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Károly Cs
Károly () is a common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (because the Latin Carolus is very close to Károly).Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009, Given names * Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia * Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer * Károly Andrássy (1792–1845), Hungarian politician * Károly Bajkó (1944–1997), Hungarian Olympic wrestler * Károly Balzsay (born 1979), Hungarian boxer * Károly Bartha (Minister of Defence) (1884–1964), Hungarian colonel general and politician * Károly József Batthyány (1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia * Károly Binder (born 1956), Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educator * Károly Brocky (1808–1855), Hungarian painter * Károly Doncs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karola
Karola is a Danish language, Danish, Finnish language, Finnish, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish feminine given name that is a feminine form of Karol (name), Karol and Carolus (name), Carolus and an alternate form of Carola. Notable people with the name include the following: Given name *Karola Bloch (1905—1994), Polish architect, socialist, and feminist *Karola Ebeling (born 1935), German actress *Karola Gramann (born 1948) German film scholar and film curator. *Karola Maier Milobar (born 1876), Croatian physician *Karola Neher, birthname of Carola Neher (1900–1942), German actress and singer *Karola Obermueller (born 1977), German composer and teacher *Karola Schustereder (born 1966), Austrian rower * Karola Siegel, birthname of Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024; known as "Dr. Ruth"), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Ecser
Károly Ecser (22 October 1931 – 6 April 2005) was a Hungarian weightlifter who competed in the heavyweight class and represented Hungary at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 1965 World Weightlifting Championships in the +90 kg category. He participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the +90 kg event finishing fifth. Ecser had furthermore the following podium finishes at major championships: bronze in the 1965 World Championships Unlimited class (522.5 kg), bronze in the 1961 European Championships Unlimited class (455.0 kg) silver in the 1962 European Championships Unlimited class (482.5 kg), silver in the 1964 European Championships Unlimited class (490 kg) and gold at the 1965 European Championships Unlimited class (505 kg). He was born in Cegléd Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Name The name of the town is of disputed origin. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Knezić
Károly Knezić (; 6 September 1808, Veliki Grđevac – 6 October 1849, Arad, Romania, Arad) was a Royal Hungarian Landwehr, honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. On his father's side he had Croatian roots, while his mother was a Hungarian. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad. Family His father was of Croatian descent but in service to the Austrian border guard as an officer near Knezić. His mother, Borbála Benkő, was of Hungarian-Serbian descent, related to Omar Pasha, Mihajlo Latas, a Serb military officer in the Austrian Empire who later escaped and became known as the Turkish general Omar Pasha. Life He graduated from a military academy and had a quiet early career. Sometime around 1842 he was engaged to Katalin Kapitány (†1853), the daughter of the senator of Eger, Mihály Kapitány. They were married in June 1844 in the Cathedral of EgerVasárnapi Újság 1898/22 (május 29) - this time Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Kisfaludy
Károly Kisfaludy (5 February 1788 – 21 November 1830) was a Hungarian dramatist and artist, brother of Sándor Kisfaludy. He was the founder of the national drama. Early life The youngest of eight children, his mother died in childbirth, and he had a troubled relationship with his father. Kisfaludy began writing poems and songs while in the army from 1804 to 1811. He saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars in Italy, Serbia and Bavaria. After his return in 1810 he courted a girl named Katalin Heppler, but did not marry. His resignation from the army alienated his father, and he took refuge at his sister Teréz's house in Vas County. Education He studied art, travelling to Vienna in 1812 and Italy in 1815, but had no luck with either writing or painting until April and June 1819, when his tragedies ''A tatárok Magyarországon'' ("The Tatars in Hungary") and ''Ilka, vagy Nándorfehérvár bevétele'' ("Ilka, or the Capture of Belgrade") were a great success. He followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Kernstok
Károly Kernstok (23 December 1873, in Budapest – 9 June 1940, in Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian painter. In the early twentieth century, he was known for being among the leading groups of Hungarian painters known as the "Neos" and The Eight (Nyolcak), The Eight (1909–1918), before the First World War. He was particularly influenced by the work of Henri Matisse, as may be seen in his monumental painting ''Riders at the Waterside'' (1910). Kernstok studied in Munich and Paris, and practiced as an artist mostly in Budapest. After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, he emigrated to Berlin. He lived and worked there until 1926. His work is collected in the Hungarian National Gallery, among other institutions. With the centenary of The Eight's first exhibit under that name, commemorative exhibits have been mounted in Hungary and Austria in 2011 and 2012. Early life and education Károly Kernstok was born in 1873 in Budapest, where he lived most of his life. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Kerkapoly
Károly Kerkapoly or ''Kerkápoly'' (13 May 1824 - 31 December 1891) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1870 and 1873. He studied in Pápa, in the same school as Mór Jókai and Sándor Petőfi. He worked as a juratus in the National Assembly of 1844. When he finished his law studies he worked for the Zala County's chief prosecutor. Kerkapoly met Ferenc Deák here, who already then sympathized with him and later attention and interest his career was accompanied by Deák. Kerkapoly continued his studies in Halle an der Saale and Berlin, but returned to Hungary when the revolution broke out. He became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1859. In a movement hulled around the Protestant autonomy in the same year, to the decompression of his church's constitution, he significantly been added. His political career started in 1865 when he became a member of the National Assembly. Under this parliament he was one of the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Kárpáti
Károly Kárpáti (also Károly Kellner, born July 2, 1906, in Eger – September 23, 1996, in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic wrestling champion of Jewish heritage. Career Károly Kárpáti was born on July 2, 1906, in Eger in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His early chances of becoming an elite athlete seemed negligible as he was introduced to wrestling by a doctor who told his parents that physical activity might help strengthen their short and underweight son. Defying the odds, in his crowning achievement, he won an Olympic gold medal in 1936 in the Lightweight Freestyle class. As a Jewish wrestler, his victory in the Berlin 1936 Nazi Olympics provided special significance, because it came at the expense of Germany's vaunted titleholder, Wolfgang Ehrl. Kárpáti was one of only around nine Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936. He won a silver medal in the Lightweight Freestyle class at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 1928 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie (Hungarian Singer)
Horváth Károly also known as Charlie, born in Ondód, Hungary, 28 October 1947) is a Hungarian rock and soul singer. Biography Originally a ballet dancer, Charlie began singing with Hungarian rock bands in the mid-1960s, and became known nationally as a member of Decca and Olympia. In the 1970s he spent two years in Africa and led a band called Afriaca, which inspired a new interest in funk and soul music. Upon returning to Hungary, he started the band Generál, which toured throughout Europe and released two albums before disbanding in 1979. In 1982 he formed the band Pannonia Express which toured internationally throughout the decade. In 1989, Charlie formed the soul act Tátrai Band with guitarist Tibor Tátrai. In 1994, Charlie went solo and has released several solo albums, most of which reached the Hungarian charts. He was chosen to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Hieronymi
Károly Hieronymi (1 October 1836 – 4 May 1911) was a Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1892 and 1895. He was a supporter of former Prime Minister Kálmán Tisza. As Minister of Trade he modernized the train services, for the Hungarian State Railways he nationalized the Budapest-Pécs, the Duna- Dráva and the Zagreb-Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ... railway lines. He insured the independence of the railway goods turnover aiming at the seaports and its tranquillity. Memories In Budapest there is a street named after him. His grave is in the Kerepesi Cemetery. References *T. Boros László, ''Magyar politikai lexikon 1914–1929,'' Budapest, Európa ny., 1929. *''Budapest enciklopédia,'' Budapest, Corvina, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Grósz
Károly Grósz (1 August 1930 – 7 January 1996) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1988 to 1989. Early career Grósz was born in Miskolc, Hungary. He joined the Hungarian Communist Party in 1945 at the age of 14. The Communists took full power in 1949, and Grósz rose through the party ranks, becoming an important party leader in his native region. He functioned as head of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda in the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County branch of the Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) from 1954. He also held the position in Miskolc during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, when he banned local journals from coverage of events and forced to remove Kossuth Coat of Arms from letterhead of local newspaper ''Észak-Magyarország''. Miklós Papp told this about Grósz, on 4 November 1956, after the revolution was crushed, Grósz was appointed head of the local party app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Gesztesi
Károly Gesztesi (born Károly Tóth; 16 April 1963 – 4 January 2020) was a Hungarian actor. He was also known as voice actor, in particular for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek (character), Shrek from the Shrek, movie of the same name. Life and career Gesztesi graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest and, until 1990, he was a member of the Thalia Theater company. In the 1990s, he acted with such companies as the National Theatre of Miskolc, the Attila József Theatre, and the Comedy Theatre of Budapest. Described as one of Hungary's best-known actors, Gesztesi played in numerous Hungarian TV and cinema productions, including Magyar vándor, ''Magyar Vándor'' in 2004, ''Just Sex and Nothing Else'' in 2005 and ''Children of Glory''. "With his characteristic voice", he was also one of Hungary's most famous voice actors. He voiced Shrek in the Hungarian version of the film. His eldest son is the actor Máté Gesztesi. On 4 January 2020, Gesztesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Frenreisz
Károly Frenreisz (born 8 November 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and songwriter. Life Frenreisz first studied piano and then learned to play the clarinet, saxophone, and bass. He was from 1965 to 1971 part of the band Metró (Hungarian band), Metró. The most famous song he wrote while in the band was ''Citromízű banán''. He played a significant role in getting Metró through the end of the sixties and being part of the era of modern experimental trends in music. In 1971, he was a founding member of the band Locomotiv GT, where he was the bassist, brass player, and lead singer. He wrote the band's first hits (Boldog vagyok, Érints meg), and was connected to the band's first international success. In January 1973 he left Locomotiv GT, and later he founded the band Skorpió. The band carried over Locomotiv GT's progressive sound for their first album "A rohanás" (1974), but soon after they switched to a more radio-friendly hard rock sound. They had many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
