Zoltán () is a Hungarian masculine

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. "Zoli" is the short version of Zoltán. "Zoli" is commonly used. Zoltána is the feminine version. The name is derived from the Turkish word "

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Notable people

Zoltán of Hungary Zoltán (; 880 or 903 – 950), also Zolta, Zsolt, Solt or Zaltas is mentioned in the '' Gesta Hungarorum'' as the third Grand Prince of the Hungarians who succeeded his father Árpád around 907. Although modern historians tend to deny ...

Zoltan Bathory Zoltan Bathory () (born in 1978) is a Hungarian-American musician and martial artist. He is the founder and rhythm guitarist of Las Vegas-based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he won the Metal Hammer Golden God award for "Be ...

, guitarist of heavy metal band

Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead g ...

Zoltán Lajos Bay Zoltán Lajos Bay (July 24, 1900 in Gyulavári – October 4, 1992 in Washington, D.C.)"Fizikai Szemle 1999/5 - Zsolt Bor: OPTICS BY HUNGARIANS" (with Zoltán Bay), József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 199KFKI-Hungary-Bor/ref> was a ...

(1900–1992), Hungarian physicist * Zoltán Berczik (1937–2011), six times European Champion in table-tennis. *

Zoltán Czibor Zoltán Czibor (23 August 1929 – 1 September 1997) was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as ...

(1929–1997), Hungarian footballer * Zoltán Czukor (born 1962), Hungarian athletics competitor * Zoltán Dani (born 1956), Serbian Army officer *

Zoltán Gera (actor) Zoltán Gera (August 19, 1923 – November 7, 2014) was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the Hungarian Nation, the Kossuth Prize, and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary. He has starred in 115 movies (according to ...

(1923–2014), Hungarian actor * Zoltán Gera (footballer) (born 1979) –

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, Hungarian association football player *

Zoltán Halmay Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek (; 18 June 1881 – 20 May 1956) was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics (1900 – 1908), winning the following medals: * 1900: silver (200 m, 4000 m freestyle), bronze (1000 m fr ...

(1881–1956), Hungarian Olympic swimmer *

Zoltán Horváth (disambiguation) Zoltán Horváth is the name of: * (born 1966), Swiss animation film director * Zoltán Horváth (basketball) (1979–2009), Hungarian basketball player * Zoltán Horváth (equestrian) (born 1954), Hungarian equestrian * Zoltán Horváth (fence ...

– several people *

Zoltan Istvan Zoltan Istvan Gyurko, professionally known as Zoltan Istvan (born March 30, 1973), is an American transhumanist, journalist, entrepreneur, political candidate, and futurist. Formerly a reporter for the National Geographic Channel, Istvan now ...

(born 1973), American writer and futurist *

Zoltan Kaszas Zoltan Kaszas is a Hungarian-American comedian and actor. Kaszas was born in Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 1987 and raised by his single mother. He moved to the United States on July 4, 1991, at 4 years old. He started doing stand-up comedy ...

, American comedian *

Zoltán Kammerer Zoltán Kammerer (born 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won three gold medals (K-2 500 m: 2000, K-4 1000 m: 2000, 2004) and a silver medal (K-4 1000 m: 20 ...

(born 1978), Hungarian canoeist and local politician *

Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conducting, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conser ...

(1952–2016), pianist, conductor, and composer *

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. ...

(1882–1967), composer, creator of the Kodály-method. *

Zoltán Korda Zoltan Korda (May 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. He made his first film in Hungary in 1918 and worked with his brother Alexander Korda on film-making there and in Londo ...

(1895–1961), Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer *

Zoltán Kovács (ice hockey) Zoltán Kovács (born 2 January 1962) is a Hungarian ice hockey coach and administrator. He joined the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation as a secretary in 1994, then served as its general secretary from 1998 to 2017, and has served as its vice-p ...

(born 1962), ice hockey coach and administrator, recipient of the Paul Loicq Award *

(1900–1992), physicist. *

Zoltán Latinovits Zoltán Latinovits (9 September 1931, in Budapest – 4 June 1976, in Balatonszemes) was a Hungarian actor. Early life His mother divorced his father Oszkár Latinovits in 1941 and married István Frenreisz, a medical doctor, with whom she ha ...

(1931–1976), Hungarian actor, director. *

Zoltán Magyar Zoltán Magyar (born 13 December 1953) is a Hungarian former gymnast who was the world's leading pommel horse gymnast in the 1970s. In this event he won two Olympic, three world, three European and two World Cup titles. Magyar had two moves n ...

(born 1953) – 2-time Olympic gold medalist in pommel horse gymnast. The ''Magyar spindle'' and the ''Magyar travel'' was named after him. * Zoltán Meskó (1883–1959), Nazi politician. * Zoltan Mesko (American football) (born 1986) * Zoltán Mujahid (born 1979), Hungarian singer * Zoltan Pali (born 1960), American architect based in

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* Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880–1966), Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer *

Zoltán Sebescen Zoltan Sebescen (, ; born 1 October 1975) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), right-back or Midfielder#Winger, right-winger. Club career Sebescen was born in Ehingen. ...

(born 1975), Hungarian-German footballer and coach * Zoltan Somogyi, creator of the Mercury programming language * Zoltán Szabó (disambiguation), several people * Zoltán Takács (musician) (born 1980), Hungarian musician and record producer * Zoltán Takács (footballer) (born 1983), Hungarian footballer * Zoltán Takács (toxinologist), Hungarian-born toxinologist and tropical adventurer * Zoltan Teglas (born 1969), front man of the California-based band '' Ignite'' * Zoltán Tildy (1889–1961), president of Hungary after World War II * Zoltán Varga (disambiguation) * Zoltán Zana (born 1966) aka Ganxsta Zolee, Hungarian musician. * Zoltan is a village in Ghidfalău Commune, Covasna County, Romania * ''Zoltán'' is the Hungarian name for Mihai Viteazu village, Saschiz Commune, Mureș County, Romania, formerly called ''Zoltan'' in Romanian.

Films

* '' Zoltan, Hound of Dracula'', alternative title for ''Dracula's Dog'', a 1978 American horror film starring Michael Pataki and José Ferrer

Fictional characters

* Zoltan (''Dude, Where's My Car?'') * Zoltan, a tomato character in the animated television series ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'' * Zoltan, an alien race in the video game '' FTL: Faster Than Light'' * Zoltan, the name of a pet raven in Stephen King's novel '' The Gunslinger'' * Zoltan, a talking stuffed wolf character in the television series ''Young Dracula'' * Zoltan Akkanen, the main antagonist in the 2018 anime film '' Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative'' * Zoltan Amadeus, a supervillain from the ''

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'' episode "Attack of the Arachnoid" * Zoltan Grundy, a recurring character in the Disney Channel sitcom '' A.N.T. Farm'' * Zoltan Karpathy, a main character in the ''My Fair Lady'' musical * Zoltan Chivay, a recurring character from The Witcher novels and

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series * Zoltan Mahany, a recurring character in the

Nero Wolfe Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery (fiction), mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Principality of Montenegro, Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a ...

novels by

Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout (; December 1, 1886–October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and ...

Other uses

* Zoltan (hand gesture), a hand sign originally used by characters in ''Dude, Where's My Car?'', later used as a celebration by the Pittsburgh Pirates in Major League Baseball as well as by other athletes * Zoltan, a Fortuneteller-machine.

Notable people

Films

Fictional characters

Other uses

See also