Simonyi is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of Hungarian origin, and may refer to the following prominent figures who bear that name: *

András Simonyi András Simonyi (born 16 May 1952) is a former Hungarian ambassador, transportation economist, author. He is an independent consultant living in the U.S. He is a senior fellow at the Global Energy Center Atlantic Council of the United States. He ...

, Hungarian ambassador to the United States *

André Simonyi András "André" Simonyi (31 March 1914 – 17 July 2002) was a footballer who played for Lille OSC, FC Sochaux, Red Star 93, Rennes, Angers SCO, Stade Français and CO Roubaix-Tourcoing. Born in Hungary, he represented the France national team ...

, Hungarian-French former football player *

Charles Simonyi Charles Simonyi (; , ; born September 10, 1948) is a Hungarian Americans, Hungarian-American software architect. He introduced the graphical user interface to Bill Gates for the first time who later described it as the first of two revolutiona ...

, software developer and space tourist **

Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science The Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science is a chair at the University of Oxford. The chair was established in 1995 for the ethologist Richard Dawkins by an endowment from Charles Simonyi. The aim of the Professorship is ...

, a chair at Oxford endowed by Charles Simonyi *

Károly Simonyi Károly Simonyi (18 October 1916 – 9 October 2001) was a Hungarian physicist and writer. He was professor of electrical engineering at Technical University of Budapest and the author of the popular tabletop book ''A Cultural History of Physic ...

, Hungarian professor of electrical engineering and writer and father of Charles Simonyi * Baron

Lajos Simonyi Baron Lajos Simonyi de Barbács et Vitézvár (13 April 1824 – 12 December 1894) was a Hungary, Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture of Hungary, Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1875 and 1876. He studi ...

, Hungarian politician *

Sándor Simonyi-Semadam Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (23 March 1864 – 4 June 1946) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for a few months in 1920. He signed the Treaty of Trianon after World War I on 4 June 1920. By this treaty, Hungary lost a considerab ...

, Hungarian politician and lawyer,

Prime Minister of Hungary The prime minister of Hungary () is the head of government of Hungary. The prime minister and the government of Hungary, Cabinet are collectively accountability, accountable for their policies and actions to the National Assembly (Hungary), Par ...

(1920)

See also