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András
András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include: * András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player * András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer * András Ágoston (21st century), Hungarian Serbian politician * András Arató (born 1945), also known as Hide the Pain Harold, internet meme, stock photo model, and electrical engineer * András Balczó (born 1938), Hungarian modern pentathlete * András Baronyi (1892-1944), Hungarian swimmer * András Báthory (1562 or 1563–1599), Prince of Transylvania * András Beck (1911-1985), Hungarian sculptor * András Benkei (born 1923), Hungarian politician * András Béres (1924-1993), Hungarian footballer * András Bethlen (1847–1898), Hungarian politician * András Bodnár (born 1942), Hungarian water polo player * András Botos (born 1952), Hungarian boxer * András Csáki (born 1981), Hungarian musician * András Debreceni (born 1989), Hungaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Gerevich
András Gerevich is a Hungarian poet, screenwriter, literary translator and Professor of Screenwriting at Budapest Metropolitan University. Life and career Andras Gerevich was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1976. He grew up in Budapest, Dublin and Vienna. He graduated with a major in English Language and Literature and a minor in Aesthetics from ELTE School of English and American Studies. Later he was a Fulbright student at Dartmouth College in the United States, and received his third degree in screenwriting from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. He is openly gay. He was the president of József Attila Kör (JAK), the Hungarian Young Writers Association from 2006 to 2009. He edited the literary journals '' Kalligram'', '' Chroma'' and contributed to '' Clamantis: The MALS Journal''. He has also written articles for magazines like ''Magyar Narancs'', PRAE and ''The Continental Literary Magazine''. He has taught courses in Creative Writing, Poetry and Scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Adorján
András Adorján (born András Jocha; 31 March 1950) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (1973) and author. He adopted his mother's maiden name, Adorján, in 1968. Chess career In 1969–70, Adorján secured the title of European Junior Champion at the 'Niemeyer Tournament' in Groningen, and in 1969 at Stockholm, he finished runner-up in the World Junior Chess Championship to Anatoly Karpov. Qualification as an International Master came in 1970 and as a Grandmaster in 1973. The latter was also the year that he won (jointly) his first Hungarian Championship, going on to a further (this time outright) victory in 1984. Other tournament successes (finishing either first or joint first) included Varna 1972, Osijek 1978, Budapest 1982, Gjovik 1983, Esbjerg 1985 and New York Open 1987. In an interview, he recounts the story of his telephoned invitation to Luhacovice in 1973; he enquired—"Is there a GM norm on offer?", to which came the answer "Yes". His next question—"When doe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Arató
András István Arató (born 11 July 1945) is a retired Hungarian electrical engineer and model. In 2011, he became the subject of the Internet meme Hide the Pain Harold due to his overall facial expression and seemingly fake smile. Arató has been in and out of the stock photo and advertisement industry as a model since disclosing his identity. He took up travelling to foreign countries such as Turkey and Russia for recreational purposes and kept a blog about his life and travels. The photos associated with such travels are said to be the cause of Arató's fame. While vacationing in Turkey, Arató decided to upload personal vacation photos onto social media site iWiW, which were noticed by a photographer. Personal life Born in 1945 in Kőszeg, András Arató was raised in the era of the Iron Curtain. He has stated that a major part of his childhood was a gargantuan chestnut tree growing in his hometown. He would reminisce about it as if it were a tree of wisdom in his town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Frank
András Frank (born 3 June 1949) is a Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics, especially in graph theory, and combinatorial optimisation. He is director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Mathematical work Using the LLL-algorithm, Frank, and his student, Éva Tardos developed a general method, which could transform some polynomial-time algorithms into strongly polynomial. He solved the problem of finding the minimum number of edges to be added to a given undirected graph so that in the resulting graph the edge-connectivity between any two vertices ''u'' and ''v'' is at least a predetermined number ''f''(''u'',''v''). Degrees, awards He received the Candidate of Mathematical Science degree in 1980, advisor: László Lovász, and the Doctor of Mathematical Science degree (1990) from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Báthory
Andrew Báthory ( hu, Báthory András; pl, Andrzej Batory; 1562 or 1563 – 3 November 1599) was the Cardinal-deacon of Sant'Adriano al Foro from 1584 to 1599, Prince-Bishop of Warmia from 1589 to 1599, and Prince of Transylvania in 1599. His father was a brother of Stephen Báthory, who ruled the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1575. He was the childless Stephen Báthory's favorite nephew. He went to Poland at his uncle's invitation in 1578 and studied at the Jesuit college in Pułtusk. He became canon in the Chapter of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Warmia in 1581, and provost of the Monastery of Miechów in 1583. Pope Gregory XIII appointed Báthory cardinal during his visit to Rome in 1584. A year later, he was installed as coadjutor bishop of Warmia. He was in Rome again when Stephen Báthory died in 1586. Andrew was one of the candidates to succeed him in Poland and Lithuania, but Jan Zamoyski, the Chancellor of Poland, convinced him to support another candidate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Balczó
András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci .... He competed at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team events and won three gold and two silver medal; he missed only one medal, finishing fourth individually in 1960. Balczó was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year 1966, 1969 and 1972, while the pentathlon team was several times chosen as the Hungarian Team of the Year. He was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR in 1972, along with eight other athletes from outside USSR. He is considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of modern pentathlon. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Bethlen
Count András Bethlen de Bethlen (26 July 1847 – 25 August 1898) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1890 and 1894. He studied law in Budapest and national economy studies in Brussels and Leipzig. He was a member of the Diet of Hungary from 1873 to 1882 in colours of the Liberal Party, which governed Hungary until 1890. Bethlen served as administrative chief of Brassó County and Szeben County (''Count of the Saxons''). Count Gyula Szapáry appointed him Minister of Agriculture. Bethlen also hold the office in the next government (first cabinet of Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle (14 November 1848 – 26 August 1921) was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister. He was the first non-noble to hold the office in Hungary. Biography He was born in Mór to a Danube Swabian family, in ...). He founded the Institute of Experimental Plant and surveyed the introduction of the agricultural statistics. He also published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Debreceni
András Debreceni (born 21 April 1989) is a Hungarian footballer defender. He currently plays for Mosonmagyaróvári TE . Debreceni made his debut for the senior side of his country on 1 June 2012 in the 2–1 win over the Czech Republic in a friendly match. Honours Hungary U-20 * FIFA U-20 World Cup: **Third place: 2009 Budapest Honvéd FC * Hungarian Cup: **Winner: 2006–07, 2008–09 * Hungarian Super Cup: **Runners-up: 2007, 2009 Kecskeméti TE * Hungarian National Championship II: **Winner: 2007–08 Diósgyőri VTK *Hungarian League Cup The Hungarian League Cup ( hu, Magyar Ligakupa) was an annual football tournament contested by clubs in the Hungarian League. It was created in 2007 and the competition only lasted for 8 seasons, being cancelled in 2015/2016. Ligakupa Finals The ... (1): 2013–14 References External links Profile at magyarfutball.hu [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Gosztonyi
András Gosztonyi (born 7 November 1990 in Kaposvár) is a Hungarian football player who plays for Kisvárda in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Career He spent a week at Newcastle United F.C. on trial. Joe Kinnear claimed he would have a massive future at Newcastle should his trial work out. The trial never worked out and Gosztonyi returned to his club. On 1 February 2010, the midfielder has been signed by AS Bari until the conclusion of the 2009–2010 Serie A campaign. He transferred to the Italian club from MTK Budapest. The spring season twice took the team back on track in Bari (against Siena in the 3–2 away loss of Meeting 77th minute and Juventus suffered a 3–0 defeat, and the occasion of the 71st minute of the match). International career His original position is striker, but he plays midfielder at the U-19 National team of Hungary. The Hungarian offensive midfielder is member of the Hungary under-21 national team. Club statistics ''Updated to games played as of 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Botos
András Botos (born March 6, 1952) is a retired boxer, who won a bronze medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... He also competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a lightweight boxer. 1972 Olympic results Below is the record of András Botos, a Hungarian featherweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics: *Round of 64 - Defeated Nopparat Preecha of Thailand by decision, 5-0 *Round of 32 - Defeated Michael Andrews of Nigeria by decision, 5-0 *Round of 16 - Defeated Louis Self of United States by decision, 3-2 *Quarterfinal - Defeated Royal Kobayashi of Japan by decision, 4-1 *Semifinal - Lost to Boris Kuznetsov of Soviet Union by decision, 0-5 (was awarded a bron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Fáy
András Fáy ( sk, Andrej Fáy; 30 May 178626 July 1864) was a Hungarian author, lawyer, politician and businessman. Life He was born at Kohány (today Kochanovce, suburb of Sečovce) in the county of Zemplén, and was educated for the law at the Protestant college of Sárospatak. His volume of poems ''New Garland'' (1818) established his fame as a poet. However he won a much larger fame with his ''Mesék'' (Fables), the first edition of which appeared at Vienna in 1820. This book exhibited his powers of satire and invention. These fables, which, on account of their originality and simplicity, caused Fay to be regarded as the Hungarian Aesop, were translated into German by Petz (Raab, 1825), and partly into English by E. D. Butler, ''Hungarian Poems and Fables'' (London, 1877). Fay wrote numerous poems, the chief of which are to be found in the collections ''Bokréta'' (“Nosegay,” Pest, 1807), and ''Friss Bokréta'' (“Fresh Nosegay,” Pest, 1818). He also composed p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Baronyi
András Baronyi (September 13, 1892 – June 6, 1944) was a Hungarian swimmer and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o .... In 1908 he was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metre breaststroke event. Four years later at the 1912 Olympics he finished fourth in the 100 metre backstroke competition. At the same Olympics he also finished seventh in the standing long jump contest. References External linksprofile 1892 births 1944 deaths Swimmers from Budapest Hungarian male swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Hungarian male long jumpers Olympic swimmers of Hungary Olympic athletes of Hungary S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
