Porges
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Porges is a surname which may refer to:
  • Gabriel Porges
    • Moses Porges, (since 1841) Moses Porges von Portheim
      Moses Porges von Portheim
      Moses Porges, Edler von Portheim, or Moses Porges von Portheim was a Czech-Austrian industrialist and vice-burgomaster of Prague-Smichow; knight of the Order of Francis Joseph....

       (1781, Prague - 1870, Prague), a Czech-Austrian industrialist, vice-burgomaster of Smichow
      • Joseph Porges von Portheim
        Joseph Porges von Portheim
        Joseph Porges, Edler von Portheim was a Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron; son of Moses Porges von Portheim....

         (1817, Prague - 1904, Prague), a Jewish Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron, son of Moses
  • Simon Porges (1801 - 1869) ∞ Charlotte Porges (1801 - 1869)
    • Heinrich Porges
      Heinrich Porges
      Heinrich Porges was a Czech-Austrian choirmaster, music critic and writer of Jewish descent.-Life:...

       (1837, Prague - 1900, München), a Jewish Czech-Austrian/German choirmaster, music-critic ∞ Wilhelmine Merores
      • Else (Elsa) Bernstein(-Porges), née Porges
        Elsa Bernstein
        Else/Elsa Bernstein-Porges was an Austrian-German writer and dramatist of Jewish descent.- Life :...

        ) (1866, Vienna - 1949, Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
        Eimsbüttel
        Eimsbüttel is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany. In 2006 the population was 246,087.-History:On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost a part of its area to form the quarter Sternschanze in the borough Altona.-Geography:...

        )
  • Julius "Jules" Porgès
    Jules Porgès
    Jules Porgès was a Paris-based financier who played a central role in the rise of the Randlords who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa....

     (born Yehuda Porges; 1839, Vienna - 1921), Austria-born Paris-based financier and Randlord
    Randlord
    Randlord is a term used to denote the entrepreneurs who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I....

  • Nathan Porges
    Nathan Porges
    Nathan Porges was a Bohemian German rabbi.Porges was born in Prostějov in Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire....

     (1848, Prostějov, Moravia - 1924), a Czech-German rabbi
  • Moritz Porges
    Moritz Porges
    Moritz Porges was a Jewish Czech chess player.In 1882, he tied for 4-7th in Vienna .In 1892, he shared 2nd with Gyula Makovetz, behind Siegbert Tarrasch, in Dresden ....

     (1857 - 1909), a Jewish Czech chess player
  • Arthur Porges
    Arthur Porges
    Arthur Porges [pórdžIs], was an American author of numerous short stories, most notably in the 1950s and 1960s, though he continued to write and publish stories until his death.-Life:...

     (1915, Chicago, Illinois - 2006), an US ulp magazine author of short stories
  • Paul Peter Porges
    Paul Peter Porges
    Paul Peter Porges is an American cartoonist whose work has appeared in many places, including The New Yorker and MAD Magazine.-External links:**...

     (born 1927, Vienna), a Jewish Austrian-American cartoonist
  • Jan (Filip) Klusák (né Porges)
    Jan Klusák
    Jan Klusák is a contemporary Czech composer, author of film, television and incidental music.- Life :...

     (born 1934, Prague), a Jewish Czech composer, author of film
  • Ingo Porges (born 1938, Hamburg), a German footballe (de)
  • Stephen Porges (born 1945, New Brunswick, New Jersey), a US Professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Seth Porges
    Seth Porges
    Seth Porges is an American science and technology journalist and television commentator, currently employed as a senior editor at Maxim magazine. Previously, he worked as an editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, and as the technology columnist at Bloomberg News...

    , a technology journalist, television commentator, and editor at Popular Mechanics
    Popular Mechanics
    Popular Mechanics is an American magazine first published January 11, 1902 by H. H. Windsor, and has been owned since 1958 by the Hearst Corporation...

     magazine.
  • Nenad Porges
    Nenad Porges
    Nenad Porges is a Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship.-Background and education:...

    (born 1946, Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)), a Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
  • József Porgesz , a Jewish Hungarian architect
  • Sigismund Porges
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