Ferenc
Encyclopedia
Ferenc is a given name
of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate
of Francis
, Francisco
, François
, and Franz
. People with the name include:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate
Cognate
In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus . Cognates within the same language are called doublets. Strictly speaking, loanwords from another language are usually not meant by the term, e.g...
of Francis
Francis
Francis is a French and English first name and a surname of Latin origin.Francis is a name that has many derivatives in most European languages. The female version of the name in English is Frances, and Francine...
, Francisco
Francisco
Francisco is a Spanish and Portuguese male name form of the name "Francis".In Spanish, people with the name Francisco sometimes are nicknamed "Paco": San Francisco de Asís was known as Pater Comunitatis when he founded the Franciscan order, "Paco" is a short form of "Pater Comunitatis"...
, François
François
François may refer to:* a French name; see also Françoise, Francis, François-Dominique* François Beauchemin , professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs* François Gerome , French painter...
, and Franz
Franz
-Given name:* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, of the House of Habsburg, heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, assassinated in 1914* Franz Adam, 19th century, German painter, chiefly of military subjects...
. People with the name include:
- Ferenc BerényiFerenc BerényiFerenc Berényi was a Hungarian painter.He studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts between 1949-1953 where his prominent teachers were Jenő Barcsay and Endre Domanovszky...
, Hungarian artist - Ferenc FricsayFerenc FricsayFerenc Fricsay was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen.Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914 and studied music under Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Leo Weiner. Fricsay had a meteoric rise to fame, making his first appearance as a...
, Hungarian conductor - Ferenc GyurcsányFerenc GyurcsányFerenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian politician. He was the sixth Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009.He was nominated to take that position on 25 August 2004 by the Hungarian Socialist Party , after Péter Medgyessy resigned due to a conflict with the Socialist Party's coalition partner...
, Hungarian Prime Minister - Ferenc KarinthyFerenc KarinthyFerenc Karinthy was a novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. The writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy was his father....
, Hungarian writer and translator - Ferenc MolnárFerenc MolnárLanguageFerenc Molnár was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. His Americanized name was Franz Molnar...
, Hungarian author - Ferenc ParagiFerenc ParagiFerenc Paragi is a Hungarian athlete who, on April 23, 1980, established a world record of 96.72 in the javelin throw, eclipsing the global standard set by fellow countryman Miklós Németh at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.This effort added more than two meters to the previous world record,...
, Hungarian track and field athlete - Ferenc PuskásFerenc PuskásFerenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...
, Hungarian footballer - Ferenc SzekeresFerenc SzekeresFerenc Szekeres is a retired long-distance runner from Hungary, who twice won the Amsterdam Marathon, in 1979 and 1981. He represented his native country in at two Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1980.-References:* *...
, Hungarian long-distance runner
Ferencz
"Ferencz" is an old spelling of "Ferenc":- János Ferencz FetzerMăerişte-Geography:The commune, with an area of 74.97 km2 , is in the north-west part of the county, in the hydrographic basin of the Crasna River. It is composed of six villages: Criştelec, Doh, Giurtelecu Şimleului, Măerişte , Mălădia and Uileacu Şimleului.-Tourism:Among the commune's tourist sites are...
- Ferencz József Gyulay, Graf von Maros-Németh und Nádaska; (de)
- Ferencz Jámbor ; (hu)
- Ferencz József Koháry de CsábrágFerencz József Koháry de CsábrágFerenc József, Graf und 1. Fürst Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya was an Austrian Imperial Chancellor. He was given an Austrian princely title in 1815...
- Ferencz Örvéndi Molnár ; (hu)
- Steven (István) Ferencz Udvar-HázySteven F. Udvar-HazySteven Ferencz Udvar-Házy is the CEO of Air Lease Corp. He is the former Chairman and CEO of International Lease Finance Corporation , one of the two largest aircraft lessors in the world...
- Benjamin Berell FerenczBenjamin B. FerenczBenjamin Berell' Ferencz is a Romanian-born American lawyer. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the Chief Prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the twelve military trials held by the U.S. authorities at Nuremberg, Germany...
, a Transsylvania-born US Jewish lawyer - István Ferencz ; (hu)
- Károly Ferencz ; (hu)
- László Ferencz ; (hu)