Lakatos () is a
Hungarian surname (meaning
locksmith
Locksmithing is the work of creating and bypassing locks. Locksmithing is a traditional trade and in many countries requires completion of an apprenticeship. The level of formal education legally required varies by country, ranging from no formal ...
). The surname is especially common among the
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
(Gypsy) population.
People with the surname include:
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Brent Lakatos
Brent Lakatos (born June 1, 1980) is a Canadian wheelchair racer in the T53 classification. Lakatos has represented Canada at six Summer Paralympics, and at the 2012 Games he won three silver medals in the sprint and mid-distance events. In 2013 ...
(born 1980), Canadian athlete
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Dominik Lakatoš
Dominik Lakatoš (born 8 April 1997) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HC Vítkovice Ridera of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He was selected by the New York Rangers in the sixth round, 157th overall, of the 201 ...
Czech ice hockey player of Romani origin
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Géza Lakatos
Géza Lakatos de Csíkszentsimon (Hungarian title/name: "Vitéz lófő csíkszentsimoni Lakatos Géza"; in German: Geza Ritter Lakatos, Edler von Csikszentsimon) (30 April 1890 – 21 May 1967) was a colonel general in the Hungarian Army duri ...
, a Hungarian general during World War II; briefly served as Prime Minister of Hungary
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Imre Lakatos
Imre Lakatos (, ; ; 9 November 1922 – 2 February 1974) was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its "methodology of proofs and refutations" in its pre-axiomatic stage ...
, a philosopher of mathematics and science
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Imre Schlosser-Lakatos
Imre Schlosser (also known as Imre Lakatos; 11 October 1889 – 18 July 1959) was a Hungarian footballer of Danube Swabian ancestry who played as a forward. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian Na ...
, Hungarian footballer
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Josh Lakatos
Joshua David "Josh" Lakatos (born March 24, 1973) is an American former Olympic target shooter. He was born in Pasadena, California.
Career
At the 1992 Olympic Trials, Lakatos did not make the Olympic team, finishing in seventh place.
At the 199 ...
(born 1973), American target shooter
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Menyhért Lakatos
Menyhért Lakatos (April 11, 1926, Vésztő — August 21, 2007, Budapest) was a Romani people in Hungary, Hungarian Romani writer[Pál Lakatos
Pál Lakatos (born 7 June 1968 in Vásárosnamény) is a retired boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). He once won the silver medal at the European ...]
, Hungarian boxer
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Roby Lakatos
Roby Lakatos (born 1965) is a violinist from Hungary who combines jazz, classical, and Hungarian Romani music.
Career
Lakatos was born in 1965 into a family of Romani violinists descended from János Bihari, a composer who influenced Brahms an ...
, a Romani violinist from Hungary
Hungarian-language surnames
Occupational surnames
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