__NOTOC__ Polányi, Polanyi is a surname. There have been a number of prominent individuals in the Polanyi family, illustrated in the following family tree: *Adolf Pollacsek (1820–1871) ∞ Zsófia Schlesinger **Mihály Pollacsek (March 21, 1848, Bánhegy (Dluha) – January 10, 1905), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads
∞ (1881 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) Cecília Wohl ( hu, Pollacsek Mihályné, Wohl Cecília, french: Cécile Wohl; 1862,

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– 1939,

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), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest ***Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957), ∞ Sándor Striker **** Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer ***Adolf Polányi *** Karl Paul Polanyi ( hu, Polányi Károly, 1886, Vienna – 1964, Pickering, Ontario), a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of '' The Great Transformation''
∞ Ilona Duczyńska ****

Kari Polanyi Levitt Kari Polanyi Levitt (born June 14, 1923 in Vienna, Austria)''Biography'' (Kari Polanyi Levitt website. http://www.karipolanyilevitt.com/biography/.) is a Canadian economist, currently Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, Montreal. S ...

(born 1923, Vienna), the Emerita Professor of Economics at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

***Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi ***

Michael Polanyi Michael Polanyi (; hu, Polányi Mihály; 11 March 1891 – 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies ...

( hu, Polányi Mihály; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist
∞ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi ****

John Charles Polanyi John Charles Polanyi ( hu, Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics. Polanyi was born into the prominent Hungari ...

(born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry ***Paul (Pál) Polányi **Lujza Pollacsek *** Ervin Szabó (1877–1918)About Ervin Szabó
/ref> **Vilma Pollacsek *** Irma Seidler, early love of

György Lukács György Lukács (born György Bernát Löwinger; hu, szegedi Lukács György Bernát; german: Georg Bernard Baron Lukács von Szegedin; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, critic, and aesth ...

*** Ernő Seidler, founding member of the

Communist Party of Hungary The Hungarian Communist Party ( hu, Magyar Kommunista Párt, abbr. MKP), known earlier as the Party of Communists in Hungary ( hu, Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja, abbr. KMP), was a communist party in Hungary that existed during the interwar ...

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The name is also referenced in: * Michael Polanyi Center (MPC), Baylor University * The Eyring-Polanyi equation *

Bell–Evans–Polanyi principle In physical chemistry, the Evans–Polanyi principle (also referred to as the Bell–Evans–Polanyi principle, Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi principle, or Evans–Polanyi–Semenov principle) observes that the difference in activation energy between ...

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