Polgár or Polgar may refer to: *

Polgár, Hungary Polgár is a city in the administrative county of Hajdú-Bihar in eastern Hungary. This is a town with 8,598 inhabitants at the tri–point of 3 counties at the temporary end of the No. 3 motorway. Its natural vegetation is part of the Tiszántú ...

, a city in Hungary

Persons with the surname

Alfred Polgar Alfred Polgar (originally: Alfred Polak; 17 October 1873 in Vienna – 24 April 1955 in Zurich) was an Austrian-born columnist, theater critic, writer and occasionally translator. Life and work 1873—1895 He was born in an assimilated Jewish ...

(1873–1955), Austrian journalist * Franz Polgar (1900–1979), Hungarian psychologist, hypnotist, lecturer and entertainer * Gyula Polgár (1912–1992), Hungarian footballer * François Polgár (born 1946), French choir conductor * Jorge Polgar (born 1967), Uruguayan economist *

László Polgár László Polgár (born 11 May 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit, whom he raised to be chess prodigies, with Judit and Zsuzsa becoming t ...

(born 1946), Jewish Hungarian chess teacher, father of the Polgár sisters ** The Polgár sisters, three chess players who are siblings: ***

Susan Polgar Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Polgár was Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999. On FIDE's Elo rating system list of July 1984, a ...

(born 1969), Hungarian-American chess player *** Sofia Polgar (born 1974), Hungarian-Israeli chess player ***

Judit Polgár Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the Strong (chess), strongest female chess player of all time. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years ...

(born 1976), Hungarian chess player * László Polgár (bass) (1947–2010), Hungarian operatic bass singer * Peter Polgár (born 1976), Slovak footballer * Thomas Polgar (1922–2014), Hungarian-American

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...

officer *

Tibor Polgár Tibor Polgár (1907–1993) was a Hungarian composer of film scores.Petrucci p.529 After working for several decades in the Hungarian film industry, spanning both the Horthy era and the Communist period, he emigrated to Canada. Selected filmog ...

(1907–1993), Hungarian composer {{DEFAULTSORT:Polgar Hungarian words and phrases Hungarian-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin