Sándor () is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of
Alexander
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
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It may refer to:
People
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Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925), Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and book collector
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Sándor Boldogfai Farkas (1907–1970), Hungarian nobleman, sculptor,
medalist
A medalist (or medallist) is an artist who designs medals, plaquettes, badges, metal medallions, coins and similar small works in relief in metal. Historically, medalists were typically also involved in producing their designs, and were usually e ...
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Sándor Bródy (footballer)
Sándor Bródy (15 August 1884 – 19 April 1944) was a Jewish- Hungarian football (soccer) player. He competed for Hungary at the 1912 Olympics and was a star in the national side. His first appearance in Ferencvaros was in 1902 and he play ...
(1884–1944), Jewish-Hungarian soccer player
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Sándor Bródy (writer)
Sándor Bródy (23July 186312August 1924) was a Hungarian author and journalist.
Biography
Bródy was born in Eger, Hungary. His family was Jewish. After attending the schools of Eger he devoted himself entirely to literature. From 1888 to 18 ...
(1863–1924)
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Sándor Csányi (banker)
Sándor Csányi (born 20 March 1953) is a Hungarian billionaire businessman and banker. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of OTP Bank Group, one of the largest financial groups in the CEE Region and the largest bank in Hun ...
(born 1953), CEO of OTP Bank Group
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Sándor Csányi (actor)
Sándor Csányi (born 19 December 1975), is a Hungary, Hungarian actor.
Biography
Csányi aimed to be an actor from an early age and was admitted into the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest on his fourth attempt. In 2002, he bec ...
(born 1975), Hungarian actor
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Sandor Earl (born 1989), New Zealand born rugby league player
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Sándor Erdős
Sándor Erdős (born 21 August 1947 in Budapest) is a Hungarian épée fencer.
Olympics
Erdős won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), offic ...
(born 1947), Hungarian Olympic champion épée fencer
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Sándor Fábry (born 1953), Hungarian comedian, talk show host, and writer
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Sándor Farkas de Boldogfa (1880–1946), Hungarian nobleman and colonel
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Sándor Fazekas
Sándor Fazekas (born 3 May 1963) is a Hungarian jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Rural Development, then Minister of Agriculture from 2010 to 2018, in the second and third cabinets of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He served ...
(born 1963), Hungarian jurist and politician
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Sándor Ferenczi
Sándor Ferenczi (; 7 July 1873 – 22 May 1933) was a Hungarian Psychoanalysis, psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Sigmund Freud.
Biography
Born Sándor Fraenkel to Baruch Fränkel and Rosa ...
(1873–1933), Hungarian psychoanalyst
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Sándor Garbai
Sándor Garbai (27 March 1879 – 7 November 1947) was a Hungarian socialist politician who was the de jure leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic as both its head of state and prime minister.
Life and political career
Garbai was born into ...
(1879–1947), Hungarian socialist politician
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Sándor Gáspár (politician)
Sándor Gáspár (15 April 1917 – 16 April 2002) was a Hungarian communist politician and trade unionist.
Born in Pánd, Gáspár worked as a mechanic, and in 1935 joined the Metalworkers' Trade Union. The following year, he joined the ...
(1917–2002), Hungarian communist politician and trade unionist
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Sándor Gáspár (born 1956), Hungarian actor
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Sándor Gellér (1925–1996), Hungarian Olympic champion soccer goalkeeper
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Sándor Gombos (1895–1968), Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer
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Sándor Károlyi
Baron, later Count Sándor Károlyi de Nagykároly (; 20 March 1668 – 8 September 1743) was a Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and Imperial Feldmarschall. He was one of the generals of Francis II Rákóczi during the War of Independence. Later he ...
(1668–1743), Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and Imperial Feldmarschall
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Sándor Keresztes
Dr. Sándor Keresztes (9 March 1919 – 14 August 2013)Sándor Kocsis
Sándor Péter Kocsis (; ; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian Association football, footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest Honvéd FC, Budapest Honvéd, SC Young Fellows Juventus, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelo ...
(1929–1979), Hungarian footballer
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Sándor Kónya
Sándor Kónya (23 September 1923 – 20 May 2002) was a Hungarian tenor, particularly associated with German and Italian roles, especially Lohengrin and Calaf.
Biography
Kónya was born in Sarkad, Hungary, and began his vocal studies at the ...
(1923–2002), Hungarian operatic tenor
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Shaolin Sándor Liu
Shaolin Sándor Liu ( zh, s=劉少林, p=Liú Shàolín, c=, t=; ; born 20 November 1995) is a Chinese-Hungarian Olympic champion short track speed skater. He has won one gold and one bronze as part of the Hungarian team in short track spe ...
(born 1995), Hungarian Olympic champion short track speed skater
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Sandor Martin (born 1993), Spanish boxer
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Sándor Márai
(; Archaic English name: Alexander Márai; 11 April 1900 – 21 February 1989) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist.
Biography
Márai was born on 11 April 1900 in the city of Košice, Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, Hun ...
(1900–1989), Hungarian poet, novelist, and journalist
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Sándor Mogyorós (1911–1969), Romanian Communist politician and activist of Hungarian ethnicity (also known as Alexandru Moghioroș)
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Sándor Noszály (born 1972), Hungarian tennis player
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Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; ; ; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet and Classical Liberalism, liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungari ...
(1823–1849), Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
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Sándor Puhl
Sándor Puhl (14 July 1955 – 20 May 2021) was a Hungarian football referee, best known for officiating four matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, including the final between Brazil and Italy. He also refereed UEFA Champion ...
(1955–2021), Hungarian football referee
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Sándor Radó (1899–1981), Hungarian cartographer and a Soviet military intelligence agent
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Sándor Radó (actor) (1891–1944), Hungarian actor
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Sándor Rott (1868–1942), Hungarian actor
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Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (23 March 1864 – 4 June 1946) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for a few months in 1920. He signed the Treaty of Trianon after World War I on 4 June 1920. By this treaty, Hungary lost a considerab ...
(1864–1946), Hungarian politician
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Sándor Sörös (born 1951), Hungarian actor
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Sándor Tátrai (1914–1970), Hungarian footballer and manager
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Sándor Tarics (1913–2016), Hungarian water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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Sándor Végh (1912–1997), Hungarian/French violinist
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Sándor Weöres
Sándor Weöres (; 22 June 1913 – 22 January 1989) was a Hungarian poet and author.
Born in Szombathely, Weöres was brought up in the nearby village of Csönge. His first poems were published when he was fourteen, in the influential jour ...
(1913–1989), Hungarian poet and author
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Béla Sándor (1919–1978), Hungarian chess International Master
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György Sándor (1912–2005), Hungarian pianist
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György Sándor (footballer) (born 1984), Hungarian footballer
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István Sándor (disambiguation)
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János Sándor (1860–1922), Hungarian politician
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Károly Sándor (1928–2014), Hungarian footballer
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Pál Sándor (born 1939), Hungarian film director, producer and screenwriter
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Renáta Sándor (born 1990), Hungarian volleyball player
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Tamás Sándor (born 1974), Hungarian football manager and former player
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Móric Sándor de Szlavnicza (1805–1878), landowner, once owner of the Sándor Palace in Budapest
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Vincent Sándor de Szlavnicza
Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer."
People with the given name Artists
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, landowner, Hungarian aristocrat who commissioned the building of Sándor Palace, Budapest, building started around 1803
Fictional characters
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Sandor Clegane, nicknamed The Hound, in the fantasy series ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' and its television adaptation, ''Game of Thrones''
*Emperor Sandor, a recurring character of the ''
Tara Duncan'' book series
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Sandor, in the book series Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore
*Sandor, in the animated TV series ''
Star Blazers
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