 May 2017. He also has a caree ...

(born 1992), Hungarian tennis player *

Róbert Nagy (cyclist) Róbert Nagy (born 4 November 1972 in Bratislava) is a Slovak former cyclist. Major results ;1999 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Yugoslavia ;2000 : 1st Slovak National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Championships ;2001 : 3rd Slovak N ...

(born 1972), Slovak cyclist *

Róbert Nagy (speedway rider) Róbert Nagy (born 28 April 1967) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Hungary. He earned 13 caps for the Hungary national speedway team. Career Nagy was a member of Hungary national speedway team, Hungary's national team. He is also a f ...

(born 1967), Hungarian motorcycle speedway rider * Róbert Nagy (weightlifter) (born 1940), Hungarian weightlifter * Robert Nagy (windsurfer) (born 1963), French windsurfer * Scott Nagy (born 1966), American college basketball coach * Stefan Nagy (born 1961), Swedish darts player *

Steve Nagy (baseball) Stephen Nagy (May 28, 1919 – July 24, 2016) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played parts of two seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and the Washington Senators in . Listed at 5' 9", 174 lb., Nagy batted and threw left h ...

(1919–2016), American baseball player * Tibor Nagy (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoeist *

Tímea Nagy Tímea Nagy (born 22 August 1970) is a Hungarian right-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, 2006 individual world champion, and two-time Olympic champion. Awards * Hungarian Fencer of the Year (3): 2000, 2004, 2006 * National Defenc ...

(born 1970), Hungarian fencer * Vilmos Nagy, Hungarian sprint canoer * Zoltán Nagy (ice hockey) (born 1955), Romanian ice hockey player *

Zsuzsanna Nagy Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 10 June 1986) is a Hungarian former competitive ice dancer. With Máté Fejes, she is the 2011 Pavel Roman Memorial champion and a two-time Hungarian Figure Skating Championships, Hungarian national champion. They competed in ...

(born 1986), Hungarian ice dancer

Other

* Antal Nagy de Buda, Hungarian petty nobleman * Dennis M. Nagy, director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency *

Ferenc Nagy Ferenc Nagy (; 8 October 1903 – 12 June 1979) was a Hungarian politician of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party, Smallholders Party who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1946 until his forced resignation in 1 ...

(1903–1979), Hungarian politician *

Gregory Nagy Gregory Nagy (, ; born October 22, 1942, in Budapest)"CV: Gregory Nagy"
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(born 1942), American classical scholar *

Imre Nagy Imre Nagy ( ; ; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (''de facto'' Prime Minister of Hungary, Prime Minis ...

(1896–1958), Hungarian politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary *

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 ...

(born 1954), 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 ...

(born 1967), Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician * Jana Nagyová (actress) (born 1959), Slovak actress * Jana Nagyová (politician) (born 1970), Czech politician * János Nagy (diplomat) (born 1928), Hungarian diplomat and politician * John A. Nagy, American espionage author * József Nagy (politician) (born 1968), Slovak economist politician * Károly Nagy, Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politician *Lajos Nagy aka

Louis I of Hungary Louis I, also Louis the Great (; ; ) or Louis the Hungarian (; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of ...

(1326–1382), Hungarian king * László Nagy (Scouting) (1921–2009), Hungarian-Swiss jurist, writer and scouting pioneer * László B. Nagy (born 1958), Hungarian politician * Nicholas Nagy-Talavera (1929–2000), Hungarian-American dissident and professor * Stanislaw Nagy (1921–2013), Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Tibor P. Nagy (born 1949), Hungarian-American diplomat * Tímea Nagy (activist) (born 1978), Hungarian-Canadian activist *

Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon (30 May 1884 – 21 June 1976) was a commanding general of the Royal Hungarian Army (1920–1945), Minister of Defence, a military theorist and historian. Career highlights * Commissioned lieutenant in 1905 after gr ...

(1884–1976), Hungarian general * Vince Nagy (1886–1965), Hungarian politician * Zsolt Nagy (politician) (born 1971), Romanian politician

People partly or formerly named Nagy

* Michel Varga (born Balázs Nagy, 1927–2015), Hungarian-French activist *

Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy (29 July 1913, Kolozsvár – 21 December 1998, Szeged) was a Hungarian mathematician. His father, Gyula Szőkefalvi-Nagy was also a famed mathematician. Szőkefalvi-Nagy collaborated with Alfréd Haar and Frigyes Riesz ...

(1913–1998), Hungarian mathematician *

Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (May 19, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was a Hungarian-American psychiatrist and one of the founders of the field of family therapy. Born Iván Nagy, his family name was changed to Böszörményi-Nagy during his childhood. He e ...

(1920–2007), therapist and writer on family relations * Jana Nečasová (born Jana Nagyová, 1964), Czech politician *

Judit Földing-Nagy Judit Földing-Nagy (in Hungary: ''Földingné Nagy Judit'', born 9 December 1965) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the marathon. She was born in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron. She is the current Hungarian record-holder in marathon. She wa ...

, Hungarian marathon runner *

Gábor Takács-Nagy Gábor Takács-Nagy (born 17 April 1956''International Who's Who in Classical Music'' (25th edition). Routledge (London), p. 807 (2009) (). in Budapest) is a Hungarian violinist and conductor. He began violin studies at age 8. He attended the Franz ...

(born 1956), Hungarian violinist and conductor *

László Moholy-Nagy László Moholy-Nagy (; ; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by Constructivism (art), con ...

(1895–1946), Hungarian painter and photographer *

Marcell Deák-Nagy Marcell Deák-Nagy (born 28 January 1992) is a Hungarian sprinter who specialises in the 200 and 400 metres. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, Deák-Nagy won a silver medal over 400 metres. At the 2012 E ...

(born 1992), Hungarian sprinter * Sibyl Moholy-Nagy (1903–1971), German-American art historian

References

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