István

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István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to:

People with the given name

Nobles, palatines and judges royal

Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first king of Hungary
Stephen Rozgonyi (died after 1440), ispán (Count) of Temes County
Stephen III Báthory (died 1444), Palatine of Hungary
Stephen V Báthory (1430–1493), Hungarian commander, judge royal and Voivode of Transylvania
Stephen VIII Báthory (1477–1534), Voivode of Transylvania
Stephen VII Báthory (1480–1530), Count of Temesvár and Palatine of Hungary
Stephen Báthory (1533–1586), Voivode of Transylvania, Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Stephen Báthory (1555–1605), judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary
Stephen Bocskai (1557–1606), Prince of Transylvania and Hungary
Stephen Bethlen (1582–1648), Prince of Transylvania

Politicians

István Balogh (politician) (1894–1976), Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician
István Bethlen (1874–1946), Prime Minister of Hungary
István Bethlen (born 1946) (1946–2018), Hungarian economist and politician
István Bibó (1911–1979), Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist
István Bittó (1822–1903), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
István Dobi (1898–1968), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary
István Farkas de Boldogfa (1875–1921), Hungarian nobleman and jurist
István Friedrich (1883–1951), Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner, Prime Minister of Hungary for three months
István Gorove (1819–1881), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister
István Hiller (born 1964), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister
István Horthy (1904–1942), Hungarian World War II anti-Nazi politician and fighter pilot
István Nagy (politician, born 1954), Hungarian politician
István Nagy (politician, born 1967), Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician
István Pálfi (1966–2006), Hungarian politician
István Pásztor (politician) (1956–2023), Serbian politician
István Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer
István Szent-Iványi (born 1958), Hungarian politician and diplomat
István Tisza (1861–1918), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister, political scientist, international lawyer and macroeconomist
István Varga (politician, born 1953), Hungarian lawyer and politician
István Varga (politician, born 1956), Hungarian politician, economist and former Minister of National Development and Economy
István Werbőczy (1458–1541), Hungarian legal theorist, statesman and theologian, author of the Hungarian Customary Law

Musicians and artists

István Árkossy (born 1943), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
István Cserháti (1954–2005), Hungarian hard rock keyboardist
István Csók (1865–1961), Hungarian painter
István Ferenczy (1792–1856), Hungarian sculptor
Istvan Kantor (born 1949), Canadian performance and video artist and industrial music and electropop singer
István Kertész (conductor) (1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
István Kiss (sculptor) (1927–1997), Hungarian sculptor
István Láng (1933–2023), Hungarian composer and academic teacher
István Nagy (painter) (1873-1937), Hungarian painter
István Orosz (born 1951), Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director

Authors

István Fekete (1900–1970), Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories
István Küzmics (1723–1779), the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary
István Zsemlics (1840–1891), Slovene author and Catholic priest

Academics

István Fáry (1922–1984), Hungarian mathematician
István Gyöngy (born 1951), Hungarian mathematician
István Hatvani (1718–1786), Hungarian mathematician
István Hont (1947–2013), Hungarian-born British historian of economics and political thought
István Mészáros (philosopher) (1930–2017), Hungarian Marxist philosopher
István Perczel (born 1951), Hungarian historian

Chess players

István Bilek (1932–2010), Hungarian chess grandmaster
István Csom (1940–2021), Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter
István Fazekas (1898–1967), Hungarian–British chess master

Sportspeople

István Avar (1905–1977), football player and manager who played for both Hungary and Romania
István Bagyula (born 1969), Hungarian retired pole vaulter
Istvan Bakx (born 1986), Dutch footballer
István Balogh (footballer) (1912–1992), Hungarian footballer
István Bárány (1907–1995), Hungarian swimmer
István Beé (born 1972), Hungarian sprint canoer
István Déván (1890–1977), Hungarian sprinter and cross-country skier
István Donogán (1897–1966), Hungarian discus thrower
István Énekes (1911–1940), Hungarian boxer
István Ferenczi (born 1977), Hungarian footballer
István Géczi (1944–2018), Hungarian football goalkeeper
István Gulyás (1931–2000), Hungarian tennis player
István Havasi (1930–2003), Hungarian race walker
István Herczeg (1887–1949), Hungarian gymnast
István Juhász (canoeist) (born 2005), Hungarian canoeist
István Kiss (decathlete) (1924–2011), Hungarian decathlete; see 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
István Kiss (footballer) (born 1970), Hungarian footballer
István Kiss (gymnast) (born 1948), Hungarian Olympic gymnast
István Kiss (long-distance runner) (born 1940), Hungarian long-distance runner; see 1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
István Kiss (water polo) (born 1958), Hungarian former water polo player
István Kovács (boxer) (born 1970), Hungarian retired world and Olympic champion boxer
István Kozma (footballer) (born 1964), Hungarian former footballer
István Kozma (wrestler) (1939–1970), Hungarian wrestler
István Lang (1933–2007), Hungarian cyclist
István Lévai (born 1957), Hungarian retired boxer
István Major (1949–2014), Hungarian high jumper
István Molnár (water polo) (1913–1983), Hungarian water polo player
István Mudin (1881–1918), Hungarian athlete who competed in the throwing events and the pentathlon
István Nagy (athlete) (born 1959), Hungarian sprinter
István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1999), Hungarian footballer
István Nagy (footballer, born 1986), Hungarian footballer
István Nyers (1924–2005), Hungarian footballer
István Pelle (1907–1986), Hungarian gymnast
István Reszeli Soós (1962–2015), Hungarian football manager
István Rózsavölgyi (1929–2012), Hungarian middle-distance runner
István Séllyei (1950–2020), Hungarian wrestler
István Serényi (1911–1996), Hungarian field handball player
István Somodi (1885–1963), Hungarian high jumper
István Stefanov (1964–2024), Hungarian footballer
István Szabó (handballer) (born 1945), Hungarian handball player
István Szabó (canoeist) (born 1950), Hungarian sprint canoer
István Szilágyi (born 1950), Hungarian handball player
István Sztáni (born 1937), Hungarian football manager and former player
István Takács (born 2000), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler
István Tóth (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoer in the 1980s
István Tóth (footballer) (1891–1945), Hungarian amateur footballer, manager and coach
István Tóth (wrestler) (born 1951), Hungarian wrestler
István Varga (handballer) (1943–2014), Hungarian handball player
István Varga (judoka) (born 1960), Hungarian judoka
István Vaskuti (born 1955), Hungarian sprint canoer
István Verpecz (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
István Vincze (born 1967), Hungarian football manager and former football player
István Vituska (born 1988), Hungarian footballer

Other

István Básthy (1896–1970), Hungarian art director
István Dobó (c. 1502–1572), Hungarian soldier and baron
István Kiss (architect) (1857–1902), Hungarian architect
István Mihály (1892–1945), Hungarian screenwriter
Stephen Pongracz (1584–1619), Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint
István Vágó (1949–2023), Hungarian television host and political activist

References

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