Imre
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Imre is a Hungarian
masculine first name, derived from German
Emmerich
. It may refer to any of the following individuals (who generally held Hungarian nationality, unless otherwise noted):
Imre may also refer to:
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
masculine first name, derived from German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Emmerich
Emmerich
Emmerich am Rhein; , meaning Emmerich at the Rhine is a city on the lower part of the River Rhine in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia...
. It may refer to any of the following individuals (who generally held Hungarian nationality, unless otherwise noted):
- Imre ÁmosImre ÁmosImre Ámos was a twentieth century Hungarian Jewish painter.Following his studies at the Technical University, Budapest from 1927 to 1929, he enrolled in the Art School where he was a pupil of Gyula Rudnay. He married Margit Anna, also a painter.His painting was initially influenced by József...
(1907-1944/45), painter - Imre AntalImre AntalImre Antal was a Hungarian pianist, television presenter and comedian.In 1960 he was awarded the 3rd prize at the XII Concorso Busoni, and six years later he won the 2nd prize at Budapest's Liszt-Bartók competition. From the mid-1960s he began presenting programmes for the music section of...
(1935-2008), pianist - Imre BródyImre BródyImre Bródy , a Hungarian physicist, who invented in 1930 the krypton-filled fluorescent lamps ,...
(1891-1944), physicist - Imre BujdosóImre BujdosóImre Bujdosó is a Hungarian fencer, who has won two Olympic medals in the team sabre competition.-References:...
(b. 1959), Olympic fencer - Imre CsákyImre CsákyImre Csáky was a Hungarian Roman Catholic cardinal.-Biography:Csáky was born in Spiš Castle , a fief of his family. He studied in Košice, Vienna and Rome and was ordained priest, starting his eclessiastical career in Eger and then in Košice and Esztergom...
(1672-1732), Roman Catholic cardinal - Imre CsermelyiImre CsermelyiImre Csermelyi is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for BFC Siófok. REFERENCES:-**...
(b. 1988), football player - Imre CsesznekyImre CsesznekyCount Imre Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was a Hungarian agriculturist and patriot, born in 1804 to Mihály Cseszneky and Erzsébet Galgótzy. His father was a descendant of the impoverished Bácska branch of the Cseszneky family. In the 1830s he served as lieutenant...
(1804 - ?), agriculturist and patriot - Imre CsiszárImre CsiszárImre Csiszár is a Hungarian mathematician with contributions to information theoryand probability theory. In 1996 he won the Claude E. Shannon Award, the highest annualaward given in the field of information theory....
(b. 1938), mathematician - Imre CsöszImre CsöszImre Csösz is a Hungarian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
(b. 1969), Olympic judoka - Imre DemeImre DemeImre Deme is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for FC Tatabánya.-Sources:* * *...
(b. 1983), football player - Imre ErdődyImre ErdodyImre Erdődy was a Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Hungarian team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, European system event in 1912....
(1889-1973), Olympic gymnast - Imre Farkas, 19th century musician
- Imre FarkasImre Farkas (canoeist)Imre Farkas is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is Jewish. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals, earning one in 1956 and one in 1960 ....
(b. 1935), Olympic canoeist - Imre FintaImre FintaImre Finta was the first person prosecuted under Canada's war crimes legislation. He was charged in 1987 and acquitted in 1990.Imre Finta was a commander of the Gendarmerie in Szeged, Hungary during the Second World War. He immigrated to Canada in 1948 and settled in Toronto in 1953 where he...
(1911-2003), indicted war criminal - Imre Földi, Olympic weightlifter
- Imre FriedmannImre FriedmannE. Imre Friedmann was a biologist, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Biology at Florida State University and the NASA Ames Research Center, and Director, Polar Desert Research Center. He studied endolithic microbial communities and astrobiology. After escaping the Holocaust, Friedmann...
(1921-2007), biologist - Imre FrivaldszkyImre FrivaldszkyDr Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist.-Biography:...
(1799-1870), botanist and entomologist - Imre GarabaImre GarabaImre Garaba is a retired Hungarian football player.He made his debut for the Hungarian national team in 1980, and got 82 caps and 3 goals until 1991...
(b. 1958), football player - Imre GedőváriImre GedõváriImre Gedővári is a Hungarian fencer, who won three Olympic medals in the sabre competitions.-External links:*...
(b. 1951), Olympic fencer - Imre GellértImre GellértImre Gellért was an Hungarian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he participated in the individual all-around competition and finished 39th....
(1888-1981), Olympic gymnast - Imre GyöngyössyImre GyöngyössyImre Gyöngyössy was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film Job's Revolt , which he co-directed with Barna Kabay, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-External links:...
(1930-1994), film director and screenwriter - Imre HarangiImre HarangiImre Harangi was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the gold medal in the lightweight class after winning the final against Nikolai Stepulov....
(1913-1979), Olympic boxer - Imre HódosImre HódosImre Hódos was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:...
(1928-1989), Olympic wrestler - Imre HollaiImre HollaiImre Hollai is a retired Hungarian diplomat.Hollai joined the Hungarian foreign service in 1949. He served as Hungary's deputy representative to the United Nations from 1956 to 1960, as the head of foreign relations for the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1960 to 1963, as...
(b. 1925), diplomat, President of the United Nations General AssemblyPresident of the United Nations General AssemblyThe President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly on a yearly basis.- Election :... - Imre JeneiEmerich JeneiEmerich Jenei or Imre Jenei is a Romanian former football player and coach...
(b. 1937), Romanian football player and coach - Imre KálmánEmmerich KalmanEmmerich Kálmán was a Hungarian-born composer of operettas.- Biography :Kálmán was born Imre Koppstein in Siófok, on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary in a Jewish family.Kálmán initially intended to become a concert pianist, but because of early-onset arthritis, he focused on composition...
(1882-1953), operetta composer - Imre KertészImre KertészImre Kertész is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"....
(b. 1929), author and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"... - Imre KönigImre KönigImre König aka Mirko Kenig was a Hungarian chess master.He was born in Gyula, Hungary, and also lived in Austria, England and the USA during the troubled times between the two world wars.In 1921, he took 2nd in Celje...
(1899-1992), chess master - Imre KomoraImre KomoraImre Komora is a former Hungarian footballer.During his club career he played for Budapest Honvéd FC. For the Hungary national football team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He also won a gold medal in football at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Later he served as the head coach of the...
(b. 1940), football player - Imre LakatosImre LakatosImre Lakatos 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 stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the 'research programme' in his...
(1922-1974), philosopher of mathematics and science - Imre LeaderImre LeaderImre Bennett Leader is a British mathematician and Professor of Pure Mathematics, specifically combinatorics, at the University of Cambridge....
, British mathematician - Imre MadáchImre MadáchImre Madách de Sztregova et de Kelecsény was a Hungarian writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is The Tragedy of Man . It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's Faust...
(1823-1864), writer, poet, lawyer and politician - Imre MakoveczImre MakoveczImre Makovecz , was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.Makovecz was born and died in Budapest. He attended the Technical University of Budapest. He was founder and "eternal and executive president" of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.Makovecz was one of the most...
(b. 1935), architect - Imre MándiImre MándiImre Mándi was a Hungarian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the welterweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Sten Suvio....
(1916-1945), Olympic boxer - Imre MudinImre MudinImre Mudin was a Hungarian track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kétegyháza and died in the battle of Mount Grappa, Italy....
(1887-1918), Olympic track and field athlete - Imre NagyImre NagyImre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions...
(1896-1958), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary, key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 - Imre NagyImre Nagy (pentathlete)Imre Nagy is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He participated on the Hungarian team that won the gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and he also received an individual silver medal at the event. He received a bronze medal with the Hungarian team at the 1964 Summer...
(b. 1933), Olympic pentathlete - Imre NémethImre NémethImre Németh Imre Németh Imre Németh (September 23, 1917 in Kassa, then Hungary, today Košice (Slovakia, – August 18, 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the hammer throw....
(1917-1989), Olympic hammer thrower - Imre of HungarySaint Emeric of HungaryPrince St. Imre, also Henricus, Emeric, Emerick, Emmerich, Emericus or Americus was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. He is assumed to be the second son of Stephen, he was named after his uncle, St...
(ca. 1000-1007 - 1031), prince and Roman Catholic saint - Imre of HungaryEmeric of HungaryEmeric I , , King of Hungary and Croatia . He was crowned during his father's lifetime, but after his father's death he had to fight against his brother, Andrew, who forced Emeric to assign the government of Croatia and Dalmatia to him...
(1174-1204), King of HungaryKing of HungaryThe King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of... - Imre PáliImre PáliImre Páli was a Hungarian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Hungarian field handball team, which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches....
(1909 - ?), Olympic handballer - Imre PolyákImre PolyákImre Polyák was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Career:...
(b. 1932), Olympic wrestler - Imre PozsgayImre PozsgayImre Pozsgay is a Hungarian, ex-Communist, politician who played a key role in Hungary's transition to democracy after 1988. He is currently an advisor to prime minister Viktor Orbán....
(b. 1933), reform Communist politician - Imre PulaiImre PulaiImre Pulai is a Hungarian sprint canoer, who won two Olympic medals in the Canadian canoeing event, including a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with teammate Ferenc Novák....
(b. 1967), Olympic canoer - Imre RappImre RappImre Rapp is a retired Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Pécsi Mecsek FC.He participated in UEFA Euro 1972 for the Hungary national football team.-References:...
(b. 1937), football player - Imre Salma (b. 1962), atmospheric chemist, researcher
- Imre SalusinszkyImre SalusinszkyImre Salusinszky in an Australian journalist and English literature academic with a strong literary interest in Northrop Frye, a Canadian poet.-Background and career:...
(b. 1955), Australian newspaper columnist - Imre SchlosserImre SchlosserImre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League....
(1889-1959), football player - Imre SenkeyImre SenkeyImre Senkey was a Hungarian football player and manager, who spent the majority of his managerial time in Italy. Senkey managed some of the top clubs in Italian football such as Roma, Torino, Fiorentina and Genoa.-References:...
(1898 - ?), football player and manager - Imre SteindlImre SteindlImre Steindl was a Hungarian architect.- Biography :He graduated at the Technical University of Budapest and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. He was a teacher of the Budapest Technical University from 1869...
(1839-1902), architect - Imre SzabicsImre SzabicsImre Szabics is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a striker for Austrian club SK Sturm Graz.-Ferencváros:Imre Szabics was born in Szeged and started to play football at local club Szeged LC in 1990, spending five years with the club before leaving it for Ferencvárosi TC in 1995...
(b. 1981), football player - Imre SzekeresImre SzekeresImre Szekeres is a Hungarian politician of the Hungarian Socialist Party and former Minister of Defense.-Biography:Szekeres was born in Szolnok. He is married to a chemical engineer; they have two children....
(b. 1950), politician and Minister of Defence - Imre SzellőImre SzelloImre Szellő is a Hungarian amateur boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics.-2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships:...
(b. 1983), Olympic boxer - Imre SzentpályImre SzentpályImre Szentpály was a Hungarian polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Nagyvárad....
(1904-1987), Olympic polo player - Imre ThökölyImre ThökölyCount Imre Thököly de Késmárk was a Hungarian statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania, and vassal king of Upper Hungary.- Early life :Imre Thököly was born at Késmárk, Royal Hungary Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk (Thököly/Tököly/Tökölli Imre in Hungarian, Mirko...
(1657-1705), statesman, leader of an anti-HabsburgHabsburgThe House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
uprising, Prince of TransylvaniaTransylvaniaTransylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical... - Imre TóthImre TóthImre "Imi" Tóth is a motorcycle racer who competed for 8 years in Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 125cc the 250cc World Championships as a privateer. He currently races in the Supersport World Championship...
(b. 1985), Grand Prix motorcycle racerGrand Prix motorcycle racingRoad Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced... - Imre VaradiImre VaradiImre Varadi is an English former professional footballer of Hungarian origin, known as a journeyman forward who appeared for 16 different clubs at all levels of professional football in England.-Playing career:...
(b. 1959), English football player - Imre WeisshausPaul ArmaPaul Arma was a Hungarian-French pianist, composer, and ethnomusicologist....
(1905-1987), pianist - Imre ZachárImre ZachárImre Zachár was a Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics.-Swimming career:...
(1890-1954), Olympic water polo player and swimmer - Imre ZámbóJimmy ZamboJimmy Zámbó was a Hungarian pop singer. His popularity and impressive four-octave range earned him the nickname "The King".- Career :...
Hungarian pop singer
Imre may also refer to:
- Imre: A MemorandumImre: A MemorandumImre: A Memorandum, is a novel about the homosexual relationship between two men. It was written in Europe by the expatriate American-born author, Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson, who originally published it under the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne in a limited-edition imprint of 500 copies Naples,...
, 1906 novel by Edward Irenaeus Prime-StevensonEdward Irenaeus Prime-StevensonEdward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson was an American author. He used the pseudonym of Xavier Mayne.-Biography:Edward Prime Stevenson was born on July 23, 1858 in Madison, New Jersey... - Imre River, Cluj CountyCluj CountyCluj ; is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca.-Demographics:In 2007, it had a population of 692,316 and a population density of 104/km².*Romanians – 80%*Hungarians – 17.5%*Roma – 2.5%-Geography:...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...