István () is a

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equivalent of the name

Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

or Stefan. It may refer to:

People with the given name

Nobles, palatines and judges royal

Stephen I of Hungary Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen ( hu, Szent István király ; la, Sanctus Stephanus; sk, Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the ...

(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 Stephen III Báthory ( hu, Báthory István) (died 11 November 1444, Varna) was a Hungarian nobleman and commander. His most prestigious position was Palatine of Hungary. Stephen belonged to the Ecsed branch of the Báthory family. His parents ...

(died 1444), Palatine of Hungary *

Stephen V Báthory Stephen Báthory of Ecsed ( hu, Báthory István, ; ro, Ștefan Báthory; 1430–1493) was a Hungarian commander, 'dapiferorum regalium magister' (1458–?), judge royal (1471–1493) and voivode of Transylvania (1479–1493). ...

(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 Stephen Báthory ( hu, Báthory István; pl, Stefan Batory; ; 27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586) was Voivode of Transylvania (1571–1576), Prince of Transylvania (1576–1586), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586) ...

(1533–1586), Voivode of Transylvania, Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania *

Stephen Báthory (1555–1605) Stephen Báthory of Ecsed ( hu, ecsedi Báthory István; 1555 – 25 July 1605) was judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages in ...

, judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary *

Stephen Bocskai Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay ( hu, Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of th ...

(1557–1606), Prince of Transylvania and Hungary * Stephen Bethlen (1582–1648), Prince of Transylvania

Politicians

István Balogh (politician) Father István Balogh (30 March 1894, Budapest – 20 July 1976) was a Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician who later tolerated the rule of the Hungarian Communist Party. Balogh initially joined the Independent Smallholders Par ...

(1894–1976), Hungarian Catholic priest and anti-communist politician *

István Bethlen Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (8 October 1874, Gernyeszeg – 5 October 1946, Moscow) was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as prime minister from 1921 to 1931. Early life The scion of an old Bethlen de Bethlen noble f ...

(1874–1946), Prime Minister of Hungary *

István Bethlen (born 1946) István Bethlen (19 June 1946 – 4 September 2018) was a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from MDF Budapest Regional List between 1990 and 1994. Biography He was born as Count István Bethlen de Bethlen ...

(1946–2018), Hungarian economist and politician *

István Bibó István Bibó (7 August 1911, Budapest – 10 May 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist. Life During the Hungarian Revolution he acted as the Minister of State for the Hungarian National G ...

(1911–1979), Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist *

István Bittó Count István Bittó de Sárosfa et Nádasd (3 May 1822 in Sárosfa, Kingdom of Hungary (today Blatná na Ostrove, Slovakia) – 7 March 1903 in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hunga ...

(1822–1903), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary *

István Dobi István Dobi (; 31 December 1898 – 24 November 1968) was a Hungarian politician who was Prime Minister of Hungary from 1948 to 1952 and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1952 to 1967. Early life Dob ...

(1898–1968), Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary *

István Farkas de Boldogfa Dr. István Farkas de Boldogfa (11 July 1875 – 6 January 1921) was a Hungarian nobleman, jurist of the Kingdom of Hungary, supreme chief magistrate of district of Sümeg ( Hungarian: ''főszolgabíró'') in the county of Zala. Life Born i ...

(1875–1921), Hungarian nobleman and jurist *

István Friedrich István Friedrich (anglicised as Stephen Frederick; 1 July 1883 – 25 November 1951) was a Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months between August and November in 1919. His ten ...

(1883–1951), Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner, Prime Minister of Hungary for three months *

István Gorove István Gorove de Gáttája (20 August 1819 in Pest – 31 May 1881 in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician with Armenian ancestry.Gudenus János József: Örmény eredetű magyar nemesi családok genealógiája Erdélyi Örmény Gyökerek, B ...

(1819–1881), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister *

István Hiller István Hiller (born 7 May 1964) is a Hungarian politician and former chairman of the governing Hungarian Socialist Party between 16 October 2004 and 24 February 2007, succeeding László Kovács, succeeded by Ferenc Gyurcsány. A co-founder o ...

(born 1964), Hungarian politician and cabinet minister *

István Horthy Vitéz István Horthy de Nagybánya (9 December 1904 – 20 August 1942) was Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy's eldest son, a politician, and, during World War II, a fighter pilot. Biography In his youth, István Horthy and his young ...

(1904–1942), Hungarian World War II anti-Nazi politician and fighter pilot *

István Nagy (politician, born 1954) István Nagy (born January 1, 1954) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Budapest Regional List from 2010 to 2014. He was also a Member of Parliament from the party's National List from 2006 to 2010. Nag ...

, Hungarian politician *

István Nagy (politician, born 1967) István Nagy (born 6 October 1967) is a Hungarian agricultural engineer and politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture since 2018. Profession Nagy was born in Újfehértó, where he spent his childhood and attended elementary school. ...

, Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician *

István Pálfi István Pálfi (23 September 1966, Berettyóújfalu – 15 July 2006, Berettyóújfalu) was a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party. He sat on the Eur ...

(1966–2006), Hungarian politician *

István Pásztor (politician) István Pásztor (; sr, Иштван Пастор, Ištvan Pastor; born 20 August 1956) is a Serbian politician who has been the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina since 2012. An ethnic Hungarian, he has led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hu ...

(born 1956), Serbian politician *

István Széchenyi Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék ( hu, sárvár-felsővidéki gróf Széchenyi István, ; archaically English: Stephen Széchenyi; 21 September 1791 – 8 April 1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and wri ...

(1791–1860), Hungarian politician, political theorist and writer *

István Szent-Iványi István Szent-Iványi (born 12 November 1958, Kecskemét, Hungary) is a Hungarian politician, Hungarian Ambassador to Slovenia, founding member of the Alliance of Free Democrats political party, and former Member of the European Parliament (ME ...

(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) István Varga (born 23 June 1956) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development and Economy between 2009 and 2010. Gordon Bajnai György Gordon Bajnai (; born 5 March 1968) is a Hungarian entreprene ...

, Hungarian politician, economist and former Minister of National Development and Economy *

István Werbőczy István Werbőczy or Stephen Werbőcz (also spelled ''Verbőczy'' and Latinized to ''Verbeucius'' 1458? – 1541) was a Hungarian legal theorist and statesman, author of the Hungarian Customary Law, who first became known as a legal scholar ...

(1458–1541), Hungarian legal theorist, statesman and theologian, author of the Hungarian Customary Law

Musicians and artists

István Árkossy István Árkossy (born 1943) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Creative Artists, the Federation of Hungarian Fine and Applied Arts Societies and the Association of Hungaria ...

(born 1943), Hungarian painter and graphic artist * István Cserháti (1954–2005), Hungarian hard rock keyboardist *

István Csók István Csók (13 February 1865, Sáregres – 1 February 1961) was a Hungarian Impressionist painter. Csok lived and exhibited in Paris for a portion of his life. He became most famous in Hungary for his nudes, portraits, and landscapes o ...

(1865–1961), Hungarian painter *

István Ferenczy István Ferenczy (February 24, 1792 – July 4, 1856) was a Hungarians, Hungarian sculptor. Career Ferenczy made a number of exerted attempts to establish a school of sculpture in Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary and it was his mi ...

(1792–1856), Hungarian sculptor *

Istvan Kantor Istvan Kantor (aka "Monty Cantsin", and "Amen!") ( hu, Kántor István; born August 27, 1949, Hungary) is a Canadian performance and video artist, industrial music and electropop singer, and one of the early members of Neoism. Life Kantor was bo ...

(born 1949), Canadian performance and video artist and industrial music and electropop singer *

István Kertész (conductor) István Kertész (28 August 192916 April 1973) was an internationally acclaimed Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who, throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelph ...

(1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor *

István Kiss (sculptor) István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989. Education Kiss attended secondary school at Nagys ...

(1927–1997), Hungarian sculptor *

István Nagy (painter) István Nagy (28 March 1873 – 13 February 1937) was a Hungarian artist who specialized in landscapes and figure painting. Biography A native of Csíkmindszent, Harghita County, Romania, he was born into a land-owning family. Rather than t ...

(1873-1937), Hungarian painter *

István Orosz István Orosz (born 24 October 1951) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphos ...

(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 István Küzmics (also known in Slovene as Štefan or Števan Küzmič, c.1723 – December 22, 1779) was the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary. He was born at Strukovci, in the Prekmurje region of what was then Vas C ...

(1723–1779), the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary * István Zsemlics (1840–1891), Slovene author and Catholic priest

Academics

István Fáry István Fáry (30 June 1922 – 2 November 1984) was a Hungarian-born mathematician known for his work in geometry and algebraic topology.. He proved Fáry's theorem that every planar graph has a straight-line embedding in 1948, and the Fáry� ...

(1922–1984), Hungarian mathematician * István Gyöngy (born 1951), Hungarian mathematician *

István Hatvani István Hatvani (1718–1786) was a Hungarian mathematician. He worked on developing some of the earliest elements of probability theory Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several d ...

(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 István Perczel (; born 1957) is a Hungarian scholar of Byzantine history and early Christianity and a hyperpolyglot. He is a professor at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He holds a doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Sci ...

(born 1951), Hungarian historian

Chess players

István Bilek István Bilek (11 August 1932 – 20 March 2010) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was a three-time Hungarian Chess Champion. Biography Bilek was a three-time Hungarian Champion (1963, 1965, and 1970), and he played in interzonals in 196 ...

(1932–2010), Hungarian chess grandmaster *

István Csom István Csom (2 June 1940 – 28 July 2021) was a Hungarian chess player who held the FIDE titles of Grandmaster and International Arbiter. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He was Hung ...

(1940–2021), Hungarian chess grandmaster and International Arbiter * István Fazekas (1898–1967), Hungarian–British chess master

Sportspeople

István Avar István Avar (german: Stefan Auer, ro, Ștefan Auer) (28 May 1905 – 13 October 1977) was a footballer and manager of German descent who at various times competed for both Hungary and Romania. He played for Újpest FC, most famous for playing f ...

(1905–1977), football player and manager who played for both Hungary and Romania *

István Bagyula István Bagyula (born 2 January 1969) is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter. Bagyula was born in Budapest and is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new ...

(born 1969), Hungarian retired pole vaulter * Istvan Bakx (born 1986), Dutch footballer *

István Balogh (footballer) István Balogh (21 September 1912, Budapest – 27 October 1992, Budapest) was a Hungarian footballer who played for Újpest FC, as well as representing the Hungarian national football team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Although Hungary got to th ...

(1912–1992), Hungarian footballer *

István Bárány István Bárány (20 December 1907 – 21 February 1995) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was twelfth in the 100 m freestyle. Four years later he won a silver medal in 100& ...

(1907–1995), Hungarian swimmer *

István Beé István Beé (born 4 July 1972, in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-4 200 m: 1998, 1999, 200 ...

(born 1972), Hungarian sprint canoer *

István Déván István Déván ( sk, Štefan Déván; 4 November 1891 – 20 April 1977) was a Hungarian track and field athlete and cross-country skier who competed for Hungary in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was born in ...

(1890–1977), Hungarian sprinter and cross-country skier * István Donogán (1897–1966), Hungarian discus thrower *

István Énekes István Énekes (20 February 1911 – 2 January 1940) was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Background In 1932 he won the gold medal in the Flyweight class after winning the final against Francisco Cabaña ...

(1911–1940), Hungarian boxer * István Ferenczi (born 1977), Hungarian footballer *

István Géczi István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC. He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and ...

(born 1944), Hungarian football goalkeeper *

István Gulyás István Gulyás ( hu, Gulyás István; 14 October 1931 – 31 July 2000) was the second Hungarian male tennis player to become a Grand Slam finalist. He was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's final by Tony Roche Anthony Dalton Roche ...

(1931–2000), Hungarian tennis player * István Havasi (1930–2003), Hungarian race walker *

István Herczeg István Herczeg (December 7, 1887 – July 4, 1949) was a Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Hungarian team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912. He ...

(1887–1949), Hungarian gymnast * István Kiss (decathlete) (born 1924), 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) István Kiss (born 25 July 1958) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Thi ...

(born 1958), Hungarian former water polo player *

István Kovács (boxer) István Kovács (born August 17, 1970), nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra, is a Hungarian retired world champion boxer. He is a Secretary General of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). As an amateur, he won the bantamweight go ...

(born 1970), Hungarian retired world and Olympic champion boxer *

István Kozma (footballer) István Kozma (born 3 December 1964) is a former Hungarian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career He began his career at Salgótarjáni TC in his native country of Hungary. Kozma then moved to Újpest FC and then to French Ligue 1 cha ...

(born 1964), Hungarian former footballer *

István Kozma (wrestler) István Kozma (27 November 1939 – 9 April 1970) was a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won Olympic gold medals in 1964 and in 1968, and the World Championship in 1962, 1966, and 1967. In 1967 he was selected as the Hungarian Sportsman of ...

(1939–1970), Hungarian wrestler *

István Lévai István Lévai (born July 23, 1957) is a former boxing, boxer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by titleholder Teófil ...

(born 1957), Hungarian retired boxer * István Major (1949–2014), Hungarian high jumper * István Molnár (water polo) (1913–1983), Hungarian water polo player *

István Mudin István Mudin (16 October 1881 – 22 July 1918) was a Hungarian athlete who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics. He competed in various throwing events and in the pentathlon at the 1906 Intercalated Games an ...

(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) István Nagy (14 April 1939 – 22 October 1999) was a Hungary, Hungarian Association football, footballer. He was born in Budapest. During his club career he played for MTK Hungária FC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated i ...

(1939–1999), Hungarian footballer * István Nagy (footballer, born 1986), Hungarian footballer *

István Nyers István Nyers (; 25 May 1924 – 9 March 2005), also known as Stefano Nyers, was a Hungarian footballer who played as a forward or as a winger. Although he played in only two international matches for Hungary, he is considered one of the gre ...

(1924–2005), Hungarian footballer *

István Pelle István Pelle (26 July 1907 – 6 March 1986)
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(1907–1986), Hungarian gymnast *

István Rózsavölgyi István Rózsavölgyi (30 March 1929 – 27 January 2012) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. Career Rózsavölgyi was born in Budapest. One of the star pupils of Mihály Iglói, he entered the 1956 S ...

(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 Szabó (handballer) (born 1945), Hungarian handball player *

István Szabó (canoeist) István Szabó (born 15 June 1950) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976. S ...

(born 1950), Hungarian sprint canoer *

István Szilágyi István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player. His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on furthe ...

(born 1950), Hungarian handball player * István Sztáni (born 1937), Hungarian football manager and former player * István Tóth (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoer in the 1980s *

István Tóth (footballer) István Tóth-Potya (28 July 1891 – 6 February 1945) was a Hungarian amateur footballer. He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games and did not pla ...

(1891–1945), Hungarian amateur footballer, manager and coach * István Tóth (wrestler) (born 1951), Hungarian wrestler *

István Varga (handballer) István Varga (; 7 September 1943 – 6 December 2014) was a Hungarian international handball player and Olympic participant. Varga spent his most successful years in Debrecen, where he was part of the Debreceni Dózsa SE, that won 5 Hungar ...

(1943–2014), Hungarian handball player *

István Varga (judoka) István Varga (22 August 1960 – 12 February 2023)István Vaskuti István Vaskuti (born December 4, 1955 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the C-2 500 m event in Moscow in 1980. Vaskuti also ...

(born 1955), Hungarian sprint canoer *

István Verpecz István Verpecz (; born 4 February 1987 in Szikszó) is a Hungary, Hungarian football (soccer), football player who currently plays for Szombathelyi Haladás. He made one appearance in the Hungarian League Cup during the 2007–08 season. Club ...

(born 1987), Hungarian footballer * István Vincze (born 1967), Hungarian football manager and former football player * István Vituska (born 1988), Hungarian footballer

Other

István Dobó Baron István Dobó de Ruszka (c. 1502 - Szerednye (today, Середнє (Szerednye / Serednie, Ukraine), mid-June 1572) was a Hungarian soldier, best known as the successful defender of Eger against the Ottomans in 1552. Dobó was a member o ...

(c. 1502–1572), Hungarian soldier and baron *

István Kiss (architect) István Kiss (May 4, 1857 – January 9, 1902) was a Hungarian architect.Kiss István

Stephen Pongracz Stephen Pongracz ( hu, Pongrácz István; 1584–1619) was a Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint of the Catholic Church. Biography Stephen Pongracz was born in Alvincz Castle in Principality of Transylvania, entered the Society of Jesus ...

(1584–1619), Hungarian Jesuit priest, martyr and saint *

István Vágó István Vágó (14 February 1949 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian television host and political activist, best known as the host of "Legyen ön is Milliomos!" the Hungarian version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. Life Vágó was born ...

(born 1949), Hungarian television host and political activist {{DEFAULTSORT:Istvan Hungarian masculine given names