Imre

For other uses, see Imre (disambiguation).

Imre (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈimrɛ] ^ⓘ) is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April.^[1] It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich.^[2][3] Its English equivalents are Emery and Henry.

Bearers of the name include the following (who generally held Hungarian nationality, unless otherwise noted):

• Imre Antal (1935–2008), pianist
• Imre Bajor (1957–2014), actor
• Imre Bebek (d. 1395), baron
• Imre Bródy (1891–1944), physicist
• Imre Bujdosó (born 1959), Olympic fencer
• Imre Csáky (cardinal) (1672–1732), Roman Catholic cardinal
• Imre Csermelyi (born 1988), football player
• Imre Cseszneky (1804–1874), agriculturist and patriot
• Imre Csiszár (born 1938), mathematician
• Imre Csösz (born 1969), Olympic judoka
• Imre Czobor (1520–1581), Noble and statesman
• Imre Czomba (born 1972), Composer and musician
• Imre Deme (born 1983), football player
• Imre Erdődy (1889–1973), Olympic gymnast
• Imre Farkas (1879–1976), musician
• Imre Farkas (1935–2020), Olympic canoeist
• Imre Finta (1911–2003), indicted war criminal
• Imre Földi (1938–2017), Olympic weightlifter
• Imre Friedmann (1921–2007), biologist
• Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870), botanist and entomologist
• Imre Garaba (born 1958), football player
• Imre Gedővári (1951–2014), Olympic fencer
• Imre Gellért (1888–1981), Olympic gymnast
• Imre Gyöngyössy (1930–1994), film director and screenwriter
• Imre Harangi (1913–1979), Olympic boxer
• Imre Hódos (1928–1989), Olympic wrestler
• Imre Hollai (1925–2017), diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Imre Jenei (born 1937), Romanian (Hungarian ethnic) football player and coach
• Imre Kálmán (1882–1953), operetta composer
• Imre Kertész (1929–2016), author and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Imre Komora (1940–2024), football player
• Imre König (1899–1992), chess master
• Imre Lakatos (1922–1974), philosopher of mathematics and science
• Imre Leader (born 1963), British mathematician
• Imre Lichtenfeld (1910–1998), Hungarian-born Israeli martial artist
• Imre Letay (born c. 1910), Hungarian businessman in iron mining in Chile
• Imre Madách (1823–1864), writer, poet, lawyer and politician
• Imre Makovecz (1935–2011), architect
• Imre Mándi (1916–1945), Olympic boxer
• Imre Mikó (1805–1876), Statesman, politician, economist, historian and patron from Transylvania, who served as Minister of Public Works and Transport of Hungary between 1867 and 1870
• Imre Mudin (1887–1918), Olympic track and field athlete
• Imre Nagy (1896–1958), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary, key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
• Imre Nagy (1933–2013), Olympic pentathlete
• Imre Németh (1917–1989), Olympic hammer thrower
• Imre of Hungary (c. 1007–1031), prince and Roman Catholic saint
• Imre of Hungary (1174–1204), King of Hungary
• Imre Páli (1909–?), Olympic handballer
• Imre Polyák (1932–2010), Olympic wrestler
• Imre Pozsgay (1933–2016), reform Communist politician
• Imre Pulai (born 1967), Olympic canoer
• Imre Rapp (1937–2015), football player
• Imre Ritter (born 1952), politician
• Imre Salusinszky (born 1955), Australian newspaper columnist
• Imre Schlosser (1889–1959), football player
• Imre Senkey (1898–?), football player and manager
• Imre Sooäär (born 1969), Estonian politician
• Imre Sörés (1907–1986), Hungarian art director
• Imre Steindl (1839–1902), architect
• Imre Szabics (born 1981), football player
• Imre Szekeres (born 1950), politician and Minister of Defence
• Imre Szellő (born 1983), Olympic boxer
• Imre Szentpály (1904–1987), Olympic polo player
• Imre Taussig (1894–1945), Hungarian footballer
• Imre Taveter (born 1967), Estonian sport sailor
• Imre Thököly (1657–1705), statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania
• Imre Tiidemann (born 1970), Estonian modern pentathlete
• Imre Tiitsu (born 1980), Estonian ice sledge hockey player
• Imre Tóth (born 1985), Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• Imre Trencsényi-Waldapfel (1908–1970), Hungarian scholar
• Imre Varadi (born 1959), English football player
• Imre Weisshaus (1905–1987), Hungarian-French pianist
• Imre Zachár (1890–1954), Olympic water polo player and swimmer
• Imre Zámbó (1958–2001), pop singer by the name of Jimmy Zámbó

See also

• Imre (surname)
• Americus (disambiguation)
• Emre
• Haimirich