Lajos () is a Hungarian masculine given name,

cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words in different languages that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical e ...

to the English Louis. People named Lajos include: Hungarian monarchs: * Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382) * Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526) In Hungarian politics: * Lajos Aulich, second Minister of War of Hungary *

Lajos Batthyány Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (; hu, gróf németújvári Batthyány Lajos; 10 February 1807 – 6 October 1849) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was e ...

, first Prime Minister of Hungary * Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár, county head of Győr and Governor of Fiume * Lajos Dinnyés, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1947 to 1948 *

Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (, hu, udvardi és kossuthfalvi Kossuth Lajos, sk, Ľudovít Košút, anglicised as Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, poli ...

, Hungarian lawyer, politician and Regent of Hungary In football: *

Lajos Baróti Lajos Baróti (; 19 August 1914 – 23 December 2005) was a Hungarian football player and manager. With eleven major titles he is one of the outstanding coaches of his era. Career Baróti played from 1928 until 1946 for Szegedi AK and from 194 ...

, coach of the Hungary national football team *

Lajos Czeizler Lajos Czeizler (5 October 1893 – 6 May 1969) was a Hungarian footballer and coach. With 11 major titles altogether, he remains one of the most successful football coaches of all time. Career Czeizler was born in a Jewish family in Heves, Au ...

, Hungarian football coach * Lajos Détári, retired Hungarian football player * Lajos Sătmăreanu, former Romanian football player * Lajos Tichy, Hungarian footballer In art: *

Lajos Csordák Lajos Csordák (2 February 1864 in Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary – 28 June 1937 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia) was a Hungarian painter. Csordák started to study painting around 1880. In 1883, his whole family moved to Munich. From 1889 to 1895 ...

, Hungarian/Slovak painter * Lajos Markos, Hungarian American painter * Lajos Koltai, Hungarian cinematographer and film director In Hungarian literature: * Lajos Bíró, Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter * Lajos Egri, author of ''The Art of Dramatic Writing'' * Lajos Hevesi, Jewish Hungarian journalist and author In chess: * Lajos Portisch, Hungarian chess player * Lajos Steiner, Hungarian chess player In other fields: * Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian composer and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music * Lajos Pósa, Hungarian mathematician * Lajos Werkner (1883–1943), Hungarian 2x Olympic champion saber fencer * Zoltán Lajos Bay, Hungarian physicist

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