György

György
Gender	masculine
Language(s)	Hungarian
Name day	April 24
Other gender
Feminine	Georgina, Györgyi
Origin
Language(s)	Greek
Meaning	farmer
Other names
Nickname(s)	Gyuri, Gyurka
Cognate(s)	Georgios
Anglicisation(s)	George
Related names	Györe, Györk, Györke

György (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ]) is a Hungarian version of the name George. Some notable people with this given name:

György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician
György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy
György Apponyi, Hungarian politician
György Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10)
György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP.
György Bárdy, Hungarian film and television actor
György Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
György Bessenyei, Hungarian playwright and poet
György Bródy, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion
György Bulányi, Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader
György Carabelli, Hungarian dentist
György Csányi, Hungarian athlete
György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor
György Csesznek, Hungarian aristocrat
György Csordás, Hungarian freestyle swimmer
György Czakó, Hungarian figure skater
György Cziffra, Hungarian virtuoso pianist
György Dózsa, Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania
György Enyedi (geographer), Hungarian economist and geographer
György Faludy, Hungarian-born poet, writer and translator
György Fehér, Hungarian film director
György Festetics, a Hungarian politician
György Fráter, Croatian nobleman, Pauline monk and Hungarian statesman
György Garics, Austrian football defender of Hungarian and Slovakian Croat roots
György Gedó, Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
György Gerendás, Hungarian former water polo player
György Gurics, Hungarian wrestler
György Gyimesi (born 1980), Slovak politician
György Hajós, Hungarian mathematician
György Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
György Horkai, Hungarian former water polo player
György Káldy, Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator
György Károly, Hungarian poet and writer
György Kárpáti, Hungarian former water polo player
György Keleti, Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence
György Kenéz, Hungarian former water polo player
György Klapka, Hungarian general
György Klein, Hungarian–Swedish microbiologist and public intellectual
György Kolonics, Hungarian sprint canoeist
György Konrád, Hungarian novelist and essayist
György Kulin, Hungarian astronomer
György Kurtág, Hungarian composer
György Kutasi, Hungarian water polo player
György Lahner, Hungarian general
György Ligeti, Hungarian composer
György Lukács, Hungarian Marxist philosopher
György Marx, Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor
György Matolcsy, Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank
György Mitró, Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist
György Moldova, Hungarian author
György Oláh, Hungarian and American chemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
György Orbán, Romanian-born Hungarian composer
György Orth, Hungarian footballer and manager
György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist
György Petri, Hungarian poet
György Piller, Hungarian Olympic and world champion fencer
György Pólya, Hungarian mathematician
I György Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until 1648
II György Rákóczi, Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania from 1648 until 1660
György Sándor, Hungarian pianist
György Sándor (footballer), Hungarian footballer
György Sárosi, Hungarian footballer
György Sebők, Hungarian-born American pianist
György Spiró, Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist
György Szabados, Hungarian jazz pianist
György Szepesi, Hungarian radio personality and sports executive
György Szondy, 16th century Hungarian hero
György Zala (sculptor), Hungarian sculptor
George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Hungarian-born American Olympic medalist fencer
George Soros, born György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian-born American investor

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