Kis (surname)
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Kis, Kış or Kiš, is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Andriy KisAndriy KisAndriy Kis is a Ukrainian luger who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 14th in the men's doubles event at Turin in 2006....
(born 1982), Ukrainian Olympic luger - Danilo KišDanilo KišDanilo Kiš was a Yugoslavian novelist, short story writer and poet who wrote in Serbo-Croatian. Kiš was influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges and Ivo Andrić, among other authors...
(born 1935), Yugoslavian/Serbian writer - Gergő KisGergo KisGergő Kis is a Hungarian freestyle swimmer.Kis participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m freestyle, ranking 23rd in the heats...
(born 1988), Hungarian Olympic swimmer - Ivana KišIvana KišIvana Kiš is a Croatian composer of classical music, electronic music and music theatre.Ivana finished her Bachelor composition studies with Marko Ruzdjak , and her Master studies in the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk and Diderik Wagenaar .Kiš'...
(born 1979), Croatian composer - János KisJános KisJános Kis is a Hungarian philosopher and political scientist.Kis was born in Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from Philosophy at the Eötvös Loránd University in 1967. Kis was inspired by the ideas of György Lukács, and became marxist in the 1960's. He joined the Hungarian Communist Party too...
(born 1943), Hungarian politician - Tevfik KışTevfik KisTevfik Kış is a former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class and a trainer. He won the gold medal in men's Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1960 Olympics.Born 1934 in Pelitçik village of Kargı district in the Çorum Province, he began 1956 wrestling...
(born 1934), Turkish Olympic wrestler