György

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

• György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician
• György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy
• György Apponyi (1808–1899), Hungarian politician
• György Gordon Bajnai (born 1968), 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 (1921–2013), Hungarian film and television actor
• György Békésy (1899–1972), Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• György Bessenyei (1747–1811), Hungarian playwright and poet
• György Bródy (1908–1967), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion
• György Bulányi (1919–2010), Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader
• György Carabelli (1787–1842), Hungarian dentist
• György Csányi (athlete) (1922–1978), Hungarian athlete
• György Cserhalmi (born 1948), Hungarian actor
• György Csesznek, Hungarian aristocrat
• György Csordás (1928–2000), Hungarian freestyle swimmer
• György Czakó (1933–2023), Hungarian figure skater
• György Cziffra (1921–1994), Hungarian virtuoso pianist
• György Dózsa (c. 1470–1514), Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania
• György Enyedi (geographer) (1930–2012), Hungarian economist and geographer
• György Faludy (1910–2006), Hungarian-born poet, writer and translator
• György Fehér (1939–2002), Hungarian film director
• György Festetics (1815–1883), a Hungarian politician
• György Fráter (1482–1551), Croatian nobleman, Pauline monk and Hungarian statesman
• György Garics (born 1984), Austrian football defender of Hungarian and Slovakian Croat roots
• György Gedó (born 1949), Hungarian Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
• György Gerendás (born 1954), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Gurics (1929–2013), Hungarian wrestler
• György Gyimesi (born 1980), Slovak politician
• György Hajós (1912–1972), Hungarian mathematician
• György Hevesy (1885–1966), Hungarian radiochemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• György Horkai (born 1954), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Káldy (1573–1634), Hungarian Jesuit and Bible translator
• György Károly (1953–2018), Hungarian poet and writer
• György Kárpáti (1935–2020), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Keleti (1946–2020), Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence
• György Kenéz (born 1956), Hungarian former water polo player
• György Klapka (1820–1892), Hungarian general
• György Klein (1925–2016), Hungarian–Swedish microbiologist and public intellectual
• György Kolonics (1972–2008), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• György Konrád (1933–2019), Hungarian novelist and essayist
• György Kulin (1905–1989), Hungarian astronomer
• György Kurtág (born 1926), Hungarian composer
• György Kutasi (1910–1977), Hungarian water polo player
• György Lahner (1795–1849), Hungarian general
• György Ligeti (1923–2006), Hungarian composer
• György Lukács (1885–1971), Hungarian Marxist philosopher
• György Marx (1927–2002), Hungarian physicist, astrophysicist, science historian and professor
• György Matolcsy (born 1955), Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank
• György Mitró (1930–2010), Hungarian swimmer and Olympic medalist
• György Moldova (1934–2022), Hungarian author
• György Oláh (1927–2017), Hungarian and American chemist and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• György Orbán (born 1947), Romanian-born Hungarian composer
• György Orth (1901–1962), Hungarian footballer and manager
• György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist
• György Petri (1943–2000), Hungarian poet
• György Piller (1899–1960), Hungarian Olympic and world champion fencer
• György Pólya (1887–1985), Hungarian mathematician
• I György Rákóczi (1593–1648), Prince of Transylvania from 1630 until 1648
• II György Rákóczi (1621–1660), Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania from 1648 until 1660
• György Sándor (1912–2005), Hungarian pianist
• György Sándor (footballer) (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
• György Sárosi (1912–1993), Hungarian footballer
• György Sebők (1922–1999), Hungarian-born American pianist
• György Spiró (born 1946), Hungarian dramatist, novelist and essayist
• György Szabados (1939–2011), Hungarian jazz pianist
• György Szepesi (1922–2018), Hungarian radio personality and sports executive
• György Szondy (died 1552), 16th century Hungarian hero
• György Zala (sculptor) (1858–1937), 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

György

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

See also

• Gyorgyi (disambiguation)