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Monarchs, Politicians & Public Figures
- Stephen I of Hungary
- István PásztorIstván PásztorIstván Pásztor is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad...
- István SzéchenyiIstván SzéchenyiSzéchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...
- István TiszaIstván TiszaCount István Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged was a Hungarian politician, prime minister, and member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences....
- István BethlenIstván BethlenCount István Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931....
- István WerbőczyIstván WerboczyIstván Werbőczy or Stephen Werbőcz was a Hungarian jurist and statesman who first became known as a scholar and theologian of such eminence that he was appointed to accompany the emperor Charles V to Worms, to take up the cudgels against Martin Luther.He began his political career as the deputy of...
- István DobiIstván DobiIstván Dobi was a Hungarian politician and prime minister of Hungary from 1948 to 1952.-Early life:Dobi originated from a poor peasant family and was born in Szőny, Hungary. He finished primary school and in 1916 came into contact with the peasant movement...
- István Szent-IványiIstván Szent-IványiIstván Szent-Iványi is a Hungarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the Alliance of Free Democrats, part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.-About his work:...
- István HillerIstván HillerDr. István Hiller is a Hungarian politician and former chairman of the governing Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007, succeeding László Kovács, succeeded by Ferenc Gyurcsány...
- István RozgonyiIstván RozgonyiIstván Rozgonyi , son of László, was Comes of Timişoara. He married twice, first to Cecília Rozgonyi by whom he had three sons, János, István, and Imre, and second to Anna Dezsõfi de Losoncz.-References:*...
- István FriedrichIstván FriedrichIstván Friedrich was a Hungarian politician and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months in 1919....
- István Balogh (politician)István Balogh (politician)Father István Balogh was a Hungarian priest and anti-communist politician who later tolerated the rule of the Hungarian Communist Party.Initially associated with the Independent Smallholders Party he became a supporter of Nazism for a time during the 1930s and from his base in Debrecen formed a...
- István PálfiIstván PálfiIstván Pálfi was a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party and sit on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control and its Committee on Regional Development.Pálfi was a substitute for the Committee...
- István HorthyIstván HorthyIstván Horthy de Nagybánya ) was Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy's eldest son, a politician, and, during World War II, a fighter pilot.-Biography:...
- István BittóIstván BittóCount István Bittó de Sárosfa et Nádasd was a Hungarian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from September 10, 1872 to March 23, 1874 and as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1874 to 1875.-Career:Bittó studied law and entered into a legal...
- István Bibó
Musicians & Artists
- István Kertész (conductor)
- István CsókIstván CsókIstván Csók was a Hungarian Impressionist painter. Csok lived and exhibited in Paris for a portion of his life. He became most famous in Hungary for his nudes, portraits, and landscapes of the Lake Balaton. Csok had many international exhibitions in such cities as Rome, San Francisco, Pittsburgh,...
- István FerenczyIstván FerenczyIstván Ferenczy was a nineteenth century Hungarian sculptor.-Artistic education:Ferenczy was born in Rimaszombat...
- István OroszIstván OroszIstván Orosz Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director, is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphoses. The geometric art of István Orosz, with forced perspectives and optical...
- István ÁrkossyIstván ÁrkossyIstvan Arkossy is a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, the Federation of Hungarian Fine and Applied Arts Societies and the Association of Hungarian Graphic Artists....
- Istvan KantorIstvan KantorIstvan Kantor is a Hungarian born Canadian performance and video artist, industrial music and electropop singer, and founder of Neoism....
- István FerenczyIstván FerenczyIstván Ferenczy was a nineteenth century Hungarian sculptor.-Artistic education:Ferenczy was born in Rimaszombat...
- István KissIstván KissIstván Kiss was a Hungarian architect.He finished his studies at Budapest University in 1880 and, between 1882 and 1885, traveled overseas on state scholarship...
- Miloslav IštvanMiloslav IštvanMiloslav Ištvan was a Czech composer whose work was inspired by the works of Béla Bartók and by the orientation of the modal style of folk songs. He studied Romanian and African folklore...
- István CserhátiIstván CserhátiIstván Cserháti was a Hungarian hard rock keyboardist who played for two bands: P. Mobil and P. Box ....
Academics
- István Mészáros (professor)
- István HatvaniIstván HatvaniIstván Hatvani was a Hungarian mathematician. He worked on developing some of the earliest elements of probability theory.-External links:*...
- István FáryIstván FáryIstván Fáry was a Hungarian-born mathematician known for his work in geometry and algebraic topology. He proved Fáry's theorem that every planar graph has a straight line embedding in 1948, and the Fary–Milnor theorem lower-bounding the curvature of a nontrivial knot in 1949.-Biography:Fáry was...
- István HontIstvan HontIstván Hont is a Hungarian-born historian of economics and political thought, University Reader in the History of Political Thought at the University of Cambridge....
Sportspeople & Entertainers
- István VágóIstván VágóIstván Vágó is a Hungarian television host for the Budapest-based TV2, best known as the host of "Legyen ön is Milliomos" the Hungarian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.-Life:...
- István SztaniIstván SztaniIstván Sztáni is a former football manager and a retired Hungarian football striker.Sztani left Hungary for Eintracht Frankfurt and faced a one year FIFA ban. With the Main siders he won the German championship in 1959. At the end of the season he moved to Standard Liège of Belgium and stayed...
- István SzilágyiIstván SzilágyiIstván Szilágyi is a Hungarian former handball player.His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on further two World Championships in 1978 and 1982.In 1976 he was part of the Hungarian team which...
- István SomodiIstván SomodiIstván Somodi was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.He competed for a Hungary in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the high jump where he won the silver medal....
- István KovácsIstván KovácsIstván Kovács , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships...
- István PelleIstván PelleIstván Pelle was a Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion.He competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he received gold medals in floor exercises and pommel horse, and silver medals in parallel bars and individual all-around.-References:...
- István ÉnekesIstván ÉnekesIstván Énekes was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.-Background:In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Flyweight class after winning the final against Francisco Cabañas...
- István BárányIstván BárányIstván Bárány was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics....
- István VerpeczIstván VerpeczIstván Verpecz is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Debreceni VSC. He made one appearance in the Hungarian League Cup during the 2007-08 season.-External links:*...
- István GécziIstván GécziIstván Géczi is a retired Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC.He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team.Following the end of his career, he...
- István HavasiIstván HavasiIstván Havasi was a male race walker from Hungary. He competed for his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:*...
- István DévánIstván DévánIstván Déván was a Hungarian track and field athlete and cross-country skier who competed for Hungary in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.He was born in Pressburg and died in Kempten im Allgäu, West Germany....
- István BagyulaIstván BagyulaIstván Bagyula is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter. He is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of 5.65 metres at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new championship record at the time, it has not yet been beaten at the WJC...
- István MudinIstván MudinIstván Mudin was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.He competed for a Hungary in the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in the Pentathlon where he won the Silver medal. This added to the bronze medal he won in the Greek style discus throw competition....
- István MajorIstván MajorIstván Major is a retired Hungarian high jumper. He won four medals at the European Indoor Championships between 1971 and 1974, as well as a two silver medals at the Universiade. His best Olympic performance was a sixth place in 1972....
- István AvarIstván AvarIstván Avar was a Romanian-Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungarian national team in the 1934 World Cup...
- István VituskaIstván VituskaIstván Vituska is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Újpest FC.-External links:*...
- István Balogh (footballer)István Balogh (footballer)István Balogh was a Hungarian footballer who played for Újpest FC, as well as representing the Hungarian national football team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Although Hungary got to the final of the tournament Balogh only featured in their opening game, a 6-0 win against the Dutch East Indies...
- István FerencziIstván FerencziIstván "Stan" Ferenczi is a Hungarian international football striker, currently playing for Lombard-Pápa TFC. He is a 6'3" target man standing...
- Istvan BakxIstvan BakxIstvan Bakx is a Dutch footballer who currently plays in Belgium for K.R.C. Genk. He is a left-footed winger, and can also be used as a striker.-Club career:...
- István HerczegIstván HerczegIstván Herczeg was an Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Hungarian team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912.-External links:**...
- István VaskútiIstván VaskutiIstván Vaskuti is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s...
- István SerényiIstván SerényiIstván Serényi was a Hungarian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest.Serényi was part of the Hungarian field handball team, which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches....
- István GulyásIstván GulyásIstván Gulyás , after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury. It was Gulyas' lone Grand Slam final. He holds the record for most Hungarian National Championship titles by having it awarded 15 times in his career.-Singles: 1 :-References:...
- István FazekasIstván FazekasIstván Fazekas was a Hungarian–British chess master....
- István SzabóIstván SzabóIstván Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
- István Szabó (canoer)István Szabó (canoer)István Szabó is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976....
- István Szabó (canoer)
- István CsomIstván CsomIstván Csom is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster and International Arbiter. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He was Hungarian Champion in 1972 and 1973...
- István Varga
- István Kozma (disambiguation)
- István Nagy (disambiguation)
- István Nagy (athlete), runner
- István Nagy (footballer)István Nagy (footballer)István Nagy was a Hungarian footballer. He was born in Budapest.During his club career he played for MTK Hungária FC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, the 1964 European Nations' Cup, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup.-References:*...
- István RózsavölgyiIstván RózsavölgyiIstván Rózsavölgyi was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres.One of the star pupils of Mihály Iglói, Rózsavölgyi entered the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia as the world record holder over 1000 metres, 1500 metres and 2000 metres and was expected to be a...
- István NyersIstván NyersIstván Nyers , also known as Stefano Nyers was a Hungarian football player. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the greatest football legends of his country, reaching the peak of his career in the 1940s and 1950s.- Biography:Nyers was born in...
- István TóthIstván TóthIstván Tóth-Potya was a Hungarian amateur football player.He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics...
- István VinczeIstván VinczeIstván Vincze is a retired Hungarian football player.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1986, and got 44 caps and 8 goals until 1996.-Clubs:*1984-1988 : Tatabányai Bányász SC*1988-1990 : U.S. Lecce...
- István MolnárIstván MolnárIstván Molnár was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal. He played one match.-External links:*...
- István BilekIstvan BilekIstván Bilek was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster .-Biography:Bilek was a three-time Hungarian Champion , and he played in interzonals in 1962 and 1964. His most successful tournaments were Balatonfüred , Salgótarján , and Debrecen...
- István LévaiIstván LévaiIstván Lévai is a former boxer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
- István BeéIstván BeéIstván Beé is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the late 2000s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds , a silver , and two bronzes .Beé also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning...
Other
- István, a királyIstván, a királyIstván, a király is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi and János Bródy , based on the life of Saint Stephen of Hungary. The storyline was based on the play Ezredforduló by Miklós Boldizsár, who co-wrote the libretto.The opera was first staged in 1983 on an open-air stage in...
, rock opera - István CaveIstván CaveThe István Cave is a dripstone cave in Miskolc-Lillafüred, Northern Hungary.The cave was formed in the Triassic period and is about 710 m long. It was discovered in 1913. According to local legend, a dog fell into a 15 meter deep shaft, which was the cave's only natural opening. People found the...
, a cave in Hungary - SMS Szent IstvánSMS Szent IstvánSMS Szent István was a dreadnought , the only one built in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. The Ganz & Company's Danubius yard in Hungarian-owned Fiume was awarded the contract to build the battleship in return for the Hungarian government agreeing to the 1910 and 1911 naval budgets...
, battleship named after Saint Stephen