Porges
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Porges is a surname which may refer to:
- Gabriel Porges
- Moses Porges, (since 1841) Moses Porges von PortheimMoses Porges von PortheimMoses Porges, Edler von Portheim, or Moses Porges von Portheim was a Czech-Austrian industrialist and vice-burgomaster of Prague-Smichow; knight of the Order of Francis Joseph....
(1781, Prague - 1870, Prague), a Czech-Austrian industrialist, vice-burgomaster of Smichow- Joseph Porges von PortheimJoseph Porges von PortheimJoseph Porges, Edler von Portheim was a Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron; son of Moses Porges von Portheim....
(1817, Prague - 1904, Prague), a Jewish Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron, son of Moses
- Joseph Porges von Portheim
- Moses Porges, (since 1841) Moses Porges von Portheim
- Simon Porges (1801 - 1869) ∞ Charlotte Porges (1801 - 1869)
- Heinrich PorgesHeinrich PorgesHeinrich Porges was a Czech-Austrian choirmaster, music critic and writer of Jewish descent.-Life:...
(1837, Prague - 1900, München), a Jewish Czech-Austrian/German choirmaster, music-critic ∞ Wilhelmine Merores- Else (Elsa) Bernstein(-Porges), née PorgesElsa BernsteinElse/Elsa Bernstein-Porges was an Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent.- Life :...
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- Else (Elsa) Bernstein(-Porges), née Porges
- Heinrich Porges
- Julius "Jules" PorgèsJules PorgèsJules Porgès was a Paris-based financier who played a central role in the rise of the Randlords who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa....
(born Yehuda Porges; 1839, Vienna - 1921), Austria-born Paris-based financier and RandlordRandlordRandlord is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I.... - Nathan PorgesNathan PorgesNathan Porges was a Bohemian German rabbi.Porges was born in Prostějov in Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire....
(1848, Prostějov, Moravia - 1924), a Czech-German rabbi - Moritz PorgesMoritz PorgesMoritz Porges was a Jewish Czech chess player.In 1882, he tied for 4-7th in Vienna .In 1892, he shared 2nd with Gyula Makovetz, behind Siegbert Tarrasch, in Dresden ....
(1857 - 1909), a Jewish Czech chess player - Arthur PorgesArthur PorgesArthur Porges [pórdžIs], was an American author of numerous short stories, most notably in the 1950s and 1960s, though he continued to write and publish stories until his death.-Life:...
(1915, Chicago, Illinois - 2006), an US ulp magazine author of short stories - Paul Peter PorgesPaul Peter PorgesPaul Peter Porges is an American cartoonist whose work has appeared in many places, including The New Yorker and MAD Magazine.-External links:**...
(born 1927, Vienna), a Jewish Austrian-American cartoonist - Jan (Filip) Klusák (né Porges)Jan KlusákJan Klusák is a contemporary Czech composer, author of film, television and incidental music.- Life :...
(born 1934, Prague), a Jewish Czech composer, author of film - Ingo Porges (born 1938, Hamburg), a German footballe (de)
- Stephen Porges (born 1945, New Brunswick, New Jersey), a US Professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Seth PorgesSeth PorgesSeth Porges is an American science and technology journalist and television commentator, currently employed as a senior editor at Maxim magazine. Previously, he worked as an editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, and as the technology columnist at Bloomberg News...
, a technology journalist, television commentator, and editor at Popular MechanicsPopular MechanicsPopular Mechanics is an American magazine first published January 11, 1902 by H. H. Windsor, and has been owned since 1958 by the Hearst Corporation...
magazine. - Nenad PorgesNenad PorgesNenad Porges is a Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship.-Background and education:...
(born 1946, Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)), a Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship - József Porgesz , a Jewish Hungarian architect
- Sigismund Porges