Kertesz
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Kertész is a common Hungarian
surname meaning gardener. The first to have this last name was in 1765, in a town called Budapest, Hungary. It may refer to:
It may also be spelled Kertes:
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
surname meaning gardener. The first to have this last name was in 1765, in a town called Budapest, Hungary. It may refer to:
- Alice KertészAlice KertészAlice Kertész is a former Hungarian gymnast.She is Jewish, and was born in Budapest, Hungary...
, Hungarian-born Olympic gymnastics medalist - André KertészAndré KertészAndré Kertész , born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition...
, Hungarian-born photographer - Géza Kertész, also known as Kertész IV - a Hungarian footballer and manager
- Imre KertészImre KertészImre Kertész is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"....
, Jewish-Hungarian author, 2002 winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"... - István Kertész (conductor), Hungarian conductor
- István Kertész (diplomat)István Kertész (diplomat)István Kertész was a Hungarian diplomat who represented Hungary during the peace talks following World War II.-Biography:During the Second World War, worked in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1943-1944, made efforts to convey the intentions of Admiral Miklós Horthy to surrender...
, Hungarian diplomat and scholar of international relations. - Kálmán KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, a Hungarian entomologist - Zoltan I. KerteszZoltan I. KerteszZoltan I. Kertesz was a Hungarian-born, American food scientist who was involved in the early development of food microbiology and food chemistry...
, a Hungarian-born, American food scientist who was involved in the early development of food microbiology and food chemistry
It may also be spelled Kertes:
- Amir KertesAmir KertesAmir Kertes is an Israeli musician and singer.Kertes is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band Ra'ash . Ra'ash released their debut album Noise Only Noise. N. in 1994 to critical acclaim...
, an Israeli musician - Mihalj KertesMihalj KertesMihalj Kertes, nicknamed "Braca" or "Bracika", was a close associate and man of trust of Slobodan Milošević, Serbian leader during 1990s...
, a Serbian government official of the Milošević regime - Tom KertesTom KertesTom Kertes is an American human rights activist living in Canada.-Notability:Tom Kertes was media strategist for the United Workers Association's successful living wages campaign at Camden Yards. The association claimed that workers at Camden Yards were paid less than the state and federal...
, an American human rights activist - Kertes, the HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
name for Prunişor village, SebişSebisSebiş is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. Situated at a 82 km from the county capital, Sebiş is one of the most important urban centres in the Crişului Alb valley. It administers three villages: Donceni, Prunişor and Sălăjeni...
town, Arad County, Romania
See also
- Michael CurtizMichael CurtizMichael Curtiz was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early creditsas Mihály Kertész and Michael Kertész...
, Hungarian-American film director (birth name was Manó Kertész Kaminer). - KertészKertész (crater)Located in the western edge of Mercury's giant Caloris basin, Kertész crater has some unusual, bright material located on its floor. Sander crater, located in the northwestern edge of Caloris basin, also shows bright material on its floor...
, a crater